NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/21/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*LA FIRE CHIEF FIRED*SHAKEUP IN TOP US MILITARY POSTS*ISRAEL ALLEGES CHILD HOSTAGE MURDERS*SINN FEIN-IRA WHITE HOUSE BOYCOTT*SWEDEN CLAIMS BALTIC CABLE DAMAGE*

 

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A stabbing at a Holocaust memorial in Berlin, the Associated Press suing over access to President Trump and a shakeup in the top ranks of the US military but first...

                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

          "hostile and egregious misconduct"

That is part of a US Justice Department ethics complaint against US District Judge Ana Reyes.

Reyes accused over her behavior during court hearings Tuesday and Wednesday regarding a lawsuit challenging removal of transgender personnel from the US military.

Reyes was disputing the notion that there are only two genders male and female saying that was not 'biologically correct'.

She also used the expression "WTF" and was questioning a Justice Department lawyer about his religious beliefs and using him as a physical prop for what the complaint calls 'her courtroom theatrics'...Newsweek

VIDEO PLATFORM RUMBLE BLOCKED IN BRAZIL TONIGHT.  CONTROVERSIAL BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES ORDERING THE SHUTDOWN.

EARLIER THIS WEEK MR. MORAES WAS SUED IN US FEDERAL COURT OVER HIS CENSORSHIP ORDERS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING US SOVEREIGNTY...GLENN GREENWALD "X"

The acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Caleb Vitello removed from his post.

His removal linked to a slower than expected pace of deportation of illegal immigrants.

A new acting director expected soon as Mr. Vitello was moved to lead the office responsible for arrests and deportations...Xinhua News Agency China (Use Advanced Settings To Reach Link)

A FEDERAL JUDGE RULING AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION COMING FROM DISTRICT JUDGE ADAM ABELSON AN APPOINTEE OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN...THE HILL USA

IN A NEW YORK CITY COURTROOM TODAY A HEARING FOR LUIGI MANGIONE ACCUSED IN THE KILLING OF UNITEDHEALTCARE CEO BRIAN THOMPSON.

SUPPORTERS OF MANGIONE PACKED THE COURTROOM WITH HIS LAWYER SAYING MR. MANGIONE IS NOT BEING GIVEN HIS RIGHT TO A FAIR-IMPARTIAL TRIAL.

MR. MANGIONE'S HANDS AND LEGS WERE SHACKLED IN THE COURTROOM TODAY CREATING THE PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF A DANGEROUS MAN...BBC NEWS

The Associated Press filing a lawsuit seeking access for its reporters to the Oval Office and Air Force One denied by the Trump Administration.

The AP being kept away from President Trump over the news agency's decision to use the "Gulf of Mexico" after that body of water was redesignated the "Gulf of America" by the Trump Administration...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN BERLIN THIS EVENING A 30-YEAR-OLD SPANISH TOURIST STABBED AT A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL.  HE WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.

THE STABBING AT A PART OF THE MEMORIAL NEAR THE US EMBASSY.

A SUSPECT ARRESTED LATER IN THE EVENING.   NO MOTIVE IS KNOWN FOR THE ATTACK.

THIS ATTACK ALSO OCCURRING AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S GERMAN ELECTION...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED) 

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong expressing her dismay to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi over a live fire exercise warning from Chinese naval ships east of Australia.

That warning this morning causing disruption of airline flights between Australia and New Zealand.

The two foreign ministers are in South Africa for the G20 summit.

Australia taking issue that it was not informed by the Chinese naval vessels who used a civilian aviation frequency to warn civil aviation authorities of the planned firing exercise...ABC News Australia

 A FEDERAL JUDGE RULING TO KEEP A BAN ON DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY EMPLOYEES IN PLACE.

THE BAN REGARDS ACCESS TO A FEDERAL PAYMENT SYSTEM.  THE RULING RELATES TO A LAWSUIT BY 19 DEMOCRAT ATTORNEY GENERALS.

THIS NEW RULING BROADENS ACCESS TO THAT PAYMENT SYSTEM TO INCLUDE OFFICIALS OTHER THAN US TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSANT.

THE DEMOCRAT ATTORNEY GENERAL PROCLAIMING A VICTORY FOLLOWING THIS LATEST RULING...THE HILL USA

The US Supreme Court unable to agree on supporting the Trump Administration's firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel.

Two liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Jackson Brown wanted to rule against the firing of Hampton Dellinger.

Two conservative justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas wanted to support the firing.

The decision saw five of the nine justices indifferent to the matter allowing a lower court injunction keeping Mr. Dellinger in his post at least until next Wednesday to stand...The Hill USA

LOS ANGELES FIRE CHIEF KRISTIN CROWLEY FIRED BY MAYOR KAREN BASS.

THE MAYOR ASSESSING BLAME FOR STAFFING RECENT BRUSHFIRE DISASTERS ON CROWLEY.

CROWLEY WILL REMAIN WITH THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RULES SERVING AT A LOWER RANK.    

AN ACTING CHIEF IS IN PLACE.  THERE WILL BE A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES

In upstate New York a New Jersey man convicted in the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie.

27-year-old Hadi Matar attacked Rushdie as he lectured at the Chatauqua Institution on August 12, 2022.   Rushdie stabbed numerous times with the attack causing him to lose sight in one eye.

Mr. Rushdie is the subject of a fatwa calling for his death from Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini.  The 1989 fatwa issued by the late ayatollah over Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses"...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

 TOP US MILITARY COMMAND SHAKEUP

                                                        (UPDATED)

US JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHAIRMAN AIR FORCE GENERAL CHARLES "CQ" BROWN LEAVING HIS POST WITH THANKS FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

PRESIDENT TRUMP NOMINATING AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT GENERAL DAN 'RAZIN' CAINE TO REPLACE BROWN...DONALD J TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL...

DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH ANNOUNCING REPLACEMENT OF ADMIRAL LISA FRANCHETTI AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS AND GENERAL JAMES SLIFE AS VICE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AIR FORCE.

MR. HEGSETH ALSO PLANNING REPLACEMENTS FOR THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERALS OF THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE...DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEWS RELEASE

New FBI Director Kash Patel said to be transferring 1,500 agents and staff out of Washington DC to field offices across the United States.

The move said to be one to get the agents closer to where crime can be fought...Associated Press USA

THE RED CROSS TRANSFERING THE REMAINS OF AN ISRAELI HOSTAGE FROM HAMAS TO ISRAEL TONIGHT.

THE REMAINS SAID TO BE THOSE OF SHIRI BIBAS.   REMAINS SAID TO BE HERS GIVEN TO ISRAEL EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH ISRAEL SAYING THEY WERE NOT HERS...TIMES OF ISRAEL

IN UTICA, NEW YORK TEN FORMER PRISON GUARDS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BEATING DEATH OF A PRISONER.

