NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED:  SATURDAY NIGHT VERSION TRUMP AND FARAGE VS. THE GLOBALISTS, WHAT DID OBAMA SAY?,  FEDERAL JUDGE STOPS IMMIGRATION RULE PLUS MORE

Music Links:

"THAT SONG IS DRIVING ME CRAZY"-TOM T. HALL

"SING A SONG"-THE CARPENTERS

"YOUR SONG"-ELTON JOHN

"I WRITE THE SONGS"-BARRY MANILOW

The songs are a part of this Saturday night experience which I work on after working two jobs and doing the 60 hour workweek, maybe more.....

If you tell me to get a job all I can say to you is I already have two and then I do these posts with news summary posts and this special Saturday night post.

So onward we go and when I was around in the 1970's I listened to the country music like Tom T. Hall but not the popular songs which I recoiled from in rage like when I heard Barry Manilow sing.

I was angry and drunk, raging and intolerant.    Like I've said Greta Thunberg reminds me of myself as a teenager.


Coming up Farage and Trump team up against the "machine" and the "Deep State" with the big Thursday interview.

But first raging radicalism is not how conventional Establishment politics work and at the Obama Foundation summit this week none other than Barack Hussein Obama, 44th President of the United States got into the fray.

He was critical of the harsh judgementalism online and he believes like any veteran conventional politician that playing to the middle of the road can lead to success. 



BARACK OBAMA CHALLENGES "WOKE" CULTURE-BBC STORY




Obama was not as radical as you thought he was.  That was a mirage he created and the GOP created to get people on the Left to adore him and the Right to think he was satanic.

The Globalist Corporatist system governs in the middle to create a good environment for the business banking elites that fund the political system across local and national borders.

And how is the race to beat Donald Trump in 2020 going.

The latest Iowa Democrat poll from the "New York Times"  shows 22 percent for Elizabeth Warren, 19 percent for Bernie Sanders, 18 percent for Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden at 17 percent.  Whoa Joe!

Again the ruling elites get us all riled up Left versus Right so they can come down the middle and rule over us and make the big bucks.

Music Links:


"THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS ON THE LEFT"-JOHNNY CASH



"GREENBACK DOLLAR"-THE KINGSTON TRIO



"ALLENTOWN"-BILLY JOEL



"YA GOT TROUBLE" FROM 'THE MUSIC MAN'-ROBERT PRESTON

THE BORIS JOHNSON CON JOB ELECTION:  WILL BRITAIN BE FOOLED?

There's "trouble" in the UK yes indeed and like the con man in "The Music Man" Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party machine are riling you up about THE EVIL JEREMY CORBYN.

Its like "1984" and Corbyn is "Emmanuel Goldstein" being the scapegoat for the regime of Big Brother (The Corporatists-Globalists).   The Establishment wants to undermine Brexit with another fake one almost (95 percent) identical to previous deal cut by Theresa May with the European Union.

SO THEY GIN UP THE FAKE DEBATE AND CONFLICT WITH JEREMY CORBYN TO SMOTHER THE ISSUE OF BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY AND BREXIT.

Johnson's already brought Remainers back into the fold of the Conservative Party for the December 12th General Election and the Tories moving away from "No Deal Clean Break Brexit" according to "The Times" today which says Johnson's "Conservatives" are moving to the middle.

Nigel Farage Brexit Party leader on Twitter today.....LINK

The Establishment media building up the fake distracting conflict by rigging a debate for November 19th with ITV only having Johnson and Corbyn on the stage.

Of course no one is saying Corbyn is good including Donald Trump and Nigel Farage who got together for a radio interview Thursday with Trump pointing out the inadequacy of Boris Johnson's "Great New Deal" with the European Union Johnson calls "Brexit".


TRUMP AND FARAGE ON JOHNSON'S BREXIT 'DEAL'


The full interview at this link......FARAGE WITH TRUMP FULL INTERVIEW 10/31/2019




Music Links:



"FERNANDO"-ABBA



"I'M JUST ME"-CHARLEY PRIDE



"HOLD YOUR HEAD UP"-ARGENT



"HIGHER AND HIGHER"-JACKIE WILSON



ISRAEL UPDATE

"We should respond to terror with force, not with suitcases full of dollars"

Former TV anchorman and one of the leaders of the Blue and White Party in Israel, Yair Lapid.

