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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/24/2026*TRUMP STATE OF THE UNION*US STEALTH WARPLANES DEPLOYED TO ISRAEL*SUICIDE ATTEMPT REPORTED BY FORMER NORWEGIAN PM LINKED TO EPSTEIN*US AMBASSADOR IN FRANCE TALKS TO FOREIGN MINISTER AMID TENSIONS*CHINA, HONG KONG PROTEST PANAMA PORT TAKEOVERS*UKRAINE WAR ANNIVERSARY
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERING THE STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE TONIGHT...
BBC NEWS UK LIVE BLOG
DOZENS OF DEMOCRATS IN THE US SENATE AND HOUSE DECLINING TO ATTEND THE SPEECH WITH A PROTEST EVENT BEING HELD OUTSIDE THE US CAPITOL...
BRIAN KRASSENSTEIN "X" (DEMOCRAT)
(UPDATED) 12 US F-22 WARPLANES BEING DEPLOYED AT A SOUTHERN ISRAELI AIR BASE...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...Times of Israel...
12 PLANES LEFT ENGLAND WITH ONE OF THEM FORCED TO TURN BACK...THE OTHER 11 SAFELY REACHING AN AIRBASE IN THE NEGEV DESERT OF SOUTHERN ISRAEL...OSINTdefender "X"
(Updated) The former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland accused of corruption related to Jeffrey Epstein said to have been hospitalized following a suicide attempt.
He is reported in critical condition...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)...
The Norwegian Public Broadcaster NRK published a story following foreign media reports.
It says that Mr. Jagland is "hospitalized"..."as a result of the pressure surrounding the aftermath of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein".
The report noting that: "Several media outlets have written about the case".
A lawyer for Jagland speaking of him receiving "long-term follow-up in the healthcare system"...NRK Norway (In Norwegian)
IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR 28 KILLED AND 39 WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BACKED RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF).
THE ATTACK DESTROYED A MEDICAL CENTER IN THE TOWN OF MISTERIHA WITH ONE MEDICAL EMPLOYEE CAPTURED BY THE RSF...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner holding a phone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
This after Mr. Kushner failed to show for a meeting last evening to discuss US government social media posts blaming the Left for the killing of a French nationalist.
The French Foreign ministry had spoken of Mr. Kushner being barred from direct contact with French government officials for missing that meeting.
But the message now is that differences have been settled and that Mr. Kushner and Mr. Barrot will meet in the coming days...Politico EU
THE NEW TARIFFS PROMISED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE IN FORCE TODAY.
BUT THEY ARE 10 PERCENT TARIFFS, NOT THE 15 PERCENT TARIFFS MR. TRUMP TOUTED OVER THE WEEKEND IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST.
CERTAIN CONSUMER GOODS LIKE BEEF AND COFFEE ARE EXEMPT FROM THE TARIFFS...(CBC RADIO ONE CANADA NEWS NOON EASTERN TIME)...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 370.44 points or .76 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 236.41 points or 1.04 percent.
At 624 pm in New York the price of oil higher at 66 dollars four cents a barrel up 41 cents from today's close...
Marketwatch
China and Hong Kong protesting Panama's seizure of port ownership on the Panama Canal.
The two ports seized by Panama under pressure from the United States worried about Chinese influence over the strategic canal.
US President Donald Trump had accused China of 'running the Panama Canal'.
Ownership of the ports moving from Hong Kong's CK Hutchinson to a consortium including the US financial giant "BlackRock".
China's Foreign Ministry saying that "China will firmly safeguard the company's legitimate and lawful rights and interests"...News Agencies-TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)
TODAY IS THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF ALL-OUT WAR IN UKRAINE THAT HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE 2014 COUP THAT OVERTHREW AN ELECTED GOVERNMENT FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA.
IT IS A DAY OF PROPAGANDA OF MESSAGING WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS NOT 'BROKEN' THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SPEAKING OF THE WAR LEADING TO A 'MATURING OF SOCIETY' IN RUSSIA,..AL JAZEERA QATAR LIVE BLOG...TASS RUSSIA
Four killed in Iran in the crash of military helicopter. The mishap in the town of Dorcheh near a military base in Isfahan Province.
The accident happened as Iran is in a heightened state of alert for an expected US and or Israeli attack...Al Jazeera Qatar
SEVEN KILLED IN THE CRASH OF AN AMBULANCE PLANE IN EASTERN INDIA. THE PLANE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FOR NEW DELHI WHEN IT WENT DOWN IN A FORESTED AREA.
AUTHORITIES SUSPECT TURBULENCE CAUSED BY BAD WEATHER LED TO THE CRASH...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN NORTH KOREA THE SISTER OF RULER KIM JONG-UN PROMOTED TO NEW POSITION AT THE CONGRESS OF THE RULING WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY.
