FREEDOMIST INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR
Presents
FIA WEEKDAY
TUESDAY DECEMBER 19, 2023
editor Paul Collier
A summary of news from the day before (or weekend for Monday reports),
with breaking news added at the time of publication (released weekdays by 10AM eastern time).
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(News recap from 6a December 18 to 6a December 19)
“(Love) does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. “ – 1 Corinthians 13:6
HOUTHI TASKING, WORLDWIDE GUN CONTROL, DICK’S EPSTEIN REVERSAL, CHINA STRUCK BY EARTHQUAKE, SWEDEN’S CHINA-FREE BATTERY
For a better understanding of our standards of news reporting, read our report “The Prophetic Voice in News?”
ED.NOTE: Non-Freedomist-shared links are NOT endorsements. For the holidays, there will be no weekday report Monday December 25 and Tuesday December 26, 2023, as well as Monday January 1 and Tuesday January 2, 2024
TOP STORIES
MULTI-NATIONAL TASK FORCE LOOKS TO TACKLE HOUTHI THREAT IN RED SEA – A multinational task force led by the U.S. is set to confront the growing Houthi threat to world trade in the Red Sea. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said of the formation of the task force, “This is an international challenge that demands collective action.”
UK LOOKS TO CREATE WORLDWIDE GUN-CONTROL BODY – The United Kingdom, who long ago deprived their citizens the right to bear arms, is looking to extend its authoritarianism over all the nations of the world, through the United Nations, calling on worldwide governance of “small arms” which, it alleges, should unite the nations of the world.
DUCK DURBIN NOW SUPPORTS RELEASE OF EPSTEIN RECORDS – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) is now publicly doing a reversal on his earlier blocking of the release of the client list of pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein (who DEFINITELY killed himself). Originally, he impeded subpoenas to get the Epstein client list released, but now, through a spokesperson, Senator Jon Osoff (D-GA), he is ready to support the subpoena.
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CHINA’S GANSU PROVINCE – A major 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck China’s northwest region, specifically the province of Gansu. Initial reports claim 86 people are known dead as of right now, and over 200 injured. Those figures are expected to rise.
SWEDEN HAS A BATTERY THAT COULD BYPASS CHINA’S RARE EARTH DOMINATION – The Swedish company Northvolt has announced the creation of an electric battery that could work better than the current crop of batteries made from rare earth minerals that China dominates. The minerals used in this battery are sodium and ion, as opposed to lithium, nickel, graphite, and cobalt.
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HEADLINES
TRENDING (M-F)
POPE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO BLESSING GAY WEDDINGS – Pope Francis has made it official that priests can bless same sex couples as long as it’s not conflated with marriage. The move is seen as the penultimate nudge before the Pope blesses gay marriage. The decision is already causing major divisions within the Catholic Church.
EU PREPARES TO TAKE DOWN X – The EU is using selective application to target a nemesis of thought control, Elon Musk, specifically his platform X which the EU says is violating its content policies. The EU claimed its pursuing potential punitive action “on the basis of the preliminary investigation conducted so far, including on the basis of an analysis of the risk assessment report submitted by X in September, X’s Transparency report published on 3 November, and X’s replies to a formal request for information, which, among others, concerned the dissemination of illegal content in the context of Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel,”
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WORLD (M-F)
FRANCE PREPARES TO REVERSE COURSE ON IMMIGRATION – The French have had enough of the waves of immigrants being allowed entry into their country. They are preparing to pass an immigration bill that will significantly curtail new immigration numbers and aggressively deport many who have already arrived.
GUINEA FACES FUEL CRISIS AFTER MAIN DEPOT EXPLOSION – An explosion at Guinea’s main fuel depot in Conakry has killed a minimum of 11 people and injured over 80 more. The cause of the explosion is not known. While terrorism hasn’t been directly mentioned, it remains a possibility. The explosion will now create a fuel crisis in Guinea which will not quickly be resolved.
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U.S. POLITICS (M-F)
TRUMP LOOKS TO GET GEORGIA CHARGES DISMISSED OVER 1ST AMENDMENT – Donald Trump’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss all Georgia charges, which are related to Trump’s efforts to reject what he believed to be a fraudulent election. His lawyers claim you cannot charge a man for working within the bounds of the law to challenge an election he believed was fraudulent, whether or not it was, indeed fraudulent.
AFTER WINNING MILLIONS, GEORGIA ELECTION WORKERS SUE GIULIANI AGAIN – Even though Georgia election workers won millions of dollars in a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, they are suing him again, this time petitioning the court to silence Giuliani from ever speaking badly about them again.
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EDITOR’S CHOICE (T-F)
EU LOOKS TO UN TO HELP CONTROL CITIZEN DISSENT – The EU has entered into a formal agreement with the UN to integrate their resources to deal with “civilian crisis management.” The agreement was made December 14 and has the de facto effect of handing over partial sovereignty of the EU to the UN.
WEF WANTS $3.5 TRILLION ANNUAL BUDGET – The World Economic Forum wants nations of the world to give it one of the biggest national budgets in the world, despite not being a nation, all in the name of “decarbonizing the planet” and “reaching net zero” to “restore nature.” The price tag for this effort is $3.5 trillion a year.
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SCI-TECH (T-F)
OPENAI CUTS OFF BYTEDANCE – OpenAI has cut off ByteDance from accessing ChatGPT after it allegedly, according to OpenAI violated its usage terms. ByteDance is owned by TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese Communist Party. ByteDance has been accessing ChatGPT in secret, violating its terms of service.
