Wednesday, June 29, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 6/29/2022 PRE-HOLIDAY NEWSDUMP US GDP FALLS MORE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, DUTCH FARMERS PROTEST CLIMATE POLICY, IRAN-US TALKS TO RESTORE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

 



                (LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




Restrictive measures in a part of India where two Muslims are in custody after beheading a Hindu man but first...



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:






US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm found in violation of the Hatch Act.



Granholm making comments supporting the Democratic Party.




But she is being given just a warning on grounds she had not received proper training...THE HILL






THE POLITICAL DRAMA IN ISRAEL TONIGHT AS EFFORTS TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT ARE BEING HELD UP BY HAGGLING OVER WHAT LEGISLATION NEEDS TO BE PASSED.


TWO POLITICAL PARTIES WANT A LAW TO SPEED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUBWAY SYSTEM IN CENTRAL ISRAEL AMONG OTHER THINGS...THE TIMES OF ISRAEL...MORE ON ISRAELI POLITICS LATER THE DECISION OF THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER TO NOT RUN IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.



The controversy over government pressure on the police investigation into a mass murder incident in Nova Scotia in April of 2020 continues.



More allegations pointing to government pressure on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to disclose firearms used in the attack by a man driving an exact replica of an RCMP patrol car.



The Liberal Party government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was trying to pass gun control legislation at the time of the attack.



Liberal Party cabinet minister Bill Blair, a former Toronto police chief, is denying he put any pressure on the RCMP when he was Public Safety Minister at the time...CBC NEWS CANADA...



In Canada's capital city today the barricades rising as Canadian veteran James Topp approaches Ottawa...REBEL NEWS TWITTER (WITH VIDEO)


Topp has been marching across the country for Freedom in the context of COVID restrictions and the Freedom Convoy earlier this year...










The news from earlier today...




The US economy shrinking more than previously thought in the first quarter of this year.



A final estimate slightly higher than the previous one with the Gross Domestic Product off 1.6 percent...FREE REPUBLIC POST YAHOO FINANCE STORY WITH DISCUSSION...






Stocks not moving much today the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 82.32 points or .27 percent of value while NASDAQ went down 3.65 points or .03 percent in value...MARKETWATCH









Protest convoys from the 1776 Restoration Movement based in northeastern West Virginia continue their daily runs.      Today a convoy of vehicles in and around Washington DC.    More protest planned for the Fourth Of July holiday weekend.

 








Farmers in the Netherlands continuing their protest against climate policy today.



More than 100 tractors blocking a road on the German border.     Farmers also arriving at provincial government buildings to deliver their grievances against "nitrogen" policies to cut cow emissions.



The plans to cut emissions 70-95 percent depending on location pose a serious threat to the agriculture industry in the Netherlands...NOS NEWS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In Ecuador talks between the government and indigenous protesters broken off by President Guillermo Lasso.



This after a soldier was killed in a confrontation with protesters blocking a road and other soldiers and police were seriously hurt.



Demonstrators opposing high prices and the economic policies of Lasso who blames Leonidas Iza the protest leader for the violent confrontation...LA PRENSA LATINA CUBA






THE US SUPREME COURT HAS REVISITED A PREVIOUS CASE RULING 5-4 TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF A DECISION THAT FAVORED INDIAN TRIBAL RIGHTS IN OKLAHOMA.




JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH FINDNG HIMSELF IN THE MINORITY WITH THE 'LIBERAL' JUSTICES IN THE NEW REVISED RULING.




IN HIS DISSENT SAID:





"Where this court once stood firm, today it wilts"-




             INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY






The climate ministers of the European Union agreeing on a common policy.   


 Laws proposed designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





Meanwhile in the EU nation of Austria a coal-fired power plant is being prepared for use again.



That is because of the cutting off of energy supplies from Russia that may happen in the coming months...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA






Authorities imposing a curfew, shutting off the internet and banning large gatherings in the Indian state of Rajasthan.