Lapid responding to last night's attack on southern Israel from Gaza with 10 rockets fired.   A home in Sderot, Israel hit but no casualties.

Air strikes as is the norm on targets in Gaza followed that barrage.

Lapid digging at the fact that Qatari cash is allowed into Gaza by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the name of pacifying Gaza.

The Blue and White Party now with the mandate to form a new government and its leader former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz working towards that end.

Intrigue, rumors and so on here's one such story published by "Israel National News" tonight....LINK

Music Links:

'YOU'RE SO VAIN"-CARLY SIMON



"OH BOY"-DIANA TRASK



"SO HIS HONOR"-TRUTH



"THE BALLAD OF LAVOY FINICUM"-JORDAN PAGE

LAVOY FINICUM UPDATE

The wrongful death lawsuit of LaVoy Finicum's family continues to work its way through the tangle of the federal court system in Oregon.   His widow Jeanette Finicum offered a brief update recently.....

LAVOY FINICUM'S STAND FOR FREEDOM FACEBOOK



Spain is voting next weekend (Sunday November 10th) for the second time this year and it looks like another deadlock with the Socialists stymied in their efforts to get more seats towards the 176 needed for a majority.

The latest polling puts them at 121 seats but it also shows 46 seats for the populist anti-mass immigration Vox Party.     Vox got 24 seats earlier this year in the first election.  Vox also appeals to Spanish patriotism and the Socialist gimmick of moving Francisco Franco's remains to a less prominent place not getting them much traction and fueling Vox.

But above all the lack of a crackdown on Catalonia during the recent protests hurting the Socialists and boosting Vox which bases its appeal on "heads should roll" when it comes to people who want Catalan independence.

Reuters reports......REUTERS ON SPANISH ELECTION POLLING


Music Links:



"LES TOREADORS'-GEORGE BIZET



"AS TEARS GO BY"-THE ROLLING STONES



"THE SOUND OF SILENCE" (LIVE)-SIMON AND GARFUNKEL



"BACK STABBERS"-THE O-JAYS

"The more they talk of education, the worse the schools get.   The louder they talk of law and order, the more locks I put on my house and the more care I take on the way home.   The louder they talk of the health service, the more private medical insurance I use.    The louder they talk of their economic policies, the more I fear for my savings.  The more they claim to favor peace, the more I fear war"

A slice of Peter Hitchens Sunday column as he considers the state of politics and politicians in the UK and how came to realize the dirty truth about it.   You can see the full column at the blog......PETER HITCHENS BLOG


This "impeachment process" already has a pre-rigged outcome one strongly suspects  its just another political gimmick.

But its sad to see hard truth when we spend our time idolizing and worshiping humanity that is so imperfect.     I offer myself as a prime example, the drunk, the hypocrite, that is my experience.

But one other body of humans that gets lifted up I suspect to help corrupt politicians look good and maintain power the military and police and the "first responders" in general.

Wearing the uniform of our country idolized again with the testimony of a military officer in Washington in the last week.

Benedict Arnold once wore the uniform of our country.

But front and center in recent days was Lt. Col Alexander Vindman.

I thought out loud about the Armenian ROTC cadet raging in the political science class back in my youth about "the Turks" and wondered out loud if we had a biased officer.   Turks killed Armenians, raped Armenians etc. but we are Americans and its America First one hundred years later when it comes to Turkey or any other nation.

Ann Coulter was thinking along those lines in her writing about Vindman's Ukrainian background and Russia hating bias.  One Ukrainian-American I remember from the university ended up working for the NSA.

Here's Ann's column.....LINK

The pullout from Syria only partial and only part of the northeastern part of the country in the end.  

"Southfront" has a report on the establishment of a new US base in northeastern Syria.....LINK

THE DEEP STATE NEVER RESTS A FEDERAL JUDGE ACTIVE IN PORTLAND OREGON TODAY SATURDAY.

BREAKING NEWS-FEDERAL JUDGE RULES AGAINST HEALTH INSURANCE RULE FOR IMMIGRANTS

US District Judge Michael Simon holding a rare weekend hearing in his Portland, Oregon courtroom today and issuing a 28-day temporary restraining order against a rule set to take effect for immigrants tomorrow.

President Trump issued the order that would have required immigrants seeking visas to enter the US to have proof they can get health insurance.