INMATE ROBERT BROOKS WAS BEATEN AT THE MARCY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION BACK IN DECEMBER.  BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS THE BEATING TAKING PLACE.

AT LEAST FIVE ARE FACING SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES DETERMINED BY A GRAND JURY.

NINE APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY WITH ANOTHER TO APPEAR LATER.

ALL THOSE WHO APPEARED IN COURT RELEASED ON BAIL...BBC NEWS

A federal judge is keeping the corruption charges in place against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

The judge appointing an independent lawyer to challenge the US Department of Justice's desire to dismiss the charges.

That lawyer is a former US Solicitor General Paul Clement. 

Clement will offer arguments in opposition to the Justice Department before Judge Dale Ho makes a final call on keeping or dismissing the charges...New York Post

AFTER EXAMINING THE REMAINS OF DEAD HOSTAGE CHILDREN REUTRNED BY HAMAS ISRAEL SAYING THE CHILDREN DID NOT DIE BECAUSE OF ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION IN GAZA.

ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS BRUTALLY MURDERED THEM...TIMES OF ISRAEL

The markets today sharply lower.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 748.63 points or 1.69 percent.

The NASDAQ down 438.36 points or 2.2 percent.

The price of oil down sharply reaching 70 dollars 24 cents a barrel at 509 pm New York Time a decline of more than 3.2 percent...Marketwatch

The US Justice Department probing the billing practices of healthcare giant United HealthGroup which is commonly called "United Healthcare".

The probe of the health insurance giant also said to involve the Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services...Yahoo Finance

THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE'S NATIONAL RALLY JORDAN BARDELLA CANCELLING A SPEECH AT THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION CONFERNCE NEAR WASHINGTON.

BARDELLA PULLING OUT AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER ADVISER STEVE BANNON MADE A CLENCHED FIST ARM GESTURE DESCRIBED AS 'NAZI'...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

MR. BANNON CALLING BARDELLA A 'COWARD' FOR REFUSING TO SPEAK.

FRENCH POLICE WILL RANDOMLY CHECK SCHOOL BAGS FOR WEAPONS AT SCHOOL ENTRANCES.

EDUCATION MINISTER ELISABETH BORNE SAYING SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WIDESPREAD USE OF FIREARMS AND KNIVES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND RESULTING VIOLENCE.

A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT STABBED AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED EARLIER THIS MONTH WHILE ANOTHER 10-YEAR-OLD STUDENT FOUND WITH A KNIFE LAST WEEK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"You can't take our country, and you can't take our game"

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau making a point after Canada's hockey team defeated the United States team last night 3-2...Shafaq News Iraq

IRISH POLITICAL PARTY SINN FEIN BOYCOTTING PARTICIPATION IN ST. PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVITIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT MONTH.

THE PARTY'S NORTHERN IRELAND LEADER MICHELLE O'NEILL AND ITS OVERALL LEADER MARY LOU MCDONALD MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE ANY WHITE INVITATIONS HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY EXTENDED.

THE LEFTIST PARTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY TERRORIST GROUP OBJECTING TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S GAZA POLICY.

TRUMP HAS CALLED FOR THE REMOVAL OF PALESTINIANS FROM GAZA IN THE NAME OF RECONSTRUCTION.

SINN FEIN IS THE LEADING POLITICAL PARTY IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE LEADING OPPOSITION FORCE AGAINST THE TENUOUS GOVERNING COALITION OF IRELAND...BBC NEWS..."X" TRENDING (VIDEO EMBEDS OF MARY LOU MCDONALD AND MICHELLE O'NEILL)

Sweden claims damage to an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea.   The fiber optic cable connects Germany and Finland.

A Swedish coast guard vessel dispatched to the site of the break east of the island of Gotland.

There have been persistent claims of deliberate damage to cables in the Baltic Sea area with suggestions that Russia may be behind them.

NATO has increased its military presence in the Baltic saying more cable damage incidents are possible.

Swedish police and coast guard officials confirm the suspicion of damage to the cable.

This story emerging as US President Donald Trump seeks to end the war in Ukraine through direct negotiations with Russia...SVT News Sweden (Translation Prompt)...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

CHINA SAYS THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS ILLEGALLY FLYING PLANES OVER DISPUTED ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

THREE PHILIPPINE PLANES DRIVEN AWAY BY CHINA ON THURSDAY OVER THE SPRATLY ISLANDS.

EARLIER THIS WEEK THE PHILIPPINES SAID THAT CHINA FLEW A HELICOPTER WITHIN 10 FEET OF ONE OF ITS PLANES OVER THE DISPUTED SCARBOROUGH SHOAL...AL JAZEERA QATAR

In Melbourne, Australia two Year 11 students at a secondary school suspended as police probe explicit AI altered images of female students.

Government officials reacting with the Victoria State Department of Education speaking of "misogynistic and disrespectful" behavior.

The Premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan speaking of the importance of programs rolled out in schools "dealing with this toxic culture"...ABC News Australia

ISRAEL SAYS ONE OF THE BODIES RETURNED BY HAMAS IS NOT THAT OF SHIRI BIBAS.

HAMAS HAD TOLD ISRAEL HER REMAINS HER REMAINS WERE AMONG THOSE BEING RETURNED YESTERDAY...BBC NEWS

An Auckland, New Zealand lawyer fined 275-thousand dollars (158,565 US dollars) for participating in a scheme to hide foreign ownership of sensitive forested land.

The 271 hectares (669.65 acres) of land sold in 2011 and 2014...One News New Zealand

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

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                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

THE US MARSHALS SERVICE HAS DEPUTIZED MEMBERS OF ELON MUSK'S SECURITY DETAIL.

DEPUTIZING GIVES THOSE PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF FEDERAL OFFICERS...CNN

The family controlling the James Bond film franchise giving up ownership that started more than 60 years ago.

Amazon will now be in charge of James Bond films and selection of the next actor to portray "007"...BBC News

NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/20/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*CARRIER CAPTAIN DISMISSED FOLLOWING COLLISION*WALMART FORECASTS DECLINING SALES INCREASES*DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK IN CZECH REPUBLIC*

 

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                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

A FEDERAL JUDGE ALLOWING MASS LAYOFFS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO GO FORWARD.

US DISTRICT JUDGE CHRISTOPHER COOPER RULING AGAINST A CHALLENGE BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS SAYING THE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW LAYOFFS TO BE CONTESTED IN COURT.

THE CHALLENGE MUST GO BEFORE THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY...THE HILL

The Captain of the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman relieved of command a little more than a week after a collision with a merchant vessel.

Captain Dave Snowden losing his job over a 'loss of confidence in his ability to command'.

Snowden replaced by Captain Christopher Hill of the carrier "Dwight D. Eisenhower"...Task and Purpose

NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL OPTING NOT TO REMOVE NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS FROM OFFICE.

