Monday, May 1, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/1/2023 COVID JAB RULE TO ENTER US ENDING, FEDS GIVE JP MORGAN FAILED FIRST REPUBLIC BANK, MASS PROTESTS AGAINST MACRON IN FRANCE, LE PEN SAYS MACRON RUNNING FRANCE DOWN

 



                              (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE 7.5 MILLION DOLLAR STATE LAWSUITS FROM IDAHO MEDICAL CONGLOMERATE ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL AGAINST AMMON BUNDY AND DIEGO RODIGUEZ.



THEY ARE SEEKING RELIEF FROM A FEDERAL COURT.


THEY ARGUE THEY ARE BEING SUED BY THE CORPORATE ENTITY AS A MEANS TO DENY THEM CONSITUTIONAL RIGHTS INCLUDING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.


THEY WANT A FEDERAL COURT TO TAKE OVER THE LAWSUIT.


THE MEDICAL CONGLOMERATE GOING AFTER RODRIGUEZ THE GRANDFATHER OF A  BABY CYRUS ANDERSON SEIZED BY POLICE LAST YEAR UNDER A CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ORDER ALLEGING NEGLECT OF THE CHILD.


BOTH RODIGUEZ AND HIS FRIEND AMMON BUNDY SHOWING UP AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL WHERE THE CHILD WAS TAKEN.    


LATER IT WAS FOUND THE CHILD HAS A RARE MEDICAL CONDITION...PEOPLES RIGHTS NEWSROOM...IDAHO DISPATCH




The Biden Administration throwing down the gauntlet on the US National Debt.    


Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen saying the Debt Ceiling must be increased by June 1st.



This will put pressure on Congress including the Republican controlled House to take action likely around the Memorial Day holiday weekend near the end of the month....



Word tonight that Joe Biden plans to meet Congressional leaders next week...(News Agencies)




AN ISRAEL AIR STRIKE LATE TONIGHT IN THE ALEPPO AREA OF SYRIA.



SYRIA SAYS ONE SOLIDER WAS KILLED FIVE OTHERS WOUNDED.    TWO CIVILIANS ALSO WOUNDED.


SYRIA ALSO SAYS THE ALEPPO AIRPORT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE BY THE ATTACK...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


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THE ATTACK COMING AHEAD OF THE PLANNED WEDNESDAY VISIT TO SYRIA BY IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAEISI REPORTED ON LATER IN THIS SUMMARY.



LET'S SEE IF DAMASCUS AIRPORT IS TAKEN OUT TOMORROW NIGHT TO PREVENT MR. RAEISI FROM VISITING SYRIA OR WAS THIS SOME KIND OF WARNING RELATED TO THAT.



The White House speaking after House Speaker Republican Kevin McCarthy said he would invite Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington if Joe Biden didn't.



National Security spokesman John Kirby saying:




"I expect the prime minister will visit at some point"...



               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






Word that the COVID-19 vaccination requirement to enter the United States will be lifted on May 11th.


This will enable Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic to play at the US Open tennis tournament...LAST WORD ON SPORTS




In Canada a deal between the government and most of the striking federal employees.


A strike by workers at the tax collection agency continues while negotiators seek a contract agreement...REUTERS-VOICE OF AMERICA



THE BOARD APPOINTED BY FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS TO OVERSEE THE DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT AND RESORT PROPERTIES IN FLORIDA SUING THE CORPORATE GIANT.



DISNEY DECIDED LAST WEEK TO SUE GOVERNOR DESANTIS....BBC NEWS



Amidst currency volatility and a shortage of US dollars the Argentine government announcing new restrictions on access to  dollars starting tomorrow.


The restrictions impacting stockbrokers and traders...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today. 



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 46.46 points.




The NASDAQ down 13.99 points.


 The price of oil declining more than one percent at 447 pm New York Time 75 dollars and 70 cents a barrel down one dollar and eight cents...MARKETWATCH



THE US GOVERNMENT INTERVENING SEIZING FAILED FIRST REPUBLIC BANK.    THE BANK PLACED INTO THE HANDS OF FINANCIAL GIANT JP MORGAN...(News Agencies)



NURSES IN THE UK STAGING A 28-HOUR STRIKE AS THEY DRIVE HOME THEIR DEMAND FOR A PAY INCREASE THAT MATCHES THE 10 PLUS PERECENT INFLATION RATE IN THE UK...BBC NEWS





In Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announcing a hike in the minimum wage this month.   I will be 1,320 reals (265 US Dollars).    


It increases the minimum wage from 1,302 reals set by former President Jair Bolsonaro at the end of last year.


President Lula also increasing the income tax threshold from 1,903 reals to 2,640 reals per month of income...BLOOMBERG





The fighting continued in Sudan's capital city of Khartoum today in spite of a cease-fire declared by the warring factions...AL JAZEERA SUDAN CONFLICT BLOG



Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi visiting Syria for two days starting on Wednesday.    Israeli media taking note of the trip.


Iranian media speaking about the Israeli reaction to the trip linking it to unification of various militant groups in the region that have launched attacks on Israel... PRESS TV IRAN




MAY DAY PROTESTS AND STRIKES IN FRANCE OPPOSING PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON



LE PEN MAKES SPEECH TO RALLY IN LE HAVRE OPPOSING MACRON

                                                (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                                         (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)






                         PROTEST IN MARSEILLE, FRANCE MAY 1, 2023







BFM-TV FRANCE MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                     PARIS PROTEST VIDEO STREAM 1




               PARIS PROTEST LIVE VIDEO STREAM 2



    STREET LEVEL INTERVIEWS WITH PROTESTERS



France's political Left and labor unions staging a day of strikes and rallies to oppose President Emmanuel Macron's unilateral imposition of pension reform including the retirement age hike from 62 to 64.



A large crowd in Paris with rain falling this afternoon.



2.3 million protesting in France today according to the CGT labor union and 782,000 according to the Ministry of the Interior.



The leader of the Left in France Jean-Luc Melenchon urging people to continue their opposition to Macron's pension law saying "do not give in".



A very large peaceful protest but small groups of black uniformed anarchists staging January 6th type activity are on the streets of Paris that include acts of vandalism, the use of smoke and clashes with police.


France's leading opposition force on the Right the National Rally holding an event in the city of Le Havre today the National Rally has also opposed the pension reform law.



Marine Le Pen, who leads the party in the National Assembly, stayed away from any January 6th type incidents in Paris.



Le Pen spoke to a rally of supporters waving French flags at times during her speech this afternoon.    At one point in her speech she said that Macron spoke of getting the country moving but he's really moving it downwards...










                     THE UKRAINE WAR




DRONE ATTACK REPELLED IN CRIMEA



RUSSIA SAYS UKRAINIAN DEFENSE PLANTS HIT IN EARLY MORNING MISSILE BARRAGE



RUSSIAN CIVILIAN LEADER SPEAKS OF ATTACKS ON UKRAINIAN DEPOTS




                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



A drone attack on Sevastopol in Crimea, home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, repelled today...TASS RUSSIA




The Russian military says it struck Ukrainian defense plants in the early morning missile barrage that led to explosions across Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA...Ukraine claims to have shot down most of the missiles...(BBC News)




Russian civilian activist Vladimir Rogov saying that Ukrainian depots with ammunition and fuel for the expected offensive have been hit by massive Russian attacks...TASS RUSSIA





In other news....




The crackdown on the opposition in Fiji and now the former Attorney General and leader of the Fiji First Party arrested on abuse of office charges.



Former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama already facing charges.     


The crackdown following the emergence of a new government in Fiji more friendly to the US and US aligned nations and less friendly to China following last December's elections...REUTERS

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