Tuesday, December 19, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 12/19/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEK PRESIDENT TRUMP BARRED FROM COLORADO BALLOT, TOUGHENED FRENCH IMMIGRATION LAW APPROVED, PUTIN SEES RUSSIAN COMMAND OF UKRAINE BATTLEFIELD

 



                                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




The Colorado court ruling to take President Trump off next year's ballot including some reaction but first...


                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





AT THE US CAPITOL SOME 60 PEOPLE ARRESTED WHEN THEY DEMONSTRATED FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.


CHILDRENS SHOES PLACED ON THE FLOOR TO SIGNIFY DEATHS IN GAZA SINCE ISRAEL RESPONDED TO THE BRUTAL HAMAS ATTACK OF OCTOBER 7TH...METRO UK





Some 19 nations said to on the list of those in the military coalition to oppose Yemeni (Houthi) attacks on Red Sea shipping.


But many not wanting their names to be publicly announced...LARA SELIGMAN POLITICO PENTAGON REPORTER "X" SOCIAL MEDIA




COLORADO SUPREME COURT KICKS PRESIDENT TRUMP OFF 2024 BALLOT

                                                                 (UPDATED)



"This is an unprecedented First Amendment violation that must be struck down by the SCOTUS.  This cannot be allowed to stand"

CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE (R-GEORGIA) REACTS TO THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT DECISION-LINK



IN A 4-3 RULING THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT BARRING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FROM APPEARING ON THE BALLOT IN NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.



THE INCIDENT AT THE US CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021 CITED IN THE RULING.


THE DECISION SETS UP AN INTENSE ELECTION YEAR CASE BEFORE THE US SUPREME COURT,..REUTERS-MALAY MAIL...



AMONG THOSE REACTING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN CONGRESSMAN RONNY JACKSON WHO SAID IN PART:



"UNBELIEVABLE!  This is what the last days of this nation look like!!"...RONNY JACKSON "X" SOCIAL MEDIA



AND OVERSEAS THE PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR NAYIB BUKELE SAYS:



"The United States has lost its ability to lecture any other country about 'democracy'"...


                    NAYIB BUKELE "X" SOCIAL MEDIA




The UN Security Council voting for the early withdrawal of a peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


The government of the DRC called for the early pullout saying UN peacekeepers were not effective in protecting civilians from armed formations threatening them...AFP FRANCE-VOICE OF AMERICA



US POLITICS AND THREE NEW POLLS MATCHING UP PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WITH JOE BIDEN.


THE NEW YORK TIMES/SIENNA COLLEGE POLL SHOWING BIDEN AT 47 PERCENT TO TRUMP'S 45 PERCENT.



TWO OTHER POLLS IN MR. TRUMP'S FAVOR.  



THE MORNING CONSULT POLL PUTS TRUMP AT 44 PERCENT TO BIDEN'S 42 PERCENT.



THE CNBC POLL GIVING TRUMP 48 PERCENT TO BIDEN'S 42 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS



IN THE UK A THINK TANK SAYS DENTAL CARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) CANNOT CONTUNUE AS IS.



ONE SUGGESTION MADE BY THE NUFFIELD TRUST IS AN END TO SUBSIDIZED DENTAL CARE FOR ALL BUT THE YOUNG, THE OLD AND THE POOR...BBC NEWS



Germany's constitutional court ordering a rerun of the 2021 federal election in 455 voting districts in the Berlin area.



The court says that conditions in Berlin the day of the Sunday vote including the running of a marathon created chaos in the electoral process.



Local elections held at the same time have already been rerun in those districts changing the vote more in favor of opposition parties and against the three governing parties (Social Democrats, Greens, Free Democrats)...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...TAGESSCHAU ARD-TV NEWS GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



LATE TONIGHT A NEW TOUGHER IMMIGRATION LAW ADOPTED IN FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BY A 349-186 VOTE WITH DOZENS OF ABSTENTIONS.



EARLIER THERE WAS A DEAL CUT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND 'MAINSTREAM CONSERVATIVE' DEPUTIES IN FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.



NATIONAL RALLY LEADER IN THE ASSEMBLY MARINE LE PEN OF THE SO-CALLED 'FAR-RIGHT' SAYS THE TEXT AGREED TO IS AN 'IDEOLOGICAL VICTORY'.


