NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/26/2020

(SPORADIC SERVICE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING)

Baker County, Oregon Judge Matthew Shirtcliff standing by his preliminary injunction against Oregon Democrat Governor Kate Brown's emergency orders over the coronavirus.

Shirtcliff was given a deadline by the Oregon Supreme Court of 5 pm today to either drop his order or justify it.

The Supreme Court will now have to review his injunction and issue its own ruling on it next month.

OREGON LIVE STORY

Controversy in Canada over comments by the Energy Minister of Alberta.  Sonya Savage of the United Conservative Party said to an energy industry group:

"Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can't have protests of more than 15 people"

Both the Conservatives and Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in full support of oil pipeline construction.    Mr. Trudeau opposing pipeline building during the Obama presidency in line with Obama's views, then switching to supporting pipeline building when pro-pipeline Donald Trump became President of the United States.......BBC NEWS STORY

"In new 'best estimates' the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the fatality rates for Americans infected with COVID-19 symptoms to 0.4%...CDC=CENTERS FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTROL"

Talk show host Michael Savage's tweet about the new dramatically lowered estimates of the severity of the coronavirus that have been dumped out over the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend by the CDC.    Savage holds a doctorate in nutirition but also a master's degree in epidemiology .......TWITTER FEED MICHAEL SAVAGE A SAVAGE NATION

THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY REPORTS ADDITIONAL US MILITARY EQUIPMENT DEPLOYING INTO NORTHEASTERN SYRIA.   THE CONVOY INCLUDING ARMORED VEHICLES COMING IN FROM IRAQ WILL INCREASE THE CAPABILITY OF THE US FORCES IN THE AL-HASAKAH GOVERNATE.    THOSE FORCES DEPLOYED IN AND AROUND SYRIAN OIL FIELDS......TASS NEWS STORY

In Minneapolis four police officers fired after the death of a man arrested Sunday night who died Monday night.      George Floyd was said to be resisting arrest before one officer kneeled on his neck for what appeared to be seven minutes on a video of the arrest......CBS MINNESOTA STORY......Floyd is black and the FBI is investigating the incident........THERE HAVE BEEN CLASHES IN MINNEAPOLIS THIS EVENING BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS WITH FLASH BANGS AND TEAR GAS EMPLOYED AGAINST THE PROTESTERS.  DEMONSTRATORS STILL OUTSIDE A POLICE STATION AS OF 11 PM TONIGHT EASTERN US TIME,  10 PM LOCAL TIME......CBS MINNESOTA STORY

President Trump tweeting tonight that social media giant Twitter is:

"completely stifling free speech, and I, as president, will not allow it to happen"

The President responding after a previous tweet of his on mail-in voting was flagged as "misleading"......

In Israel a former director of the country's health ministry says the coronavirus has been exaggerated in its severity.

Dr. Yoram Lass told Radio103 FM in Israel this morning:

"The public wants the answer to one question: 'Am I more likely to be killed by the coronavirus than by the flu?' and the answer is 'No'".......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS STORY

Libertarian activist Ammon Bundy says some 24-thousand Americans have signed up to defend "People's  Rights" mostly in the Pacific Northwest and they are organized in the various states by region to help defend rights being violated under coronavirus orders.       His comments near the end of this video......FACEBOOK VIDEO WITH COMMENTS AT 7:00 INTO THE VIDEO

The Food and Drug Administration is relaxing rules on food labeling because of  the coronavirus to support the food supply chain.     The announcement was made by the FDA last Friday.......FDA RELEASE MAY 22, 2020

BBC News with its coronavirus blog for today........BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 5/26/2020

That's the way it really is Tuesday May 26th, 2020.......