INSTEAD, SHE SAID THAT LEGISLATION WOULD BE INTRODUCED TO LIMIT ADAMS AUTHORITY.  AN INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S POSITION IS PROPOSED FOR THE CITY.

CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING MAYOR ADAMS WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IMMIGRATION POLICY AND THE DECISION OF THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DROP CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST HIM.

MR. ADAMS IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION THIS YEAR...BBC NEWS

The US Department of Homeland Security ending deportation protections for more than half a million Haitians in the United States.

The Biden Administration blamed for extending the temporary protection status of Haitians beyond what was reasonable...The Hill USA

A DUTCH COURT RULING THAT THREE MUSLIM CLERICS CAN ENTER THE NETHERLANDS TO SPEAK THIS WEEKEND.

THE GOVERNMENT HAD BANNED THE THREE OVER 'HATE SPEECH' AND 'CONDONING VIOLENCE'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Israel's Defense Minister calling for intensified military operations in Judea and Samaria (West Bank).   This follows the explosions that destroyed three empty buses in the Tel Aviv area...Tass Russia

ISRAEL CONDUCTING AIRSTRIKES ON THE BORDER BETWEEN SYRIA AND LEBANON.  

THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES SAY THE ATTACKS ARE AIMED AT CROSS-BORDER ARMS SMUGGLING BY HEZBOLLAH...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The US Senate confirming Kash Patel as Director of the FBI in a 51-49 vote...(News Agencies)

THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT COMMITTING TO RESETTLE UP TO 4,700 SUDANESE REFUGEES.    

A PROGRAM TO ENABLE FAMILIES OF SUDANESE ALREADY IN CANADA TO RESETTLE HAS ALSO BEEN REOPENED.

THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CREATED BY THE CIVIL WAR IN SUDAN DESCRIBED AS THE WORLD'S WORST BY THE AFRICAN UNION...CBC NEWS

"I believe that we on the cusp of peace in Europe for the first time in three years, because we have leadership in the Oval Office"

That's US Vice-President JD Vance speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington today.

Vance saying Mr. Trump's peace effort in Ukraine is in the interest of Russia, Ukraine, Europe and above all the American people...Tass Russia

IN UKRAINE TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE UKRAINE WAR GENERAL KEITH KELLOGG MET PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY.

BUT THEY DID NOT HOLD A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE AFTERWARDS.

THIS WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE AMERICAN SIDE...TASS RUSSIA

The former Republican US Senate leader Mitch McConnell announcing he will not run for re-election next year.    Senator McConnell has had visible health episodes in the last few years and grown distant from President Trump within the GOP.

His retirement decision creates an open race for his Kentucky seat in the Senate...The Hill USA

RETAIL GIANT WALMART WITH GOOD SALES RESULTS FOR THE LAST QUARTER.

BUT THE FORECAST OF LOWER SALES INCREASES IN THE FUTURE CAUSING THE COMPANY'S STOCK TO PLUNGE...YAHOO FINANCE

The markets today.  

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 450.94 points or 1.01 percent.

The NASDAQ down 93.89 points or .47 percent.

At 443 pm New York Time the price of oil higher at 72 dollars 53 cents a barrel up 28 cents...Marketwatch

FRANCE WITHDRAWING FROM ITS LAST MILITARY BASE IN IVORY COAST TODAY.

ITS PART OF A LARGER MILITARY PULL BACK BY FRANCE IN WESTERN AFRICA.

80 FRENCH SOLDIERS WILL REMAIN TO CONDUCT TRAINING OF LOCAL SOLDIERS...MORNING STAR UK

IN TEXAS TWO TEENAGE GIRLS ARRESTED ACCUSED OF PLOTTING A 'MASS CASUALTY ATTACK'

POLICE SAY THEY WERE PLANNING TO ATTACK A HIGH SCHOOL IN SUBURBAN HOUSTON'S MONTGOMERY COUNTY USING GUNS AND PIPE BOMBS.

THE PLOT DISCOVERED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SEEMED DETAILED ENOUGH TO BE A CREDIBLE THREAT ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT...BBC NEWS

In Spain a sexual assault conviction over a kiss. 

 Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales fined 11,300 dollars.

His kiss of soccer player Jenni Hermoso happened after a World Cup soccer victory for the Spanish women's team in 2023...UPI

(Updated) Two women killed in a knife attack in the Czech Republic. 

The attack at a discount shop resulted in the deaths of two employees. 

A 16-year-old suspect has been arrested.   The relationship of the boy to the women stabbed still under investigation...

AFP France-South China Morning Post...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

ISRAEL RECEIVING THE BODIES OF FOUR HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA.   ITS PART OF THE CEASEFIRE-HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL...BBC News Blog

In South Korea an impeachment trial for South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol.

As his impeachment process moves forward President Yoon is also facing a criminal trial.

Testifying at today's session Yoon's Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo.    Mr. Han was also impeached when he became Acting President.   

He said that he opposed Mr. Yoon's decision to impose martial law on December 3rd and tried to convince him not to go forward with it.

The Constitutional Court will have to decide if President Yoon's impeachment is valid.   If it does South Korea will need to have new presidential elections within 60 days...AFP France-Straits Times Singapore (Click Past Ad)

THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY FOUND TWO BILLION DOLLARS EARMARKED FOR A GROUP LINKED TO PROMINENT GEORGIA DEMOCRAT POLITICIAN STACEY ABRAMS.

THE MONEY BEING FUNNELED THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO THE GROUP 'POWER FORWARD COMMUNITIES'.

EPA ADMINISTRATOR LEE ZELDIN SAYS THE REVELATION IS 'EXTREMELY CONCERNING' AND THAT RETRIEVING THE FUNDS IS A MAJOR PRIORITY.

BUT FOR NOW, THE MONEY IS A CITIBANK ACCOUNT WHERE SOME OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT...WASHINGTON FREE BEACON

Australia closely monitoring a flotilla of three Chinese naval ships off its east coast.

Defense Minister Richard Marles saying the cruiser, frigate and support ship do not pose any threat and have not breached any maritime laws...Reuters-Asahi Shimbun Japan

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

RUSSIAN DEFENSES DOWN DOZENS OF ATTACKING DRONES

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

This afternoon and early evening Russian air defenses downing 28 attacking Ukrainian drones...RIA Novosti Russia

In other news...

Producer prices in South Korea rose by their largest margin in over a year last month.  At .6 percent increase recorded.

Oil prices driving the higher prices along with weakness of South Korea's currency amidst the political turmoil surrounding impeached President Yoon Suk-Yeol.

The producer price index on an annual basis now stands at 1.7 percent...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

AUSTRALIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE A LITTLE HIGHER LAST MONTH.   THE 4.1 PERCENT RATE A CHANGE FROM THE 4 PERCENT RATE FOR DECEMBER.

