NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 7/31/2020 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 7/31/2020 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

Oregon Democrat Governor Kate Brown announced Thursday night that Umatilla County in eastern Oregon is again under a stay-at-home order with neighboring Morrow County returned to "Phase 1" of reopening due to new coronavirus cases.    The new orders in effect for 21 days starting today.........OREGON LIVE

IN FLORIDA A COUPLE ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING A QUARANTINE ORDER AFTER A NEIGHBOR MADE A CELLPHONE VIDEO RECORDING......ASSOCIATED PRESS

New restrictions taking effect in Michigan today with Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordering an end to bars offering indoor service and limits on indoor gatherings in the state to 10 people......WXYZ DETROIT

THE PROTESTING CONTINUED WITH A NEW ARRANGEMENT AT PORTLAND'S FEDERAL COURTHOUSE LAST NIGHT.    OREGON STATE POLICE PROTECTED THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING INSTEAD OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.    THERE WERE CALLS FOR NONVIOLENT PROTEST FROM 'LEADERS' IN THE CROWD.    A FEW SCATTERED ACTS OF VIOLENCE DURING THE ALL NIGHT PROTEST INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING........MAXINE BERNSTEIN-OREGON LIVE TWITTER FEED

The US Department of Homeland Security compiling "intelligence reports" on journalists covering the confrontation between militarized federal law enforcement and the crowds of protesters in and around the federal courthouse in Portland......WASHINGTON POST

"Sean has a right to be bailed out"

Ammon Bundy speaking today about the case of People's Rights activist Sean Anderson pulled over by police in Idaho after exchanging light flashes with a sheriff's deputy on patrol.    Anderson left the traffic stop fearing for his life and after stopping following a non-high speed chase police opened fire on him wounding him in the face and head.

A rally in support of Anderson set for Noon tomorrow at the Lewis County Sheriff's Office in Nezperce, Idaho.......FACEBOOK VIDEO

THREE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING A 17-YEAR OLD AND 19-YEAR OLD IN FLORIDA AND A 22-YEAR OLD IN THE UK CHARGED IN THE MASSIVE HACKING ATTACK ON HIGH-PROFILE TWITTER ACCOUNTS JULY 15TH THAT PROMOTED THE USE OF BITCOIN......BBC NEWS

MANY OF THE DOCUMENTS IN THE CIVIL SUIT BY VIRGINIA  ROBERTS GUIFFRE AGAINST GHISLAINE MAXWELL ARE NOW RELEASED WITH SOME REDACTIONS.  MORE DOCUMENTS COULD BE RELEASED AS EARLY AS MONDAY PENDING LITIGATION OVER THEM.

WHAT HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC ARE CONTACTS BETWEEN MAXWELL AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN VIA EMAIL IN 2015.   A COURT FILING EARLIER THIS MONTH SEEKING BAIL SAID THAT MAXWELL HAS NOT BEEN IN TOUCH WITH EPSTEIN FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

ALSO FLIGHT LOGS FROM EPSTEIN'S PRIVATE JET ARE PART OF THE 350 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS RELEASED.......BBC NEWS

GIUFFRE ALSO TELLS A LAWYER DURING QUESTIONING THAT SHE SAW FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ISLAND WITH "TWO YOUNG GIRLS" FROM NEW YORK AND SHE QUOTES EPSTEIN AS SAYING THAT CLINTON "OWES ME FAVORS".....NEWSWEEK

ALSO IN THE DOCUMENTS ALLEGATIONS BY TWO EPSTEIN VICTIMS THAT PRINCE ANDREW, THE DUKE OF YORK, LOBBIED FOR A PLEA DEAL AGREEMENT THAT EPSTEIN OBTAINED IN 2008 FROM THE US ATTORNEY IN SOUTH FLORIDA....THE INDEPENDENT UK

The entire US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will consider the Justice Department's decision to withdraw criminal charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in connection with "Russiagate".

US District Judge Emmet Sullivan, the trial judge in Flynn's case, has been resisting the Justice Department's move to withdraw charges.

Arguments will be heard on August 11th.......THE INDEPENDENT UK

THE US SUPREME COURT ALLOWING PRESIDENT TRUMP TO SPEND SIX BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO CONSTRUCT A BORDER WALL IN A 5-4 DECISION TODAY........NEW YORK POST

"As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States"

President Trump making Friday night comments to reporters on Air Force One saying he will use executive powers to act against the Chinese-owned video app and insisting to reporters that he has such powers........ASSOCIATED PRESS

A US APPEALS COURT OVERTURNING THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR ONE OF THE MEN CONVICTED IN THE 2013 BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING.  THE COURT RULING THAT THE TRIAL JUDGE DID NOT SCREEN OUT POTENTIAL BIAS IN JURORS.    

