Friday, May 20, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 5/20/2022 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY FED COURT MAKES LIBERAL RULING ON PENNSYLVANIA MAIL-IN BALLOTS, FOREST SERVICE STOPS BURNS AFTER IT CAUSED MASSIVE WILDFIRE, CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP SANCTIONS HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, SECRET SERVICE PEOPLE SENT HOME FROM BIDEN TRIP

 


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There is a federal court ruling late today regarding mail-in ballots here in Pennsylvania but first...



                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





The US Forest Service announcing a temporary halt to controlled burns.


The move comes after the service ignited New Mexico's largest wildfire ever during a controlled burn.



The Hermits Peak Calf Canyon fire burning over 300,000 acres and destroying some 1,500 properties forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate...INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES




Joe Biden's approval rating hits a new rock bottom.


The Associated Press-NORC Research Center poll puts Biden's approval rating at 39 percent the lowest number ever.



Biden's approval rating among Democrats also hitting a new low 73 percent...FOX NEWS




THE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE MET WITH FORMER LAWYER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI TODAY.



THE VIRTUAL APPEARANCE SAID TO HAVE LASTED MORE THAN NINE HOURS...



                                  CNN




SYRIA SAYS THREE DEAD IN ISRAELI STRIKE NEAR DAMASCUS




Syria says three soldiers have been killed in an Israeli surface to surface missile strike launched from the Golan Heights.



The attack caused damage with Syria saying most of them were shot down.



A fire reported near the Damascus International Airport...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...TIMES OF ISRAEL




A FEDERAL JUDGE RULING AGAINST THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ON ITS CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO ROLL BACK TITLE 42 DESIGNED TO CONTROL IMMIGRATION INTO THE UNITED STATES.



LOUISIANA US DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ROBERT SUMMERHAYS ISSUING A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION WITH THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING IT WILL APPEAL HIS RULING...THE HILL




In a move he calls "purely pastoral, not political" Roman Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has notified House Speaker Nancy Pelosi she should not be admitted to Holy Communion nor present herself for Holy Communion until she repudiates her support for legalized abortion on demand.



Cordileone is the Archbishop of San Francisco and his move does not impact Pelosi's ability to receive Communion in other dioceses...CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY-EURASIA REVIEW




The jury at the Washington D.C. trial of Hillary Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann includes three jurors who donated to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns.   That report from the New York Post.



Sussmann on trial for lying to the FBI as he sought to get it involved in going after President Trump's 2016 campaign alleging collusion with Russia...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DISCUSSION






VOTE COUNT CONTINUES IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH FEDERAL COURT RULING LATE TODAY THAT MAY IMPACT IT


                                               (UPDATED)




BREAKING NEWS:   THE FEDERAL 3RD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN PHILADELPHIA ISSUED AN OPINION LATE FRIDAY THAT MAIL-IN BALLOTS WITHOUT A REQUIRED DATE ON THE ENVELOPES MUST BE COUNTED IN A JUDICIAL RACE THAT WAS HELD LAST YEAR IN LEHIGH COUNTY WITH THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE LEADING BY 74 VOTES.



LAWYERS FOR REPUBLICAN US SENATE CANDIDATE DAVID MCCORMICK SEIZED ON THE RULING ASKING FOR HEARINGS IN ANY COUNTIES WHERE THOSE KIND OF BALLOTS AREN'T BEING COUNTED.    MCCORMICK IS PERFORMING WELL IN MAIL-IN VOTING...ASSOCIATED PRESS


Meanwhile that vote count is continuing here in Pennsylvania for the Republican US Senate race involving Dr. Mehmet Oz and money manager David McCormick.


Some news numbers emerging today ...PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY ELECTION TOTALS...




As of 740 pm Eastern US Time tonight the Associated Press count is Mehmet Oz 418,497 and David McCormick 417,426.



Many mail-in votes now being added to the total and Pennsylvania Department of State numbers show David McCormick with 45,358 mail-in votes to 32,655 for Mehmet Oz.