AUSTRALIANS WITH A JOB OR SEEKING WORK THAT NUMBER AT 67.3 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION WITH 64.6 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION EMPLOYED...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 2/19/2025*TRUMP UNDER ATTACK OVER UKRAINE POLICY*DONATION ACCUSATION LEVELED DAYS BEFORE GERMAN ELECTION*ISRAELI SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF RAPING PRISONER*BRAZIL'S FORMER PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF COUP*

 

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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING ABOUT GIVING TAXPAYERS BACK SOME OF THE SAVINGS CREATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.

MR. TRUMP SAYING HE IS CONSIDERING GIVING 20 PERCENT OF THE SAVINGS BACK.

EARLIER TODAY ELON MUSK SAID HE WOULD CHECK WITH THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE NOTION OF GIVING BACK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAVINGS CREATED BY DOGE...NEW YORK POST

This evening in Jerusalem a woman moderately wounded in an ax attack.   The incident is a suspected terrorist attack...Israel National News

12 ARRESTS IN NINE MOROCCAN CITIES TODAY LINKED TO TERRORISM.

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WERE PREVENTING A MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACK BY AN ISLAMIC STATE (DAESH) CELL ON MULTIPLE TARGETS IN MOROCCO.

NINE SIMULTANEOUS RAIDS CARRIED OUT TO MAKE THE ARRESTS OF THE SUSPECTS SAID TO BE DIRECTED BY ISLAMIC STATE IN THE SAHEL REGION OF AFRICA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTING THAT PLANS ARE BEING DRAWN UP TO CUT US DEFENSE SPENDING EIGHT PERCENT ANNUALLY FOR A TOTAL 40 PERCENT CUT BY 2030.

SOME ITEMS ARE EXEMPT FROM CUTS INCLUDING MEXICAN BORDER OPERATIONS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND ONE-WAY ATTACK DRONES...OSINTdefender "X"

In New York a federal judge declining to rule on dismissal of federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

The Trump Administration Justice Department dropping charges leveled by the Biden Administration Justice Department.

Today's hearing on dismissal of charges came as Democrat New York Governor Kathy Hochul held meetings in the city ahead of a possible decision to remove Adams from office.

The corruption case cited but Democrats are upset with Adams cooperation with the Trump Administration's illegal immigration crackdown...BBC News Blog

President Trump's media company and the Rumble video company suing the controversial Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes in a US court.

They say his orders to censor posts on social media by Americans violate their First Amendment free speech rights and the sovereignty of the United States...Glenn Greenwald "X"

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESCINDING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION APPROVAL FOR A NINE DOLLAR TOLL FOR CARS IN PARTS OF MANHATTAN.

US TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SEAN DUFFY SAYING THE 'CONGESTION PRICING PLAN' WAS 'A SPAP IN THE FACE OF WORKING CLASS AMERICANS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS'.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING NEW YORK HAS BEEN 'SAVED' BY THE DECISION...THE HILL USA

The Dutch government banning three Islamic clerics described as 'extremist' from entering the country.

The three were to appear at a Ramadan Expo in Utrecht.

Justice Minister David Martijn van Weel speaking of no place 'for hate speech and condoning violence' in the Netherlands...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

INFLATION IN RUSSIA NOW RATED AT 10 PERCENT ANNUALLY ACCORDING TO THE LATEST WEEKLY STATES.   FOOD PRICES DRIVING THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURE...TASS RUSSIA

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DEFENDING HIMSELF FROM CRITICISM BY UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY.

ZELENSKY SPOKE OF TRUMP AS BEING IN THE 'BUBBLE OR RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION'.

MR. TRUMP SAYING ZELENSKY IS A 'DICTATOR' WHO'S DONE AN 'AWFUL JOB'...Free Republic Post-Donald Trump Truth Social Link

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 71.25 points.

The NASDAQ rose 14.99 points.

At 438 pm New York Time the price of oil higher 72 dollars 34 cents a barrel up 49 cents...Marketwatch

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS THAT RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE CROSSED INTO UKRAINIAN TERRITORY IN THE KURSK REGION.

THE URKAINIAN CAPTURE OF TERRITORY IN KURSK HAS BEEN SEEN AS AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE URKAINE A BARGAINING CHIP IN NEGOTIATIONS TO END THE WAR...TASS RUSSIA

In the final days of the German election campaign an accusation about campaign donations to the Alternative for Germany Party.

The AfD, supported by Elon Musk directly and US Vice-President JD Vance indirectly, slapped with the accusation by mainstream media in Germany and Austria.

 2.46 million US dollars in donations and an Austrian intermediary labeled a 'straw man' figure in the accusation...News Agencies-TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)

                       (THE FOLLOWING MAY BE DISTURBING)

IN ISRAEL FIVE SOLDIERS INDICTED FOR MISTREATMENT OF A PALESTINIAN PRISONER SUSPECTED IN THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK.

RAPE IS AT CENTER OF THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THEM WITH THE SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF USING A TRUNCHEON.

BUT THIS IS DENIED BY THOSE DEFENDING THE SOLDIERS.     THERE IS EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE ALLEGATION.

THE INCIDENT ALLEGED TO HAVE HAPPENED AT THE SDE TEIMAN SECURITY FACILITY LAST JULY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In Austria a refugee center emptied in the city of Villach.  Its residents moved to another location in Austria.

This follows last Saturday's terrorist knife attack there that killed a 14-year-old boy.

The opposition Freedom Party calling for another center in the area to be shut down...ORF Austria (Translation Prompt)

AUTHORITIES IN BRAZIL ACCUSING FORMER PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO AND DOZENS OF OTHERS OF ATTEMPTING A COUP.

ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023 A JANUARY 6TH TYPE OF EVENT OCCURRED IN BRAZIL'S CAPITAL CITY OF BRASILIA AFTER LEFTIST PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA TOOK OFFICE.

OVERSEEING THE CASE AGAINST MR. BOLSONARO IS CONTROVERSIAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES WHO LEADS EFFORTS TO CENSOR ONLINE SPEECH IN BRAZIL...AL JAZEERA QATAR

In Florida a Jewish man facing charges for firing 17 shots at two men he thought were "Palestinians".

Mordechai Brafman jailed without bail facing second degree murder charges.

The two men he shot happened to be Israelis in Miami Beach for a vacation.

Brafman's attorney saying his client suffering from a 'mental health crisis' that led him to 'fear for his life'...Israel National News

IN SOUTH KOREA 17 GENERALS AND 13 FIELD GRADE OFFICERS UNDER INVESTIGATON IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHORT-LIVED DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW ON DECEMBER 3RD.

EIGHT OF THE OFFICERS MEMBERS OF THE DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE COMMAND.

