Trevor Aaronson reports on declassified FISA court ruling from 2018, showing that FBI accessed phone calls 3 million times in one year….--first, an update on power shutoffs and wirldfire risk in California
--read Trevor Aaronson’s report here
--Kevin Gosztola reports that surveillance of Assange and his guests—including Americans—was shared with CIA and FBI
--ConsortiumNews reports on British exports of spy gear to repressive governments, violating British law
--NBC and CNBC reporters are linked to the arrest of alleged national security leaker, Henry Frese, and one of the reporters was living with Frese
--as Turkey’s invasion of Syria expands, Erdogan threatens to send 3 million Syrian refugees to Europe if leaders there call his attack an “occupation”
--Haaretz reports that Syria has made an offer to the Kurds to join Assad’s forces
--in bizarre comment, Stable Genius says the Kurds only care about “their land” and didn’t fight with the US in WW2
--as trade talks with China stall, Trump triggers stock market surge with pledge that he will intervene to stop the stupid trade war he started
--Apple caves to Beijing, pulls App “HK Map.live” that protesters use to share info on police, as the protesters rally for release of jailed activist
--Jane Sanders delayed confirming that Bernie had a heart attack because her daughter-in-law got a cancer diagnosis and died suddenly
From the impeachment file….
--Joe Biden makes clear call for impeachment, as his campaign slams NY Times for its reporting on Biden-Ukrainegate
--2 pals of Rudy Giuliani have been arrested for campaign violations after making $325,000 contribution to Trump PAC
--VP Mike Pence is notably evasive in interview about Ukraine
--Trump buddy Michael Pillsbury says he got info on Hunter Biden in China, then walks it back
--NY Times runs editorial and op-ed urging Pelosi and the House to fight back against Trump’s stonewalling with aggressive moves
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