Thursday, May 23, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 5/23-FRIDAY 5/24/2019 HOLIDAY NEWSDUMP



(MORE EDITING, ADDITIONS, UPDATES ETC. ETC. THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING)


(Breaking News:   The Twitter Account Of The "For Britain" Party In The UK suspended early Friday morning UK time.   The page had linked to a video of the speech by For Britain leader Anne Marie Waters in support of Tommy Robinson's candidacy for European Parliament the day before the suspension.


In that speech Wednesday night Waters spoke about police escorting Muslim protesters attacking a Tommy Robinson campaign rally in Oldham.   Video of that included in this video of her speech....LINK


The party also touting on the twitter feed in the days leading to its suspension an  endorsement by the singer Morrissey seen wearing a "For Britain" pin.)  




A superseding federal indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange Thursday for violating the Espionage Act..   17 new charges involving receiving classified information and publishing it.

Assange considers himself a publisher and a journalist and the charges against him raise concern about First Amendment freedom of the press.

Julian Assange in a British prison after being handed over by the Eucador's embassy that withdrew his political asylum under pressure from the United States.

In Portland, Oregon US District Judge Anna J. Brown ordering one of the Oregon Standoff protesters of 2016 to get a federal ID and file a federal income tax form.

She told Jason Patrick who's currently on supervised release following his conviction in a trial process one could call "rigged" that he will return to jail  if he does not comply by Tuesday July 9th at 2pm.

More on the story as reported by Maxine Bernstein of "Oregon Live".....LINK

Wikileaks reaction to the new federal charges at the Wikileaks Twitter page......LINK TO WIKILEAKS TWITTER


The US State Department says it has reports from:

"numerous sources"


consistent with the notion that Syrian government forces are using chemical weapons, but has not drawn any definitive conclusions.

The Southfront website quotes the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights attributing chemical weapons use reports to the Al-Qaeda affiliated Turkestan Islamic Party...LINK

Heavy fighting underway in northwest Syria in three provinces Latkia, Idlib and Hama between Syrian military forces and opposition groups including the jihadist HTS and Turkish-backed NFL
(National Liberation Front).

Russian Aerospace Forces are supporting the Syrian army.    On Thursday another attack aimed at the Russian air base at Hmeimem in northern Syria at 7 pm local time.    The Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria says all four projectiles fired by rocket launchers were intercepted.  They add that Russian aircraft later destroyed the rocket launchers used in the attack.


British Prime Minister Theresa May staying put right now even as she responds with a specific date to the pressure for her to resign.

Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said that Mrs. May will welcome President Donald Trump during his state visit to the UK starting June 3rd.  May will also represent her country in France for the 75th anniversary of D-Day June 6th.

May's latest Brexit proposal, already roundly criticized by factions on all sides of the issue, will be published the first week in June with a vote to come later in the month.   That is the word from her spokesman in the House of Commons Thursday.

In an emotional statement Friday morning, Mrs. May said she is resigning effective June 7th.  The leadership contest for her replacement to begin Monday June 10th.


BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THERESA MAY WILL REMAIN IN POWER UNTIL HER SUCCESSOR IS CHOSEN OVER A TWO MONTH PLUS PERIOD AND SHE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH HER NOTION OF BREXIT CONTROVERSIAL AND DENOUNCED AS EVERYTHING FROM 'FAKE' TO A 'SELLOUT' TO 'TREASON'.


Voters going to the polls in the UK for European Parliament elections Thursday.   The Netherlands voting as well.    All EU nations will have voted by Sunday with results to follow Sunday night.

Nigel Farage's new Brexit Party with a strong lead in the polls going into the election in the UK.

Activist Tommy Robinson, summarily tried jailed then freed on appeal and set for trial again July 4th for live streaming outside a child sex abuse trial involving Muslim defendants, is hoping to win a European Parliament seat as an Independent candidate from North West England.


President Trump has decided to allow a disaster relief bill in Congress to reach his desk for signature without funding for border security.  

The President opting to drop his insistence on border security funding from Congress saying that issue will dealt with at a later date.

The results from India's General Election show a resounding landslide victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP.   The BJP and its allies leading in 343 seats out of 543 comprising India's parliament, the Lok Sabha.

For the leader of the opposition, Rahul Ghandi of the Congress Party, a tough election.    His party and its allies leading in 87 seats with the remainder divided among smaller political parties.

Film producer Harvey Weinstein and his former studio reported to have reached a deal with dozens of women accusing him of sexual misconduct. 

A lawyer telling a judge of a financial arrangement being concluded according to the Associated Press. 

The value of the settlement said to be 44 million dollars.

Weinstein facing a criminal trial in New York next month on charges that include rape.

President Trump ordering US intelligence agencies to provide information to Attorney General William Barr about any spying done on his campaign in 2016 by those agencies.

They are commanded by the President to comply with any requests by Mr. Barr, who has been given powers by the President that include the declassification of documents.

President Trump has often suggested that those who disagree with him are somehow crazy, now House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gotten into the act.   Pelosi said that Mr. Trump's family and aides should have an "intervention" with him "for the good of country".

The President responding that the Speaker Pelosi was "crazy" and calling her "a mess".

Perhaps we are the crazy ones if we give all this our undivided attention while so many other things are going on around us as presented in this news summary.

And that's the way it really is as we Newsdump into a holiday weekend Friday morning May 24th, 2019.

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