Friday, June 30, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 6/30/2023 HOLIDAY NEWSDUMP FRIDAY US CONSIDERS CLUSTER MUNITIONS FOR UKRAINE, BIDEN CONDITIONS MEETING NETANYAHU, COURT IMPOSES POLITICAL BAN ON FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDIENT BOLSONARO, PENTAGON: CHINESE 'SPY BALLOON' 'DID NOT COLLECT INTELLIGENCE'




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The latest developments in France as violent protests continue following the police killing of 17-year-old driver earlier this week but first...



                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




THE UNITED STATES IS CONSIDERING PROVIDING CLUSTER MUNITIONS TO UKRAINE.



US JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHAIRMAN GENERAL MARK MILLEY SPOKE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB IN WASHINGTON TODAY NOTING UKRAINE HAS ALREADY USED SUCH AMMUNITION PROVIDED BY OTHER NATIONS.



HE SAID RUSSIA IS ALREADY USING CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND THAT FOR THE UNITED STATES:



"There's a decision making process ongoing"...



                      ASSOCIATED PRESS




RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SPOKE BY PHONE WITH INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI TODAY.


THE TWO LEADERS REAFFIRIMED THEIR COMMITTMENT TO A STRONGER BILATERAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND EXCHANGED VIEWS ON THE UKRAINE WAR...PRESS TRUST OF INDIA-THE TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA




A US State Department report released today on the US pullout from Afghanistan.



The report claims that decisions made by Donald Trump and Joe Biden had "serious consequences" for the "viability of the Afghan government and its security"...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)




JOE BIDEN HAS A CONDITION FOR MEETING WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.



CHANNEL 12 IN ISRAEL SAYS BIDEN INSISTS THAT NETANYAHU ONLY APPROVE JUDICIAL REFORM 'WITH CONSENSUS'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





At least 48 dead in Kenya when a truck collided with other vehicles and pedestrians at a busy road junction tonight.      


The accident between the towns of Kericho and Nakuru...ANI NEWS INDIA




25 PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH WHEN A BUS CAUGHT FIRE IN INDIA...ANI NEWS INDIA



THE RUSSIAN MILITARY MISSION IN SYRIA SAYS THAT DRONES OF THE US-LED COALITION ARE VIOLATING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.


ACCORDING TO THE RUSSIANS FIVE SUCH VIOLATIONS OCCCURRED TODAY...TASS RUSSIA




Russia has imposed a ban on Polish trucks transporting goods across Russia.    Exceptions are made for critical goods...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Meanwhile Polish internal security police arresting a Russian hockey player accusing him of espionage.



The Russian player on a Polish hockey team said to be the 14th member of a spy ring in Poland...TASS RUSSIA





An Electoral Court in Brazil banning former President Jair Bolsonaro from running for office until 2030.



Four of the seven court members making the determination based on accusations that Bolsonaro abused his political power and manipulated media.



Those accusations based on Bolsonaro's comments to foreign diplomats ahead of last fall's Presidential Election about Brazil's electronic voting system...ANADOLU AGENCY-TURKIYE (TURKEY)







AN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING IN THE US BY THE CHINESE OWNED CLOTHING MAKER SHEIN.



THE COMPANY VALUED AT SOME 60 BILLION US DOLLARS.



SHEIN RECENTLY MOVED ITS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS FROM CHINA TO SINGAPORE TO DEFLECT CRITICS.



THE COMPANY UNDER ATTACK WITH  ALLEGATIONS OF POOR WORKING CONDITIONS IN ITS FACTORIES.




A BIPARTISAN GROUP IN THE US CONGRESS WANTS US FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO PREVENT AN IPO UNTIL FORCED LABOR ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SHEIN CAN BE INVESTIGATED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







Two US Supreme Court rulings today one reversing Biden Administration efforts to cancel student loans.



The 6-3 majority in the case included Chief Justice John Roberts and the five "conservative" justices.



The majority decision saying the Biden Administration lacked the authority to end student loan debt under a 2003 law ("Heroes Act") passed in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks...THE GUARDIAN UK...





The other ruling a religious freedom case involving a web designer being forced by a state law in Colorado to design same sex marriage websites.


The court's 6-3 decision in favor of the web designer's right not to design such websites.


Chief Justice John Roberts and five "conservative" justices in the majority...FREE REPUBLIC POST-THE HILL STORY-DISCUSSION







THE MARKETS TODAY.



THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 285.18 POINTS.



THE NASDAQ UP 196.59 OR 1.45 PERCENT.


AT 5 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF OIL 70 DOLLARS AND 41 CENTS A BARREL UP 55 CENTS...RKETWATCH






In Israel opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform plan holding protests outside cabinet ministers' homes.


Some demonstrators carrying Israeli flags, playing instruments and calling for "democracy".



Others appeared in costumes from "The Handmaid's Tale".



Mr. Netanyahu and his National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir calling for a tougher police response to the protests...TIMES OF ISRAEL





DISTURBANCES IN FRANCE FOLLOWING POLICE KILLING OF TEENAGER


                (UPDATED WHEN ABLE, LATER NEWS AT END OF STORY)





Media around the world now highlighting events in France were there have been violent incidents following the Tuesday morning police killing of a 17-year-old driver.



President Emmanuel Macron holding a meeting this afternoon expected to authorize a harsher police response to a situation that included an attack on a Nike store in Paris last night.



Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally in France's National Assembly, urging measures to restore "law and order" up to and including a state of emergency.


Mr. Macron urging social media companies to exercise discretion in allowing questionable posts.


Bus and tram service suspending after 9 pm tonight.


The funeral of the 17-year-old victim Nahel set for tomorrow.



Tonight in Marseille disturbances that included the theft of hunting rifles from 'an armory' at least 63 arrests in Marseille tonight.


At least 471 arrests reported across France early Saturday morning with drones sent up by police in some areas to capture images of activity on the ground.


Violence of "much lesser intensity" reported by French authorities tonight...




BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)








THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) REACHING A FINANCIAL AGREEMENT WITH PAKISTAN THAT NOW MUST BE APPROVED BY THE IMF BOARD.



THE DEAL INVOLVES THREE BILLION US DOLLARS WORTH OF SUPPORT FOR THE CASH-STRAPPED NATION...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE (TURKEY)







The Pentagon now saying that the "spy balloon" from China shot down off the coast of South Carolina in February "did not collect intelligence" as it crossed the United States.



Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder saying that the US "took steps to mitigate" intelligence collection during the balloon's flight...AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL






US ENVOY FOR IRAN ROB MALLEY IS ON LEAVE WITHOUT PAY.


THIS FOLLOWS SUSPENSION OF HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR.



THE POSSIBLE MISHANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IS UNDER INVESTIGATION ACCORDING TO CNN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





Armenia and Azerbaijan have made progress towards a peace agreement following talks in Washington this week.


But the two sides remain apart on a number of issues...TASS RUSSIA





The International Monetary Fund warning about the financial situation in Lebanon.  


The IMF says that Lebanon must implement austerity reforms to get a three-billion-dollar loan.


If that doesn't happen there could be consequences that are "irreversible"...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL



 

US PHARMACY CHAIN WALGREENS CLOSING 150 STORES CITING AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN.



INFLATION ALONG WITH LESS COVID STIMULUS MONEY IN THE ECONOMY SAID TO BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE SLOWDOWN IN BUSINESS.



WALGREENS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRITISH PHARMACY CHAIN BOOTS WHICH ANNOUNCED THE CLOSURE OF 300 PHARMACIES THIS WEEK...THE STREET





  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




             TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





In other news...




In Australia's New South Wales an independent ethics panel report released this week on the relationship between former Liberal Party Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Liberal parliament member Daryl Maguire.



While the ethics of their close relationship were questioned no criminal charges were recommended.



Berejiklian, known for her harsh COVID lockdown-vaccine policies, had many conversations with Mr. Maguire.     Some of these were released to the public.



They include expressions of affection and coarse language related to their lives in politics...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA





ACTOR ALAN ARKIN DEAD AT THE AGE OF 89.    ARKIN WON AN OSCAR IN 2007 FOR 'LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE'.    HE PERFORMED IN BOTH COMEDIES AND DRAMAS...BBC NEWS




GOOGLE IS REMOVING CANADIAN NEWS CONTENT FROM ITS SEARCH, NEWS AND DISCOVER PRODUCTS BECAUSE OF THE BILL REQUIRING IT TO PAY NEWS COMPANIES FOR THEIR CONTENT...ANI NEWS INDIA



Thursday, June 29, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 6/29/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEK RUSSIA SAYS KRAMATORSK STRIKE TOOK OUT UKRAINIAN OFFICERS, FOREIGN MERCENARIES, POLICE BLOCK DUTCH FARMERS PROTEST, PLASTICS BAN IN NEW ZEALAND STARTING SATURDAY

 


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                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Jewish organizations in the US pleased with today's US Supreme Court decision regarding religious accommodation.



In a unanimous decision the justices ruled that a Christian mail carrier who did not wish to work on Sundays had to be accommodated...JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY-TIMES OF ISRAEL






'GREEN' ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG IN KIEV TODAY MEETING WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY.


THUNBERG USED TO SPOTLIGHT THE NOTION OF 'ECOCIDE' CAUSED BY THE RECENT COLLAPSE OF A HYDOELECTRIC DAM IN UKRAINE FOLLOWING WHAT RUSSIA SAYS WAS A UKRAINIAN ATTACK...TWITTER VIDEO





The Russian military in Syria says that a US-led coalition drone approached one of its bases in Aleppo Province.      The Russians say this is a violation of deconfliction protocol...TASS RUSSIA




IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA FORMER SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SCOT PETERSON FOUND NOT GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH HIS RESPONSE TO THE DEADLY ATTACK AT PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN 2018.



PETERSON ACCUSED OF CHILD NEGLECT FOR NOT GOING INTO THE SCHOOL DURING THE ATTACK THAT KILLED 17 AND WOUNDED 17 OTHERS...BBC NEWS



The Russian Ministry of Defense says that two Ukrainian generals, 50 other Ukrainian officers and around 20 foreign mercenaries died in the strike on Kramatorsk this week.



Western Mainstream Media reports on the Kramatorsk strike spoke of civilian casualties in the attack both dead and wounded including children...SOUTHFRONT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




IN BAGHDAD PROTESTORS STORMING INTO THE COURTYARD OF SWEDEN'S EMBASSY.


OUTRAGE OVER YESTERDAY'S KORAN BURNING INCIDENT OUTSIDE A MOSQUE IN STOCKHOLM...BBC NEWS





China's currency the Yuan figuring in Argentina's efforts to meet its financial obligations.   


A 2.7 billion US Dollar payment due tomorrow will be covered in part by 800 million dollars worth of Yuan.


Argentina trying to maintain its Dollar reserve.  


Negotiations continue with the International Monetary Fund on financial support for Argentina...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 269.76 points


The NASDAQ almost steady down .42 points.


At 428 pm New York Time the price of oil up 23 cents at 69 dollars and 79 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH







              FULL TWO HOUR, 24 MINUTE VIDEO OF PROTEST AND                                 SPEECHES  IN DUTCH PARLIAMENT THURSDAY 6/29/2023





VIDEO STREAM SHOWING PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO REACH PARLIAMENT






A farmers protest in The Hague today as the Dutch government intends to impose nitrogren cow gas limits on farmers following the breakdown of talks.




Another activist group joined in the demonstration.


Police stopping some protesters from reaching the parliament building including the use of buses to block streets.


Seven arrests were made.


Inside parliament a debate underway on agricultural policy...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





THE US SUPREME COURT HAS RULED REGARDING RACE BASED COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.




THE RULINGS AGAINST RACIAL ADMISSIONS POLICIES AT HARVARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.


A 6-3 RULING AGAINST HARVARD CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND CONSERVATIVES IN THE MAJORITY, LIBERALS IN THE MINORITY.    


A 6-2 RULING AGAINST HARVARD WITH LIBERAL JUSTICE KETANJI  BROWN JACKSON RECUSING HERSELF...THE HILL...



JOE BIDEN APPEARED BEFORE THE MEDIA AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISAGREE WITH THE DECISION.





In the UK the Court of Appeal ruling against a government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.



Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the decision will be appealed...BBC NEWS




US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN COMPLANING TO ISRAELI OFFICIALS ALLEGING ISRAEL LEAKED INFORMATION REGARDING US TALKS WITH IRAN...TIMES OF ISRAEL




PROTESTS CONTINUE AFTER POLICE KILLING OF TEENAGER IN FRANCE

                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




There have been isolated incidents in several French cities tonight some arson attacks with police making arrests and breaking up demonstrations deemed too violent.



There have also been incidents of looting.



421 arrests reported as of early Friday morning with curfews imposed in some areas.



Today the mother of the teenage police shooting victim in a march starting from the police headquarters in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.



Six thousand participated in the demonstration.   There were some tensions at the edges of the protest.



After criticizing the shooting as not being justified, French President Emmanuel Macron saying that violent protest on the streets is not justified.



In France on Wednesday more than 100 arrests and injuries to dozens of police during the rioting over the death of "Nahel" a teenage motorist shot by police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.



The officer who fired the shots in custody a prosecutor saying the conditions for use of firearms were not met.


Today that officer charged with intentional homicide...




BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




GREEN POLICY ROLLING OUT IN NEW ZEALAND WITH THE LATEST PHASE OF A PLASTICS BAN STARTING ON SATURDAY.



PLASTIC PRODUCE BAGS WILL BE PROHIBITED ALONG WITH PLASTIC PLATES, BOWLS AND CUTLERY.



PLASTIC STRAWS ALSO BANNED WITH AN EXCEPTION BEING MADE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.


NEW ZEALAND STARTED TO END THE USE OF PLASTICS WITH A PLASTIC GROCERY BAG BAN IN 2019...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND





China says resumption of high-level military contacts with the US depends on the US backing down from sanctions unilaterally imposed on China...BLOOMBERG




Joe Biden is now using a CPAP machine to deal with sleep apnea.



The White House saying Biden has a medical history with sleep apnea since 2008...AAP-THE NEW DAILY AUSTRALIA




POLITICS IN THE USA A FOX NEWS POLL OF THE POLITICAL CONTESTS IN BOTH MAJOR PARTIES FOR PRESIDENT.



AMONG REPUBLICANS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT 56 PERCENT, FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AT 22 PERCENT AND FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AT 4 PERCRNT.



IN THE DEMOCRAT CONTEST JOE BIDEN AT 64 PERCENT, ROBERT. F. KENNEDY JR. AT 17 PERCENT AND MARIANNE WILLIAMSON AT 10 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS







   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA



          CONSTATNT FIGHTING ON EASTERN FRONT


                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



An officer in Russia's Lugansk Region says there is constant fighting near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) as Ukraine continues its offensive...TASS RUSSIA...Denis Pushilin, the leading official in the Donetsk Region, says Russian forces remain in full control of the area... TASS RUSSIA





In other news...





The Health Council in the Netherlands designating groups to be offered COVID shots this fall. 



Those over 60, pregnant woman and people belonging to a 'risk group' are to be offered the COVID vaccine...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)













Wednesday, June 28, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 6/28/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEK TEAMSTERS UNION DEMANDS OFFER FROM UPS, QURAN BURNING IN SWEDEN AS MUSLIM HOLIDAY BEGINS, ISRAELI TASK FORCE INVESTIGATES 'INCITEMENT' BY NETANYAHU OPPONENTS

 



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Swedish authorities scrambling with a hate crime investigation after a Quran burning was allowed by a Swedish court to go forward in Stockholm today and violence in France following the shooting of a teenage motorist by police but first...





                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




No one wants nuclear war but the United States has destroyed the system designed to prevent it.   That message from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.



Lavrov says that US policy surrounding the war against Russia waged through Ukraine has destroyed the 'international legal system of deterrence and strategic stability' designed to reduce the risk of nuclear confrontation...TASS RUSSIA




AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN PARTIALLY DERAILED AROUND 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOS ANGELES.


15 MINOR INJURIES REPORTED.



A WATER TRUCK OBSTRUCTED THE TRAIN TRACKS...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES (VIDEO EMBED)




The Teamsters Union at United Parcel Service (UPS) says a strike is 'imminent'.




The Teamsters, who represent 340,000 UPS workers, leaving the bargaining table with the company and warning that a 'stronger economic proposal' is needed.





The union wants the 'last best and final offer" from UPS by Friday...THE HILL





A GUNMAN KILLED NEAR THE US CONSULATE IN JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA.     ALSO KILLED A NEPALESE SECURITY GUARD WORKING AT THE CONSULATE...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES




At Fox News the remaining workers on Tucker Carlson's staff losing their jobs.    They are being given a chance to apply for other positions at Fox News...THE INDEPENDENT




"It's hard to tell really.  But he's losing the war in Iraq"



Joe Biden's comments regarding Vladimir Putin today in his latest verbal gaffe.



On Tuesday night Biden had to correct comments he was making when he confused China with India...REUTERS-AL ARABIYA SAUDI ARABIA




IN NEW YORK FORMER MARINE DANIEL PENNY PLED NOT GUILTY TODAY.


PENNY ACCUSED IN THE KILLING OF JORDAN NEELY IN A SUBWAY CAR.    


NEELY DYING AFTER PENNY PLACED A CHOKEHOLD ON HIM.  PENNY SAID HE ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE...BBC NEWS



The markets today.





The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 74.08 points.




The NASDAQ went up 36.08 points.




At 533 pm New York Time the price of oil 69 dollars and 15 cents a barrel up one dollar and 45 cents...MARKETWATCH







QURAN BURNING INCIDENT IN SWEDEN LEADS TO HATE CRIME PROBE 

                                                         (UPDATED)







Tonight Swedish authorities moving forward with a hate crime probe following the burning of the Quran in Stockholm...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE (TURKEY)...




Earlier there was outrage from the Turkish Foreign Minister as Islam's Holy Book the Quran was burned outside the Grand Mosque in Stockholm.



The burning at the beginning of a major Muslim holiday comes as Türkiye continues to oppose Sweden's NATO membership bid.


 A crowd of hundreds gathered for the burning including counter protesters.   The man leading the protest an Iraqi immigrant.


Denunciation of the burning also came from Russia with President Vladimir Putin noting that Quran burning is a crime in Russia...SVT NYHETER SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...TASS RUSSIA...SHAFAQ NEWS...TASS RUSSIA STORY TWO





THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES WATER SERVICE TO A QUARTER OF THE UK'S POPULATION IN SERIOUS FINANCIAL TROUBLE.


