NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 12/5/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*VACCINE PANEL DRAMA*ISRAELI MILITARY TENSIONS*MACRON SPEAKS 'UNITY' BETWEEN US AND EUROPE OVER UKRAINE IN CHINA*

 

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ITS A DECISION DRAWING HEAVY MAINSTREAM MEDIA ATTENTION AND SOME CRITICISM FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THE US CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL VACCINE ADVISORY PANEL REVISING GUIDELINES FOR GIVING NEWBORNS THE HEPATITIS B VACCINE.

THE 8-3 VOTE CHANGES THE EXISTING POLICY RECOMMENDING ALL NEWBORNS THE SHOTS NOW THEY ARE ONLY RECOMMENDED WHEN THE MOTHER TESTS POSITIVE FOR HEPATITIS B...THE HILL USA...

REPUBLICAN US SENATOR BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISANA CALLING ON THE DIRECTOR OF THE CDC TO REJECT THE RECOMMENDATION...(THE HILL USA)

The markets today.

At 1210 pm New York Time the Dow higher, the NASDAQ rising and the price of oil higher at 59 dollars 94 cents a barrel...Marketwatch

'CORE INFLATION' IN THE UNITED STATES ROSE AT A 2.8 PERCENT ANNUAL RATE IN SEPTEMBER.

INFORMATION RELEASED BY THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AFTER BEING DELAYED BY THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

THIS KEY INDICATOR IS USED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD TO DETERMINE INTEREST RATES...CNBC USA

IN ISRAEL DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL KATZ REJECTING THE PROMOTION OF A SENIOR RESERVE OFFICER.

ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF LT. GEN EYAL ZAMIR ISSUED A PROMOTION LIST INVOLVING 28 OFFICERS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

ONE COLONEL WHO PARTICIPATED IN PROTESTS OPPOSING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL AND RETURNED TO ACTIVE SERVICE FROM THE RESERVES.

THIS TRIGGERED THE OPPOSITION OF THE DEFENSE MINISTER...TIMES OF ISRAEL

"I've seen all the rumors in the last few days.  Unity between Americans and Europeans on the Ukraine issue is essential...We need to work together. We must work together"

                              FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMNUEL MACRON 

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON STRESSING THE NEED FOR 'UNITY' BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES.

SPECIFICALLY, MACRON WAS SPEAKING ABOUT UKRAINE WHEN ASKED BY REPORTERS ABOUT HIS LEAKED REMARKS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

THOSE REMARKS SPOKE ABOUT 'A GREAT DANGER' FOR UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AND USED THE WORD 'BETRAY' REGARDING US PEACE EEFORTS IN UKRAINE.

THE ELYSEE PALACE SAYING THE WORD 'BETRAY' WAS NOT USED IN THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MACRON AND OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS.

MACRON MADE HIS REMARKS DURING A VISIT TO CHINA ALONGSIDE CHINESR PRESIDENT XI JINPING...POLITICO EU

The estate of Jeffrey Epstein revealing that more than 250 emails between Epstein and Goldman Sachs financial firm lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler are protected by attorney client privilege.

Emails that were released by the Epstein Estate paint a closer relationship between Reummler and the convicted child sex abuser-trafficker than previously known...Jacob Shamsian "X"

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOTING PRIME MINSTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S REQUEST FOR A PARDON FROM ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT.

MR. TRUMP LINKING TO AN ISRAELI MEDIA STORY ABOUT MR. NETAANYAHU'S PARDON REQUEST TO ISRAELI PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG.

TRUMP HAS ALREADY MADE TWO REQUESTS FOR AN ISRAELI PRESIDENTIAL PARDON OF MR. NETANYAHU.

FIRST IN SPEECH TO ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT IN OCTOBER AND IN WRITING LAST MONTH TO PRESIDENT HERZOG...TIMES OF ISRAEL

  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

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                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

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FOUR EUROPEAN PUBLIC BROADCASTERS IN THE NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, IRELAND AND SLOVENIA PULLING OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.

THIS AFTER THE DECISION BY A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRIES TO ALLOW ISRAEL TO PARTIICIPATE.

DUTCH BROADCASTER AVRO/TROS DENOUNCING THE SEVERE HUMANITARIAN SUFFERING IN GAZA, THE LIMITATION OF PRESS FREEDOM THERE AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S INTERFERENCE IN LAST YEAR'S EUROVISION CONTEST.

AN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN WAS WAGED BOOSTING THE ISRAELI ENTRY IN THE SONG CONTEST TO THE NUMBER TWO POSITION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 12/4/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*SLOW HONDURAN VOTE COUNT CONTINUES*ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANON*FBI ARRESTS SUSPECT IN J6-RELATED PIPE BOMB INCIDENTS*ANTI-CHINA ECONOMIC RULES TOUTED*WHY EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE MAXWELL WANTS OUT OF PRISON*

 

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                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

THE SLOW VOTE COUNT CONTINUING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN HONDURAS.

JUST OVER 86 PERCENT OF THE VOTE WAS COUNTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE CANDIDATE ENDORSED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NASRY 'TITO' ASFURA HOLDING A NARROW LEAD OF MORE THAN 23,600 VOTES...

     2025 HONDURAN GENERAL ELECTION WIKIPEDIA

IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC POPULIST BILLIONAIRE ANDREJ BABIS TAKING OFFICE NEXT TUESDAY AS PRIME MINISTER FOLLOWING THE RECENT ELECTION.