This follows the beheading of a Hindu man by two Muslims.



The attackers posted a video of the attack online.   The two have been arrested.



Tensions have been running high in India for weeks following the controversy over remarks about the Prophet Mohammed by two officials of India's ruling BJP party...BBC NEWS






IN THE PHILIPPINES THE GOVERNMENT ORDERING THE CLOSURE OF A WEBSITE CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT..BBC NEWS




THE BIG NATO SUMMIT NOW UNDERWAY IN MADRID.     


LAST WEEK THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT BANNED A PROTEST AGAINST NATO PLANNED FOR TODAY CITING SECURITY REASONS.



MORE ON THE NATO SUMMIT LATER.



Other news...



THE MOST SEVERE SENTENCE FRANCE GIVES LIFE IMPRISONMENT HANDED OUT TO SALAH ABDELSALAM.



HE IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR FROM A GROUP WHOSE TERRORIST ATTACKS KILLED 130 PEOPLE IN FRANCE IN 2015...(BFM-TV France)...BBC NEWS




R and B singer R. Kelly getting a 30 year sentence in federal court after his conviction on sexual abuse charges some of which involved underage girls...FREE REPUBLIC POST-ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY-PLUS DISCUSSION






In Michigan the Supreme Court throwing out indictments of  former Republican Governor Rick Snyder and other state officials in connection with the poisoning of the Flint water supply.


The panel of judges says that the local judge who issued the indictments acted improperly...CNN 




IRAN SAYS THE TALKS TO RESUME ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE JCPOA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT OF 2015 ARE MOVVING FORWARD IN A 'SERIOUS' WAY.



IRAN HOLDING TALKS WITH THE UNITED STATES THROUGH TALKS MEDIATED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION...REUTERS





Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announcing he will not run in the next elections.



Israel's parliament getting ready to dissolve with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid taking on a role as Interim Prime Minister leading up to the elections in October...TIMES OF ISRAEL




The Hamas group that rules Gaza releasing video showing an Israel captive hooked up to oxygen.      Hisham al-Sayed held since 2015 Hamas offering him in exchange for sick Palestinian inmates...TIMES OF ISRAEL



                  RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA



           UKRAINE BIG ITEM ON NATO SUMMIT AGENDA



BIDEN JACKS UP US MILITARY PRESENCE IN AREAS NEAR RUSSIA



                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                              BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG



Ukraine and Russia a big matter at the massive NATO summit in Madrid.    Leaders from beyond current NATO nations attending...(BBC News)



Joe Biden announcing that the US will increase its military presence in Europe and especially in Eastern Europe near Russia...BBC NEWS






In other news...




BEN AND JERRY'S ICE CREAM BOWING TO PRO-ISRAEL PRESSURE FROM ANTI-BOYCOTT LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES.



PARENT COMPANY UNILEVER AGREEING TO KEEP SELLING ITS ICE CREAM IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK) THROUGH A LOCAL LICENSING ARRANGEMENT.


UNILEVER ISSUED A STATEMENT DENYING ANY SUPPORT FOR THE BOYCOTT DIVESTMENT SANCTIONS (BDS) MOVEMENT AIMED AT ISRAEL.


A NUMBER OF US STATES WERE TAKING ACTION TO DIVEST THEMSELVES FROM UNILEVER UNDER THEIR ANTI-BDS LAWS TO PUNISH COMPANIES BOYCOTTING ISRAEL...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





The US Federal Trade Commission suing Walmart claiming the retail giant defrauded its customers on money orders to the tune of 197 million dollars.


The claim based on the notion that Walmart allowed scammers to use its money order service and pocketed money order fees in the process hurting the customers...





Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon proposing an Independence Referendum on the 19th of October next year.



A similar referendum failed in 2014.



Sturgeon says she will push forward even if the British government does not grant permission for the vote...BBC NEWS












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