Thursday, August 20, 2020

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 8/20/2020

 


                    (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING)





Los Angeles County authorities want Grace Community Church held in contempt and fined eight thousand dollars for holding indoor services last Sunday.


Lawyers for the church and its pastor John MacArthur say the LA County Supervisors are waging an "unconstitutional attack" on the church and its pastor.     They say the church is an essential service in the midst of coronavirus lockdown orders.....FOX NEWS




US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo going to the United Nations today to force a snapback of sanction on Iran under the 2015 JCPOA nuclear agreement that the US has withdrawn from.    Pompeo telling Fox News that the US will not hesitate to impose sanctions on any nation that stands in the way of that happening.....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Nations that are parties to the JCPOA include China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom.



While Russia and China's opposition is taken for granted, the other nations are being forced to make a decision with one German analyst saying "It could get very nasty.  The Europeans don't know what to do.".....POLITICO



Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying Russia considers the US move "reckless".......TASS



IN ISRAEL TONIGHT A ROCKET FIRED FROM GAZA.    ISRAEL RESPONDING  WITH AN ATTACK ON A HAMAS COMPOUND........ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WHITE HOUSE STRATEGIST STEVE BANNON ARRESTED TODAY BEING CHARGED BY SOUTHERN NEW YORK FEDERAL PROSECUTORS.     BANNON ALONG WITH THREE OTHERS ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING DONORS TO A "WE BUILD THE WALL" CAMPAIGN BY SPENDING MONEY ON PERSONAL EXPENSES.......CNN



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LETS NOTE THAT THE US ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN NEW YORK WAS REMOVED FROM HIS POSITION TWO MONTHS AGO BY ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR.    THAT US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS THE ONE PROSECUTING MR. BANNON........




POLICE IN PORTLAND, OREGON ARRESTING A PRO-POLICE PROTESTER WHO IS ACCUSED OF FIRING TWO SHOTS FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW OF A CAR LAST SATURDAY AS POLICE SUPPORTERS FACED OFF WITH COUNTER PROTESTERS IN THE CITY.........OREGONLIVE




More details emerging about what happened last Sunday evening in Portland before 40 year-old Adam Haner was assaulted and left unconscious near a Black Lives Matter rally.    Suspect Marquis Love was among a group of three people intimidating and physically attacking people around the protest with one man saying he was just smoking, not making any video recording......OREGONLIVE



Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny hospitalized with his supporters saying he has been poisoned.......BBC NEWS




A US warship arriving at the Greek island of Crete amidst tensions between Greece and Turkey over Turkish energy exploration in disputed waters.     Other foreign warships have arrived in the area in recent days......VOICE OF AMERICA


WORLDOMETERS CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FOR THE USA TODAY SHOWING SOME 45,341 NEW CASES OF COVID-19......


The coronavirus story around the world today as reported by BBC News on its daily blog........BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 8/20/2020



That's the way it  really is Thursday  August 20th, 2020, another day in the Dictatorship of COVID-19.

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