KIM YO JONG NAMED DIRECTOR OF A DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS AND EXTERNAL STRATEGIES.
SHE HAS MADE STRONG STATEMENTS DIRECTED AT SOUTH KOREA IN RECENT MONTHS
HER PROMOTION ANNOUNCED DURING THE RULING PARTY CONGRESS AN EVENT HELD EVERY FIVE YEARS...THE INDEPENDENT UK
Monday, February 23, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 2/23/2026*NEWSLEAK ABOUT AMMO SUPPLY FOR IRAN WAR*STOCKS DECLINE*FORMER BRITISH MINISTER ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH EPSTEIN*DOZENS KILLED IN DRUG CARTEL VIOLENCE IN MEXICO*US AMBASSADOR IN FRANCE NO SHOW FOR MEETING OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Ukraine reporting more attacks on police officers in two cities following an attack in the western city of Lviv (Lvov) on Saturday.
Seven more police officers hurt in Ukraine. As reported later in this summary there was an attack that wounded Russian police in Moscow tonight...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THIS EVENING IN PARIS US AMBASSADOR CHARLES KUSHNER A NO-SHOW FOR A MEETING CALLED AT THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY.
THE MEETING CALLED OVER US GOV'T SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS REGARDING THE MURDER OF FRENCH NATIONALIST QUENTIN DERANQUE.
FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-NOEL BARROT DECIDING THAT MR. KUSHNER WILL NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
Late tonight in Moscow a man approaching police officers at a railway station and detonating a bomb.
Two dead including the bomber with two others wounded...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
(UPDATED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTION)
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PUBLISHING A STORY SAYING THE TOP US GENERAL IS WARNING OF DEPLETED STOCKPILES OF MUNITIONS IN THE EVENT OF A LONG WAR WITH IRAN.
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHAIRMAN GENERAL DAN CAINE SAID TO HAVE WARNED THAT A LONG CONFLICT WITH IRAN WOULD DRAIN US STOCKPILES OF AMMUNITION...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSE TO THE STORY NOTING GENERAL CAINE'S SUPPORT FOR ANY DECISION HE ULTIMATELY MAKES REGARDING IRAN...OSINTdefender "X" (Trump Post Embed)...
(COMMENT)
THIS KIND OF REPORTING CAN ONLY LEAD US IN THE DIRECTION OF A US-ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST IRAN TO KILL, KIDNAP AND OR DESTROY IRAN'S LEADERSHIP QUICKLY.
TO QUICKLY OVERTHROW IRAN'S GOVERNMENT DESTROY ITS ABILITY TO WAGE WAR BY DECAPITATION OF ITS LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE.
WHAT MIGHT SUCH AN OPERATION ENTAIL? A FEW POWERFUL BOMBS?
(Updated) Former British Ambassador to the US and British Labor Party cabinet minister Peter Mandelson arrested by police on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
The suspicion related to Mr. Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Mandelson released from custody just after 1am on Tuesday morning.
BBC News Blog
Sky News UK Blog
IN MEXICO 74 KILLED IN THE VIOLENCE RELATED TO THE DEATH OF A DRUG CARTEL LEADER FOLLOWING HIS SEIZURE BY AUTHORITIES.
25 MEMBERS OF MEXICO'S NATIONAL GUARD AMONG THE DEAD...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Spotted in Israel in the last 24 hours amid tensions with Iran US military aircraft. The cargo and refueling planes on the ground at Ben Gurion International Airport...Times of Israel
TRUMP-APPOINTED FLORIDA US DISTRICT JUDGE AILEEN CANNON RULING AGAINST RELEASE OF BIDEN PROSECUTOR JACK SMITH'S REPORT ON MR. TRUMP.
THAT REPORT DEALS WITH A CRIMINAL CASE BASED ON THE NOTION OF MR. TRUMP'S POSSESSION OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS...THE HILL USA
The markets today with sharp drops.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 821.91 points or 1.66 percent.
The NASDAQ fell 258.80 points or 1.13 percent.
At 430 pm New York Time the price of oil 66 dollars 38 cents a barrel down 10 cents...Marketwatch
THE US EMBASSY IN BEIRUT EVACUATING ITS STAFF AS A PRECAUTION AMID RISING TENSIONS WITH IRAN...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...TIMES OF ISRAEL
(News, Comment, Analysis)
The new Dutch cabinet sworn into office. It's led by Prime Minister Rob Jetten of the Democrats 66 (D66) Party.
It's a minority government that includes D66 alongside the Liberal Party (VVD) and Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA).