THOSE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF MOBILIZING SOLDIERS TO TAKE POLITICIANS INTO CUSTODY...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

OIL REFINERY IN RUSSIA DAMAGED BY UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK

                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

An oil refinery in Russia's Samara Region southeast of Moscow damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/18/2025*UGANDAN TROOPS ENTER CONGO WAR*GEERT WILDERS OPPOSES TROOPS FOR UKRAINE IN DUTCH PARLIAMENT*US-RUSSIA HOLD TALKS IN SAUDI ARABIA*

 

                              (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)

                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

IN THE CONGO WAR UGANDAN TROOPS HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER INTO NORTHERN CONGO.

THEY ARE DEPLOYED TO PROTECT THE CITY OF BUNIA FROM RWANDAN FORCES AND THEIR M23 REBEL ALLIES.

THE INVADING RWANDAN-REBEL FORCES HAVE TAKEN TWO MAJOR CITIES IN EASTERN CONGO SINCE THEIR OFFENSIVE BEGAN LAST MONTH...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Rap star "A$AP Rocky" found not guilty in Los Angeles of felony assault charges.  

A former friend said that the star, legally known as Rakim Myers. shot at him in November of 2021...BBC News

  LATE TONIGHT EXPLOSIONS IN UKRAINE FIRST IN ODESSA WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK FROM 150 DRONES (OSINTdefender).    A MAJOR POWER OUTAGE REPORTED.

THEN THE AIR RAID WARNING AND EXPLOSIONS IN KIEV...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining "Biden Era" US Attorneys..."

Part of a social media post this evening from President Trump speaking of the need to 'clean house' at the US Justice Department.     Trump posting about a 'fair justice system'.

The President's social media announcement follows resignations of federal prosecutors in New York and Washington objecting to decisions either to prosecute or not prosecute particular cases...Donald J. Trump Truth Social

IN WASHINGTON DC A FEDERAL JUDGE DECLINING TO BLOCK DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY ACCESS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

DISTRICT JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN CONTINUING TO HEAR THE LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST DOGE BY 14 DEMOCRAT STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS.

THE JUDGE IS QUESTIONING WHAT SHE IS BEING TOLD ABOUT DOGE OPERATIONS AND MAY YET ISSUE SOME KIND OF RESTRICTIVE RULING...THE HILL USA

In the Dutch parliament division over sending troops to Ukraine.

The leader of the Pro-Israel and Anti-Mass Immigration Party of Freedom Geert Wilders saying his party is opposed to the idea of Dutch troops deploying to Ukraine for 'peacekeeping'.

For starters, Wilders says the many thousands of Ukrainians who fled to the Netherlands and other European countries during the war need to return home.

Mr. Wilders is willing to provide financial support and other resources for troops from other countries to deploy to Ukraine.

His Party of Freedom provides the largest number of seats in parliament and fills cabinet posts in a government led by the former Dutch intelligence chief Dick Schoof...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has pneumonia in both of his lungs and in a 'complex' medical condition.

Francis has been hospitalized in Rome since last Friday...BBC News

A TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN WASHINGTON DC RESIGNING OVER ORDERS TO PROBE ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

PROSECUTOR DENISE CHEUNG CLAIMING SUCH A PROBE IS PREMATURE...THE HILL USA

PAKISTAN'S ARMY SAYS IT KILLED AT LEAST 30 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN A REGION BORDERING AFGHANISTAN...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)

CNN reports that the CIA has been conducting drone surveillance flights over Mexico.   The drones are tracking the activities of drug cartels...OSINTdefender "X" 

A BRITISH COUPLE DETAINED IN IRAN CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE.  CRAIG AND LINDSAY ARRESTED IN THE CITY OF KERMAN LAST MONTH...BBC NEWS

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10.26 points.

The NASDAQ up 14.49 points.

At 442 pm New York Time the price of oil higher at 71 dollars 82 cents a barrel up one dollar eight cents or 1.53 percent...Marketwatch

In Canada inflation last month measured at 1.9 percent annually.  The rate held down by a temporary national sales tax holiday that ended this month...CBC News Canada

                         (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

IN SAUDI ARABIA TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND RUSSIA LED BY SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

THE TWO SIDES AGREEING ON MATTERS INCLUDING HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATIONS TO DISCUSS ENDING THE UKRAINE WAR...TASS RUSSIA...

AFTER THE TALKS RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV SAYING THE NOTION OF ANY NATO TROOPS IN UKRAINE AS UNACCEPTABLE...TASS RUSSIA

French President Emmanuel Macron making phone calls to US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Macron saying he wants 'lasting peace' in Ukraine and an end to "Russian aggression".

His calls follow an 'emergency summit' of the UK and European leaders regarding Ukraine held to counter the dialogue by the US and Russia seeking an end to the Ukraine War...Outlook India

A CHINESE HELICOPTER FLEW WITHIN 10 FEET OF A PHILIPPINE PATROL PLANE OPERATING OVER DISPUTED WATERS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

THE HELICOPTER TRYING TO FORCE THE PLANE OUT OF THE DISPUTED AREA...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA

The Reserve Bank of Australia cutting the interest rate to 4.1 percent from 4.35 percent.  This follows 13 consecutive interest rate hikes.

The rate cut decision coming less than three months before Australia's national election in May...ABC News Australia

200 MIGRANTS FROM INDIA AND CENTRAL ASIA BEING DEPORTED TO THE CENTRAL AMERICAN NATION OF COSTA RICA THIS WEEK.

THE US PAYING COSTA RICA A FEE TO ACCEPT THE DEPORTEES WHO WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AT A LATER DATE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

ISRAEL SAYS IT IS GETTING READY FOR THE RETURN OF THE BODIES OF FOUR HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS IN GAZA.

THREE LIVING HOSTAGES TO BE FREED THIS COMING SATURDAY WITH FOUR MORE HOSTAGE BODIES SET FOR RETURN NEXT WEEK...TIMES OF ISRAEL

      THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

66 DRONES USED IN ATTACKS ON RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION

                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

66 drones and other weapons were used in Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Belgorod Region...Tass Russia

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 2/17/2025*OUSTER OF NEW YORK MAYOR BY GOVERNOR?*ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTS IN US*VICE-PRESIDENT VANCE SLAMS ONLINE SPEECH CRACKDOWN IN GERMANY*US FACT SHEET ON TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE CHANGED*US WANTS ANSWERS FROM EUROPE ON UKRAINE*

 

                                     (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

(UPDATED) IN NEW YORK TONIGHT DEMOCRATS SEEKING TO OUST NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS FROM OFFICE.

FOUR DEPUTY MAYORS RESIGNING AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL LEADERS INCLUDING THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT CALING ON THE MAYOR TO RESIGN.

LAST WEEK THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECIDED TO DROP CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST MAYOR ADAMS.