More on this from Maxine Bernstein of "OregonLive".....LINK

Music Links:

"MRS. ROBINSON"-SIMON AND GARFUNKEL (LIVE)

'WHEN I FALL IN LOVE"-NAT KING COLE

"SOME ENCHANTED EVENING"-PERRY COMO



"ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME"-SANDIE SHAW

THE REAL NEWS SUMMARY

At least 13 died in a car bombing in northeastern Syria today.

The blast in the Turkish controlled town of Tal-Abyad also wounded at least 20 others.

The Turks and their allied forces took control of Tal-Abyad when a military operation to establish a "safe zone" in the area was launched by Turkey.

The Turkish Defense Ministry believes that Kurdish forces were behind today's bombing.

One dead and around 200 wounded in the anti-government protests in Baghdad today.    Fewer deaths and injuries than on Friday.    Protests have been going on for some two weeks now in Iraq with Iran and the United States both saying they are "closely watching" the situation in the country.

The President of the United Auto Workers taking a leave of absence effective tomorrow.   Gary Jones leaving his post amidst a federal corruption investigation.

The announcement posted today on the UAW's website.

200 arrested in Hong Kong today as thousands protested in defiance of a ban on demonstrations.

The demonstrators attacked the offices of the Chinese government's Xinhua News Agency.

Week 51 of the Yellow Vests protests in France today with thousands still participating in the nearly year old movement that hopes to celebrate its anniversary with major protests in two weeks.

A special post on this blog recaps today's protests.....LINK

The British election campaign in full swing this weekend with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the Conservative Party telling the BBC that his Brexit deal will give the UK the ability to make its own trade deals after President Trump said it would not.

Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn accusing Trump of interfering in the December 12th election saying that Trump wants Johnson to win so Trump can cut trade deals favorable to the United States.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage saying that Johnson's deal with the European Union needs to be dropped because it isn't Brexit.

In Scotland thousands rallied Saturday with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party calling for a second independence referendum.

And for now that's the way it really is on Saturday night November 2nd, 2019.

On into the night with clocks moving back one hour here in the USA at 2 am.   Good Night and hope you find that next right thing to do.

Music ahead........

Music Links:

"HAPPY TOGETHER"-THE TURTLES

'GROOVIN"-YOUNG RASCALS

"SOCIETY'S CHILD"-JANIS IAN

"CLOSE TO YOU"-THE CARPENTERS

                                            

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 51:

In two weeks the first anniversary of Yellow Vests protests will be observed but for today rain or shine the Yellow Vests demonstrations are on again.

Rainy and windy weather forecast in southwestern France but Yellow Vests gathered in Tarbes in the southwest.

Video Link:

YELLOW VESTS TARBES-WEEK 51

The Yellow Vests also marching in Paris today.  This is the live video stream.....

YELLOW VESTS PARIS VIDEO STREAM WEEK 51 11/2/2019


The Yellow Vests seeing what's going on in other parts of the world like Chile and Catalonia and what you see sometimes in the midst of the protests are flags from those nations.  A core of activists continue to protest and President Emmanuel Macron continues to move forward promising  more of the same.

His next "neo-liberal" "reform" will be pensions creating a unified system in France to lower benefits and cut business costs on paying for them.

Macron promises to move forward even if the idea is unpopular.

He does not face the voters until 2022.

The latest polling puts him in the 27 to 29 percent area in a first round election.   But right there with him at 27.5 to 29 percent support is National Rally leader Marine Le Pen.

Far behind but with a firm base of the support is the left-wing leader of "France Insubordinate" (LFI)
Jean Luc-Melenchon with 12.5 to 13 percent support.


The "Anchors A Way" video stream is live now with video from Toulouse set for 9 am Eastern US time....


ANCHORS A WAY LIVE VIDEO NEWS JUDITH MUIJSERS


Here's a 37 minute video of the Yellow Vests protest in Paris today.......YELLOW VESTS PARIS WEEK 51 11/2/2019

BFM-TV publishing a story on its website in the "Newsdump" Friday-Saturday-Sunday window about injuries caused by French police in connection with the Yellow Vests protests.

Research from the University Hospital of France on eye injuries caused by police flash bang rounds appearing in the British medical journal "Lancet".

Many more cases in 2018 and 2019 during the period of Yellow Vests demonstrations .

This research which does not cover the thousands of injuries overall associated with Yellow Vests demonstrations but focuses on dozens of eye injuries caused by the French police.