LE PEN ENDORSING THE LEGISLATION.


SOME MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT MACRON'S FACTION IN THE LEGISLATURE ARE DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM TEXT SAYING IT WAS TOO STRICT.


IN THE END MANY MEMBERS OF MACRON'S FACTION VOTING NO OR ABSTAINING ON THE VOTE.


MINISTER OF HEALTH AURELIEN ROUSSEAU RESIGNED AFTER HE VOTED AGAINST THE LEGISLATION...(BFM-TV France)...



LIVE BLOG FROM BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 251.90 points.



The NASDAQ up 98.03 points.


The price of oil tonight 73 dollars and 58 cents a barrel up one dollar and 11 cents...MARKETWATCH



US District Judge Loretta Preska ordering release of documents  expected to name more than 170 names linked to Jeffrey Epstein.


The documents related to a defamation lawsuit by Epstein victim Virginia Guiffre against Ghislaine Maxwell who was convicted and imprisoned for her involvement in child sex trafficking linked to Epstein.


Release of the documents ordered at the beginning of next year...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DAILY MAIL-DISCUSSION




"it is safe to say that our forces hold the initiative"



Those words spoken about the War in Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin today.


Putin says Russian forces can act as they see fit on the battlefield...TASS RUSSIA...




UKRAINE MOBILIZING 450-500,000 MORE PEOPLE TO FIGHT THE WAR.    THAT'S THE WORD FROM PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY...FAYTUKS NEWS "X" SOCIAL MEDIA POST





The Yemeni Defense Minister says that the Houthi government is capable of sinking warships in the Red Sea including aircraft carriers...MEHR NEWS AGENCY




    THE BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY GOVERNMENT WITH THE BACKING OF BUSINESS INTERESTS CONTINUES PUSHING FOR A DEAL ON GOVERNANCE OF NORTHERN IRELAND BEFORE CHRISTMAS.


THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY CONTINUES TO RESIST CITING THE POST-BREXIT STATUS OF NORTHERN IRELAND PUTTING IT AT A DISADVANTAGE.



AFTER THE LAST LOCAL ELECTIONS THE LEFTIST ANTI-ISRAEL SINN FEIN PARTY THAT IS THE MOST POWERFUL PARTY IN THE SOUTH OF IRELAND WON NORTHERN IRELAND'S ELECTIONS.



SINN FEIN WOULD HOLD THE FIRST MINISTER'S CHAIR IF A GOVERNMENT WAS FORMER IN NORTHERN IRELAND...BBC NEWS



Japanese prosecutors looking into alleged kickbacks in connection with the fundraising activities of a faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...NHK WORLD JAPAN



In northwestern China casualties reported after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake.


At least 111 dead and 230 injured in the Gansu-Qinghai Region...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY



NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN SAYS HIS COUNTRY'S LATEST INTERCONTENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCH TELLS THE WORLD WHAT OPTION HE WOULD USE:



"when Washington makes a wrong decision"



THE MISSILE LAUNCHED MONDAY BELIEVED TO HAVE A MORE THAN 15,000 KILOMETER RANGE (9,321 MILES).



THAT'S ENOUGH TO REACH ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




79 OPPOSITION MEMBERS OF INDIA'S PARLIAMENT SUSPENDED ACCUSED OF DISPUTING PROCEEDINGS.


THE MEMBERS DEMANDING A GOVERNMENT STATEMENT REGARDING LAST WEEK'S SECURITY BREACH OF PARLIAMENT INVOLVING A MAN SHOUTING SLOGANS AND SETTING OFF A SMOKE CANNISTER...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST AD)





British police continuing to question comedian and outspoken government policy critic Russell Brand regarding decades old allegations of sexual wrongdoing...IRISH INDEPENDENT...RUSSELL BRAND "X" SOCIAL MEDIA



                 ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                          ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                TIMES OF ISRAEL



Israel striking targets in Lebanon following rocket fire into northern Israel...(Israel National News)









    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




THREE DRONES DOWNED IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA




                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Three Ukrainian drones shot down in the Bryansk Region of southwestern Russia...TASS RUSSIA

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