BABIS REACHING AN UNDERSTANDING WITH CZECH PRESIDENT PETR PAVEL TO SELL OFF SOME OF HIS BUSINESS HOLDINGS.

HE WILL LEAD A GOVERNMENT OF THREE PARTIES THAT CONTROL 108 SEATS IN THE 200-SEAT PARLIAMENT...EURACTIV

In Kiev late tonight explosions.   The explosions happening during an air raid alert for a Russian attack...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

IN WASHINGTON TODAY A DEAL SIGNED TO END A CONFLICT BETWEEN CONGO AND RWANDA.

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP INVOLVED IN THE SETTLEMENT AND THE SIGNING CEREMONY...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE US SUPREME COURT ALLOWING THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP IN TEXAS.

ITS A MAP THAT MOVES FIVE MORE DISTRICTS TOWARDS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY...NBC NEWS USA

A SECOND ATTEMPT TO BRING AN INDICTMENT AGAINST NEW YORK DEMOCRAT ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD HAS FAILED.

A NEW GRAND JURY CONSIDERING THE MATTER AFTER THE APPOINTMENT OF LINDSEY HALLIGAN AS THE US ATTORNEY FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA WAS INVALIDATED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE...THE HILL USA

Another deadly US attack on a boat linked to drug trafficking.  Four killed in the attack on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)

IN TUNISIA 81-YEAR-OLD OPPOSITION PERSONALITY AHMED NAJIB CHEBBI ARRESTED.

CHEBBI'S ARREST FOLLOWED HIS 12-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE BEING UPHELD ON APPEAL.

HE WAS ACCUSED WITH OTHERS OF TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE REGIME OF PRESIDENT KAIS SAIED WHO DEPOSED THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT IN 2021...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The leader of an Israel-backed militia in Gaza killed.  Yasser Abu Shabab led a group dubbed "Popular Forces".  

The report in both Israel media and from Al Jazeera in Qatar...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON TODAY.   

THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYING HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITIES WERE HIT.

HEZBOLLAH ACCUSED OF HIDING ITS WEAPONS FACILITIES IN CIVILIAN AREAS AND OF USING CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS (VIDEO EMBED)

FOOD PRICES IN CANADA PROJECTED TO RISE FOUR TO SIX PERCENT NEXT YEAR.

RESEARCHERS AT DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY PROJECTING MEAT PRICES TO RISE STEEPLY WITH THE COST OF BEEF UP SEVEN PERCENT.

CHICKEN PRICES ALSO ON THE RISE AS CONSUMERS RUSH TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE TO BEEF...CBC NEWS CANADA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu picking a close associate as Israel's next spy chief.

Military secretary Roman Gofman named to be director of the Mossad...Times Of Israel

(UPDATED) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVING IN INDIA FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT...TASS RUSSIA...

WHEN HE ARRIVED MR. PUTIN WAS MET BY INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.

THE TWO LEADERS HOLDING AN INFORMAL MEETING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)

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THE FBI ARRESTING A SUSPECT IN CONNECTION WITH THE 'PIPE BOMBS' PLANTED OUTSIDE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 5TH, 2021.

THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE THE JANUARY 6TH EVENTS AT THE US CAPITOL.

NO FURTHER OFFICIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED ABOUT THE SUSPECT LATER DESCRIBED AS A VIRGINIA MAN...THE HILL USA...

FOX NEWS IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT AS 'BRIAN COLE'...(FOX NEWS).

SUSPECT BRIAN COLE JR. IS FROM WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA.

HE FACES ONE FEDERAL CHARGE INVOLVING AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WITH MORE CHARGES POSSIBLE.

HIS ARREST FOLLOWED A REOPENING OF EVIDENCE COLLECTED ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO.

REPUBLICAN PARTY ALIGNED LEGAL ANALYST JULIE KELLY NOTES THE DEVICES PLANTED ON JANUARY 5TH, 2021 WERE NOT VIABLE.

SHE BELIEVES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI WERE COVERING THE CASE UP BY NOT AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING IT...JULIE KELLY "X"

The markets today the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 31.96 points, the NASDAQ rose 51.04 points.

In New York the price of oil closed for the day at 59 dollars 67 cents a barrel...Marketwatch

The Iraqi government backing away from a published law that designated groups allied with Iran as 'terrorist organizations'.

Iraqi authorities say the government gazette 'mistakenly' published designation of the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon and Houthi movement in Yemen as terror groups...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)

IN ISRAEL AT LEAST 11 PALESTINIANS HURT IN A SERIES OF ATTACKS BY NATIONALIST SETTLERS.

THE NATIONALISTS USED CLUBS, STONES AND TEAR GAS IN THE ATTACKS...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In Australia social media giant Meta beginning enforcement of the new law banning social media accounts for children under the age of 16.

The law set to take effect next Wednesday December 10th...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE US, CANADA AND MEXICO URGED TO COORDINATE ECONOMIC RULES AGAINST CHINA.

THAT MESSAGE AT A WASHINGTON DC HEARING HELD BY THE OFFICE OF THE US TRADE REPRSENTATIVE.

THE NOTION OF 'ECONOMIC SECURITY' BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE US-MEXICO CHINA TRADE AGREEEMENT (USMCA) PRESENTED BY WITNESSES AT THE HEARING...SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

Jeffrey Epstein's former close associate Ghislaine Maxwell making an attempt to be released from prison.

