Friday, August 19, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/19/2022 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY WALL STREET MOVES DOWN, FACEBOOK CENSORS TOP VAX CRITIC, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION UPSET BY ISRAELI RAIDS, TURKISH PRESIDENT SAYS US SUPPORTS MIDDLE EAST TERRORISTS, UNREST

 


     (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING TILL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)




               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




"A major motion pertaining to the Fourth Amendment will soon be filed concerning the illegal-Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago, right before the ever important Mid-Term Elections"


President Trump posting on his Truth Social Media today saying legal action is coming in response to the FBI raid on his home...



FREE REPUBLIC POST-DISCUSSION-BREITBART STORY




In Grand Rapids, Michigan today the defense resting its case at the federal retrial of two men accused of being involved in a plot to kidnap Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer.



A hung jury led to a mistrial for Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox the first time they faced the kidnap plot accusation.


Other men accused in the case acquitted at that previous trial.



Closing arguments in the retrial set for Monday.


Today US District Judge Robert Jonker gave jurors instructions about how the defendants could be found guilty and how entrapment could apply to the case...ASSOCIATED PRESS-WOOD TV GRAND RAPIDS



A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE REJECTING REPUBLICAN US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM'S EFFORT TO DELAY TESTIMONY BEFORE A DEMOCRAT LED GRAND JURY IN ATLANTA.



THAT GRAND JURY AIMED AT PRESIDENT'S TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO UNCOVER FRAUD FOLLOWING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.


SENATOR GRAHAM IS SUPPOSED TO TESTIFY NEXT TUESDAY.


HE HAS FILED AN EMERGENCY REQUEST WITH THE 11TH US CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO PUT THE DEMOCRAT SUBPOENA ON HOLD...CNN




POLITICS HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR STATE SENATOR DOUG MASTRIANO TAKING AIM AT HIS DEMOCRAT OPPONENT STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOUG SHAPIRO.



MASTRIANO HITTING SHAPIRO OVER SHAPIRO'S ATTACKS ON POLICE AND FAILURE TO PROSECUTE VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS IN THE SUMMER OF 2020 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.



SHAPIRO ALSO CRITICIZED FOR SUPPORTING BIOLOGICAL MALES PARTICIPATNG IN FEMALE SPORTS AND SUING TO SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES AND REQUIRE CHILDREN TO WEAR MASKS IN SCHOOLS OVER COVID.



SUMMING UP SHAPIRO MASTRIANO SAID:



                   "the guy's a loser"...



RUMBLE VIDEO DOUG MASTRIANO SPEAKS IN PITTSBURGH FRIDAY 8/19/2022...




PRESIDENT TRUMP IS COMING TO WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FOR A RALLY ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD.



TRUMP WILL RALLY WITH REPUBLICAN US SENATE CANDIDATE DR. MEHMET OZ AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR STATE SENATOR DOUG MASTRIANO.



MORE ON POLITICS LATER INCLUDING THE RON DESANTIS TOUR OF OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA...




Joe Biden announcing more military support for Ukraine to the tune of 775 million dollars.



The latest Ukraine aid package includes missiles, drones, vehicles and mine clearing equipment...THE HILL




WALL STREET MOVING SHARPLY DOWNWARDS TODAY BOTH THE DOW JONES AND THE NASDAQ DECLINING.


THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DOWN 292.30 POINT OR .86 PERCENT IN VALUE.


THE NASDAQ FARED WORSE DOWN 260.13 POINTS OR 2.01 PERCENT IN VALUE...MARKETWATCH



Russian energy exporter Gazprom announcing a three-day shut down of the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline supplying Europe.



The three-day shutdown from August 31st to September 2nd for the servicing of a compressor.



If there are no technical problems, the gas flow is expected to resume...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




LONDON SUBWAY WORKERS ALONG WITH SOME BUS WORKERS JOINING IN STRIKES BY TRANSPORATION WORKERS IN THE UK.   



WORKERS PROTESTING CUTS IN JOBS AND WAGES THAT AREN'T KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION.


RAILWAY WORKERS WILL STRIKE AGAIN TOMORROW AFTER A 24-HOUR STRIKE YESTERDAY...BBC NEWS BLOG




"Facebook is acting here as surrogate for the federal government's crusade to silence all criticism of draconian government policies..."