They control 66 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives with free market liberal capitalism a major aspect of their unity.
The government will advance selected policies seeking to find allies from different parties in the opposition that control majorities in the House and Senate depending on the policy advanced...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
AT LEAST 19 KILLED AND DOZENS INJURED IN NEPAL WHEN A BUS WENT OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLED DOWN A HILL ENDING UP IN A RIVER BED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"no lessons to receive from the international reactionary community"
FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-NOEL BARROT CONDEMNS POST FROM US EMBASSY-US STATE DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF COUNTERTERRORISM ON MURDER OF NATIONALIST QUENTIN DERANQUE
THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONING THE US AMBASSADOR CHARLES KUSHNER THIS EVENING OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
THE POSTS REGARDING THE KILLING OF FRENCH NATIONALIST QUENTIN DERANQUE IN A FIGHT WITH LEFTISTS CO-POSTED BY THE US EMBASSY AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S COUNTERTERRORISM BUREAU.
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TAKING EXCEPTION TO REMARKS THAT LINK THE KILLING TO 'VIOLENT RADICAL LEFTISM' THAT IS 'ON THE RISE'.
FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-NOEL BARROT SPEAKING OF NOT WANTING THE KILLING OF DERANQUE TO BE INSTRUMENTALIZED 'FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES'.
HE ALSO REFERENCED THE MURDER AS AN INTERNAL FRENCH MATTER...
BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
FIVE INJURED CLIMBERS RESCUED FROM THE SIDE OF MOUNT TARANAKI IN NEW ZEALAND.
ONE OF THE RESCUED CLIMBERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
RESCUE CREWS MOVED UP THE MOUNTAIN WITH HELICOPTERS USED TO TAKE THE CLIMBERS OFF OF IT...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
Sunday, February 22, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/22/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*IRAN TENSIONS*VIOLENCE AS CARTEL LEADER KILLED IN MEXICO*CARLSON HUCKABEE INTERVIEW STORM*PAKISTAN ATTACKS TERROR CAMPS IN AFGHANISTAN*PROTESTS, VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL*
(WEATHER CONDITIONS AND OR PERSONAL COMMITMENTS COULD INTERRUPT SERVICE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME)
The outbreak of violence in Mexico today as a drug lord was taken out but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE REPORTED IN THE RUSSIAN CITY OF BELGOROD FOLLOWING A UKRAINIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
THERE ARE INTERRUPTIONS OF HEAT, WATER AND ELECTRICITY TO RESIDENTS OF THE CITY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(News, Comment, Analysis)
Israel's security cabinet holding a meeting today (News Agencies) meanwhile we are being told that there will be US-Iran talks Thursday.
But the possibility of US and or Israeli attacks on Iran regardless of that cannot be discounted...Barak Ravid Axios "X" (Link To Paywall Protected Story)...
Interviewed on the CBS News program "Face the Nation" Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaking of 'a good chance' for diplomacy.
Araghchi saying "if they want to find a resolution for Iran's peaceful nuclear program, the only way is diplomacy".
He rejected the US military buildup now facing Iran saying it 'cannot pressurize us'...Press TV Iran
(UPDATED) A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT AND KILLED ON THE GROUNDS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE.
AUTHORITIES SAY HE HAD A SHOTGUN AND CAN OF GASOLINE.
THE MAN KILLED WAS FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING BY HIS FAMILY A FEW DAYS AGO.
HE'S IDENTIFIED AS AUSTIN TUCKER MARTIN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
VIOLENCE IN MEXICO AS AUTHORITIES TAKE OUT A DRUG CARTEL KINGPIN
(UPDATED AS ABLE)
Violence in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta and other parts of the country as authorities killed a drug cartel leader additional violence reported in other parts of Mexico.
Members of the Mexican military killed and wounded...OSINTdefender "X"...
The US State Department had a 15 million dollar bounty on the leader nicknamed "El Mencho"...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
The United States provided intelligence support for today's operation by the Mexican security forces...(News Agencies)...
Messaging by the Mexican government to Mexican media is that "El Mencho" died while wounded and being transported to a hospital in Mexico City.
Members of his cartel creating fiery blockades on highways.
A major military and police operation across multiple Mexican states launched to deal with the violence. Schools in nine Mexican states will be closed tomorrow.
Some videos of heavy fighting in the city of Zacapu between Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexico have been posted online...OSINT Europe "X" (Video Embeds)...
Tonight, the Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stressing that there is no violence in many parts of Mexico and life goes on as usual...Tass Russia...
EL UNIVERSAL MEXICO (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
Canada's government with advisories to shelter in place for Canadian tourists with Canadian airlines suspending flights to Puerto Vallarta.