 ADAMS ALSO COOPERATING WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN ITS CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL SPEAKING OF A MEETING WITH 'KEY LEADERS' IN THE CITY TOMORROW REGARDING 'THE PATH FORWARD'.

HOCHUL HAS AUTHORITY TO REMOVE ADAMS FROM OFFICE.

MAYOR ADAMS SAYS HE IS GOING NOWHERE.   HE FACES MULTIPLE CHALLENGERS IN THE JUNE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY AS HE SEEKS RE-ELECTION...ABC 7 NEW YORK...NEW YORK POST

On President's Day here in the US demonstrations held in opposition to President Donald Trump.   

Hundreds in attendance at protests held in communities on California's Central Coast...

In New York City 10,000 people participating in a demonstration opposing Mr. Trump...

AT LEAST 31 DEAD AFTER A BUS ROLLED OFF A MOUNTAINOUS ROAD IN BOLIVIA.  THE BUS PLUNGING ALMOST 800 METERS (2625 FEET)

MORE THAN 10 OTHERS INJURED IN THE CRASH.  POLICE SAYING SPEED MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Social media giant Meta announcing plans for a 31,000 mile undersea cable connecting major parts of the world including South African and India...BBC News

(Updated) A DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT CRASH LANDED ON OVERTURNED AT TORONTO'S PEARSON INTERNATIONL AIRPORT.

AT LEAST 17 INJURED, THREE CRITICALLY.

THE FLIGHT WAS ARRIVING FROM MINNEAPOLIS IN THE UNITED STATES...CBC NEWS CANADA

In Paris the 'emergency summit' of European leaders regarding the Ukraine War.   

The meeting called as the United States and Russia are talking directly about a resolution of the conflict...BBC News Blog

A HOLIDAY HEARING IN A US FEDERAL COURTROOM TODAY AS DEMOCRAT STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS SEEK TO SHUT DOWN ACTIVTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY...JULIE KELLY "X" POST THREAD

"Insulting someone is not a crime, and criminalizing speech is going to put real strain on European-US relationships.

This is Orwellian, and everyone in Europe and the US must reject this lunacy"

US Vice-President JD Vance today reacting to last night's CBS "60 Minutes" segment with German prosecutors who prosecute people making posts online.

The segment suggesting that Hitler's rise to power in Germany almost a century ago was linked to free speech...JD Vance "X"

The stock markets closed today for President's Day.   

Oil trading continues at 435 pm New York Time the price 71 dollars 37 cents a barrel up 63 cents or .89 percent...Marketwatch

With US authorization Israel intends to keep its troops at five locations in southern Lebanon.   Tomorrow is the deadline for Israeli forces to pull out under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah...Times of Israel

In Rome Pope Francis remains hospitalized with a 'complex infection'.   He was hospitalized Friday with difficulty breathing and speaking...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH AN EMERGENCY APPEAL TO THE US SUPREME COURT SEEKING A RULING IN FAVOR OF FIRING OF AN OFFCIAL.

HAMPTON DELLINGER HEADS THE US OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL WHICH DEALS WITH PERSONNEL CASES INVOLVING EXECUTIVE BRANCH FEDERAL EMPLOYEES...BBC NEWS

CHINA SAYS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS CHANGING POLICY REGARDING TAIWAN.

THE US STATE DEPARTMENT LAST WEEK DELETING THE SIX WORDS:

     "we do not support Taiwan independence"

FROM A FACT SHEET ABOUT TAIWAN POLICY.

CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYING THE US IS 'GRAVELY BACKPEDALLING' ON TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE.

WHEN THE US ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA IN THE 1970'S TAIWAN WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING A PART OF CHINA...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-EURONEWS

South Korea suspended new downloads of the Chinese-owned DeepSeek AI app over the weekend.

The suspension blamed on 'privacy concerns'.

The South Korean government warning existing users about violation of privacy related to DeepSeek use.

DeepSeek is trying to meet those 'privacy' concerns by naming a legal representative in South Korea...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

THE UNITED STATES IS ASKING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOR ANSWERS ABOUT HOW MANY TROOPS AND WHAT EQUIPMENT THEY CAN SEND TO UKRAINE FOR A 'PEACEKKPING FORCE'.

MANY COUNTRIES SAID TO BE RELUCTANT TO PROVIDE DETAILED ANSWERS...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

           "a despotic Soviet-era disgrace"

New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters criticizing the forced fluoridation of water in the community of Whangarei.

Outgoing Director General of Health Dr. Diana Sarfati warning of legal consequences if water is not fluoridated.

Mayor Vince Cocurullo says he's willing to go to jail for the sake of democratic freedom and for the community to have a right to make its own decision regarding fluoridation...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

IN THE UK CONCERN FOR ANTI-ISLAMIZATION ACTIVIST TOMMY ROBINSON CURRENTLY HELD AT LONDON'S HIGH SECURITY BELMARSH PRISON.

ROBINSON UNDER SOLITARY CONFINEMENT WITH A LIMITED DIET..."X" TRENDING

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

90 DRONES, ONE MISSILE DOWNED BY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

90 Ukrainian drones and one Ukrainian Neptune Missile shot down by Russian air defenses Sunday night into Monday.

38 of the drones and the missile downed over the Sea of Azov...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/16/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*HIGH-LEVEL US-RUSSIA MEETING PLANNED*TRUMP GAZA PLAN PUSHED IN US-ISRAEL MEETING*CONGRESSMAN SAYS USAID FUNDED ISIS, ISIS-K, AL QAEDA, BOKO HARAM*3 FOR 369 PRISONER EXCHANGE BETWEEN HAMAS-ISRAEL*

 

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Authorities in New Zealand condemning the protest of a 'pride event' for children hosted by a 'drag king' but first...

                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

IN KENTUCKY AT LEAST NINE DEATHS REPORTED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING FLOODING...WLKY LOUISVILLE

DOZENS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A MINE COLLAPSE IN MALI.  THE GOLD MINE WAS AN ILLEGAL OPERATION.   

MOST OF THOSE KILLED WERE WOMEN.  ONE OF THE DEAD A WOMAN CARRYING A BABY ON HER BACK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

HIGH-LEVEL TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND RUSSIA SET FOR TUESDAY IN SAUDI ARABIA.

THOSE TALKS PAVING THE WAY FOR A DEAL TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE.

THE US DELEGATION BEING LED BY SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO.

OTHER TOP OFFICIALS INVOLVED INCLUDING NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MIKE WALTZ AND SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF...OSINTdefender "X"...Associated Press USA

US Central Command killing an Al Qaeda affiliated official in an airstrike in Syria this weekend...US Central Command "X"

IN NEW YORK CITY SYMPTOMS OF THE EBOLA VIRUS DETECTED AT AN URGENT CARE FACILITY.

