NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/2/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*TRUMP ANNOUNCES TARIFFS ON THREE NATIONS*RUSSIA WARNS NATO OVER BALTIC*

 

   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)

At least one death reported with intense rainfall in Australia's northern Queensland state.  Evacuations ordered in the Townsville area...ABC News Australia

PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPOSING A 25 PERCENT TARIFF ON GOODS FROM CANADA (OIL AT 10 PERCENT) AND MEXICO ALONG WITH A TEN PERCENT LEVY ON CHINESE IMPORTS.

TRUMP LINKING THE TARIFFS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS AND DEADLY DRUGS ENTERING THE US FROM ALL THREE NATIONS...

                             Donald Trump Truth Social Post

ALL THREE NATIONS ARE RESPONDING TO MR. TRUMP'S MOVE.

CANADA DECIDING TO GO WITH TARIFFS THAT WILL PHASE IN STARTING TUESDAY AT A 25 PERCENT LEVEL.

SOME ARE SAYING THOSE MEASURES WILL HIT STATES THAT VOTED FOR MR. TRUMP IN LAST YEAR'S ELECTION HARDEST...

                                       CBC NEWS CANADA

MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT MEXICO IS ACTING WITH TARIFF AND NON-TARIFF ACTIONS...

           RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

CHINA'S MINISTRY OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCING A LAWSUIT AT THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ALONG WITH OTHER "APPROPRIATE COUNTERMEASURES"...

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Russia's ambassador in Denmark warning NATO over its increased patrol activity in the Baltic Sea.

Vladimir Barbin says NATO is trying to turn the Baltic into its 'internal waters...limit freedom of navigation' and put sanctions on Russia under "NATO's stringent controls".

Barbin promising that Russia will do 'everything needed' to protect its interests in accordance with 'international law'.

The NATO move follows seizure and detention of merchant vessels sailing out of Russian ports in the Baltic region by Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

Those vessels stopped over alleged sabotage of communications and electricity cables under the Baltic...Tass Russia

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF TALKS WITH RUSSIA ON THE WAR THAT INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION...TASS RUSSIA...

ON THE BATTLEFRONT IN UKRAINE CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION.   URKAINE SAYS RUSSIA ATTACKED A BOARDING SCHOOL WITH FOUR KILLED AND DOZENS WOUNDED...BBC NEWS...

RUSSIA SAYS UKRAINE CARRIED OUT A MISSILE ATTACK ON THE BOARDING SCHOOL...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

THE US CONDUCTING PRECISION AIR STRIKES ON ISIS TARGETS IN SOMALIA.  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING 'WE WILL FIND YOU AND WE WILL KILL YOU'...TRENDING "X"

SEVEN KILLED AND 19 INJURED IN THE MEDICAL AMBULANCE JET CRASH IN NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA.

SIX ON BOARD THE PLANE NOW A PERSON IN A CAR ON THE GROUND CONFIRMED AS THE SEVENTH VICTIM...ASSOCIATED PRESS-KCRA (WGAL VIDEO EMBED)

IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON A MARKET IN THE CITY OF OMDURMAN.   158 ALSO WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK BY THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES.   

THE RSF AT WAR WITH THE SUDANESE ARMY IN A CONFLICT THAT BEGAN IN AUGUST OF 2023...RADIO TAMAZUJ

At least 41 killed in fighting between Pakistani soldiers and rebel forces.  The army making an attempt to remove roadblocks set up by the rebels in the Baluchistan Region.

The rebel forces seek independence and oppose economic development projects funded by China...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

A former US Federal Reserve Board official accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets for China.

John Harold Rogers arrested and charged in connection with a scheme to give China information to help it manipulate US markets with advance knowledge of US economic policy...ANI News India

ON SATURDAY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REMOVING THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU.

ROHIT CHOPRA WORKED FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN HIS POSITION DEALING WITH MATTERS INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY..."X" TRENDING

ISRAELIS HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS AND PALESTINIANS HELD PRISONER BY ISRAEL RELEASED THIS WEEKEND IN THE LATEST HOSTAGE EXCHANGE. 

