Monday, February 17, 2025

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)

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