The US has issued a similar advisory for its citizens in Mexico...CBC News Canada
PLENTY OF CONTROVERSY THIS WEEKEND SURROUNDING THE INTERVIEW OF US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL MIKE HUCKABEE BY MEDIA PERSONALITY TUCKER CARLSON.
HUCKABEE'S VIEW OF ISRAEL BEING ENTITLED TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDDLE EAST CITING THE BOOK OF GENESIS IN THE BIBLE (GENESIS 15:18) DREW SHARP RESPONSES FROM SOME ARAB COUNTRIES.
SAUDI ARABIA DESCRIBING HIS COMMENTS AS 'EXTREMIST RHETORIC' AND UNACCEPABLE...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
MEANWHILE TUCKER CARLSON ACKNOWLEDGING THE UNEQUIVOCAL DENIAL BY ISRAEL'S CEREMONIAL LEADER, PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG, OF ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN HIM AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN...
TUCKER CARLSON "X" (VIDEO EMBED)
Russian air defenses downing 86 attacking Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday.
29 of them in the Belgorod Region with one over the Moscow Region among other locations across Russia...Tass Russia...
In the western Ukrainian city of Lvov (Lviv) explosions with one killed and 15 wounded.
A police officer died when called to investigate a burglary but encountered an explosion.
Ukrainian authorities speaking of terrorism...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
(UPDATED) PAKISTAN ATTACKING PAKISTANI TALIBAN CAMPS IN AFGHANISTAN.
THE PAKISTANI MILITARY CITING A SERIES OF RECENT SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATTACKS ON SEVEN CAMPS.
TALIBAN AUTHORITIES SAY DOZENS WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACKS (NEWS AGENCIES).
THE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN ACCUSED OF FAILING TO STOP THE SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT MEDIATED IN QATAR...DAWN PAKISTAN
Two activist supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu detained by police Saturday night when they approached the home of a television news anchor.
Channel 13 journalist Lucy Aharish is an Arab-Israeli who has been critical of the government of Mr. Netanyahu and his supporters...Times of Israel...
Police used a water cannon on demonstrators outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in Jerusalem Saturday.
The water reported to contain skunk spray with a least one demonstrator injured by police. Two others taken into custody.
The protestors demanding a state commission of inquiry into the Hamas attack on Israel of October 7th, 2023. Mr. Netanyahu steadfastly refusing to allow such an inquiry...Times Of Israel...
AND NEAR JERUSALEM SHOOTINGS THAT WOUNDED TWO PALESTINIANS REPORTED.
JEWISH NATIONALIST SETTLERS BLAMED FOR SHOOTING THEM, ALSO ROBBING HOMES IN A PALESTINIAN COMPOUND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF RAMALLAH.
ARSON WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE AREA...TIMES OF ISRAEL
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUSHING THE TARIFF ENVELOPE SATURDAY RAISING HIS 'GLOBAL TARIFF' TO 15 PERCENT.
TRUMP ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED A 10 PERCENT TARIFF WHEN THE US SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN MOST OF HIS PREVIOUSLY IMPOSED TARIFFS ON FRIDAY.
TRUMP HAS AUTHORITY TO RAISE THOSE TARIFFS FOR 150 DAYS HE WILL NEED CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL TO EXTEND THEM...CBC News Canada
Slovakia warning Ukraine that it will cut off emergency electricity supplies.
The Slovak government responding to a cutoff of Russian oil supplies through Ukraine that Ukraine blames on Russia.
Slovakia and Hungary both rely on the Russian oil and they have have already cut off diesel fuel exports to Ukraine.
Hungary also blocking a 90 billion Euro European Union loan to Ukraine...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Saturday, February 21, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC*KILLINGS, KIDNAPPINGS IN NIGERIA*SINGING THE LORD'S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND*I RECALL BILLY GRAHAM ON ISRAEL'S LAND*DID SERGEANT SCHUTZ KNOW EPSTEIN?*THERE IS A JUDGEMENT DAY COMING*
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NEWSDUMP ALERT: 50 KILLED OTHERS KIDNAPPED IN NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA
Attacks on villages in northwestern Nigeria Thursday with 50 people killed and kidnappings of women and children.
150 men were sighted on motorcycles a day before the attacks with police warned by local residents...
NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Where do we go from here your host grew up with preachers on the radio so I heard about Jesus but many of those preachers mixed in the social commentary the politics if you will.
Reverend John Dekker one such host who had an appreciation of the gospel it figured more prominently at times even more than politics in his broadcasts.
Reverend Dekker was on the radio in the 1970's when I first prayed to receive Jesus into my life. I worked in religious broadcasting some of my life and at times encountered a very joyous John Dekker in those circumstances.