THE HEAD OF THAMES WATER UNEXPECTEDLY RESIGNED TUESDAY.



THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAID IT'S READY TO ACT IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO AND THAT EFFORTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO SECUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE WATER COMPANY...(News Agencies)





MORE VIOLENT PROTEST IN FRANCE OVER POLICE SHOOTING OF 17-YEAR OLD






             "inexplicable and inexcusable"



Those words from French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the police shooting of a 17-year old motorist who refused to stop over a traffic violation.



The police officer involved now in custody.



French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne calling for a full investigation saying there was an "absolute requirement of truth".



The mother of "Nael" who was killed in the incident calling for protest tomorrow in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.


Tonight violence in multiple French cities police making dozens of arrests.


In Nanterre tonight Molotov cocktails thrown at police...




BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In Israel an official task force is considering possible incitement charges against former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and ex-leftist parliament member Yair Golan.



Both men have urged an uprising against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform plans.



Mr. Golan defiant in the face of the probe saying in part:




          "We have to fight for democracy"



The task force could recommend prosecution of the two men but it would be up to Israel's criminal justice system to decide on any prosecution...TIMES OF ISRAEL




THIS COMING SATURDAY MAJOR PRICE HIKES FOR ELECTRICITY IN AUSTRALIA.



THE HIKES VARY BUT ARE AROUND 20 PERCENT IN THREE AUSTRALIAN STATES WITH THE STATE OF VICTORIA IMPOSING A 25 PERCENT INCREASE...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA




A US-owned chain of pharmacies cutting 300 of its 2,200 locations in the UK.   "Boots the Chemist" will make the move called a consolidation in the next year.


Locations close to others said to be closing.  Jobs will be offered at other stores to those working at stores to be closed...BBC NEWS





   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





In other news...






Two Russian warships sailed near Taiwan Tuesday.     They were monitored by Taiwan's military as the traveled off Taiwan's east coast...TASS RUSSIA




Madonna postponing some appearances in a world tour set for next month.



She is recovering from bacterial infection that had her hospitalized in intensive care...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

















Tuesday, June 27, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 6/27/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEK GOV'T REPORT CITES MASSIVE FRAUD IN COVID FUNDS, US UKRAINE MILITARY AID REACHES $40.5 BILLION, INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN DEATH, STAR WITNESS TESTIMONY AT NETANYAHU TRIAL

 



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                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IT'S BEING CALLED A 'CONGESTION PRICING PROGRAM'.



NEW  YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL SAYING THAT AS EARLY AS NEXT SPRING ANYONE DRIVING INTO THE CENTER OF MANHATTAN COULD PAY UP TO 23 DOLLARS.


HOCHUL PUSHING THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAYING THE PRICING SCHEME FOR CARS WILL BRING MORE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATON REVENUE.   



SHE ALSO SEES AN IMPOVEMENT IN AIR QUALITY RESULTING...CITY STATE NEW YORK




Hundreds of billions of dollars in US government COVID relief funds likely stolen by fraudsters.



That's what the Small Business Administration's inspector general is saying.




At least 17 percent of all funds (more than 200 billion dollars) in two government COVID programs given to "potentially fraudulent actors"...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE




500 MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN US MILITARY AID HEADED FOR UKRAINE.     


THE PENATGON ANNOUNCED NEW SUPPORT THAT INCLUDES JAVELIN ANTI-TANK WEAPONS AND STINGER ANTI-AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.


ALSO INVOLVED BRADLEY AND STRYKER ARMORED VEHICLES.



SO FAR 40.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN US MILITARY AID SENT TO UKRAINE SINCE THE CONFLICT BEGAN IN FEBRUARY OF 2022...(News Agencies)...DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE




VIDEO OF SHOOTING INCIDENT NANTERRE, FRANCE 6/27/2023




French police shot and killed a 17-year old driver in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, this morning.



Disturbances broke out later in the day with riot police deployed and 9 arrests were made.


Police say the teenager did not respond to their commands to stop over a traffic violation...




BFM-TV FRANCE NEWS STORY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




As the holiday period approaches here in the USA the move to pass judicial reform is moving forward in Israel.



Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking to pass some part of the reform opposed by many different forces including Banking, Business and the Biden Administration. 


Opponents of the reform who have led massive street protests are ramping up their efforts including a planned blockade of Israel's Ben Gurion Airport next Monday...TIMES OF ISRAEL



TODAY RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT RUSSIAN PILOTS WERE KILLED DURING THE MUTINY BY WAGNER PMC CONTRACT SOLDIERS LAST WEEKEND.


PUTIN SPEAKING OF STATE SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE DEAD PILOTS...TASS RUSSIA


The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 212.03 points.






The NASDAQ up sharply 219.89 points or 1.65 percent.



At 420 pm New York Time the price of oil 67 dollars and 76 cents a barrel falling one dollar and 61 cents...MARKETWATCH




The Inspector General of the US Justice Department weighing in on the death of Jeffrey Epstein in a federal prison cell early on a Saturday morning in August of 2019.



Michael Horowitz again saying no foul play was involved in the death of the convicted child sex offender and accused child sex offender.



His report speaks of negligence and misconduct leading to Epstein's death.



Security cameras not working, no cellmate assigned to Epstein after the previous one left and too many bed linens in his cell mentioned among other things.



Poor performance involving 13 employees cited. 


The two guards assigned to watch Epstein avoided jail time with a guilty plea to falsifying logs...ASSOCIATED PRESS -TIMES OF ISRAEL




A US SUPREME COURT DECISION ALLOWING A NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT RULING AGAINST A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP TO STAND.



THE 6-3 COURT DECSION WITH THE LIBERAL JUSTICES JOINTED BY CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND JUSTICES AMY CONEY BARRETT AND BRETT KAVANAUGH IN THE MAJORITY...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NBC NEWS STORY-DISCUSSION



A THIRD DAY OF TESTIMONY AT THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BY STAR WITNESS ARNON MILCHAN.


THE HOLLYWOOD MOGUL SAYS HE WORKED ON CREATING POSITIVE COVERAGE FOR MR. NETANYAHU IN ISRAELI MEDIA...TIMES OF ISRAEL





In Vietnam the US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and two other warships making a six-day visit.   It's seen as an attempt to advance US-Vietnam relations.


