(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY AM)
A security firm in Tennessee cutting a deal with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Ellison's office probing an allegation that armed guards were being recruited for polling places in Minnesota...MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
EFFORTS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN TO MONITOR ACTIVITY AT BALLOT DROP BOXES IN PHILADELPHIA WITH VIDEO RECORDING MAY BE VOTER INTIMIDATION. THAT IS THE VIEW OF PENNSYLVANIA'S DEMOCRAT ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH SHAPIRO...KYW NEWSRADIO
PENNSYLVANIA'S SUPREME COURT WITH AN ELECTED 5-2 DEMOCRAT MAJORITY RULING THAT ELECTION BALLOTS CANNOT BE REJECTED FOR MISMATCHED SIGNATURES...CBS NEWS
Is it all just a political stunt? That's what Republican lawmakers here in York County, Pennsylvania are asking following Democrat Governor Tom Wolf's pre-election proposal for financial relief for restaurants in the state devastated by coronavirus restrictions...CBS 21 HARRISBURG
MORE TOWNS ADDED TO CONNECTICUT'S RED ALERT LIST FOR THE CORONAVIRUS BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 19.
CONNECTICUT OFFICIALS LED BY DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR NED LAMONT ADVISING RESIDENTS TO TAKE STEPS BUT NOT MANDATING RESTRICTIONS FOR THE MOMENT...NBC CONNECTICUT
The Panhandle Health District in northern Idaho has repealed the mask-muzzle order for Kootenai County...PEOPLES RIGHTS
A Texas man arrested by the FBI and charged with shooting at a Minneapolis police precinct during the rioting over George Floyd's death. Ivan Hunter wanted to escalate the level of violence according to federal prosecutors. He is being called a member of the "Boogaloo" group...MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
Also in Minneapolis this week a judge decided to drop a third degree murder charge against former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd but kept in place second degree murder, manslaughter and other charges against Chauvin.
A man who bought weapons for the couple who carried out a terrorist attack that killed 14 and wounded 22 in San Bernadino, California sentenced to 20 years in prison. Here is the BBC's version of the story...BBC NEWS
The President of Nigeria says that 69 people have been killed in the violence sweeping the country following the police shooting of protesters at a toll station in Lagos. Protests started in Nigeria against a controversial police unit that the government has since disbanded...BBC NEWS
Rioting in Poland following a ruling from the country's constitutional court that abortion is illegal in the case of "fetal deformity". This leaves abortion in Poland legal in cases of rape or incest or if the life of the mother is threatened....BBC NEWS
The US Defense Secretary Mark Esper signing a renewed US commitment to Israel's security that includes a commitment to maintain Israel's qualitative military edge in the Middle East....DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE...This is happening as Gulf Arab countries are seeking to buy more advanced US weaponry. Today Israel dropping its objection to "certain weapon systems" to the United Arab Emirates...ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THAT SUDAN WILL BECOME THE THIRD ARAB NATION TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL. SUDAN WILL FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND BAHRAIN...NBC NEWS VIDEO
TURKEY'S PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYS HIS COUNTRY'S TESTS OF THE RUSSIAN S-400 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE IN SPITE OF US OBJECTIONS:
"The trials of S-400's will be continued and we will confidently go our own way"
PART OF THE MESSAGE FROM ERODGAN TODAY FOLLOWING FRIDAY PRAYER. TURKEY CONDUCTED ITS FIRST TEST OF THE S-400 SYSTEM PURCHASED FROM RUSSIA LAST WEEK...TASS
The deposition Ghislaine Maxwell fought over in court is now released to the public. Maxwell gave testimony in a defamation suit against her filed by Virginia Guiffre who says she was sexually abused and victimized by Maxwell and her former close associate convicted child sex offender and child accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell in a Hillary Clintonesque mode during the deposition often saying she could not recall events when asked. Maxwell denying awareness of anything wrong involving Epstein...
...DAILY MAIL-UK
The US has carried out a drone strike against Al-Qaeda jihadists in northwestern Syria. 17 reported killed in the strike including 2 senior Al Qaeda leaders...AFP-YAHOO NEWS
In the neighboring nation of Turkey the US suspending services at its embassy and consulates. That's because of the threat of terrorist attacks including kidnappings directed at Americans in Turkey...BUSINESS INSIDER
"The Times" in the UK reporting that the Palestinian Hamas group that controls Gaza operates a base in Turkey. The story leaked to "The Time" by "western intelligence sources". The story also says that the Turkish government does not know of the cyberwarfare base..THE TIMES UK
WALMART HAS LAUNCHED A PRE-EMPTIVE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE US GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF EXPECTED FEDERAL COURT ACTION AGAINST THE RETAIL GIANT FOR ITS DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS...ASSOCIATED PRESS-MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
TWO PHARMA COMPANIES RESUMING CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TRIALS IN THE UNITED STATES. ASTRA ZENECA AND J AND J INVOLVED IN THE RESTART...TRT WORLD TURKEY
It was the drug used to treat President Trump when he had COVID-19 and now the Food and Drug Administration has formally approved remdesivir for use as a coronavirus treatment...FDA NEWS RELEASE
CORONAVIRUS STATS FOR FRIDAY USUALLY THE HIGHEST NUMBERS DURING THE WEEK AND THIS FRIDAY NO EXCEPTION WITH 81,210 NEW POSITIVE TESTS FOR COVID-19 IN THE USA. 5,698,161 RECOVERIES IN THE USA. LEADING STATES TEXAS 6,483, CALIFORNIA 5,876 AND WISCONSIN 4,378. OTHER STATES INCLUDE OHIO 2,535, INDIANA 2,467 AND PENNSYLVANIA 2,258. ALSO UTAH 1,960, NEBRASKA 1,225, SOUTH DAKOTA 1,185 AND IDAHO 1,073.
THE WORLDWIDE STATS VIA WORLDOMETERS SHOWING 490,059 NEW POSITIVE TESTS WITH THE US LEADING THE NATIONS AND INDIA NEXT WITH 54,028. AMONG THE OTHER NATIONS FRANCE 42,032, THE UK 20,530, SPAIN 19,851, ITALY 19,143, GERMANY 13,476 AND CANADA 2,584.
That's the way it really is Friday October 23rd, 2020 Day 222 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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