The average age of the victims 26 years old with 38 men and five women injured. 

25 of the victims with open wounds to the eyeball and 18 other trauma cases with 10 involving the retina.    25 orbital fractures, 12 facial fractures and two cases of brain damage among the 43 cases involved in the research.


The Yellow Vests marching in Marseille today.  Here are two videos........



GILETS JAUNES (YELLOW VESTS) ACTE (WEEK) 51 MARSEILLE


YELLOW VESTS WEEK 51 MARSEILLE SAINT-CHARLES


In Paris the Yellow Vests ended up being waved amidst heavy police presence at the Gare Du Nord train station......YELLOW VESTS GARE DU NORD PARIS WEEK 51


The roundabouts of France or traffic circles as one might call them a traditional place for Yellow Vests and they were evident at Point Du Channel this evening as the sun set.....ROUNDABOUT (TRAFFIC CIRCLE) YELLOW VESTS PROTEST WEEK 51 POINT DU CHANNEL


The Yellow Vests in Bordeaux today as well and here is some video of the protest amidst the threatening weather conditions and in the video you see Jerome Rodrigues speaking.   Rodrigues injured in the eye by police during a demonstration in Paris as he was doing his media work for the Yellow Vests......


YELLOW VESTS BORDEAUX WEEK 51



More video from across France including Perpignan.....PERPIGNAN YELLOW VESTS WEEK 51


And from Lyon the Yellow Vests continued their Saturday presence on the streets facing off with the police.    Tear gas fired at one point as you can see on this video......LYON YELLOW VESTS WEEK 51


Some 600 Yellow Vests meeting in Montpellier this weekend to discuss the future of the movement.  The video below shows the meeting and some of the discussion.   Its 41 minutes long.



YELLOW VESTS ASSEMBLY MONTPELLIER WEEK 51


Another 150 Yellow Vests reported at Lille in northern France today and here is a video montage of still pictures followed by video.....YELLOW VESTS LILLE WEEK 51 11/2/2019


This short video clip of the tear gas flying in Toulouse today during the protest.....YELLOW VESTS TOULOUSE TEAR GAS 11/2/2019




Again we had thousands participating today with the question being how many thousands.   Last Wednesday (October 30th) "Yellow Number" Facebook put out a figure of 13,250 for Week 50.   We await a count for Week 51.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 11/1/2019  NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

(LIMITED SERVICE WITH POSTING INTO 1 AM SATURDAY,  SUMMARY WILL BE EXPANDED FROM 1030 PM ON)

Tens of thousands protesting in Baghdad's Tahrir Square Friday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to prevent the demonstrators from entering the "Green Zone" where government buildings are located.

Some 350 wounded as demonstrations against the government that have killed more than 250 people continue.

In Santiago Chile Friday police using tear gas and water cannon when they came under attack from rock throwing protesters who were among a massive throng that gathered at the Plaza Italia in the center of the city.

Some protesters demanding justice for those killed and wounded by the police during the two weeks of demonstrations and violence in the country.

The protests continue in Algeria on Fridays with this week's demonstrations calling for postponement of presidential elections.     Its believed that perhaps more than a million people protested nationwide.

The "Voice of America" published more on the story.....LINK

President Trump now considers himself a resident of Florida.

Court papers filed in Palm Beach County in recent months on behalf of the President and First Lady Melania Trump changing their residency.

The President tweeted Thursday night that New York politicians have treated him badly and that he will move onto Florida after he leaves the White House.

Chad Wolf is to be the new Acting Secretary of Homeland Security replacing the departing Kevin McAleenen.   He will be the fifth DHS Secretary since President Trump took office.   

The "Washington Watcher" of the "VDARE" anti-mass immigration website says the failure of the President to get his favored candidate Ken Cuccinelli into the position indicates that his control of matters is tenuous and that Republican Party forces are blocking his policies from being implemented.

More from  "VDARE"......LINK

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson disagreeing with the view of President Trump regarding Johnson's "Great New Deal" on Brexit.   Trump told Nigel Farage on his radio show Thursday that Johnson's Brexit plan isn't going to open up trade with the United States because it keeps the UK too closely tied to the European Union.

Johnson also rejecting the advice of both Mr. Trump and Mr. Farage that he should work together with Farage to advance the cause of leaving the European Union.