Maxwell's lawyer David Oscar Markus saying she is concerned that release of 'untested and unproven' allegations in the grand jury record in her case would prejudice any possible retrial in her case.

The US Supreme Court recently rejected Maxwell's conviction and sentence on charges of sex abuse and sex trafficking involving minors...CNN USA

ISRAELI SOLDIERS BULLDOZING BODIES OF PALESTINIANS INTO UNMARKED GRAVES IN GAZA.

THIS ACCORDING TO AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY CNN.

THOSE KILLED WERE TRYING TO REACH HUMANITARIAN AID SITES IN GAZA.

THE ISRAELI ACTIONS CITED AS A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW...TASS RUSSIA...CNN STORY (HEADLINE ONLY-SUBSCRIBERS ONLY)

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RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWN TARGETS NEAR SEVASTOPOL

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Russian air defenses shooting down two targets over the sea near the Crimean port city of Sevastopol...Tass Russia

In other news...

THE NETHERLANDS GETTING READY TO IMPOSE SURCHARGES ON LOW-COST PACKAGES ENTERING THE COUNTRY FROM CHINA.

THE COST OF PACKAGES FROM CHINESE ONLINE RETAILERS LIKE SHEIN AND TEMU UNDER 150 EUROS (175 US DOLLARS) IN VALUE WILL HAVE AN EXTRA SIX EURO (SEVEN US DOLLAR) CHARGE TACKED ONTO THEM.

PREVIOUSLY SUCH PACKAGES WERE EXEMPT FROM CUSTOMS FEES.  THE NETHERLANDS FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED STATES IN IMPOSING SUCH FEES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A vomiting disorder linked to frequent marijuana use is on the rise.

A sharp rise in emergency visits for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) recorded between 2016 and 2022.  Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

CHS involves both screaming and vomiting giving it the nickname of 'scromiting'.

Symptoms include cyclical nausea and vomiting accompanied by abdominal pain with no organic cause.

The research noting 188 million CMS cases in 2020 and 2021 among adults 18 to 35 years old...The Hill USA

NEWS-SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 12/3/2025*EU TO MOVE AWAY FROM CHINA TRADE NEEDED TO MAKE WEAPONS*EPSTEIN ISLAND IMAGES RELEASED*KREMLIN SAYS RUSSIA SEEKS 'COMPROMISE' WITH US ON UKRAINE WAR*VOTE COUNT IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN HONDURAS

 

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An attacking Ukrainian drone shot down approaching Moscow late tonight...Tass Russia

A US F-16 WARPLANE CRASHING IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT TODAY.

THE PLANE PART OF A FLIGHT OF THE US AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS DEMONSTRATION TEAM.

THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EJECT FROM THE PLANE AND IS BEING TREATED FOR 'NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES' AT A HOSPITAL...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA

                         "going along well"

President Donald Trump's assessment of how his plan for peace in Gaza is unfolding.

Trump saying Phase Two of his plan is 'going to happen pretty soon' in spite of the explosion that wounded Israeli soldiers today...Times of Israel

ISRAEL ATTACKING IN GAZA TONIGHT AFTER FIVE ISRAELI SOLDIERS WERE WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK.

A HAMAS OPERATIVE REPORTED KILLED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The European Commission developing a plan to make the European Union less dependent on Chinese rare earths and raw materials.

Those items linked to everything from computer chips to electric car batteries as well as medical equipment and military weapons.

The EU is planning a major military buildup in the coming years.

Next year investment of three billion euros (3.5 billion USD) is planned to secure rare earths and raw materials in the short term.

Immediate investment underway to secure lithium from Germany and molybdenum from Greenland...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

DEMOCRATS ON THE US HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE RELEASING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S INFAMOUS ISLAND IN THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS...

       Oversight Dems "X" (With Link To Picture-Video Files)

                                         BBC News Blog

THE ROMANIAN NAVY DESTROYING A UKRAINIAN SEA DRONE IN THE BLACK SEA.

THE DRONE BLOWN UP BY MARINES 66 KILOMETERS EAST OF THE PORT CITY OF CONSTANTA.

IT WAS SAID THAT THE UKRAINIAN DRONE POSED A THREAT TO NAVIGATION IN THE AREA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 408.44 points or .86 percent.

The NASDAQ up 40.42 points or .17 percent.

At 431 pm New York Time the price of oil at 59 dollars 11 cents a barrel up 47 cents or .8 percent...Marketwatch

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCING 'FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL' PARDONS TO TEXAS DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR AND HIS WIFE IMELDA.

LAST YEAR THEY WERE ACCUSED OF TAKING 600,000 DOLLARS IN BRIBES FROM TWO FOREIGN ENTITITES. 

MR. TRUMP SAID THEY WERE TARGETED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AFTER CONGRESSMAN CUELLAR SPOKE OUT AGAINST BORDER POLICIES OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN...CNN USA

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says President Vladimir Putin accepted some proposals and rejected others offered by the United States regarding the Ukraine War yesterday.

Peskov says it would be wrong to characterize Mr. Putin's response as a 'rejection'.   He says Russia is working with the US on a final plan that will be a compromise between the positions of the two countries....RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU EXPECTED TO VISIT WASHINGTON DC AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

HE WILL MEET US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHILE CONGRESS IS OUT OF SESSION.    ISSUES LIKE SYRIA AND GAZA WILL BE DISCUSSED...TIMES OF ISRAEL

159 bodies have been recovered at the scene of last week's high-rise fire in Hong Kong.  31 people remain missing.