He was born in Holland this month back in 1932 on February 14th he passed on December 27, 2012...Reverend John A. Dekker Obituary
So in the tradition of Reverend John Dekker there will be something of the Gospel and something of the contentious issues of our times in this week's post.
Back in the 1970's I studied German in high school and read German magazines in class like "Bunte" in those magazines the schedules for German and Austrian television channels.
On ZDF German television in the 1970's a show called "Disco" with live performances of hit music like this...
"POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS'-CLIFF RICHARD
"DANCING QUEEN"-ABBA
"RIVERS OF BABYLON"-BONEY M
"How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?"
That big hit song in Europe back in 1978 only reached Number 30 on the chart here in the USA but the lyrics are straight out of Psalm 137 of the Bible.
"Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
The Lord looks down from heaven: he sees all the children of man;
From where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
Behold the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you."
PSALM 33 ESV BIBLE
Well Psalm 33 was the message at this service last Sunday I watched this video more than once this week along with my own reading and meditation regarding this psalm...
Psalm 33 Mountain View Community Church Sunday February 15th Service
"BE NOT AFRAID"-JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT
"PSALM 121"-GLAD
"ONE OF THE DOMINOES"-MARK HEARD
AND THE BIBLE SAYS....
"On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, 'To your descendants I give this land from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates--"
GENESIS 15:18 NIV BIBLE
"It would be fine if they took it all"
US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL MIKE HUCKABEE SPEAKING TO TUCKER CARLSON REGARDING THE LANDS MENTIONED IN GENESIS 15...
"'Absurd and Provocative': Huckabee faces firestorm for Israel border stance-Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia denounce US ambassador's remarks suggesting Israel has right to much of Middle East"
I RECALL DR. BILLY GRAHAM TELLING THE MEDIA BACK IN THE 1970'S IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER I READ IT BACK THEN.
WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT 'ONE DAY' ISRAEL WOULD HAVE BORDERS THAT EXTENDED ALL THE WAY EASTWARDS TO THE EUPRHATES.
DR. GRAHAM DIDN'T COME OUT SAYING THAT ISRAEL DESERVED TO GET THE LAND LIKE MIKE HUCKABEE DID.
BACK IN THE 1970'S I WAS FED RESENTMENT OF DR. GRAHAM FROM DR. CARL MCINTIRE A MAN WHO FANCIED HIMSELF THE MARTIN LUTHER OF HIS TIME.
NOW I APPRECIATE DR. GRAHAM A LOT MORE HIS PREACHING COMING UP LATER.
Tucker Carlson's Treatment By Israeli Authorities Reminds Me Of What Happened To Dr. Carl McIntire in Kenya in 1975 when he got deported.
The issue of US consular assistance to McIntire brought up in the news story linked below...
"Conservative Cleric Expelled By Kenya After Expressing Views"-Reuters-New York Times July 26, 1975
It seems the US Embassy wasn't interesting in protecting Carlson when he came to Israel to interview Ambassador Huckabee this week...
TUCKER CARLSON'S INTERVIEW WITH MIKE HUCKABEE INCLUDING INTRO ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS WITH ISRAELI AUTHORITIES
The Jeffrey Epstein Update it seems like "Hogans Heroes" has come back IMHO so why not the theme from "Hogans Heroes"...
On "Hogans Heroes" Sergeant Schultz always saw things he wanted to forget...
"I know nothing nothing..."
"I see nothing I was not even here, I did not even get up this morning"
SERGEANT SCHULTZ ON HOGANS HEROES
"Video released of a five-hour deposition by retail magnate Les Wexner shows the billionaire repeatedly insisting he knew nothing about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes...."
CNN REPORT ON VICTORIA'S SECRET MAGNATE LES WEXNER'S DEPOSITION TO THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTING AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME STORIES ABOUT HAPPENINGS IN ISRAEL THIS WEEKEND PART OF THE MIX.
And for Jews and Gentiles in Israel and Worldwide here's this...
"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead"
ACTS 17:30-31 ESV BIBLE
"There is a Judgement Day approaching and it seems to me that the time has come for the Christian minister to proclaim the hope, the hope of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ...
Christ is coming back he's going to set up his kingdom, a glorious kingdom that will never end in which justice is going to reign.
And peace and happiness and joy forever.
And yet we in the church are the ones who are silent...
Jesus Christ by his death, burial and resurrection became the message. He became the Gospel. He is the Gospel..."...
DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKS STARTING AT 8:29 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...
"Do It Again"-Dr. Billy Graham Speaking In Kansas City In 1981
Good Night. God Bless.