Mr. Johnson was interviewed by the BBC.   More from BBC News......LINK

In his exclusive radio interview with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage Thrusday, President Trump expressed his hope that Farage could work together with Prime Minister Boris Johnson but Johnson's Conservative Party has consistently rebuffed the notion of Farage being involved with it.

The Brexit Party will contest the December 12th General Election and rolled out its campaign Friday with a 1030 am UK time launch.   

You can see it in full at this link.......LINK

Farage said that:

"17.4 million people voted Brexit and they deserve to get it"-LINK

ITV in the UK planning a televised debate November 19th excluding most political parties.   Only Prime Minster Johnson and Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will be on the stage.

The Liberal Democrats, now polling around 20 percent in the UK, called the arrangement a "cozy establishment stitch up."

Spanish authorities have launched new efforts to extradite the former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont from Belgium.   Puigdemont led Catalonia during the 2017 independence referendum and the parliament's independence vote that followed.   He fled Catalonia when Spain's central government intervened to take power after the proclamation of independence.

"Deutsche Welle"  has an audio report on the story......LINK

AT LEAST 54 PEOPLE REPORTED DEAD IN A TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF MALI ON FRIDAY.  DETAILS FROM 'THE DEFENSE POST'.....LINK

Russia says joint patrols by Russian and Turkish forces are underway on the border between Syria and Turkey.  The first patrol got underway this morning.

More from "Russia Today".....LINK

The Syrian Army came under attack Friday in the northern part of Lattakia province in northwestern Syria.   The Syrian forces fighting back to retake positions that were lost early today to the Al-Qaeda movement HTS jihadists.

A rocket barrage aimed at a southern Israeli town tonight.   A home in the town of Sderot was hit.   The rockets coming from Gaza.   No injuries reported.   

More including a video clip of the attack from "Ynet"....LINK

Overnight Israeli airstrikes were launched against targets in Gaza in response to the barrage.

 WhatsApp used by Israeli hacking software to spy on high-ranking government and military officials in more than 20 countries.

The company behind the software NSO Group sued by WhatsApp this week.  NSO says it only sells its products to governments and claims they are meant to help governments catch criminals and terrorists.

Israel's "Ynet" has more on the story......LINK

A US government committee reported launching a national security review of a popular Chinese video app.

TikTok is being probed by an interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States according to media reports from numerous outlets.

No public comment from CFIUS on the matter.

Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil firm, owned by the government, reported to be going public with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin-Salman giving the go ahead Friday.

Expectations that investors could pour some 2 trillion dollars into the company.

Beto O'Rourke dropping out of the race to be President.    The Democrat from Texas calling it quits.

One of the Democrats in the top tier of candidates, Senator Elizabeth Warren, says her Medicare expansion plan to cover all Americans can be done with costs being contained.

Warren saying she would not need to "tax the middle class" but would enforce existing tax laws and tax the wealthiest Americans to help fund her plans for federal spending.

And for now that's the way it really is Friday November 1st, 2019 Newsdump Friday.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 10/31/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE WITH FINAL POSTING LATE THURSDAY)

"The Greatest Witch Hunt In American History!"

President Trump summing things up as the House voted to move forward with its "impeachment process".

The vote 232 to 196 with all the yes votes Democrats and all but two of the no votes Republicans.

The President did an interview with Nigel Farage on his LBC Radio show within a few hours of the House vote.....LINK     * 2 PM Eastern US Time*

Regarding the "impeachment process" Trump said:

"The Democrats are desperate.  They have nothing.  They've got nothing going......It's the only way they're going to try to win the election...."

The President also noting that there was nothing illegal or improper about his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling it a "perfect phone call" a "great call" and "a very appropriate call".

Trump also talked with Farage about the "Great New Deal" Prime Minister Boris Johnson cut with the European Union noting that when it comes to trade:

"We want to do trade with the UK and they want to do trade with us and to be honest with you this deal under certain aspects of the deal you can't do it"

Trump also saying that Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn would be "so bad" if he won the upcoming December 12th election in the UK.

Soldiers and police moving to clear highways in Lebanon today with calls for things to return to normal in the country.

Saad Hariri, who resigned as Prime Minister, is expected to come back leading a new government int the days ahead.

An Israeli drone came under attack as it operated over Lebanon today.    Israel says the drone was not hit.

The protest demonstrations continuing in Bolivia against questionable election results that showed a win for long-time left-wing President Evo Morales.