The US advancing closer relations with Vietnam in what it calls the "Indo-Pacific" region as a counter to China...THE DIPLOMAT





IN RUSSIA THE WAGNER PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTOR TURNING OVER ITS HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO THE RUSSIAN MILITARY...TASS RUSSIA...



MEANWHILE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE DROPPED A CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST WAGNER FOR ARMED MUTINY...TASS RUSSIA





THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT SETTING COURSE FOR A HIGHWAY USER FEE IN THE YEAR 2030.


USE OF ANY ROADWAY IN THE NETHERLANDS IS EXPECTED TO COST AROUND SEVEN OR EIGHT EURO CENTS A KILOMETER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Citing reduced mail volume New Zealand Post cutting 750 jobs.    Those jobs will phase out over the next five years...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND




The Biden Administration reversing the policy of the Trump Administration cutting off support to Israeli scientific and technological research institutions in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank)...TIMES OF ISRAEL




    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA





PUTIN ANNOUNCES UKRAINIAN LOSSES DURING OFFENSIVE AND EMPHASIZES ROLE OF PILOTS    





LIMITED UKRAINIAN SUCCESSES CLAIMED ON BATTLEFIELD




                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED






Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Ukraine has lost 259 tanks and 780 armored vehicles since the beginning of their offensive.



Speaking to members of the military, Putin saying these losses have occurred since June 4th and he said pilots 'did a lot' to make those losses happen...TASS RUSSIA





The battlefield story in Western Mainstream Media is that Ukrainian forces are making limited progress in their offensive but they are frustrated by Russian helicopters...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)













Monday, June 26, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 6/26/2023 ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT CHINA, MASS PROSECUTIONS BY MILITARY FOLLOWING PAKISTAN'S JANUARY 6TH, TOP RUSSIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST ARGUES FOR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

 



                                 (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAGNER FIGHTERS MUTINY IN RUSSIA THE EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN MINISTERS CALLING FOR MORE AID, ESPECIALLY MILITARY, FOR UKRAINE.


EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MET IN BRUSSELS TODAY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking tonight saying decisions were made to avoid bloodshed with Wagner military contractors during the rebellion over the weekend.


Putin saying Wagner contractors can sign new contracts with Russian authorities and those who want to can leave Russia for Belarus...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In Toronto the Special Election for Mayor.


Among many candidates the winner Olivia Chow a former New Democrat Party member of parliament.     


She is dubbed a 'progressive',   Her campaign focused on expensive housing in the city with a promise to build new homes on city owned land...BBC NEWS




ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU VISITING CHINA NEXT MONTH.



NO SPECIFIC DATES ANNOUNCED FOR THE TRIP WHICH WILL INCLUDE MEETING PRESIDENT XI JINPING AND OTHER LEADERS.



THE TRIP DEPICTED AS AN ANNOYANCE OF JOE BIDEN AND A RESPONSE TO RECENT CHINESE DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.



THAT ACTIVITY INCLUDED MEDIATION THAT LED TO RE-ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN...TIMES OF ISRAEL



The aftermath of Pakistan's January 6th on May 9th.


The powerful Pakistani military prosecuting 102 people and even disciplining some in its own ranks including 10 generals.



On May 9th opposition leader former Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested when riot police burst into his court hearing and seized him.



Anticipating his arrest Khan urged his followers to protest in a non-violent manner but following his arrest there were numerous incidents including attacks at military bases.



This led to the current crackdown and a breaking up of Khan's PTI party...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE



The US Supreme Court ordering an end to a lawsuit by Democrats in Congress aimed at a government lease for a hotel formerly owned by President Trump...REUTERS-AL ARABIYA SAUDI ARABIA


A SECOND DAY OF TESTIMONY BY STAR WITNESS ARNON MILCHAN AT THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. 


MILCHAN SPOKE OF A FRIENDSHIP WITH NETANYAHU AND HIS WIFE SARA THAT INCLUDED GIFTS HE GAVE THEM.


MILCHAN ALSO SAID HE SOUGHT MR. NETANYAHU'S HELP ON A US VISA  AND EXTENSION OF  A TAX LAW HE WOULD BENEFIT FROM AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS...TIMES OF ISRAEL




A disturbing incident in Israel today a rocket fired by Palestinians from "The West Bank" (Judea and Samaria).   Palestinian rockets normally come from the direction of Gaza.    This rocket landed without hitting Jewish territory...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



A SERBIAN COURT FREEING THREE POLICE OFFICERS FROM KOSOVO DETAINED WEEKS AGO AMID ESCALATING TENSIONS BETWEEN SERBS AND ALBANIANS IN THE BALKANS.



THE US AND EUROPEAN UNION DEMANDING THEIR RELEASE IN A BID TO EASE THE TENSE SITUATION...FOX NEWS...



IN RECENT DAYS FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL AND US DIPLOMAT IN THE BALKANS RICHARD GRENELL HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND TALKING TO LOCAL LEADERS...JACK POSO TWITTER (VIDEO EMBED)



The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 12.72 points.


The NASDAQ fell 156.74 points or 1.16 percent in value.


At 445 pm New York Time the price of oil 69 dollars and 55 cents a barrel up 39 cents...MARKETWATCH



In Israel today strong reaction from politicians who support Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria.



Their anger directed at military and police leaders including Israel's Defense Minister who condemned retaliation for terrorism from Jews as "terrorism".


Cabinet Minister Orit Strock asking the critics:




"Who do you think you are?  The Wagner Group"...



                                  TIMES OF ISRAEL...



Strock later tempered her comments but Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warned against "collective punishment" by security forces against Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





TODAY NATO SECRETARY GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG SAID THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT RUSSIA INTENDS TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.



STOLTENBERG SAID THAT IF RUSSIA THINKS IT CAN INTIMIDATE NATO FROM CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA, IT WILL FAIL...TASS RUSSIA




"There Is No Choice Left: Russia Will Have To Launch A Nuclear Strike On Europe"


The headline for commentary from Russian political scientist Serey Karaganov as published Sunday by the RIA Novosti Agency in Russia.



Karaganov, who is considered close to President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, argues that the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons (Mutual Assured Destruction) involving the US and USSR as experiences in the Cold War Era is no longer valid.