56 MORE SEPARATIONS FROM THE NAVY APPROVED FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO GET COVID SHOTS.    THE TOTAL IS NOW 980...USNI NEWS



Canada is banning Chinese telecom firms from involvement in its 5G system.



National security cited for the move.



The order also sets a June 2024 deadline to remove or terminate any existing Chinese 5G equipment and December 2027 deadline to remove or terminate any existing Chinese 4G equipment.



Canada follows several other "Five Eyes" intelligence sharing nations (Australia, the UK and US) in banning Chinese telecom from 5G...CBC NEWS CANADA




In economically troubled Sri Lanka amidst food and fuel shortages the new Prime Minister vowing importation of fertilizer for the next planting season.


President Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposed a ban on chemical fertilizer in the country leading to lower crop yields.


That ban was a "green" policy designed to deal with the "climate crisis".


The current Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe tweeting:


"I sincerely urge everyone to accept the gravity of the situation"...


                               REUTERS




IN FRANCE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF MUSTARD REPORTED DUE TO A LACK OF MUSTARD SEEDS IN THE WORLD...BBC NEWS





New Zealand's new budget announced this week will give those earning less than 70,000 dollars a year ($44,681 US) a "cost of living" payment of 350 dollars ($223.41 US) spread out in weekly installments starting in August.


One local political commentator calls the payment 'crumbs'...TV ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND





IN NORWAY THREE PEOPLE HURT IN A STABBING ATTACK ONE CRITICALLY.     THE ATTACK DESCRIBED BY POLICE AS 'RANDOM'...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER





Later today it will be Saturday in Australia where it's election day in a ranked choice system that herds Australian voters towards two main parties the Liberal-National Coalition of Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Labor Party of Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese...THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTION PREVIEW POST




TWO SECRET SERVICE ADVANCE TEAM MEMBERS FOR A PRESIDENTIAL TRIP SENT HOME FROM SOUTH KOREA.   


THAT FOLLOWS AN 'INCIDENT' WITH A TAXI DRVIER INVESTIGATED BY LOCAL POLICE...BBC NEWS




An enhanced US military presence in the Western Pacific as Joe Biden visits South Korea and Japan this weekend.


The USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship sent out from San Diego with what is believed to be 20 combat aircraft on board instead of the normal 12.


Concern about North Korea and China taking actions during the Biden visit.



Biden meeting with South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in then he's in Japan to meet the leaders of Japan, Australia and India to create unity in opposition to China...



(UPDATE)  Today Joe Biden visiting a Samsung semiconductor plant in South Korea...REUTERS




RUSSIA PLEDGING TO SUPPORT THE AFRICAN NATION OF MALI IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST JIHADISTS STAGING VIOLENCE ON ITS TERRITORY.



RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV VISITING MALI TODAY.



MALI HAS KICKED OUT A FRENCH LED INTERNATIONAL FORCE AND RUSSIAN MILITARY CONTRACTORS ARE NOW OPERATING IN THE COUNTRY...TASS RUSSIA




                 RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA



        RUSSIA SAYS MARIUPOL TOTALLY UNDER ITS                                                      CONTROL





                      TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                             BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG




Russia proclaiming total control of the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol following the surrender of the last Ukrainian forces holding out there.



Russia also reporting a big battlefield victory last weekend saying two battalions of Ukrainian armored vehicles were destroyed as they prepared to launch an attack...NEWSWEEK





In other news...




POLITICAL INTRIGUE IN ISRAEL AS A LEFT-WING PARLIAMENT MEMBER HAS BACKED OUT FROM HER SUPPORT OF PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT'S GOVERNMENT.


THE GOVERNMENT HANGS BY A THREAD WITH AN ARAB POLITICIAN SENDING SIGNALS ABOUT A VOTE TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT NEXT WEEK.



SPECULATION THAT OTHER ARAB POLITICIANS MAY THROW THE GOVERNMENT A LIFELINE TO PREVENT NEW ELECTIONS...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Elon Musk denying the allegation that he exposed himself to a flight attendant calling it a 'politically motivated hit piece'...FOX NEWS

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