"WELL, HAVEN'T YOU HEARD"-2ND CHAPTER OF ACTS
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FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 377*KILLING OF NATIONALIST STIRS GOVERNMENT ACTION*MACRON REBUKES ITALIAN LEADER*PM PUSHES NEW SPEECH LAW BEFORE JEWISH GROUP*CABINET SHUFFLE DELAYED*
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
This week in France the justice system cracking down following the killing of a Nationalist on the Right during a fight with Leftists in Lyon on February 12th.
Quentin Deranque's murder triggering a cataclysm with massive media attention devoted to the case.
The first round of municipal elections is just 22 days away a delicate political balance in France right now between the Left and the Right with the Center of President Emmanuel Macron also in the mix.
The killing leading to derision of the Left.
Leading Presidential candidate in next year's election Jordan Bardella of the National Rally saying he is not "Far-Right" also saying President Emmanuel Macron facilitates Leftist violence with his policies.
BY THURSDAY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE HAD SEVEN SUSPECTS THEY WANTED TO CHARGE IN THE DEATH OF QUENTIN DERANQUE INCLUDING JACQUES-ELIE FAVRO.
FAVRO WORKED AS AN AIDE TO LA FRANCE INSOUMISE (LFI) MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RAPHAEL ARNAULT. HE WAS FIRED FROM HIS JOB WHEN IMPLICATED IN THE CASE...
"French Public Prosecutor charges seven suspects for the death of right-wing extremist in Lyon"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON CRITICAL OF ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI AFTER SHE DENOUNCED THE KILLING OF QUENTIN DERANQUE.
MELONI SPOKE OF 'A CLIMATE OF IDEOLOGICAL HATRED SWEEPING SEVERAL NATIONS' CITING 'GROUPS LINKED TO LEFT-WING EXTREMISM'.
LEFTIST PROTESTERS RECENTLY STAGED A FIERCE PROTEST DURING THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN MILAN.
BUT MR. MACRON QUICKLY RETORTED TO MELONI'S COMMENTS SAYING:
"I'm always struck by how people who are nationalists, who don't want to be bothered in their own country, are always the first ones to comment on what's happening in other countries.
Let everyone stay at home and the sheep will be well looked after"...
"Macron tells Meloni to 'stay at home' after comments on French activist's killing"-AFP France-Euronews
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu addressing a Jewish conference in Paris on Friday.
Lecornu supporting a proposed law to criminalize any statements calling for the destruction of a nation.
The notion embedded in legislation introduced by a Jewish lawmaker in the National Assembly designed to address 'renewed forms' of Antisemitism.
Such a law would criminalize calls for the destruction of Israel from its opponents.
Mr. Lecornu took time in his speech to criticize Israeli policies asserting control of Judea and Samaria (The West Bank). He said the current government of Israel is 'violating international law'...
Times of Israel
A MAJOR POINT OF PROTEST IN FRANCE TODAY LYON WHERE A MARCH WAS HELD IN HONOR OF QUENTIN DERANQUE.
3,200 PARTICPATED ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
POLICE GATHERED TO MAINTAIN ORDER.
A 'JUSTICE FOR QUENTIN' BANNER DISPAYED DURING THE MARCH...
LIVE VIDEO STREAM OF POLICE AT QUENTIN DERANQUE MARCH LYON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2026
VIDEO OF QUENTIN DERANQUE MARCH IN LYON 2/21/2026
This weekend word that a cabinet reshuffle expected to happen by Sunday has been delayed.
The replacement of several cabinet ministers being held off for several days at least due to a no-confidence motion from the National Rally (RN) in the National Assembly. This according to "Le Parisien".
That's the news from France for this week.
Friday, February 20, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/20/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*UKRAINE ATTACKS DEEP IN RUSSIA*US-CHINESE WARPLANE STANDOFF*ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON*US CONSIDERS TAKING OUT IRAN'S LEADERS*SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN MOST TRUMP TARIFFS*EPSTEIN ESTATE VICTIMS SETTLEMENT*'SIGNS OF GENOCIDE' SUDAN CIVIL WAR*IRAN'S 'FORMAL WARNING' AHEAD OF US ATTACKS*
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME OR LATER)
(NEWS REGARDING IRAN IS INSIDE THIS SUMMARY AT VARIOUS POINTS AS WELL AS THE US SUPREME COURT TARIFF RULING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The New Mexico Department of Justice opening an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch over allegations of illegal activity.
A previous investigation was closed in 2019 at the request of the US Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York.
The probe will seek complete and unredacted versions of files recently released by the US Department of Justice.
New Mexico's justice department will collaborate with local law enforcement agencies and recently formed "Epstein Truth Commission" of state lawmakers...
KOAT ALBUQUERQUE
FIVE PEOPLE KILLED IN THREE SEPARATE AVALANCHE INCIDENTS IN AUSTRIA TODAY.