That's some of what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had to say after Facebook and Instagram accounts of the organization he leads, Childrens Health Defense, were de-platformed.


Kennedy and CHD have been leading critics of the pharma industry in general and the COVID shots in particular as well as other COVID policies...




       CHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE




The Standing Vaccination Commission in Germany recommending a second COVID "booster" shot for those 60 years and older.    


The commission also calling for the additional COVID shot for those over the age of five with an increased COVID risk due to an "underlying disease"...TAGESSCHAU GERMAN TV NEWS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





A PRE-DAWN RAID BY POLICE IN NICARAGUA ARRESTING A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP AND PRIESTS.



BISHOP ROLANO ALVAREZ ACCUSED OF 'ORGANIZING VIOLENT GROUPS' BY THE LEFTIST GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT DANIEL ORTEGA....ASSOCIATED PRESS-NBC NEWS




A Chinese-Canadian billionaire who disappeared in Hong Kong in 2017 sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Chinese court.



Xiao Jianhua and his company charged with embezzlement and bribery.


A fine of eight billion US dollars also imposed...BBC NEWS





THE AL-SHABAB TERRORIST GROUP SAYS IT HAS TAKEN OVER CONTROL OF A HOTEL IN THE CENTER OF SOMALIA'S CAPITAL MOGADISHU.



TWO EXPLOSIONS REPORTED OUTSIDE THE BUILDING BEFORE GUNMEN WENT INSIDE OPENING FIRE...BBC NEWS




GREEK POLICE USING TEAR GAS AND A STUN GRENADE AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO EVACUATE A REFUGEE CAMP IN ATHENS.



THE MIGRANTS INSIDE BARRICADED THEMSELVES TO PREVENT THE POLICE FROM MOVING THEM OUT.



THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SHUT DOWN THE FACILITY BY THE END OF THE YEAR SAYING THE REFUGEES HAVE OTHER PLACES THEY CAN GO...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The Biden Administration says Israel needs to come forward with more information to justify  Israeli military raids on Palestinian human rights organizations yesterday.



Israel is saying the organizations are linked to a terrorist group and their offices are now closed by order of the Israeli government...TIMES OF ISRAEL




KENTUCKY'S ABORTION LAWS LIMITING ABORTION CAN STAY IN PLACE WHILE THE THEY ARE ARGUED BEFORE THE STATE SUPREME COURT.



THE COURT MAKING A RULING THAT WAS DENOUNCED BY THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DISCUSSION-FOX NEWS STORY...



MEAWNHILE RETAIL GIANT WALMART OUT WITH AN ABORTION POLICY FOR ITS EMPLOYEE INSURANCE PLANS.



WALMART WILL PAY FOR ABORTION AND ABORTION-RELATED TRAVEL DEPENDING ON THE REASON FOR AN ABORTION IN CASES INVOLVING INSURED EMPLOYEES BUT ONE REASON GIVEN IS:


                "health risk to the mother"



SEEMINGLY A WIDE DEFINITION...FREE REPUBLIC POST DISCUSSION





Politics in Brazil the Presidential candidate of the "Left" ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shown with a big but narrowing lead over the incumbent President of the "Right" Jair Bolsonaro.      


The margin 47 to 32 percent.    Other candidates in the race.



The first round of Brazil's Presidential Election October 2nd and if no one gets over 50 percent the top two finishers in a runoff on October 30th...AFP FRANCE-BUENOS AIRES TIMES





(Updated) New Zealand politics Gaurav Sharma is a member of the ruling Labor Party in New Zealand facing expulsion from the party's caucus in Parliament.



Sharma targeted after criticizing the party led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for bullying its members of Parliament...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND....



Mr. Sharma has also said that the Ardern government in New Zealand trained members of Parliament in methods to avoid information disclosure through Official Information Act requests from the media and public...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND




POLITICS HERE IN THE USA FLORIDA'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS IN OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA.



DESANTIS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF DOUG MASTRIANO THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN PENNSYLVANIA AT AN APPEARANCE IN PITTSBURGH...RUMBLE VIDEO...



DESANTIS APPEARED IN OHIO ON BEHALF OF REPUBLICAN US SENATE CANDIDATE J.D. VANCE.