ITS PART OF THE DEAL REACHED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS...BBC NEWS

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

RUSSIA HITS TARGETS IN UKRAINE SATURDAY MORNING

UKRAINIAN MISSILES AND DRONES ATTACK UKRAINE

                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Massive Russian airstrikes in Ukraine Friday night into Saturday.  Russia striking Ukrainian airfields and drone manufacturing facilities.

Ukraine launching attacks on Russia Friday night into Saturday Russian air defenses taking down 10 rockets and 108 drones...Tass Russia

In other news...

A NEW ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF.   RESERVE MAJOR GENERAL EYAL ZAMIR TAPPED TO REPLACE HERZI HALEVI.

HALEVI RESIGNING OVER THE OCTOBER 7TH HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL.

GENERAL ZAMIR EXPECTED TO ASSUME THE POST NEXT MONTH...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

More than 1,100 employees at the US Environmental Protection Agency warned they could be fired.

They are considered probationary employees working under a trial period...CBS News

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*THE CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US LESBIANS*MINERAL WEALTH AND THE CONGO WAR*TRUMP IS MUHAMMAD ALI*MUFFINS FROM CANADA COSTING MORE?*ARE TARIFFS A TAX SHIFT?*

 

                                     (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

Let's start the music this week with sounds that go back 50 years or so the early sounds of Contemporary Christian Music the "Jesus Music" sound that I came into contact with around 1980.

Music that I criticized in the 1970's fueled by those radio preachers who had big egos not to mention big King James Bibles...

          "ALL DAY SONG (LOVE HIM IN THE MORNING)"-ERNIE AND DEBBIE

                                        "WHY SHOULD THE FATHER BOTHER"-PETRA

            "SEEK YE FIRST"-KAREN LAFFERTY AND THE MARANATHA SINGERS

Welcome to this week's attempt at media excellence your currently sober "Male Lesbian Host" at the keyboard clean fingers and all.

El Rushbo used to joke about being a "Male Lesbian" as you might recall but I am lucky to have encountered fellow lesbians in the last 16 years in the context of seeing broken people wounded hurt and suffering.

What is the challenge for all of us lesbians male or female?

"Surrendering-Unconditionally give up my life, my right to lust and sex, my sexuality, my badge of 'orientation', and my relationships over to the care of God"

                   "LUST VIRUS" (RON J-ROY KULJIAN) PAGE 217

"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

because the Lord disciplines the one, he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son"

                                          HEBREWS 12:5-6 NIV BIBLE

"We on this panel and all of the speakers you're going to meet here, we are jealous for your purity...

What you have is this amazing gift, it's this, when you sin and you will, you have this opportunity to go to the throne of grace and that is what repentance is...

repentance is hard work and you cannot say 'saved by grace but I don't want to repent' because repentance is also the first word of the Gospel...

I learned this the hard way...

the Scriptures and faithful Christians just like Garrett's friend came to me risked their reputations 'Rosaria I think you're wrong' my homosexuality was part of my fallen flesh...

it was not my authentic self"

ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD SPEAKS AT CROSS CON 25 EARLIER THIS MONTH (STARTING AT 6:29 INTO THE VIDEO)

"Some of you looked at pornography last night.   Some of you last week...

You got to do whatever it takes to kill it.  John Owen would say 'be killing sin or it will be killing you'.   It is not your friend.

You can break the relationship off.  You gotta get a flip phone.  You can live with a flip phone...

GARRETT KELL SPEAKS AT CROSS CON 25 EARLIER THIS MONTH (STARTING AT 24:12 INTO THE VIDEO)

"Don't hear us up here talking about this 'You gotta not be into LGBTQ, you gotta not be into pornography, you gotta be a better person'  We want you to see God..."

    KEVIN DE YOUNG SPEAKING AT CROSS CON 25 EARLIER THIS MONTH (STARTING AT 26:02 INTO THE VIDEO)

"Holiness is not just what you don't do.   It's also what you pursue. It's equally and even more what you pursue.  You get God. 

The reason you say no to porn is cause you want to see him"

GARRETT KELL SPEAKING AT CROSS CON 25 EARLIER THIS MONTH (STARTING 26:50 INTO THE VIDEO)....

