Monday, December 19, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 12/19/2022 CHRISTMAS NEWSDUMP CHINA-RUSSIA NAVAL EXERCISE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, HEAVY AIR RAID ON KIEV

 

                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)





              LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Some US political news the lawsuit by Kari Lake Republican candidate for Governor in Arizona is going to trial.



A judge is allowing two of the original ten counts challenging the 2022 Election results to move forward...


FREE REPUBLIC POST-DAILY MAIL STORY-DISCUSSION...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DISCUSSION




ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA TONIGHT.



SYRIA SAYS TWO SOLDIERS WOUNDED AND SOME DAMAGE FROM THE ATTACKS IN THE DAMASCUS AREA...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A JURY IN LOS ANGELES FINDING FORMER MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN GUILTY ON THREE OF THE SEVEN COUNTS HE WAS ACCUSED OF.IN A RAPE-SEX ASSAULT TRIAL.



WEINSTEIN NOT GUILTY ON ONE COUNT, THE JURY DEADLOCKED ON THREE OTHERS...FREE REPUBLIC POST-ABC 7 NEWS STORY-DISCUSSION



US Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily frozen a lower court order to end Title 42.



Republican-led states challenging the end of the policy.



The end of that Trump Administration policy that sped up deportation was expected to a make a difficult situation on the southern US border even worse.



Justice Roberts wants a quick response from the Biden Administration indicating that a final decision from the full court may come soon...



                             CNN STORY



THE MARKETS MOVING DOWNWARDS TODAY.


THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DOWN 162.92 POINTS.


THE NASDAQ LOST 159.38 POINTS OR 1.59 PERCENT OF ITS VALUE.


OIL ROSE TO 75 DOLLARS AND 67 CENTS A BARREL BY LATE AFTERNOON...MARKETWATCH






(UPDATED) THE DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED US HOUSE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE GOES AFTER BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE INCLUDING REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY...(News Agencies)...



ON SOCIAL MEDIA TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP SIMPLY SAYING:




          "I DID NOTHING WRONG"



AMONG OTHER THINGS...TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA





We continue to get more information from the Twitter Files. 


Some of the latest revelations surround FBI pressure on Twitter in the summer of 2020 to censor alleged "foreign actors" operating on the social media platform...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NY POST NEWS STORY-DISCUSSION....



Also we are learning about the FBI's pre-emptive action in October of 2020 to shut down the spreading on social media like Twitter the story of Hunter Biden's laptop published by the "New York Post"...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NY POST STORY-DISCUSSION





We are now learning that federal charges are pending against a former employee of ABC News whose home was raided by the FBI earlier this year.



Allegations against James Gordon Meek will be presented to a grand jury.




The April 27th raid by the FBI involved an armored vehicle and 10 heavily armed agents.



A dozen electronic devices seized from Meek's home.




It is being said that an indictment will be presented to a grand jury by the Department of Justice.



It is said the matter is not related to Meek's work at ABC.



Meek was finishing work on a book when the FBI raided his home earlier this year.    That book related to the mission to bring US trained commandos out of Afghanistan in 2021.




Matters surrounding James Gordon Meek shrouded in mystery with Meek resigning from ABC News and disappearing from public view following the FBI raid.



Meek had been involved in work that revealed a botched US military operation against the ISIS...



                         ROLLING STONE





RUSSIA ANNOUNCING JOINT NAVAL EXERCISES WITH CHINA STARTING WEDNESDAY.



FOUR RUSSIAN AND SIX CHINESE NAVAL VESSELS, AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE SIX-DAY OPERATION IN THE EAST CHINA SEA.



THAT'S NORTH OF TAIWAN, WEST OF OKINAWA AND OFF THE EAST COAST OF CHINA.



THE EXERCISES MEANT TO 'STRENGTHEN NAVAL COOPERATION' BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND TO 'MAINTAIN PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION'...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)










(UPDATED)   GERMANS CONTINUE TO PROTEST COVID, ECONOMIC AND RUSSIA POLICES OF THE GOVERNMENT.    


ONE OF THE PROTESTS THIS EVENING IN MAGDEBURG...VIDEO STREAM...



ANOTHER PROTEST IN GERA...VIDEO LINK





Germany announcing today that will stop buying Puma armored fighting vehicles.


The government wants problems with them fixed before they will obtain any more of them...REUTERS



A recent military exercise resulted in all 18 Puma vehicles breaking down...DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY



ONE OF THE HEAVIEST RAIDS ON KIEV SINCE BEGINNING OF CONFLICT

                                               (UPDATED)



Air raid alerts and explosions in Kiev this morning...TASS RUSSIA...A 'critical infrastructure facility' was hit...TASS RUSSIA...



Ukraine reports Iranian drones were used in today's attacks.    More than 20 drones spotted with at least 15 shot down.



Today's air attack on Kiev said to be one of the heaviest since the beginning of the conflict...ARD TAGESSCHAU NEWS GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



Tonight Ukraine's electricity provider indicating power outages of up to 10 hours a day are possible in Kiev...TASS RUSSIA






More on Russia and Ukraine later in the summary...






The Swedish Supreme Court ruled today that Turkish opposition journalist Bulent Kenes cannot be extradited.



The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan says that Kenes is a terrorist and wants him returned to Turkiye (Turkey).




Kenes given political asylum by Sweden previously and he is seeking permanent residence.



Turkiye has brought up the issue of Kenes as Sweden seeks membership in NATO that would have to be approved by Turkiye...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







33 THAI MARINES ARE MISSING AFTER A WARSHIP SUNK IN THE GULF OF THAILAND.



73 MEMBERS OF THE 106 MEMBER CREW HAVE BEEN RESCUED...REUTERS-THE TELEGRAPH INDIA



North Korea says it has conducted a "final-stage test" for a spy satellite.



State media says that North Korea will have the satellite completed by April of next year...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL





               RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA





       PUTIN VISITS BELARUS SPARKING SPECULATION




                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Belarus today.   Putin bringing a high-level delegation that includes Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk.



Belarus and Russia already have close "union ties" but speculation about today's visit centers around future military plans by Russia for Ukraine and the participation of Belarus or use of its territory for those operations...TASS RUSSIA...BBC NEWS





In other news....




AMBER HEARD PAYING JOHNNY DEPP ONE MILLION US DOLLARS TO SETTLE THE DEFAMATION SUIT TRIED IN COURT EARLIER THIS YEAR...BBC NEWS




An apology for slavery today from the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





THE VOTE ON TWITTER IS FOR ELON MUSK TO LEAVE AS THE COMPANY'S CEO...





The founder of the Australian based megachurch Hillsong in a Sydney courtroom today.




Brian Houston accused of concealing child sexual abuse involving his late father who was also a clergyman...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

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