 NEW POLLING FROM FOX NEWS ON CONTESTS IN ARIZONA AND WISCONSIN.



THE NUMBERS BASED ON REGISTERED VOTERS GIVING DEMOCRATS AN EDGE.



IN ARIZONA'S RACE FOR GOVERNOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE KARI LAKE AT 44 PERCENT WITH DEMOCRAT KATIE HOBBS AT 47 PERCENT.



FOR US SENATE IN ARIZONA DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT MARK KELLY AT 50 PERCENT TO REPUBLICAN BLAKE MASTERS WITH 42 PERCENT.



IN WISCONSIN INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT TONY EVERS AT 49 PERCENT TO REPUBLICAN TIM MICHELS AT 46 PERCENT IN THE CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR.



FOR US SENATE DEMOCRAT LT. GOV. MANDELA BARNES WITH 50 PERCENT TO INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN RON JOHNSON AT 46 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS POLLS





A RUSSIAN COURT DELAYING A VERDICT ON CLOSURE OF THE JEWISH AGENCY IN RUSSIA.



LAWYERS FOR THE AGENCY HAD ASKED FOR A TWO MONTH DELAY WITH JUDGE GRANTING A 30-DAY POSTPONEMENT.



ISRAEL IS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA ON CONTINUING THE OPERATIONS OF THE JEWISH AGENCY WHICH FACILITATES MIGRATION FROM RUSSIA TO ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL




90 Dutch soldiers going to the UK joining troops from other nations to train soldiers from Ukraine.


The multinational military project led by the British setting a goal of training up to 10,000 Ukrainian in basic military skills in the next 18 months to two years...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





            RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                      BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG




Tonight in Crimea air defenses activated with a drone said to have been shot down in Sevastopol...TASS RUSSIA





A Russian security official says the shelling of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant by Ukrainian forces is done 'at the behest of the United States'.



Speaking in Shanghai at an international security meeting, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev warning of a 'man-made disaster" that could "affect the entire globe"...TASS RUSSIA



Russia appointing a new commander of its Black Sea Fleet...TASS RUSSIA





In other news...




A  ROCKET ATTACK IN A PART OF NORTHERN SYRIA TODAY CONTROLLED BY TURKISH BACKED ISLAMISTS KILLING AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE AND INJURING ANOTHER 38....NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




MEANWHILE THE TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY DOES NOT WANT TO OVERTHROW THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT.



PRESIDENT ERDOGAN SAYS OUTSTANDING ISSUES WITH SYRIA SHOULD BE SETTLED AT A NEGOTIATING TABLE.



TURKIYE AND ALLIED ISLAMIST FORCES OCCUPY STRIPS OF LAND INSIDE SYRIA AND ATTACKS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED AT BOTH SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND KURDISH FORCES THAT TURKIYE CONSIDERS TO BE TERRORISTS...TASS RUSSIA...



MR. ERDOGAN ALSO SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS SUPPORTED TERRORIST GROUPS IN SYRIA AND STILL DOES.



ERDOGAN ALSO SAYS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS PROMOTING UNREST IN IRAQ...SOUTHFRONT...


AND RUSSIA IS AGAIN SAYING THAT JIHADISTS IN SYRIA ARE PLANNING A FALSE FLAG INCIDENT TO BE BLAMED ON RUSSIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 'WHITE HELMETS' GROUP...TASS RUSSIA




Controversy in Finland over a party video involving Prime Minister Sanna Marin.   


One opposition leader calling on her to take a drug test.   Marin says she drank alcohol and was boisterous...BBC NEWS...


Late word today that Marin has taken a drug test the Prime Minister saying she did it for "own legal protection"...ASSOCIATED PRESS-GLOBE AND MAIL-CANADA




Major internet outages across Pakistan today.   Flooding following heavy rains believed to be the cause...REUTERS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE




In Canada Bell Media saying it will have a third-party review of the workplace after firing longtime news anchor Lisa LaFlamme.



LaFlamme revealed this week that her contract had been terminated in June.




Her abrupt departure from CTV's main evening news program leading to controversy.



There was widespread condemnation of her firing with accusations that "sexism" and "ageism" were involved in her departure...CBC NEWS CANADA











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