4600 people lived in 2000 apartments in the complex...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE COUNTING OF THE VOTES CONTINUING FROM LAST SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN HONDURAS.

WITH NEARLY 80 PERCENT OF THE VOTES COUNTED LIBERAL PARTY CANDIDATE SALVADOR NASRALLAH WITH A NARROW LEADER OVER NATIONAL PARTY CANDIDATE NASRY 'TITO' ASFURA.

ASFURA THE CANDIDATE ENDORSED LATE LAST WEEK BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

BOTH MR. NASRALLAH AND MR. ASFURA ARE OF PALESTINIAN ANCESTRY THEIR FAMILIES MIGRATED TO HONDURAS IN THE EARLY 1950'S...WIKIPEDIA 2025 HONDURAN GENERAL ELECTION

"All the heroes of the Torah were warriors-Joshua bin Nun, Gideon, King David were all great fighters!

Myriads of soldiers from the religious Zionist community proved themselves in this war..."

The leading political opponent of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett denouncing the 'Anti-Zionist" law on the military draft for Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.

Mr. Netanyahu's government proposing the law and Mr. Bennett offering what was meant to be a response to a statement from Netanyahu last night supporting the law but the Prime Minister cancelled his address.

Mr. Bennett saying the law is designed to prevent the Ultra-Orthodox from being drafted in what amounts to a 'con job'.

Some 80,000 young men 18 to 24 estimated to be available from among the Ultra-Orthodox in Israel to be drafted into military service...Times Of Israel

THE MAYOR OF THE NORTHERN DUTCH CITY OF TERNUZEN RESIGNING.   

THIS AFTER HIS EFFORT TO BRING AN ASYLUM SEEKERS CENTER TO THE CITY WAS OPPOSED BY A MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 12/2/2025*TRUMP SUGGESTS ATTACKS IN COLOMBIA*RETAIL GIANT SEEKS 'TARIFF REFUND'*WITKOFF, KUSHNER MEET PUTIN*LATEST ATTACK ON RUSSIAN TANKER OFF TURKEY*"PERFECTLY NORMAL' MRI FOR TRUMP*

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The US pausing immigration applications from 19 countries including Afghanistan and Somalia citing national security and public safety.

President Trump speaking at a cabinet meeting saying Somali Americans 'contribute nothing' and that 'Ilhan Omar is garbage' referencing Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

Prosecutors launching probes into alleged money laundering in the Somali-American community of Minnesota related to federal funding...News Agencies-Times Of Israel

THE FORMER HONDURAN PRESIDENT JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ FREED FROM FEDERAL PRISON AFTER BEING PARDONED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.

MR. HERNANDEZ WAS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS IN PRISON AND FINED EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSES.

MR. TRUMP FIRST ANNOUNCED THE PARDON OF HERNANDEZ WHEN HE MADE HIS ENDORSEMENT OF NASRY "TITO" ASFURA FOR PRESIDENT IN LAST SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

ASFURA IS FROM THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY AS MR. HERNANDEZ...CNN USA

Speaking to reporters at the White House US President Donald Trump mentioned the nation of Colombia by name as he said that military attacks on drug trafficking would be extended to land targets...OSINTdefender "X"

RESULTS FROM THE TENNESSEE 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION.

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MATT VAN EPPS PROJECTED THE WINNER OVER DEMOCRAT AFTYN BEHN WINNING THE SEAT BY A NARROWER MARGIN THAN REPUBLICANS WON IT IN LAST YEAR'S ELECTION.

                                      NBC NEWS USA

News leaked out of a phone conversation yesterday involving US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mr. Trump is said to have told the Mr. Netanyahu to 'calm down' in Syria.

Last week 13 Syrians killed in one Israeli military operation near Damascus...Barak Ravid "X"...

Meanwhile the US and Israel are reported at odds over a planned 'stabilization force' for Gaza.

Strong opposition to participation by Turkey from Israel.

This is causing other nations close to Turkey to balk at participating in the force...Middle East Eye

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Retail giant Costco suing the Trump Administration seeking a 'full refund' for tariffs imposed by President Trump.

The lawsuit in the federal trade court seeks a judgement declaring the imposition to tariffs to be illegal.

The US Supreme Court is due to rule on the legality of the tariffs.

If they are ruled illegal, the retailer wants to get a refund to cover the cost of tariffs.

Costco argues the tariffs have led to a loss of business that it may never regain...BBC News

SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS AT THE END OF HIS TRIP TO LEBANON POPE LEO XIV WARNING AGAINST THOSE SPREADING 'FEARS' OF MUSLIMS.

HE NOTED THAT THE FEARS ARE BEING SPREAD BY THOSE WHO ARE 'AGAINST IMMIGRATION'...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...

ALSO, THE PONTIFF WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE KILLED IN THE MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN THE PORT OF BEIRUT IN 2020.

MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN AFTER THE BLAST THAT KILLED AT LEAST 220 PEOPLE.  

POPE LEO SPEAKING OF THE NEED FOR JUSTICE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 185.13 points or .39 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 137.75 points or .59 percent.