THE FACILITY REPORTED IN A LOCKDOWN..."X" TRENDING

In the Congo War the Rwandan backed M23 rebel invasion taking the city of Bukavu.

It's the second major Congolese city to have fallen since the invasion began last month...BBC News...

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo says that Rwanda is 'occupying and plundering our land' a reference to the rich mineral sources in the country...Tass Russia

IN GERMANY DEUTSCHE BAHN THE NATIONAL RAILWAY REACHING AGREEMENT WITH THE TRANSPORT UNION EVG REPRESENTING 192,000 WORKERS.

BOTH SIDES SOUGHT TO CUT A DEAL BEFORE NEXT SUNDAY'S GERMAN ELECTION...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PLAN TO REMOVE THE CIVILIAN POPULATION FROM GAZA AND LAUNCH ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT CALLED A 'BOLD VISION' BY ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

NETANYAHU AND VISITNG US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO DISCUSSING HOW TO MAKE 'THE VISION A REALITY'.

THE US AND ISRAEL AGREEING THAT HAMAS CANNOT HAVE GOVERNING OR MILITARY CAPABILITIES.

MR. NETANYAHU ALSO STRESSED US-ISRAEL AGREEMENT ON IRAN NOT HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS...

               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

AT A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PERRY FROM HERE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA REVEALING USAID FUNDING WENT TO VARIOUS TERRORST GROUPS.

PERRY MENTIONING ISIS, ISIS-K, AL QAEDA AND BOKO HARAM...Africa Facts Zone "X" (Video Embed)

AUSTRIAN KNIFE ATTACK LINKED TO ISIS

                                                                   (UPDATED)

Austria's Interior Minister describing yesterday's deadly knife attack as "Islamist" with the suspect linked to Islamic State (IS)...ORF Austria (Translation Prompt)...

A Syrian with residency status in Austria the suspect in a Saturday afternoon knife attack that killed a 14-year-old boy and wounded five others.

The 23-year-old arrested in the city of Villach.   Authorities saying the motive for the attack is unclear...ORF Austria (Translation Prompt)

ANOTHER PRISONER EXCAHNGE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS THIS WEEKEND THREE HOSTAGES LEAVING GAZA WITH 369 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS FREED FROM ISRAELI JAILS...AL JAZEERA QATAR SATURDAY BLOG

"Israel will now have to decide what they will do about the 12 O'CLOCK, TODAY, DEADLINE imposed on the release of ALL HOSTAGES"

That was President Trump on social media Saturday after the Hamas hostage release.   Mr. Trump had pushed for release of all hostages with a Saturday deadline but that did not materialize...Truth Social Donald J. Trump

THIS WEEKEND TWO VICTIMS OF THE MUNICH CAR RAMMING ATTACK DIED.  

THE MOTHER AND HER TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE AMONG THE 39 PEOPLE HURT IN THURSDAY'S TERRORIST ATTACK...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In Austria this weekend signs that the "Conservative" People's Party (OVP) is moving towards some sort of compromise with the Social Democratic Party (SPO) in order to form a new government.

The OVP failed to reach agreement with the "Far-Right" Freedom Party (FPO) which won the most seats in last year's election on forming a government...ORF Austria (Translation Prompt)

(Updated) At least 18 dead and at least 10 injured in a crush at a train station in New Delhi, India.

There was a huge crowd in the station with thousands said to be crammed...BBC News

US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SPEAKING WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV.

THEY INTEND TO CONTINUE THEIR DIALOG AS PREPARATIONS FOR A MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MOVE FORWARD...TASS RUSSIA

On Monday in Paris an 'emergency summit' on Ukraine hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron with participants including British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

The meeting billed as one to keep Europe involved in Ukraine as US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin move towards an agreement to end the war.

Underlying the talks the notion of troops being deployed to Ukraine an idea discussed by Mr. Macron and other European nations in the past.

The notion of a European military force figures in the discussion but how that fits with any deal Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin come up with remains to be seen.

Regardless the European nations and the UK will likely be fleshing out details of a military buildup by their countries in line with Mr. Trump's call for other NATO countries to spend 5 percent of their GDP on national defense...BBC News...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

THREE CIVILIANS KILLED IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK

                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Three Russian civilians in a moving car killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Belgorod Region...Tass Russia

In other news...

(UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL DETAIL)

Police in New Zealand condemning protesters who disrupted a children's event at a library hosted by a 'drag king'.

The protesters said to be associated with Destiny Church which has been active in protests supporting Israel and opposing the COVID mandates in New Zealand several years ago.

The police now conducting an investigation into allegations that participants in the 'pride event' were assaulted.

Demonstrators also causing a ten-minute delay in a 'rainbow parade'.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon saying the protesters went too far...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND (VIDEO EMBED)

POLITICAL POLLING IN AUSTRALIA INDICATING A WIN FOR THE OPPOSITION IN THIS MAY'S ELECTION.

THE YOU GOV POLLING MODEL SHOWS THE OPPOSITION LIBERAL-NATIONAL ALLIANCE LED BY PETER DUTTON WINNING ON AVERAGE 73 OF THE 150 SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

RECENT POLITICAL POLLING HAS BEEN UNFAVORABLE FOR THE LABOR PARTY LED BY CURRENT PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

IN IRAQ AN IRAQI AIR STRIKE KILLING FIVE ISIS OPERATIVES.     THE AIRSTRIKE LAUNCHED WITH SUPPORT FROM US CENTRAL COMMAND...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC*US GETS INTO GERMANY'S ELECTION OVER "THE ENEMY WITHIN"*NO NO NO I DON'T...*NANCY MACE'S PAIN*A 'PEACE TRAIN' FOR UKRAINE?*USAID FUNDED TERRORISM WORLDWIDE*LONELY FOR GOD*

 

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JD VANCE SENDS MESSAGE AHEAD OF GERMANY'S ELECTION IN EIGHT DAYS AND IT'S ABOUT 'THE ENEMY WITHIN'

Interference in elections has been an accusation thrown at Russia, China Iran etc. but yesterday US Vice-President JD Vance weighed in on Germany's election and government first with his speech at the Munich Security Conference...

"I hope that's not the last bit of applause I get"

                                            JD VANCE SPEAKS AT 1:44 IN THE VIDEO-

                       FULL JD VANCE SPEECH 19 MINUTES 17 SECONDS

Then Vance met Alternative for Germany leader Alice Weidel in person all this nine days before Germany's election one week from tomorrow...Reuters

Getting back to Mr. Vance's speech he was warning about "The Enemy Within" Europe and the UK ranging from the authoritarian actions of governments to mass migration.

Did the Vice-President read Michael Savage???

               "The Enemy Within"-Michael Savage-Amazon   

The story of that Swedish Christian sentenced over the Quran burning and the judge's reasoning in sentencing was reported on this blog in a daily news summary.

Well, there's got to be a first song one from our collection of three thousand.