DZHOKHAR TSARNEV WILL HAVE TO RETRIED TO DETERMINE THE PENALTY FOLLOWING HIS CONVICTION IN THE BOMBING.    IT WILL EITHER BE LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY........ASSOCIATED PRESS

After an independent investigation it has been decided for a second time that former Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson will not be charged in connection with the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown.

That word from St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell.    A grand jury has declined to indict Wilson previously.     Bell said the investigation did not exonerate Wilson but that it was unable to:

"prove beyond a reasonable doubt that when Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, he committed murder or manslaughter under Missouri law..".....CNN STORY

ONE MARINE IS DEAD AND EIGHT OTHERS ARE MISSING FOLLOWING AN AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE ACCIDENT OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA LATE LAST NIGHT.   TWO OTHER MARINES INJURED IN THE MISHAP.........USNI NEWS

One Chinese organization and two Chinese individuals sanctioned by the US Treasury Department over human rights abuses in western China's Xinjiang region.    A news release cites persecution of the Muslim Uighur minority in the region by the Chinese government....US TREASURY DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE

Russia says it will respond in kind to European Union sanctions imposed over alleged Russian cyber attacks.   Russian organizations and individuals targeted in those sanctions.......TASS STORY

On the streets of Jerusalem last night a protest against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broken up with water cannon used and 55 arrests made but eight pro-Netanyahu counter demonstrators also arrested as they showed up to attack protesters and members of the media........MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

THE YOUNGER SON OF MEDIA MOGUL RUPERT MURDOCH IS CALLING IT QUITS AS A BOARD MEMBER OF HIS FATHER'S NEWS CORPORATION.     JAMES MURDOCH CITING "DIAGREEMENTS OVER EDITORIAL CONTENT" AND "STRATEGIC DECISIONS".   HIS BROTHER LACHLAN EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE COMPANY'S FUTURE........BBC NEWS

CORONAVIRUS STATS FOR THE USA TODAY FROM WORLDOMETERS SHOW 70.904 NEW CASES WITH 9,750 IN TEXAS, 9,007 IN FLORIDA AND 7,878 IN TEXAS.

AMONG THE OTHER STATES.....GEORGIA WITH 4,066,  ARIZONA WITH 3,212, ILLINOIS WITH 1,980, MISSOURI WITH 1,547, NEVADA WITH 1,264 AND MARYLAND WITH 1,169.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POURING BILLIONS INTO CANDIDATES FOR A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE INCLUDING A JOINT EFFORT BY PHARMA COMPANIES SANOFI AND GLAXOSMITHKLINE.........BUSINESS INSIDER

Maryland reporting more than one thousand new Covid-19 cases today (1,169).   That's the third time that more than a thousand cases have been recorded this week......BALTIMORE SUN

SHOPPING MALLS IN ISRAEL STAGING A REBELLION AGAINST CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS AND RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS TO THEIR OPERATION THIS WEEKEND........ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelling plans to ease coronavirus restrictions in the UK tomorrow......

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF CHINA'S HONG KONG TERRITORY POSTPONING ELECTIONS PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER MOVING THEM TO NEXT YEAR CITING A RECENT RISE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES......BBC NEWS

The coronavirus story around the world today as interpreted by BBC News via its daily blog........BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG FRIDAY 7/31/2020

In other news.......

Allegations of sexual misconduct from top staff of the "Ellen Degeneres Show" emerging as Ellen Degeneres released an apology in regards to the workplace environment on her show.    The company behind Ellen's show, Warner Brothers, also says it will be making changes to the staff acknowledging that some "deficiencies"  in the show's management.......BUZZFEED NEWS

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo extending well wishes to Muslims around the world on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.........POMPEO STATEMENT-US EMBASSY IRAQ

AND FINALLY HURRICANE ISAIAS CENTERED IN THE BAHAMAS TONIGHT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 MILES PER HOUR EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE FLORIDA COAST BY TOMORROW EVENING TAKING A PATH CLOSE TO THE COASTLINE AND EVENTUALLY UP THE EASTERN US COAST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.    ISAIAS SHOULD ALSO WEAKEN TO TROPICAL STORM STATUS BY MONDAY.......HURRICANE ISAIAS ADVISORY FRIDAY 11 PM EASTERN US TIME

That's the way it really is Friday July 31st, 2020, another day in the Dictatorship of Covid-19.