At 5 pm New York Time the price of oil at 58 dollars 62 cents a barrel down 70 cents...Marketwatch

IN ISRAEL THREE SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN SEPARATE RAMMING AND STABBING ATTACKS.

THE ATTACKERS SHOT DEAD...TIMES OF ISRAEL

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS RUSSIAN FORCES ARE 'LIQUIDATING' 15 TRAPPED UKRAINIAN BATTALIONS NEAR KUPYANSK.

PUTIN EXPECTS RUSSIAN FORCES TO MAKE MORE ADVANCES IN THE KUPYANSK AREA...TASS RUSSIA

         (Updated With Additional Information)

US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow discussing an end to hostilities in the Ukraine War.

They are meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin...TASS RUSSIA...

After the meeting Putin aide Yury Ushakov describing a conversation that was 'very useful, constructive and very informative'.

Ushakov noting some proposals presented were acceptable to Russia and others were not.

Mr. Putin sent messages to take back to US President Donald Trump...Tass Russia

ANOTHER DRONE ATTACK ON A RUSSIAN TANKER OFF THE COAST OF TURKEY (TURKIYE).

THE SHIP SAILING TO THE NATION OF GEORGIA NEIGHBORING RUSSIA CARRYING SUNFLOWER OIL.

LAST FRIDAY TWO OIL TANKERS ASSOCIATED WITH RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET' WERE ALSO ATTACKED OFF THE TURKISH COAST...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

CHINA'S COAST GUARD SAID IT EXPELLED A JAPANESE VESSEL THAT ENTERED A DISPUTED CHAIN OF ISLANDS ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES NORTHEAST OF TAIWAN...TASS RUSSIA

A doctor's statement speaking of a 'perfectly normal' MRI for President Trump.

This after Democrat Governor Tim Walz called for release of the MRI results from the October imaging.

It was done on the President's heart and abdomen as part of preventive screening...Associated Press-MSN USA

A SPECIAL US HOUSE ELECTION TODAY IN TENNESSEE'S SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

REPUBLICAN MATT VAN EPPS FACING DEMOCRAT AFTYN BEHN.

IT'S A DISTRICT THE REPUBLICANS WON BY 20 PERCENTAGE POINTS LAST YEAR.

THE VOTE SEEN AS A TEST OF POLITICAL STRENGTH FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY...

2025 Tennessee 7th Congressional District Special Election Wikipedia

In Honduras a slow vote count following Sunday's Presidential Election.

With just over 57 percent of the vote counted National Party candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura endorsed by US President Donald Trump with a narrow lead.

Asfura leading rival Salvador Nasrallah of the Liberal Party by just over 500 votes...Wikipedia 2025 Honduran general election

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NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 12/1/2025*DEADLY BOAT ATTACK EXPLANATION*WHITE HOUSE STRATEGY MEETING ON VENEZUELA*ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT TALKS 'GOOD OF THE STATE' ON NETANYAHU PARDON ISSUE*ISRAELI CABINET MINISTER WARNS OF TRUMP INTERVENTION TO FORCE NETANYHAU PARDON*

 

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                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

A SECOND ATTACK THAT KILLED SURVIVORS OF THE FIRST ONE ON A BOAT IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA BACK IN SEPTEMBER IS BEING EXPLAINED BY THE WHITE HOUSE.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING IN RECENT DAYS LINKING THE DEADLY ATTACK ON AN ALLEGED DRUG BOAT TO AN ORDER FROM US SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH.

BUT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE ATTACK WAS ORDERED BY ADMIRAL FRANK M. BRADLEY WHO LEADS THE JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.

BRADLEY LAUDED BY SECRETARY HEGSETH AS A 'HERO'...NBC NEWS

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN VISITING A COMMAND POST TO HEAR REPORTS ON VICTORIES IN THE UKRAINE WAR.

RUSSIA SAYS THAT ITS FORCES NOW HAVE CONTROL OF THE CITIES OF KRASNOARMEYSK IN THE DONETSK REGION AND VOLCHANSK IN THE KHARKOV REGION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA

Belarus says it found a Lithuanian drone on its territory.   Belarus a nation aligned with Russia that borders both Russia and Ukraine.

Authorities say the drone entered the territory of Belarus after being launched in Lithuania and flying over Poland...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) 

PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTING DIALOGUE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA AMID TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

THE US SUPPORTS THE FORMER JIHADIST LEADER AHMED AL-SHARAA SYRIA'S NEW PRESIDENT.

IN RECENT DAYS 13 SYRIANS KILLED IN ONE ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION IN SOUTHWESTERN SYRIA.   IT WAS AN ACTION ISRAEL SAID WAS LINKED TO TERRORISM.

MR. TRUMP SAYING NOTHING SHOULD HAPPEN 'THAT WILL INTERFERE WITH SYRIA'S EVOLUTION INTO A PROSPEROUS STATE'...TRUTH SOCIAL POST

President Trump and top officials holding a strategy session to discuss the next steps regarding Venezuela.    

The meeting this evening at the White House including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine among others...OSINTdefender "X"

The new congressional district map for Indiana released by Indiana State House Republicans.

It attempts to flip two US House seats towards the GOP by mixing the Gary, Indiana area with rural counties in one instance.

In the other it splits Indianapolis (Marion County) into four congressional districts to take the existing seat away from Democrats.