This is a 1980's song that was played on the pop stations that's for sure, but I heard a DJ on the Christian radio station WZZD in Philadelphia play this one as I listened to my device (a transistor radio) back then in the City of Brotherly Love.

My wife and I went to dinner last evening and that song seemed to play in my mind as we dined...

                         "NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE"-STEPHANIE MILLS

 

                                              "FOR ALL WE KNOW"-THE CARPENTERS

                                                         "PEACEFUL"-HELEN REDDY

                                                              "NO NO SONG"-RINGO STARR

                     (WARNING: MAY BE OFFENSIVE OR DISTURBING)

Ringo Starr has some personal identification with that song he broke away from his drugs and Hoyt Axton who wrote it struggled with drugs and adult beverages throughout his shortened life that ended in 1999.

I think the song needs something more it namely needs a part that says:

             "No No No I don't jerk it no more"

Unfortunately, that's the compulsive addictive behavior we shy away from talking about dwelling in denial not to mention shame and guilt. 

I was sitting with the other guys recently taking stock of 'recovery' from 'addiction'.

One guy remarking on my strength and as I noted back to him:

             "Masturbation saps the strength"

That line used by a narrator in the 1970's movie "Papillon" with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.  

But where does the strength come from to stop masturbating and face the real world without medicating...

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 

because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death"

                                            ROMANS 8:1-2 NIV BIBLE

         There is a Holy Spirit that changes us through Jesus.

                                       I have no doubt.

IT WASN'T TOO MANY YEARS AGO THAT CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE WAS MAKING A SPEECH AT A PRAYER BREAKFAST TALKING ABOUT HER SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH A SIGNIFICANT OTHER THAT DELAYED HER ARRIVAL.

BUT THIS WEEK CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A VERY STUNNING SPEECH ABOUT HER EX-FIANCE AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNERS VIDEOS AND PICTURES FOUND ON A PHONE.

THE CONGRESSWOMAN AND OTHER WOMEN-GIRLS IN THE IMAGES  THE KIND OF IMAGES MEN (AND SOME WOMEN) MASTURBATE TO THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPERIENCE RELATED TO ME BY OTHERS.

WHAT A VIDEO WITH SCRIPTURE AND REFERENCING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.    

THE FBI HAS SEX-RELATED FILES ON DR. KING WE MAY LEARN MORE A JUDGE IN THE 1970'S SEALED THOSE FILES TILL 2027 THAT'S JUST TWO YEARS AWAY.

LET'S GET BACK TO CONGRESSWOMAN MACE TALKING ABOUT CONSUMING SPIKED ADULT BEVERAGES AND PRESENTING A VERY SHOCKING STORY...

"Congresswoman Nancy Mace's explosive floor speech to expose rapists, peeping toms, and sex traffickers"-X Post (Video Embed)

THERE'S BEEN TALK OF NANCY MACE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN RECENT MONTHS SHE ACCUSED HER MAIN OPPONENT ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON OF NOT ACTING ON HER COMPLAINT ABOUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

I HOPE NANCY MACE IS ON A ROAD TO SANITY AND SOBRIETY IN HER LIFE A HECK OF A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THE NEXT OFFICE SHE CHOOSES TO RUN FOR.

GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT HAS CHANGED ME IN REGARDS TO INTOXICATING BEVERAGES, WORDS AND ADULTERY IN MY HEART AS WELL AS MY ACTIONS.

The Ukraine War Update let's bring in Cat Stevens because there is some hope for the "Peace Train" in Ukraine...

"President Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday..."-System Update "X" (Video Embed)

"The purpose of the NATO war in Ukraine was never to defend Ukrainians. That was the childish fairy tale fed to Western populations to get them to support yet another proxy war. It was to sacrifice Ukraine to enrich the Raytheons and weaken Russia"-Glenn Greenwald "X"

And yes, folks this Ukrainian nationalism US, UK and European leaders aligned themselves with has a Nazi angle to it...

"The story of this Ukrainian was always so bizarre because he was a vital part of Azov before the West started pretending it was no longer overtly Nazi..."_Glenn Greenwald "X"

Israel never sent offensive weapons of war to Ukraine during this war even when Israel didn't have a war of its own and that was for a reason.

                Ukrainian nationalists helped perpetrate the Holocaust.  Case Closed.

                                      "HOMEWARD BOUND"-SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

"MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME"-DOLLY PARTON (INTRO BY PORTER WAGONER)

                                        "HOME WHERE I BELONG"-PAT TERRY GROUP

                                             The music of my life wow what a set of songs...

                           SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA

                                    Well, the Inflation Update...

                          8 dollars and 18 cents

             That is the price for 18 eggs at Walmart as we checked out this weekend.

Dining out tonight dinner for 3 almost 105 dollars with the tip we ate platters along with a salad bar that comprised almost 20 dollars worth of that bill.

NAME YOUR TERRORIST GROUP, USAID FUNDED THEM

USAID supported jihadists-terrorism in Africa and beyond according to the congressman from my part of Pennsylvania Republican Scott Perry...

            Africa Facts Zone "X" (Video Embed)

ISIS-K now attacking Shia Muslims in places like Afghanistan mentioned by Congressman Perry in that clip as one of the terrorist groups getting USAID funding.  Also, ISIS, Al Qaeda and Boko Haram.

Two of the countries mentioned in this post Chad and Niger now look to Russia to protect them from terrorism "now you know the rest of the story" as Paul Harvey used to say.

"...even in a crowd this large you can feel so alone.  

And when you go home that loneliness is with you.  

Even if there are people there your family is there you can feel alone.  

Why?   

Because you're lonely for God..."

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKS AT 1:08 INTO THE AUDIO.

"You might have made love to each other but even in the midst of that love making there was a loneliness"

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKS AT 3:08 INTO THE AUDIO

Wow in my experience I fantasized about 'making love' to many women and found myself alone...

"Lonely for God-Billy Graham's message from Newark, NJ-1991"

WELL, THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY LAUNCHES AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME ANOTHER TERRORIST INCIDENT THIS ONE IN AUSTRIA WHAT GIVES?

 THREE GAZA HOSTAGES RELEASED BUT THE DEMAND OF PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT BEEN MET BY HAMAS.

In France less hiring and the interaction between France and President Trump as well as Vice-President JD who was in Paris this week...

"France Yellow Vests Week 326*Less Hiring In France This Year*The AI Summit And JD Vance*The Trump Challenge To France's Govt?*Protest Today*"Emergency Summit" On Ukraine*

                                                        Good Night.  God Bless.

                       "BONEY FINGERS"-HOYT AXTON (WITH RENEE ARMAND)

                      "CAUGHT IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT"-THE SEVENTY-SEVENS

                                                          "MYSTERY"-SHEILA WALSH

                                  "NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD"-REAWAKEN HYMNS