                                    "CAUGHT IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT"-THE 77'S

                                                            "UNDUN"-THE GUESS WHO

                                            "ONE TIN SOLDIER"-THE ORIGINAL CASTE

IT TAKES MINERALS FOR COMPUTER CHIPS AND CRYPTOCURRENCY AND MINERALS ARE USED IN SMARTPHONES

CONGO HAS 24 TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF MINERALS NO WONDER THERE'S A WAR THERE RIGHT NOW

And war breaks all of the Commandments in my humble opinion...

"Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN reports executions and rapes"-Associated Press USA-Arab News Pakistan

Rwanda is the player in the grab for minerals that is for sure and who might be behind the little nation of Rwanda.

UN peacekeeping troops attacked and killed in this war not to mention at least 13 South African soldiers killed.   1,100 South African troops the main component of a Southern African peacekeeping force.

I see South Africa as a BRICS adversary of the United States and an International Criminal Court "War Crimes" adversary of Israel.

Are there bigger players in the Congo War than the ones we see on the surface?

It's the "James Carville Update" Rush spoke of James and his wife Mary Matalin as his 'friends' back in the day.   Jerry Reed with "Amos Moses" as the theme...

James Carville and another political 'guru' Mike Murphy interviewed for "Firing Line" Carville rightly comparing Donald J. Trump to boxing legend Muhammad Ali....

" Some of you old people remember Muhammad Ali in "rope a dope".  He'd go fight six or seven rounds and then he'd knock you out. 

And sometimes you have to do what's called strategic patience.

Trump floods it with 20 different things.  You can't swing at everything pitch..."

JAMES CARVILLE SPEAKING AT 5:13 INTO THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW...

                          SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA

ARE MY MUFFINS FROM CANADA GOING TO COST MORE?

 I go to Walmart every week and buy muffins made in Canada.

            Depending on the kind I'm buying the prices are:

                                       $3.98

                                       $4.98

                                       $5.24

Will 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports make those prices:

                                      $4.98      

                                                                                                                                                                                                              $6.24

                                      $6.54

NEWSDUMP ALERT: USING EMERGENCY POWERS PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPOSES TARIFFS ON CANADA, MEXICO AND CHINA

President Trump putting his signature to paper this afternoon confirming 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico Canadian oil to be tariffed at 10 percent.

China is to be tariffed at 10 percent.

Canada's political leaders are reacting they have pledged to impose tariffs of their own...

                       CBC News Canada

CANADA IMPOSING RECIPROCAL 25 PERCENT TARIFFS ON 30 BILLION DOLLARS OF US PRODUCTS ENTERING CANADA. (20.65 BILLION DOLLARS US)

125 BILLION DOLLARS OF US GOODS IN THREE WEEKS TIME ARE TO BE TARIFFED AT THE 25 PERCENT RATE. (86.03 BILLION DOLLARS US)

Lame-duck Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking tonight at what's being called a news conference saying 'we're all in this together' speaking of Canadians 'buying Canadian'.

Trudeau also mentioning big challenges for the auto industry in Canada...

             Justin Trudeau Video Statement On US Tariffs

Mexican Prime Minister Claudia Sheinbaum instructing her Economy Minister to implement countermeasures involving both tariff and non-tariff actions...

"Mexico has taken action against the U.S. in response to Trump's tariffs"-RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

China making an announcement that it's filing a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization and taking 'appropriate countermeasures'...

"China Announces Countermeasures to Trump Tariffs"-RIA Nososti Russia (Translation Prompt)

In his announcement Mr. Trump citing 'illegal aliens' and 'deadly drugs' flowing from all three countries to justify his action...

               Donald J. Trump Truth Social 

                              (COMMENT ANALYSIS)

What the Mainstream Media isn't telling you tonight is that Mr. Trump is sending a message of support to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

Smith met with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago just weeks ago.

Alberta is the energy-oil producing province of Canada long feeling left out Canada's money-making province getting saddled with rules and regulations that hamper its prosperity by the folks in Ottawa.

Are we on the pathway to Alberta becoming America's 51st state?

Mr. Trudeau making some carefully worded comments tonight suggesting the oil industry of Canada in Alberta must play its part in the fight against the tariffs.