It is not clear if enough Indiana State Senators are prepared to vote in the favor of the map later this month...The Hill USA

A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT UPHOLDING THE DISQUALIFICATION OF ALINA HABBA AS US ATTORNEY FOR NEW JERSEY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD PLACED HABBA IN THAT POSITION IN A TEMPORARY CAPACITY HAS HE CONTINUES TO SEEK US SENATE APPROVAL FOR HIS US ATTORNEY NOMINEES...THE HILL USA

  "only the good of the state and Israeli society"

Those comments from Israeli President Issac Herzog about what he will consider in deciding whether to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mr. Herzog also saying he will not be swayed by 'violent discourse'.   

President Herzog's consideration of the pardon request is expected to take weeks...Times of Israel...

More news related to this story later in the summary.

RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY WARNING OVER COMMENTS BY A NATO ADMIRAL ABOUT POSSIBLE PREEMPTIVE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA.

ITALIAN ADMIRAL GIUSEPPE CAVO DRAGONE SUGGESTED SUCH ATTACKS FOLLOWING INCIDENTS DEFINED AS RUSSIAN HYBRID WARFARE AGAINST NATO.

 THESE INCLUDE RECENT DRONE FLIGHTS OVER EUROPE AND THE SABOTAGE OF A POLISH RAILWAY LINE.

RUSSIAN SPOKESWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA SAYING THE ADMIRAL'S COMMENTS AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE ESCALATION AND UNDERMINE SETTLEMENT OF THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 427.09 points or .90 percent.

The NASDAQ down 89.76 points or .38 percent.

At 441 pm New York Time the price of at 59 dollars 45 cents a barrel up 90 cents or 1.45 percent...Marketwatch

More than 1100 deaths reported in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia following a hurricane in the region.

Hundreds of others are missing with more than 600 killed on the northwestern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

WITH MORE THAN HALF THE VOTE COUNTED IN HONDURAS'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NATIONAL PARTY CANDIDATE NASRY "TITO" ASFURA WITH A NARROW LEAD OVER LIBERAL PARTY CANDIDATE SALVADOR NASRALLA.

MR. ASFURA RECEIVED THE ENDORSMENT OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ON FRIDAY THAT ALSO PROMISED A PARDON FOR A FORMER HONDURAN PRESIDENT CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING...2025 HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

A cabinet minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government warning that Israeli President Issac Herzog must pardon Mr. Netanyahu.

Minister of Environmental Affairs Idit Silman warning that if Herzog fails to do so US President Donald Trump 'will be forced to intervene'...i24 News Israel "X" (Video Embed)

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY SAYS THAT NAMES OF VICTIMS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S UNDERAGE SEX TRAFFICKING NETWORK HAVE BEEN REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC.

THIS HAPPENED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROBE ULTIMATELY UNDER THE CONTROL OF US HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON.

MASSIE SAID JOHNSON'S EFFORT THAT LED TO DOZENS OF VICTIMS NAMES BEING REVEALED WAS DESIGNED TO THWART HIS 'EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT' THAT EVENTUALLY BECAME LAW...

                                Rep. Thomas Massie "X"

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 12/30/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*NETANYAHU REQUESTS PARDON FROM ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT*FOUR KILLED IN CALIFORNIA SHOOTING*TWO CHILDREN DEAD IN GAZA AFTER CROSSING 'YELLOW LINE'*TRUMP DEMANDS VENEZUELAN RULER LEAVE OFFICE*

 

   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)

                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

ISSUES ARE UNRESOLVED AFTER TODAY'S US-URKAINE TALKS LIKE THE NOTION OF 'SECURITY GUARANTEES' FOR UKRAINE FROM THE US AND OTHER NATIONS.

THIS ACCORDING TO THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' QUOTING A SENIOR US OFFICIAL...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"Governor Walz? You mean, the incompetent governor? So, if they want to release it, it's okay with me to release it."

President Trump on social media this evening answering Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's challenge to release MRI test results involving Mr. Trump.

Mr. Trump started the back and forth with an earlier holiday weekend social media attack on Governor Walz over crime and Somali immigrants.

In that post Trump described Mr. Walz as 'retarded'...

                                        THE HILL USA 

POPE LEO BEGINNING A VISIT TO LEBANON TODAY.  THE PONTIFF MEETING POLITICAL LEADERSHIP THEN VISITING NUNS AS A MONASTERY...CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Tens of thousands protesting in Madrid today demanding an end to the government led by Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

The protest organized by the main opposition Peoples Party focusing on corruption linked to Mr. Sanchez...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN SWITERLAND VOTERS GIVING THE THUMBS DOWN ON TWO ISSUES. 

ONE REFERENDUM INVOLVED DRAFTING WOMEN FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 84 PERCENT VOTED NO.

MEN ARE CURRENTLY OBLIGED TO DO MILITARY SERVICE.  FOR WOMEN IT IS VOLUNTARY.

THE OTHER ISSUE INVOLVED TAXATION OF INHERITANCES AND GIFTS EXCEEDING 50 MILLION SWISS FRANCS (62.15 MILLLION US DOLLARS) AT A 50 PERCENT RATE.

THAT PROPOSAL RECEIVED A 78 PERCENT NO VOTE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NETANYAHU PARDON REQUEST UPDATE

              (EARLIER DETAILS OF THIS STORY LATER IN SUMMARY)

Inside Israel tonight the public debate over the pardon request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

One common thread in the debate and news leaks that may come from Mr. Netanyahu's camp itself talk of a compromise or a conditional pardon.