Two have died in the protests and the "New York Times" reported today that a "sizeable segment of the armed forces warned that they would not crack down on demonstrators".

At least 74 died in Pakistan today in a train fire.  Dozens of others are injured.  The fire reported caused by a gas cylinder being used by passengers to cook.

Two North Korean projectiles fired into the Sea of Japan today.   North Korea has been expressing increasing impatience over the US position in negotiations over its nuclear program.

Late tonight the Russian air defenses at the Hmeimim air base in northern Syria intercepted several drones.   No claim of responsibility for the attempt to attack the base but jihadists in northwestern Syria believed responsible.

The Russian Air Force in action Wednesday with at least 28 airstrikes on jihadist opposition forces in northwestern Syria's Idlib province.

"Southfront" has more with some videos.....LINK

The 11 day long teachers strike in Chicago is over.    Teachers to get higher pay and lower class sizes under the agreement.    Students back in school tomorrow.

The merger of automakers PSA Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler has been announced as a 50-50 joining together of the two companies.   More details from "BNN Bloomberg".....LINK

The next presidential election in France isn't coming until 2022 but there's been polling this week of how a first round contest would come out.

Leading the pack in a virtual tie incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and the leader of the opposition National Rally Marine Le Pen.    Macron at 27-29 percent of the vote with Le Pen at 27.5-29 percent of the vote.

Well behind them the leader of the Left in France Jean Luc-Melenchon with 12.5-13 percent.

The top two finishers will move onto a second round of voting in France's next presidential election unless one can get 50 percent of the vote which is unlikely.

The Speaker of the House of Commons is considered by tradition an umpire in the happenings of the House but John Bercow gained a reputation as more than that in recent months making rulings deliberately designed to affect the course of Parliament on Brexit.

Bercow also stirring up controversy with his public comments outside the House including some directed at President Trump.

And for now that the way it really is Wednesday October 31st, 2019.

Today his last day as Speaker and members paid tribute to him as he sat in his chair.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/30/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE THAT WILL CONCLUDE LATE WEDNESDAY)

Twitter banning all political advertising.    The new policy tweeted by CEO Jack Dorsey today.    Dorsey has been grilled by Congress on social media and politics and the notion of foreign governments influencing them.

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress last week that politicians have the right to free speech using the Facebook platform.

A Russian computer hacker is set for extradition from Israel to the United States.    The "Jerusalem Post" reporting on the case of Alexei Burkov and Tass has more.....LINK

This case reported linked to the detention of Israeli citizen Naama Issachar on drug trafficking charges in Russia.   More on that from "Ynet" in Israel.....LINK

From the political drama in Washington John Bolton called to testify before the "impeachment inquiry".

The former National Security Adviser reported not willing to testify unless he's subpoenaed.

National Security Agency Russia staffer Tim Morrison set to testify tomorrow and reported to have resigned ahead of his testimony.

In Portland, Oregon a prominent Democratic Party donor and his former lawyer arrested on computer crime charges related to witness tampering in a child sex abuse case.  The witness was set to testify against Democrat donor and gay rights activist developer Terry Bean.

More from "OregonLive".......LINK

In Iraq, the port of Basra disputed by the ongoing protests.  Operations came to a near standstill Wednesday as protesters blockaded the facility where the food that helps to feed the country is imported.

Port authorities are talking to the protesters to negotiate an end to the blockade.

Two important political figures in Iraq have committed themselves to the removal of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his rival Hadi al-Amiri working to oust Abdul Mahdi from power.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urging protesters in both Iraq and Lebanon to pursue legal means to have their demands met saying:

"The people have justifiable demands, but they should know that their demands can only be fulfilled within the legal structure and framework of their country"

Khamenei also saying that the US, Israel and other countries are mostly behind the protests in both countries.

More from "BNN Bloomberg"......LINK

Two rockets landed near the US Embassy in Baghdad's "Green Zone" with one killing an Iraqi solider and wounding others.  More from Iran's "Press TV".....LINK

Iran's "Press TV" quoting the Syrian Arab News Agency reporting fighting between Syrian and Turkish forces in northeastern Syria....LINK

As far as reporting from SANA on its English language website regarding Turkish  activity in Syria is concerned this is a sample....LINK

"Southfront" suggests that the reported fighting could "re-escalate" the situation in northeastern Syria....LINK

Turkey summoning the US Ambassador after the Democrat controlled House passed a resolution recognizing the killing of Armenians in World War I as genocide.