He is prodding in Premier Smith's direction.

Has President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico this weekend seeking their capitulation this weekend?

I'm not seeing signs of caving in yet like Colombia did within hours last Sunday over deportation flights from the US.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SPOKEN OF CUTTING INCOME TAXES AND REPLACING THEM WITH TARIFFS.

ON FOX NEWS AND FOX BUSINESS OVER THE YEARS PLENTY OF ADVOCACY FOR REPLACING INCOME TAXES WITH SALES TAXES RAISING THE PRICE OF GOODS WE BUY IN ORDER TO RAISE REVENUE.

ARE TARIFFS A BACK DOOR TO THAT KIND OF TAX INSTEAD OF INCOME TAXES?

A wide variety of news around the world this weekend and the summary for Sunday starts to post at Midnight Eastern US Time.

A ROUNDUP OF MATTERS RELATED TO FRANCE THIS WEEK..."France Yellow Vests Week 324*French Troops To Greenland?*Marine Le Pen Sees National Assembly Dissolving By Fall*Jean-Marie Le Pen Grave Vandalized*The Paris Protest*

                                                                Good Night.  God Bless.

                                            "ONE OF THE DOMINOES"-MARK HEARD

                                                         "I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR"

                           "OH, OH THE DEEP LOVE OF YESHUA"-HELEN SHAPIRO

                                                

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 324*FRENCH TROOPS TO GREENLAND?*MARINE LE PEN SEES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISSOLVING BY FALL*JEAN-MARIE LE PEN GRAVE VANDALIZED*THE PARIS PROTEST*

 

              (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

This week President Emmanuel Macron announcing major renovations to the world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris. 

It's a ten-year project slated to cost 700 to 800 million euros (730 to 830 million US dollars).

One aspect of the remodel will be a new special room for da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" the museum's most important exhibit...

"Macron announces major renovations in Louvre, Mona Lisa gets its own room"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) 

PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE NOTION OF FRENCH TROOPS GOING TO GREENLAND.

FRANCE'S FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN NOEL-BARROT BROACHING THE IDEA IN AN INTERVIEW.  HE SAID DENMARK HAS NOT YET MADE ANY REQUEST FOR TROOPS.

GREENLAND'S PRIME MINISTER METTE FREDERIKSEN MEETING PRESIDENT MACRON SEEKING SUPPORT IN THE FACE OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DESIRE TO ACQUIRE GREENLAND.

MR. TRUMP POINTING TO RUSSIAN-CHINESE ACTIVITY AROUND GREENLAND WITH DENMARK ITSELF ANNOUNCING AN INCREASED SECURITY COMMITTMENT TO THE TERRITORY...

"France considers troop deployment to Greenland amid US interest"-Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)

Interviewed by the 'LCI' news channel this week Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally (RN) in the National Assembly and leading presidential candidate for 2027, urging dissolution of the assembly.

Le Pen pushing for the notion that President Macron should dissolve the assembly so new elections can be held with proportional representation in the mix.

Such a notion would be favorable to the RN.    Le Pen described France as being 'in a standstill' she expects dissolution of the assembly by this fall or earlier...

                                   BFM-TV Story

In Brittany on Friday morning police discovered vandalism at the grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen.  The damage inflicted with sledgehammer.  Police are investigating...

"Jean-Marie Le Pen: The Tomb Of The Co-Founder of the FN Defaced in La Trinite-sur-Mer"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)

FROM PARIS THIS AFTERNOON A VIDEO DISCUSSION OF YELLOW VESTS PROTESTS...VIDEO LINK

THE PROTEST MARCH THIS AFTERNOON ONE AIMED AT GOVERNMENT-CORPORATE MEDIA AND THE BIAS OF THE LEGACY MEDIA OUTLETS...

            PARIS YELLOW VESTS PROTEST WEEK 324 VIDEO 2/1/2025

The protest today a small, committed group of people spent Saturday afternoon on the streets.

France's flag visible among the protest marchers.

A banner at the front of the march, drums used.

The demonstration taking time to make its presence known at buildings of media organizations.

                                 That's the story of France and the Yellow Vests this week.