The rules regarding a pardon by President Issac Herzog say that the person seeking a pardon must admit their guilt among other things...

                                    Times Of Israel Blog

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet President Vladimir Putin this week.   This will follow a meeting with Ukrainian officials in the United States that included Mr. Witkoff...Tass Russia

THE DUTCH INTERIOR MINISTER IN THE OUTGOING GOVERNMENT CRITICAL OF THE TONE OF PARTY OF FREEDOM LEADER GEERT WILDERS.

INTERIOR MINISTER FRANK RIJKAART SAYS THAT THE PRO-ISRAEL, ANTI-MASS IMMIGRATION POLITICIAN IS MAKING 'VERY CRUDE STATEMENTS' THAT 'RUB AGAINST THE EDGES' OF WHAT IT IS ACCPETABLE TO SAY.

WILDERS HAS PROMOTED COMMUNITY OPPOSITION ACROSS THE NETHERLANDS TO ASYLUM SEEKERS CENTERS.

MR, RIJKAART SAYS THAT LOCAL OFFICIALS MAKING DECISIONS ON ASYLUM SEEKERS CENTERS INCREASINGLY FACE THREATS AND INTIMIDATION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally requesting a pardon from Israel's President Issac Herzog.

Weeks ago US President Donald Trump wrote President Herzog to request a pardon.

The normal procedure for pardon requests is for the person wanting to be pardoned or their family members to request it.

The 111-page pardon request comes amidst a lengthy corruption trial involving Mr. Netanyahu.

The trial delayed by constant warfare even after a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict.

It is argued in the pardon request that Mr. Netanyahu needs to devote his full energy and attention to "Israel's progress in these critical times"...

      NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                     TIMES OF ISRAEL

IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA FOUR KILLED AND 10 OTHERS WOUNDED IN A MASS SHOOTING ATTACK.

IT HAPPENED AT A BANQUET HALL DURING A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.

THE SUSPECT HAS NOT BEEN CAPTURED YET...KCRA 3 (VIDEO EMBED)

In Gaza three killed by Israeli forces including two children.

Two brothers 8 and 11 years old said to be collecting firewood when they crossed the Yellow Line between Hamas and Israeli control.

The two boys defined as 'suspects' by Israel's military who also reporting killing a third individual identified as a terrorist.

The official Israeli statement saying the airstrike that killed the two boys was carried out due to 'suspicious activity in the ground' the activity said to be 'in a way that posed an immediate threat'.

The story from the Palestinian side is that they were collecting firewood for their wheelchair bound father...News Agencies-Times of Israel

Venezuela rebuffing US President Donald Trump's social media message this weekend declaring airspace 'above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety'.

Trump's message called a 'colonialist threat' and described as 'extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people'.

This latest message from Mr. Trump comes amid a US military buildup near Venezuela and weeks of deadly attacks on boats linked to drug trafficking.

The "New York Times" reporting on a phone conversation in recent days between Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and President Trump...

The "Wall Street Journal" reporting this weekend that Trump told Maduro in that phone call that the Venezuelan president must leave office.

If he doesn't US will consider other options...AFP France-France 24...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

Violence in the town of Giessen, Germany as thousands of left-wing demonstrators sought to disrupt the organization of a new youth wing for the Alternative for Germany Party.

The AfD, commonly called far-right, forced to create a new youth group after its former youth organization was declared an 'extremist group' by Germany's domestic intelligence agency...TRT World Turkey (Türkiye)

TODAY A UKRAINIAN DELEGATION IN MIAMI TO DISCUSS ENDING THE FIGHTING IN THE UKRAINE WAR.

THEY ARE MEETING US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO ALONG WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF AND MR. TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Belgium is resisting European Union efforts to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine.   

Prime Minister Bart de Wever saying the proposal is 'fundamentally wrong'.  He also said it violates international law and would lead to uncertainty and fear in financial markets.

Belgium holds the largest amount of frozen Russian assets in Europe 183 billion euros (212.19 billion US dollars).

The European Union seeks to use frozen Russian assets in Europe as collateral for a 140 billion euro loan to Ukraine (162.33 billion US dollars)...The Guardian UK The Guardian UK

      THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

RUSSIA REPORTS INCIDENT INVOLVING UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS UNWILLING TO FIGHT

                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Russian media quoting security officials telling the story of a Ukrainian military unit unwilling to carry out combat missions.

The company refusing to join the fighting is near the city of Krasny Liman...Tass Russia

In other news...

THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA ANTHONY ALBANESE MARRYING HIS PARTNER OF FIVE YEARS JODIE HAYDON.

THEIR WEDDING WAS AT 'THE LODGE' THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN CANBERRA.

THE CEREMONY KEPT A SECRET UNTIL IT WAS HELD FOR SECURITY REASONS...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA (VIDEO EMBED)

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*UKRAINE WAR ATTACKS CONTINUE*READY FOR WAR WITH CHINA IN 27 MINUTES*THE ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF AND MTG*BELIEVERS AND FEAR*

 

                          (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

                  (MATERIAL WILL ADDED THROUGHOUT DURING THE WEEKEND)

     NEWSDUMP ALERT: UKRAINE WAR

   RUSSIAN ATTACKS FOLLOW UKRAINIAN ATTACKS

Russian attacks on Ukraine this morning with Ukraine claiming responsibility for attacking two Russian-linked oil tankers in the Black Sea near Turkey yesterday...