IN RECENT WEEKS ALMOST 100 DEATHS IN THE EUROPEAN ALPS DUE TO AVALANCHES.
MANY LOCATIONS WITH A HIGH AVALANCHE WARNING LEVEL FOLLOWING HEAVY SNOWFALL...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
California Governor Democrat Gavin Newsom endorsing legislation to ban social media for under 16-year-olds.
A group of lawmakers in California have introduced a bill to age-gate social media without specifying what age the cutoff will be.
Governor Newsom citing the example of a birthday party for his young daughter recently where seven young people were all on their cell phone not talking to each other...New York Post
THREE MORE KILLLED IN THE LASTEST US MILITARY ATTACK ON A BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING.
THE ATTACK IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN...TASS RUSSIA
(UPDATED) THERE HAS BEEN A UKRAINIAN CRUISE MISSILE ATTACK DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA ACCORDING TO AN INTELLIGENCE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
THAT PAGE POSTED VIDEO OF THE ATTACK.
A RUSSIAN MISSILE PRODUCTION FACILITY ATTACKED IN VOTKINSK IN THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC OF UDMURTIA HUNDREDS OF MILES EAST OF MOSCOW...OSINTdefender "X"...
MEANWHILE, THE LEADER OF THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC ATTACKED SPEAKS OF CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE BECAUSE OF THE ATTACK...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...
11 PEOPLE WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)
"Your tariff taxes wreaked havoc on farmers, enraged our allies and sent grocery prices through the roof...I demand a refund of $1,700 for every family in Illinois"
That's some of what Democrat Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said in a letter to President Donald Trump following today's US Supreme Court ruling invalidating many of Mr. Trump's tariffs.
Governor Pritzker demanding payment of 8.6 billion plus dollars to Illinois residents threatening further action if payment is not made...Brian Krassenstein "X" (Image Of Letter)
TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE LEAKING OUT THE NOTION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS OPEN TO SOME SORT OF 'COMPROMISE' DEAL WITH IRAN.
THIS IS BEING DONE THROUGH THE INSIDER US MEDIA OUTLET 'AXIOS' AND ONE OF ITS REPORTERS ISRAELI JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID.
A US OFFICIAL QUOTED AS THE SOURCE FOR THE STORY...BARAK RAVID "X"
The Trump Administration rolling back emissions rules for coal-fired power plants involving mercury and other substances.
Environmental groups concerned about the public health impact of those emissions...The Guardian UK
US AND CHINESE WARPLANES WERE IN A STANDOFF OVER INTERNATIONAL WATERS THIS WEEK.
IT HAPPENED WHEN US F-16'S STAGED AN EXERCISE LEAVING THE OSAN AIR BASE IN SOUTH KOREA.
THE US WARPLANES FLEW OUT INTO INTERNATIONAL WATERS BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND CHINA PROMPTING CHINESE WARPLANES TO COME OUT TO MEET THEM.
THERE WAS NO CLASH BUT THE US DECISION TO FLY WARPLANES TOWARDS CHINA FROM SOUTH KOREA COMES AS THE NEW US DEFENSE STRATEGY GIVES THE US MILITARY IN SOUTH KOREA LESS RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEALING WITH ANY NORTH KOREAN THREAT...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
In the UK 12 more members of the "Palestine Action" group given bail. This follows acquittals and dropping of the most serious charges involving a group of 24 people.
They were charged after they entered a factory of Israeli military company Elbit Systems in Filton near Bristol on August 6, 2024.
The British High Court ruled recently that a terrorism ban on "Palestine Action" was illegal...Al Jazeera Qatar
(UPDATED) TONIGHT, ISRAEL WITH A SERIES OF NEW ATTACKS IN LEBANON THAT KILLED 12 AND WOUNDED DOZENS...(NEWS AGENCIES)...
HEADQUARTERS OF THE IRANIAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT ATTACKED ALONG WITH A HAMAS HEADQUARTERS.
AS REPORTED LATER IN THE SUMMARY ANOTHER HAMAS SITE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED IN A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN SOUTHERN LEBANON EARLIER TODAY...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
US President Donald Trump reacting to the US Supreme Court decision against many of his tariffs by imposing a global tariff of 10 percent....(News Agencies)
INTERVIEWED ON THE 'MSNOW' (FORMER MSNBC) MEDIA PLATFORM IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARAGHCHI SAYS THE US NEVER ASKED IRAN TO STOP ENRICHING URANIUM.