Congress also voted to impose sanctions on Turkey yesterday.

The Turkish Foreign Minister said believed Congress was acting in revenge against President Trump as he condemned the move.

Chile pulling out of hosting a climate change summit in December because of the massive protests in the country and also pulling out of next month's APEC trade summit.

President Trump was planning to meet China's President Xi Jinping at the trade summit.

The last major obstacle to the direct supply of Russian natural gas to Germany has been removed with approval a regulatory agency in Denmark to allow the Nord Stream 2 pipeline through Danish territorial waters.

The United States and other countries had condemned the Nord Stream 2 project saying it could increase Europe's energy dependence on Russia.   The US is also seeking to sell liquid natural gas produced here to Europe via container ships.

The Danish Energy Agency's approval can be contested in the next four weeks.

And for now that's the way it really is Wednesday October 30th, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/29/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT)

The political drama in Washington and we now know the details of a resolution House Democrats will pass Thursday regarding the "impeachment process".    Open hearings unlike the current closed door ones are envisioned down the road next month.

The Democrats have not given the Republicans absolute authority to call witnesses for the hearings which they will hold for themselves.

The White House issuing a statement this evening saying among other things that the resolution confirms that the impeachment effort is an "illegitimate sham".

The full statement at the link.......HERE

The protests in Iraq with reports that as many as 20 people have been killed in the city of Karbala when protesters were attacked by masked gunmen.

Karbala is a city of religious significance in Shia Islam and the incident could provide a trigger for further violence.

But local officials there say video circulated online is fake and that no such incident occurred.

Iraq appears to be going through the same kind of conditions that led to the civil wars in Libya and Syria in 2011 promoted by outside governments and forces.

Similar conditions seem also to be developing in Lebanon where after some nearly two weeks of demonstrations, Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned today.

He said:

"It has become necessary for us to make a great shock to fix the crisis"

A protest camp was attacked in Beirut today with claims that the attackers dressed in black were supporters of the Iranian backed Hezbollah movement.  Video is at the link......HERE

Here is live video from "Ruptly" of a protest in Beirut as of early evening local time......LINK......

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling for a "stable" government in Lebanon with France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian urging authorities in the country to "guarantee the stability of the institutions and the unity of Lebanon".

US TREASURY SECRETARY STEPHEN MNUCHIN AMONG THE DIGNITARIES IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR A MAJOR INVESTMENT MEETING.   THIS ONE BROUGHT IN PEOPLE WHO STAYED AWAY FROM A SIMILAR MEETING LAST YEAR OVER THE MURDER OF JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI AT THE SAUDI CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY.

Russia announcing the completion of the withdrawal of Kurdish forces from the "safe zone" in northeastern Syria today.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-government organization funded by foreign governments, claims clashes between Syrian and Turkish forces in northeastern Syria today.

Kurdish media also reporting an incident where pro-Turkish jihadists-extremists attacked Russian military police, but Syrian government sources say there was no such incident.

And from Russia a flat out denial that such an incident occurred.   More from Tass....LINK

Yesterday the Turks said one of their soldiers was killed, five wounded in a fight with Kurdish forces in Ras Al-Ayn, Syria on the Syria-Turkey border.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson successfully maneuvered today to set a December 12th General Election with polls putting his party in a favorable position going in.

Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn threw his support behind the legislation to allow an early election with the European Union's extension of the Brexit deadline. 

It passed 438 to 20 and now goes to the House of Lords for final approval.

Mr. Johnson is welcoming 10 Conservative MP's back into the party who want to Remain in the European Union.    They were kicked out earlier for opposing a No-Deal Clean Break Brexit from the EU.     

605-thousand customers in 29 California counties having their power shut off beginning this morning.   Its the third round of power cuts this week.   Pacific Gas and Electric implementing power shut offs after it was held responsible for a deadly fire in northern California last year.

PG and E acting in the face of tinderbox conditions in California that many believe are the result of failure to properly manage trees and brush in the name of protecting the environment.

And for now that's the way it really is for Tuesday October 29th, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/28/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE WITH FINAL POSTING LATE MONDAY)

The political drama in Washington and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi planning a Thursday vote on "procedures" for the "impeachment inquiry".