       "Ukraine Confirms Responsibility For Attacks"-One India

                                          BBC News Story

Now let's play disc jockey for a bit from the collection of three thousand songs.

Here's a flashback in music to the "Easy Listening" sound my parents enjoyed maybe yours did too back in the 1960's or 70's Bert Kaempfert...

                                      "WONDERLAND BY NIGHT"-BERT KAEMPFERT

                                                       "SIR DUKE"-STEVIE WONDER

                    "ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD"-PAUL SIMON VIDEO

What a video there with sports legends Mickey Mantle and John Madden joining Paul Simon and a lot of then young people in the picture.

Well Thanksgiving three generations gathering in my home for dinner on Thursday.

Great day to be in the real world with real people heck my family I left this keyboard for hours something I would not have done before.

It reminded me of this...

        "The Generation Gap"-Dr. Billy Graham Message

"And young people have always been restless and dissatisfied with the conditions of society.

Part of it is just growing up.

What do young people really want from us as an older generation?

I'll tell you.

They want first of all to be loved.

Jesus looked at a young man who came to him asking some advice and asked him some spiritual questions and the scripture says Jesus looked at him and loved him..."

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKING AT 12:30 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED ABOVE

The scripture referenced by Dr. Graham is Mark 10:21.

THE 'CHINA WAR UPDATE' OUR THEME THE 1974 CLASSIC HIT 'KUNG FU FIGHTING' CARL DOUGLAS UP TO SING IT...

Last week we had France's chief of staff telling us about war with Russia and noting the Pentagon expects war with China over Taiwan in 2027.

Now this week the top US Navy officer Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle using the "Newsdump Week" In My Humble Opinion for these shocking comments.

They were made to sailors on Guam just hundreds of miles from China:

"You have to be ready, day one.  Now you hear a lot about 2027-I want you ready like in 27 minutes from now...

There is no time to wait on this. So, as you're onboard your ships, your installations, your air squadrons-whatever it might be-every single day, every ounce of energy, needs to be in making sure that you're ready to go into conflict"

"CNO Caudle Tells Sailors In Guam To Be Ready For Conflict Now"-USNI News November 24, 2025

Meanwhile President Xi Jinping of China inviting President Trump to visit Beijing in April.   Trump inviting Xi to visit the US later next year.

That as the two leaders spoke on Monday.

Great way to help boost stocks amid all the economic warfare-tariff tensions etc. etc. that seem to be leading us to what comes next the shooting war.

Also having these meetings next year good optics for the Mid-Term Election here in the USA.

Some hostility from Japan and its new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi saying Chinese military action against Taiwan constitutes an 'existential threat' to Japan.

In its statement China speaking of Taiwan's integration with China being 'an integral part of the post-war international order'... 

"Trump, Xi spoke by phone Monday"-Politico November 24, 2025

                                           Let's bring some more music into the picture...

                 "(LAST NIGHT) I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL"-THE FIFTH DIMENSION

 

                    "DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE"-THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS

                                                 "HEART OF HEARTS"-MARK HEARD

"Today it is clear to us beyond any doubt...What is needed is courageous, purposeful, transformative leadership.

Leadership that both recognizes failure and dares to drive change.

Not leadership that frightens and stifles, but leadership that uplifts-leadership with inspiration.

Not leadership that evades, but one that looks truth in the eye and sets a new direction"

ISRAEL'S CHIEF OF STAFF LT. GEN EYAL ZAMIR OFFERS CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU 11/26/2025...

"IDF Chief: Israel needs bold leadership that recognizes failure doesn't 'frighten, evade'"-Times Of Israel

"So your support is telling me to stay in there until I'm murdered and keep fighting the broken system that can't be fixed.

That's not support, that's cruel.

Instead of listening to me tell all of you that it's broken far beyond repair more than you know, you throw rocks.

Again run for congress yourself.  Stop keyboarding."

CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE RESPONDS TO CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST MIKE CERNOVICH'S CALL ON HER TO PULL BACK FROM RESIGNING 11/26/2025

             Marjorie Taylor Greene On "X" 11/26/2025

                 BELIEVERS AND FEAR

"Peter Hitchens: The New Atheist attack on religion was a shot in the arm for Christianity-People reproach believers for being motivated by fear. But if you have never been motivated by fear, you are very foolish"-Marker

THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.  

A SHOCKING STORY ABOUT THE 'SUSPECTS' KILLED IN AN ISRAELI BOMBING ATTACK IN GAZA THIS WEEKEND.

MY LINK FOR THIS STORY 'THE TIMES OF ISRAEL'.

From France this week the plan for military service a 'voluntary plan' that will train French youth for recall to military duty later when needed.  

Jordan Bardella the man to beat in the latest French polling for President but he has ties to the party of Israel's Prime Minister as well as former associate of Jeffrey Epstein Steve Bannon...

"France Yellow Vests Week 366*Macron Announces Phased In Military Draft*The Man To Beat For President In 2027 And His Connections*Today's Rainy Day Protest*

                                                        Good Night. God Bless.         

                                                 "ALL DAY SONG"-ERNIE AND DEBBY  

          

                                                                 "ALL THINGS"-GLAD

                                             "SAIL ON SAILOR"-MUSTARD SEED FAITH