MR. ARAGHCHI DESCRIBED THIS WEEK'S TALKS WITH THE US AS 'GOOD' BUT SAID 'HARDLINERS' WERE DRIVING THE US TOWARDS A 'CATASTROPHIC WAR' WITH IRAN...PRESS TV IRAN
10 people arrested in Ukraine and neighboring Moldova. They are accused of plotting to assassinate high-ranking Ukrainian officials...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THREE IRANIAN CITIZENS IN THE US ACCUSED OF TRANSFERING CONFIDENTIAL GOOGLE SECURITY INFORMATION TO IRAN...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
THE US IS CONSIDERING TARGETING INDIVIDUAL IRANIAN LEADERS WHEN IT AND OR ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN IN THE COMING HOURS OR DAYS.
REUTERS CITING US OFFICIALS AS SOURCES.
THE NOTION OF CHANGING IRAN'S GOVERNMENT BY MILITARY MEANS ("REGIME CHANGE") ALSO BEING CONSIDERED...TASS RUSSIA...REUTERS EXCLUSIVE STORY
At least one person killed in an Israeli attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon.
Israel describing the attack as targeting a Hamas command center...Times of Israel
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 230.81 points or .47 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 203.34 points or .9 percent.
At 443 pm New York Time the price of oil at 66 dollars 49 cents a barrel up six cents...Marketwatch
THE US ECONOMY GROWING SLOWER IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. 1.4 PERCENT GDP GROWTH RECORDED...AXIOS USA
The US Supreme Court striking down the majority of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump since he took office just over a year ago.
The ruling stating that the President exceeding his authority in imposing tariffs based on an emergency law from the 1970's.
Prior to the ruling Mr. Trump warned of economic turmoil if his tariffs were struck down.
The court's ruling 6-3 with Chief Justice John Roberts Conservative Justices Neal Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett joining the three Liberal justices.
In the minority Conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. ..The Hill USA
A 35 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCED IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ESTATE.
IT WAS BROUGHT BY VICTIMS-SURVIVORS OF EPSTEIN.'
A LAWYER FOR THE ESTATE SPEAKING OF A 'CONFIDENTIAL AVENUE OF RELIEF' FOR THOSE HURT BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN...NBC NEWS USA
A lawsuit aimed at the game platform "Roblox". It points to sexual content being seen by children and the presence of child molesters on the platform.
The suit says there is not enough moderation by Roblox and that age verification required by the platform is not working properly...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN THE UK POLICE CONTINUING TO SEARCH THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF THE EX-PRINCE ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR.
HE WAS RELEASED LAST NIGHT FOLLOWING HIS ARREST YESTERDAY ON SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
THAT SUSPICION CONNECTED TO HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
THERE HAVE BEEN ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY THE FORMER PRINCE WITH AN OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT WITH THE LATE VIRGINIA GIUFFRE. BUT THERE ARE ALSO SUSPICIONS THAT CONFIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION WAS DISCLOSED BY ANDREW TO EPSTEIN...BBC NEWS BLOG
"in the event that it is subjected to military aggression, Iran will respond decisively and proportionately in the exercise of its inherent right of self-defense"
Iran's UN Ambassador presenting a letter to the UN Security Council regarding impending US military attacks.
It states that Iran will respond to US attacks but it also urges the Security Council to take action to oppose such attacks...DD Geopolitics "X"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE USED BY KEY US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
ONE SITE NEAR THE PENTAGON AND USED BY IT A NEARLY ONE MILLION SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING.
THE OTHER OFFER INVOLVED TWO BUILDING USED AS FBI FIELD OFFICES IN RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE.
THESE OFFERS FORWARDED BY DAVID STERN WHO WORKED AS AN AIDE TO ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR THE FORMER PRINCE ANDREW...ITV NEWS UK
"Drop Site News" reporting that the Israeli government installed security equipment used at an apartment owned by Jeffrey Epstein.
The apartment used by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak linked to Epstein in the Epstein Files...Drop Site News
IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR 'SIGNS OF GENOCIDE' AGAINST BLACK AFRICANS BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BACKED RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF).
THE RSF TARGETING NON-ARAB ETHNIC GROUPS WHEN TOOK THE CITY OF AL-FASHER LAST FALL.
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS SPEAKING OF SIX THOUSAND DEAD WITH ACCUSATIONS OF RAPE, TORTURE, KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Australia the new hate speech law leading to a crackdown at a bar.
Posters there showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Nazi uniforms.
Police seized the posters and are investigating whether penalties will be imposed for violating the law.
The new hate crimes law outlawing Nazi expressions alongside those of Islamic State and Hamas...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE IS DIRECTING IDENTIFICATION AND RELEASE OF US MILITARY FILES RELATED TO UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS AND ALIEN FORMS OF LIFE...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DAILY MAIL STORY-DISCUSSION
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