The White House says the vote proves that the process of the "impeachment inquiry" lacks any due process of law.

And the process of the "impeachment inquiry" continuing in Washington behind closed doors punctuated by news leaks about testimony from witnesses.

The European Union coming out with a flexible Brexit deadline today.    The January 31st deadline is flexible meaning the UK can leave earlier if Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "Great New Deal" with the EU is approved before then.

The decision pre-empts any notion of a Brexit this week.

In London, the push for an early election by Mr. Johnson failing Monday in a House of Commons vote on plans for a December 12th General Election.

Johnson wants to try again tomorrow.

In Lebanon the protests continued Monday with a new twist.   Cars were being placed across roads in addition to demonstrators and barricades.    Social media began spreading the idea of using cars for blocking off highways yesterday and today. 

The move comes in the face of calls by national leaders for the blockades to end and plans by the military to begin clearing highways today.

More on today's protest from "The National" in the Untied Arab Emirates......LINK

Meanwhile the governor of Lebanon's central bank told CNN that country.....LINK ......is days away from collapse unless the protests stop.....

From the protests in Iraq  eight dead and nearly 300 wounded on Monday.    The demonstrators battling the security forces at Tahrir Square in Baghdad

Tear gas and stun grenades being used to keep the demonstrators from entering the "Green Zone" of the city where government buildings are located.   Thousands of students joining the ranks of the protesters today on the fourth day of a second wave of protest.

A midnight to 6 am curfew has been imposed tonight in Baghdad.

This video clip is from Saudi Arabia's government owned "Al Hadath" news channel reporting today's events.  Al Hadath banned from reporting in Iraq by the government......LINK

Also tonight a report from Iran's "Press TV" about three mortar rounds hitting a base north of Baghdad where US troops are stationed.....LINK

In Chile more protests and clashes with police in the capital Santiago and other cities today even as President Sebastian Pinera announced the replacement of eight cabinet ministers.

A shopping center fire broke out after a protest demonstration in the capital city.

A protest in Honduras with students battling police firing tear gas.   The student demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez for alleged ties to drug trafficking.

TWO SHOT AND WOUNDED OUTSIDE A MOSQUE IN BAYONNE, FRANCE TODAY.

THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER WAS ARRESTED, AN 84-YEAR OLD MAN.

POLICE SAY HE FIRED AN INCENDIARY DEVICE THAT STARTED A FIRE INSIDE THE PROPERTY OF THE MOSQUE.

A new wildfire breaking out early Monday in Los Angeles along the 405 Freeway.   The freeway shut down but thousands of residents evacuating in the Sepulvada Pass area.

Winds driving the "Getty Fire" in a westward direction from the 405 and at least five homes reported destroyed.    This is a live video stream from ABC 7 in Los Angeles.....LINK......

From Italy the new twists and turns of politics.   Matteo Salvini of the League is now in opposition and working with other parties of the "Right" like the mainstream Forza Italia of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.     Salvini now supporting the European Union instead of being critical of it.

On Sunday Salvini's coalition of parties won a regional election in Umbria with 57 percent of the vote while the alliance of the mainstream Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement only got 37.5 percent of the vote.

Salvini is still talking tough on immigration but now pushing other issues like proposing a flat tax rate.

The banking giant HSBC posted a steep decline in its third quarter earnings.    The 24 percent decline in net profits announced today led to declines in the bank's stock of just over four percent early in the day.

The acting CEO, Noel Quinn, calling HSBC's performance in the US, UK and Europe "unacceptable" and saying plans for a "remodel" of its business activities in those places.

RUSSIA'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS SAYS THAT THE JIHADISTS IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA'S IDLIB PROVINCE ARE PREPARING "A NEW CHEMICAL PROVOCATION".  ALEXANDER SCHULGEN OFFERING THE WARNING OF A FALSE FLAG ATTACK TO THE MEDIA ON SUNDAY.

In April of 2018 an allegation of a chemical weapons attack by Syria's government led to fiery words from world leaders including President Trump and US, British and French military action against Syria.

But since then doubts have been raised about the report of the OPCW organization that confirmed the notion of such an attack.

Now a second whistle blower has emerged from within the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons saying that their findings contradicting the notion of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria were suppressed.

More on this was published by "Southfront".....LINK

And for now that's the way it really is for Monday October 28th, 2019.