Wednesday, May 3, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/3/2023 FORMER BANKING EXEC ACCUSED OF RAPE AT EPSTEIN ISLAND, SMEAR CAMPAIGN AIMED AT TUCKER CARLSON, PUTIN UNHARMED AFTER DRONE ATTACK ON KREMLIN

 


(SERVICE MORNING AND MID-DAY WHEN ABLE LIMITED SERVICE DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITTMENTS WILL MAKE FINAL POSTS LIKELY AFTER 9 PM EASTERN US TIME TODAY)




                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




In Idaho lawyers for the medical conglomerate St. Luke's Hospital want Diego Rodriguez held in contempt of court.



Rodriguez being sued for 7.5 million dollars as part of that lawsuit against Ammon Bundy and others for their involvement in the defense of Rodriguez's grandson Cyrus Anderson.     


The then ten-month old infant taken from his parents over alleged neglect and placed in St. Luke's Hospital in Boise.



This caused both Rodriguez and Bundy to protest against the hospital's involvement in the matter where the child was later found to have had a rare medical condition.



This contempt of court filing linked to an internet posting associated with Mr. Rodriguez which lawyers argue constitutes 'harassment'...IDAHO DISPATCH




A DRONE ATTACK EARLY THIS MORNING IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA WITH AN OIL REINFERY RESERVOIR CATCHING FIRE. 


THE ATTACK OCCURRED IN KRASNODAR TERRITORY.



IT'S THE SECOND DRONE ATTACK IN THAT AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS...TASS RUSSIA




A federal court ruling this week says that former banking executive Jes Staley who worked with Barclays and JP Morgan is accused by a victim of rape at an island owned by the late Jeffrey Epstein.



The victim alleging that Staley told her he had permission from Epstein to sexually assault her.


Staley has in the past denied any sexual assaults related to Epstein's alleged trafficking activities...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NEW YORK POST STORY-DISCUSSION...


A Democrat mega-donor who's financing a lawsuit alleging rape against President Trump visited the private island of the late Jeffrey Epstein.



Reid Hoffman was also scheduled to stay at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in 2014...FOX NEWS







Today French President Emmanuel Macron decrying the anarchist incidents during Monday's mass protests against his imposition of pension reform.



Macron saying that Left political leader Jean-Luc Melenchon bore some of the responsibility for those incidents.


Mr. Melenchon saying that Macron is a "lamentable leader"...


     (Information from BFM-TV France used in this story)



THE US FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD INCREASING THE INTEREST RATE .25 PERCENT TODAY...(News Agencies)



In Brazil today a raid on the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro.   His phone seized during the raid.


There were other police raids including six arrests in Rio de Janeiro and the capital city of Brasilia.


The raids and arrests said to be related to falsification of COVID vaccination records.


A denial of any wrongdoing from Mr. Bolsonaro...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"There's obviously a decision by Fox to wage a massive war on Tucker Carlson's character"


Those words from journalist Glenn Greenwald on Twitter today as negative and disparaging leaks regarding Tucker Carlson continue to appear in mainstream media...



        FULL GLENN GREENWALD TWITTER POST



The markets.



The Dow falling 270.29 points.


The NASDAQ dropping 55.18 points. 


The price of oil dropping off at 426 pm New York Time the price 68 dollars and 26 cents a barrel down three dollars and 40 cents or 4.74 percent...MARKETWATCH





RUSSIA SAYS THAT FINLAND NEEDS TO TAKE MEASURES FOLLOWING AN INCDIENT AT THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE IN THE ALAND ISLANDS EARLY MONDAY.



AN EXPLOSIVE SOUND DEVICE AND OTHER MATERIALS THROWN ONTO THE PROPERTY...TASS RUSSIA




                  BREAKING NEWS:  

                                            (UPDATED AS ABLE) 


RUSSIA SAYS VLADIMIR PUTIN IS SAFE FOLLOWING A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON THE KREMLIN LAST NIGHT.


THE DRONES TAKEN OUT BEFORE THEY COULD STRIKE PUTIN'S RESIDENCE.


BUT KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYS THAT PUTIN WAS AT ANOTHER RESIDENCE NEAR MOSCOW AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK.


NO INJURIES REPORTED...


RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)...



A SPOKESMAN FOR UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IS DENYING ANY UKRAINIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE ATTACK...


                             TASS  RUSSIA...


FORMER RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF IT'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DMITRY MEDVEDEV SAYS RUSSIA HAS NO OPTIONS OTHER THAN THE ELIMINATION OF MR. ZELENSKY AND MEMBERS OF HIS 'RULING CLIQUE'...




                            TASS RUSSIA






A DEADLY ATTACK AT A SCHOOL IN SERBIA TODAY.    NINE ARE DEAD.   


SEVEN OTHERS WERE WOUNDED.


A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY ARRESTED...BBC NEWS BLOG



The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visiting Syria today and meeting President Bashar al-Assad...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





NETANYAHU AND 'FAR-RIGHT' MINISTER AT ODDS IN ISRAEL

                                                       (UPDATED)

 


In Israel the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) faction of the governing coalition boycotting parliamentary votes today.


That's over the weak military response to the more than 100 rockets fired into southern Israel yesterday from Gaza following the death of a Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...




There's been an exchange of words between Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben Gvir the National Security Minister and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.



Mr. Ben Gvir challenging Mr. Netanyahu to fire him...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



The Israel military said to be probing the limited effectiveness of the Iron Dome defense system when the strikes began yesterday.    


Four out of six rockets fired got through.  Three Chinese workers were injured.



A new law coming into force in the UK giving police powers to shut down non-violent protests.


Parts of the law taking effect just ahead of Saturday's coronation of King Charles III...CNN



IN UGANDA REVISED LGBTQ+  LEGISLATION PASSED.



THE CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION WAS SENT BACK TO PARLIAMENT BY PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI FOR REVISION.


THE NEW VERSION STILL CONTAINS PROVISIONS CONDEMNED BY LGBTQ+ ACTIVISTS.


ONE CONTAINS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR AGGRAVATED OFFENSES LIKE CHILD ABUSE...BBC NEWS




                   THE UKRAINE WAR




RUSSIAN ACTIVIST SAYS ATTACK BY UKRAINE BEING REPELLED TONIGHT



        UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN IN CRIMEA




                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




   "At the moment the battle is in full swing"



Russian political activist Vladimir Rogov on Telegram tonight describing a Ukrainian attack that Russian forces are repelling in the Zaporozhye Region...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A Russian official in Crimea says that two attack drones were downed by air defenses....RIA NOVOSTI (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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