He cites the war being waged in the underbelly of Russia, a nuclear power, namely the Ukraine War.



Mr. Karaganov weighs the impact of such a war including the Biden Administration's promised use of massive conventional retaliation in the event of Russian nuclear weapons use.



He even considers the role of China in the world today in relation to Russia and the United States.



Karaganov lays out a plan that includes the breaking off of diplomatic relations with those nations that will be attacked with nuclear weapons.



Another aspect of his discussion about a nuclear weapons option in relation to the Ukraine War is the situation regarding Western values.



"as the vector of development of the West, its elites and society, their movement towards anti-human and post-human values shows, all this clearly indicates an objective approach to a big thermonuclear war.    


We must interrupt this process and thus save the world-if possible, of course, avoiding super tough actions"...



FULL SERGEY KARAGANOV COMMENTARY RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Rallies held across North Korea on Sunday commemorating the 73rd anniversary of North Korean's invasion of South Korea that ignited the Korean War.



Slogans shouted by crowds vowing a "war of revenge" against the United States...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY



AUSTRALIA PUTTING 74 MILLION MORE US DOLLARS (110 MILLION AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS) INTO SUPPORTING UKRAINE IN THE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA



ALMOST 80 STRIKES BY UKRAINE IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIAN REGION



               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




In a 24-hour period almost 80 strikes recorded in southwestern Russia's Belgorod Region...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...




US NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY ATTACKING ONLINE CRITICISM OF A MUSLIM REPORTER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.



KIRBY SAYING THE 'HARASSMENT' OF SABRINA SIDDIQUI IS 'UNACCEPTABLE'.



SIDDIQUI QUESTIONED INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARDENRA MODI AT A WHITE HOUSE NEWS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK REGARDING TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN INDIA AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE




A decision from Fox News to place Jesse Waters in the 8pm slot formerly occupied by Tucker Carlson...BBC NEWS

Sunday, June 25, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 6/25/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND ANTI-UKRAINE WAR PARTY WINS GERMAN RUNOFF ELECTION, RUSSIA HITS JIHADISTS IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA, NETANYAHU ATTACKS 'FAR-RIGHT' CABINET MINISTER, JEWISH RETALIATION ATTACKS FOR TERRORISM CALLED TERRORISM BY ISRAELI LEADERS

 



    (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AROUND MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)



Russia says it's repelling repeated Ukrainian attacks this weekend and the winner of the second Greek election in a month but first...






               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




GERMAN POLITICS AND A RUNOFF ELECTION VICTORY FOR THE ANTI-UKRAINE WAR ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AfD).



ROBERT SESSELMAN THE WINNER OF AN ELECTION FOR A DISTRICT ADMINSTRATOR IN THE TOWN OF SONNEBERG IN THE EASTERN GERMAN STATE OF THURINGIA.



THE PARTY IS COMMONLY LABELED 'FAR-RIGHT' BUT THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE UKRAINE WAR AND TROUBLES IN GERMANY'S ECONOMY INCLUDING INFLATION ARE DRIVING MORE VOTERS TO SUPPORT THE AfD WHICH IS SURGING IN PUBLIC OPINION POLLS...(News Agencies)





"hiding behind their verbal demagoguery about their neutrality...actively forges relations with the Russian Federation"



That criticism of Israel from Ukraine's Embassy there drawing a rebuke from Israel's Foreign Ministry.




The Ukrainian criticism follows a Jerusalem Post interview where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Western anti-tank weapons sent to Ukraine are now in the hands of Iranian forces on Israel's border...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




JIHADISTS IN SYRIA LAUNCHING A ROCKET STRIKE NEAR A RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE.    


THIS FOLLOWS RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES ON JIHADIST FORCES IN THE IDLIB REGION OF NORTHEWESTERN SYRIA MENTIONED LATER IN THIS SUMMARY...TASS RUSSIA




More than 50 detained in Istanbul following an LGBT Pride March.  


Hundreds participated as police blocked access to a main street and square in the city.



One of those detained by police said to have suffered head injuries.



Organizers say the LGBT community is being targeted by the recently re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...REUTERS-GLOBE AND MAIL CANADA





TODAY RUSSIAN AIR STRIKES IN THE JIHADIST ENCLAVE OF IDLIB IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA.



MILITANT SYRIAN OPPOSITION SOURCES (WHITE HELMETS) SAY AT LEAST NINE CIVILIANS KILLED AND 34 OTHERS WOUNDED.


LATER REPORTING IS THAT 13 WERE KILLED...AL JAZEERA QATAR





Afghanistan's Supreme Leader defending his country's policies towards women.



In a statement for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha this week Hibatullah Akhundzada says policies removing women from public life including workplaces saves women from "traditional oppressions" and restores their status as "free and dignified human beings".



He said that a six point decree issued by the ruling Taliban in December of 2021 guarantees women's rights by making forced marriages illegal and allowing the right to inheritance and divorce.



Western nations and the United Nations have criticized the Taliban saying their policies discriminate against women by denying them access to education and jobs...AFP FRANCE-THE RAW STORY




IN SWEDEN ONE KILLED AND NINE INJURED IN A ROLLER COASTER ACCIDENT.    IT HAPPENED AT THE GRONA LUND AMUSEMENT PARK IN STOCKHOLM.


THE PARK WILL BE CLOSED FOR AT LEAST A WEEK AS INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY...SVT NEWS SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




"I gave the Netanyahus cigars, champagne"



Testimony at the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from star witness Arnon Milchan...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS








TODAY ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ATTACKED HIS 'FAR-RIGHT' NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR.


SPEAKING AT THE CABINET MEETING NETANYAHU DISCUSSED THE CALL BY MR. BEN GVIR FOR JEWS TO MOVE ONTO LAND IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK).



HE SAID:




   "Such statements undermine law and order...we will not condone such actions and our government will act firmly against them"...



                     ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



In Israel the military Chief of Staff, the head of the domestic security agency Shin Bet and the police commissioner all condemning Jewish attacks on Palestinians in retaliation for the gasoline station terrorist attack that killed four and wounded others.


The called the attacks of the Jews "terrorism"...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also joining the chorus of condemnation.



Not joining them National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.



On Friday Ben Gvir called on Jews to take to the hills to establish new settlements and called for a full scale military offensive against terrorism in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank)...


