related_tweet: press freedoms have been in steep decline for a while. barack obamas record targeting of whistleblower sources (and in some cases, journalists themselves) using the espionage act was a first serious sign, followed by donald trumps prosecution of julian assange.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  - matt tabbi