On Saturday night both Mr. Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of the Religious Zionism Party rejected any notion of equivalency between Palestinian acts of terrorism and Jewish retaliation for them...TIMES OF ISRAEL




US JOINT CHIEFS' CHAIRMAN GENERAL MARK MILLEY CANCELLING A PLANNED VISIT TO ISRAEL THIS WEEK.


HIS PLANNED MEETING SAID TO HAVE BEEN ONE DEALING WITH IRAN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S OFFICE SAYS THERE'S A ONE-WEEK HALT IN THE CONTROVERSIAL WIND FARM PROJECT IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.




THE AREA IS POPULATED BY DRUZE WHO HAVE TRADITIONALLY CULTIVATED OLIVE TREES WHERE THE WIND TURBINES ARE NOW BEING ERECTED.



JUST DAYS AGO MORE THAN A DOZEN HURT IN CLASHES BETWEEN THE DRUZE AND ISRAELI POLICE.


 THE DRUZE SPIRITUAL LEADER PLEDGING A MAJOR RESPONSE 'THAT ISRAEL HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE' UNLESS THE PROJECT STOPS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





A calm situation in Russia now following the negotiated end to the mutiny of Wagner Private Military Contractor fighters.



A Wagner convoy leaving the southern Russian city of Rostov late Saturday night....TASS RUSSIA...



A chronicle of Saturday's events from the RIA Novosti News Agency in Russia...RIA NOVOSTI AGENCY RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





IT'S ELECTION DAY IN GREECE A NEW ELECTION CALLED FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S VOTE.


 THE NEW DEMOCRACY PARTY OF THE RIGHT HOPING A QUICK SECOND ELECTION WILL PUT IT OVER THE TOP WITH A MAJORITY OF THE 300 SEATS IN PARLIAMENT.


THE RESULTS TONIGHT GIVING PRIME MINISTER KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS A MAJORITY.


WITH NEARLY 100 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED NEW DEMOCRACY AT 158 SEATS.


A NEW NATIONALIST PARTY 'SPARTANS' GETTING 12 SEATS...WIKIPEDIA JUNE 2023 GREEK ELECTION



A US intelligence report put out on Friday saying there's no "direct evidence" of COVID-19 originating at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology.


But the report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says it has not been ruled out that COVID originated in a laboratory.



It is also said the origins of COVID have not yet been determined...INDIA TODAY







  THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA





    NUMEROUS UKRAINIAN ATTACKS REPULSED





RUSSIA DOWNS DRONE IN SOUTHWESTERN REGION




RUSSIAN ATTACK HELICOPTERS STRIKE UKRAINIAN BRIGADES





                TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




The Russian Defense Ministry says that numerous Ukrainian attacks have been repulsed this weekend on various sectors of the front.



Ten of those attacks in the Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) area...TASS RUSSIA




Russian air defenses took down a drone in the southwestern Belgorod Region today...TASS RUSSIA




Russian attack helicopters hit two Ukrainian brigades with 11 missiles strikes in some of the latest action on the battle front...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...




SARAH FERGUSON, THE DUCHESS OF YORK AND FORMER WIFE OF BRITAIN'S PRINCE ANDREW, RECOVERING AFTER SURGERY.



FERGUSON UNDERWENT SURGERY AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER...BBC NEWS






Saturday, June 24, 2023

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND: UKRAINE IS NOT ABOUT UKRAINE, TEARING DOWN THE GREEN IS GOING GREEN, THE PLAYGROUND IN JOE BIDEN'S MIND, REGIME CHANGE IN ISRAEL?, 50 YEARS AGO THE WATERGATE HEARINGS

 


                     (UPDATING THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA LATER IN THIS POST)



    NEWSDUMP ALERT: BREAKING NEWS



PUTIN CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY IN FACE OF MUTINY BY WAGNER FORCES LED BY PRIGOZHIN




    RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





COMMENTARY: THE REAL OBJECTIVE OF THE UKRAINE WAR



The real objective of The Ukraine War Against Russia is to bring down Russia from within.




It has excrement to do with Ukraine.




It appears that Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin is playing the game the US and aligned nations want played.


              (MORE ON THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA LATER IN THIS POST)



                                     "HIGHWAY HEADIN' SOUTH"-PORTER WAGONER




                                   "EVERYDAY PEOPLE"-SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE




                                                   "REELIN IN THE YEARS"-STEELY DAN









                    Your host celebrating Pride this month Pride in staying sober and sane.


              Pride in not harming other folks in any way I can think of including sexually.


                                        A great month and a great day to have Pride.




Time for the "Green Update" our theme music "One Tin Soldier" from the "Billy Jack" movie many of us remember from back around 1970...












                                If Joni Mitchell wrote a song today it should go like this this:




         "Pave Paradise Put Up A Wind Farm"




"In Israel confrontation in the Golan Heights as Druze farmers oppose a massive wind farm.



Injuries among the protesting Druze and Israeli police.



Firebombs and gunfire reported from the Druze side of the conflict..."


FROM THE NEWS SUMMARY ON THIS BLOG WEDNESDAY JUNE 21, 2023




"4 Druze seriously injured, 12 cops in massive riots against Golan wind farm"-Times Of Israel




The Druze people in Golan are watching their olive trees be destroyed for the sake of a wind farm.



This is what "Going Green" is all about.



Tearing down the "Green" for solar farms and wind turbines in the countryside.




AND THIS LATE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT STORY FROM ISRAEL'S GOLAN HEIGHTS...


"Druze fume: 'We're ready for war' 'If the government does not respond positively to our demands, there will be a response Israel has never seen before,' Druze sheikh says"-Israel National News




AND WORD IS THAT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS DELAYING WORK ON THE GOLAN WIND FARM FOR ONE WEEK.  I GUESS ISRAEL HAS ENOUGH FRONTS TO FIGHT ON RIGHT NOW DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER ONE FOR THE MOMENT...TIMES OF ISRAEL STORY



The Dutch farmers see nothing good coming from their negotiations with the government over the nitrogen rules the cow gas rules so they pulled out of talks on the "future of agriculture".



Now the Dutch Government will impose its plan it will be announced by September...




"Cabinet will determine the future of farmers..."-NOS News Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




The game seems to be "Get the Green out of the countryside and put up Green in the cities".



A controversial plan being imposed on the people of New Zealand's capital city of Wellington that will turn a major thoroughfare into a greened up vehicle free path.


Many downtown businesses say this is going to put them out of business...




"Businesses oppose huge Wellington infrastructure project"-1 News New Zealand




                          "I WASHED MY FACE IN THE MORNING DEW"-TOM T. HALL






                                         "LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION"-LORETTA LYNN






                 "GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH)-GEORGE HARRISON







                                            George Harrison with a hit song 50 years ago today...



Let's have a Joe Biden Update and another song a hit Number 2 50 years ago today Clint Holmes and "Playground In My Mind"...







In that playground in Joe Biden's mind talking about President Xi Jinping being a "dictator" right after Secretary of State Antony Blinken was allegedly in China to restore and develop ties with China well it means nothing.


But China wasn't accepting that because Biden's remarks threw cold water on all the good will that appeared to be developing from Blinken meeting  top Chinese officials including Xi Jinping.


Biden pretty much standing by his remarks in the face of Chinese anger...




"Biden defends calling China's Xi a 'dictator' during fundraiser: Comment came after both China and US hailed progress at lowering tensions after top US diplomat's recent Beijing visit-Al Jazeera




IN JOE BIDEN'S MENTAL PLAYGROUND REGIME CHANGE IN RUSSIA AND CHINA TAKES PRECEDENT OVER SUPPORTING ISRAEL AGAINST IRAN



Joe Biden has a dark vision in that "playground" in his mind one of regime change in Russia and China and apparently of friendlier relations with Iran in order to achieve that.




The stories about US and EU talks with Iran in recent weeks on Iran's nuclear program make perfect sense.




For instance you can't start a jihadist war in western China unless you get through to Central Asia via Iran and Afghanistan.




Will the Taliban be kissed up to in the end as well?




In fact I would say that Biden wants "regime change" in Israel he certainly wants nationalists like National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich out.



The Biden Administration wants a crackdown on "extremist settlers" in Israel who support politicians like Ben Gvir and Smotrich...



Times of Israel: "US calls to bring 'extremist settlers' to justice for attacks against Palestinians"






With Joe Biden backing away from Israel there are plenty of religious folks out there who see the shadow of evil in connection with such policy.




And the not so religious very disturbed by Israel getting short shrift in the name of regime change schemes involving powerful nuclear armed nations.



And that will bring us to rebellion in Russia and the latest news...






BREAKING NEWS NEWSDUMP ALERT: 



  WAGNER FIGHTERS SAID TO BE RETURNING TO FIELD CAMPS FOLLOWING TALKS BETWEEN WAGNER FOUNDER YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN AND BELARUS PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO...




RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA NEWS STORY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Tonight we are told that Wagner forces in the southern city of Rostov are preparing to pull out...



RIA NOVOSTI NEWS BLOG ON ATTEMPTED ARMED REBELLION



                                              "THOSE WERE THE DAYS"-MARY HOPKIN






                                       "JIMMY MACK"-MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS







                                                       "GOOD TIMES"-SAM COOKE






                                                   "BUTTERFLY"-ANDY WILLIAMS






SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA-DINING OUT WITH NEXTRUSH



Out on the road surveying the Post-COVID world even the animal emergency hospital isn't 24 hours anymore.


Dinner tonight at a local restaurant that is 24 hours it cost 51 dollars for the three of us.     The others ate hamburgers with fries I had a turkey breast club sandwich with my fries, paid for drinks and there was a tip in that too.




BLAST FROM THE PAST-50 YEARS AGO TODAY SAN DIEGO TV 8 NEWS




It's the 11 pm news June 24, 1973 on KFMB-TV with those famous Senate Watergate Hearings and John Dean former White House Counsel being questioned...






In the video other news stories of the day beyond the questioning of Mr. Dean by Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii a very famous Democrat once panned by El Rushbo as Senator "In No Way" in the midst of controversy that surrounded him in the 1990's. 





              THE WATERGATE HEARINGS REMEMBRED



The mainstream media very animated over these hearings they put on television wall to wall.



North Carolina Democrat Sam Ervin the Chairman of the committee one-time segregationist then celebrated as a folk hero.


Sam was a good politician he mentored Jesse Helms the Republican Senator elected in 1972 to deliver the goods for North Carolina and help build the state to where it is today vibrant and growing.



Jesse Helms celebrated as a great Conservative acknowledged Ervin as his mentor when he left office in 2003.



The ranking Republican on that committee Tennessee's Howard Baker son-in-law of legendary GOP Senate leader Everett Dirksen.


The Republican Counsel on the Watergate Committee future US Senator Fred Thompson who narrates this video about a question he cooked up for Senator Baker to ask you see Thompson seated next to Baker in the video...







THE STORY CONTINUES IN FRANCE THE STORY OF FRANCE AND THE YELLOW VESTS A SMALL YELLOW VESTS PROTEST TODAY A LARGER 'PRIDE' PROTEST IN PARIS AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT SHUTTING DOWN AN ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUP WITH GRETA THUNBERG COMMENTING ON THAT...FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 241 POST....



There will be a News Summary starting to post around just after Midnight tonight.




            SUMMING IT UP FROM RUSSIA



A return to calm a return to normal cited in Russian media Anti-Russian media wanting to put the worst spin out the notion of a weakened Putin again reminding us the real objective of the Ukraine War is to hurt Russia bring regime change to Russia.



Yevgeny Prigozhin now moving to Belarus many of his fighters said to be getting new contracts from the Russian military that is the message tonight from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.



The fighting continuing in the Ukraine War in spite of whatever happened in several Russian regions in the last 24 hours.



A Wagner PMC convoy moved out of the city of Rostov tonight the local governor says.   We saw video from Rostov earlier today.


Was this a real event or a fake one? 


January 6th served its purpose for those who staged it.    January 8th in Brazil this year and May 9th in Pakistan this year more such staged events.



Makes you wonder...




       Good Night.  God Bless.  Hope You Find Peace And Serenity In The Midst Of The Insanity....





                                   "SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN"-JOHNNY CASH






                                "MEADOWLANDS (RUSSIAN PATROL)"-TEX BENEKE






                                "GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE"-ROSEMARY CLOONEY







                 "ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO"-THE MILLS BROTHERS