ELON MUSK’S OWN AI TURNS ON HIM – Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok AI, has turned on its creator, accusing Musk of having to go to court to deal with accusations of pedophilia. Musk’s AI is designed to be anti-woke, but apparently there are still “bugs” in the system…. allegedly.
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MSM/ALT MEDIA NEWS AGGREGATION:
ANTI-LIBERTY AGIT-PROP
ED.NOTE: Links in this category are either agitprop (be it intentionally or unwittingly) or exposing agitprop intended to undermine American liberty values. The agitprop is not always revealed in the headlines alone.
from www.thisdaylive.com – ‘Mainstream Media Best Means of Tackling Fake News’
from www.salon.com – Israel is starving Gaza civilians as “method of warfare”: Human Rights Watch
from crooksandliars.com – So Clarence Thomas Kinda Blackmailed Right Wing Billionaires
from www.dailykos.com – Democrats push for Supreme Court transparency as dark money swells
from www.politicususa.com – Chris Christie Warns That Trump Is Getting Crazier As The Walls Close In
from www.dailykos.com – Christian rift widens over pope’s altered stance on same-sex couples
from www.politicususa.com – Nikki Haley Gets Outed As An Abortion Fraud
from www.politicususa.com – Speaker Mike Johnson’s Approval Rating Is A Disaster For Republicans
from www.politicususa.com – Jake Tapper Calls Out Trump For Using Putin As A Character Witness
from crooksandliars.com – Trump Lawyer Threatens To Sic Brownshirts On Democrats
TRENDING
from www.newsweek.com – Disney Faces Mass Rebellion From Female Workers Over Pay
from www.laughingplace.com – Disney+ Removed From Tesla Amidst Iger/Musk Fight – Laughing Place
from hotair.com – Major Law Firm Pulls Out of Recruiting at Harvard – HotAir
from www.plenglish.com – At least 14 more fatalities due to rains in Angola
anwire – from www.foxnews.com – Civilian targets suspected pedophiles in dozens of undercover stings
from www.mytwintiers.com – Attorneys for Kentucky woman seeking abortion withdraw lawsuit | WETM
from www.vice.com – Nuclear Threats Are Looming, And Nobody Knows How Many Nukes Are Out There
from cosmosmagazine.com – Gonorrhoea, syphilis cases more than doubled in Australia over 10 years
anwire – from metro.co.uk – ‘Biblical’ plague of frogs, toads and tadpoles causes pile-up
from abcnews.go.com – 1 dead, 3 injured after boarding school partially collapses in central Romania
from phys.org – Only 14.8% of bacteria and archaea named after women
WORLD
from en.globes.co.il – Suez Canal reveals damage caused by Houthis
from www.japantimes.co.jp – North Korea launches apparent ICBM-class weapon for fifth time in 2023
from www.reuters.com – Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade – Reuters
from www.reuters.com – Egypt’s Sisi sweeps to third term as president with 89.6% of vote – Reuters
from www.washingtonpost.com – Germany’s far-right AfD wins mayor’s race in Pirna, Saxony
from www.jns.org – Austin to press Jerusalem to scale back war against Hamas – JNS.org
from www.voanews.com – Putin Vows to Make Russia ‘Self-Sufficient’ in Fifth Term
from www.politico.eu – Polish truckers to resume Ukraine border blockade – POLITICO
from www.rudaw.net – Opposition’s Kurdistan Flag Day event attacked in Rojava – Rudaw Media Network
POLITICS
from townhall.com – Dem Rep Sounds Alarm on Border Crisis After Latest CBP Announcement
from thefederalist.com – Only 6% Of Americans Approve Of GOP Leader Mitch McConnell
from www.dailysignal.com – Supreme Court Case Could Affect Criminal Charges Against Trump
from conservativebrief.com – Georgia Judge Grants Mark Meadows, Other Defendants Pretrial Delays
from slaynews.com – Psaki: White House Wants Hunter Biden to ‘Please Stop Talking in Public’
from hotair.com – Biden Frustrated With His Poll Numbers (As Approval Hits a New Low) – HotAir
from www.thecollegefix.com – There were 19 campus hate crime hoaxes in 2023
from www.lifenews.com – South Dakota Should Reject the Proposed Amendment for Abortions Up to Birth
EDITOR’S CHOICE
from www.mercurynews.com – FCC to reintroduce rules protecting net neutrality
from news.bloomberglaw.com – New Jersey News Site Beats Defamation Suit on Facebook Vitriol
from www.cincinnati.com – Take a look at the police tech being used to track guns in Cincinnati
from www.washingtonpost.com – How AI fake news is creating a ‘misinformation superspreader’
from www.kyivpost.com – EU Agrees Draft Media Freedom Law
from www.wymt.com – Legislators discuss proposed bill to take guns away from people in crisis
from www.bloomberg.com – AI, Not Human Spies, Will Drive the New US-China Cold War
from hot975fm.com – Minnesota’s New Gun Confiscation Law: Is North Dakota Next?
from www.usacarry.com – MRI Machine Causes Woman’s Gun To Discharge After She Lied About Having It
from www.sltrib.com – Social media is a mess. Government meddling would only make it worse.
from loudwire.com – Police ‘Threaten to Arrest’ Shop Owner for Reading Tarot Cards
from www.thenews.com.pk – Austria tightens law banning Nazi, extremist symbols
from www.dailysignal.com – Study Discredits Climate Change’s Role in Mass Migration
SCI-TECH
from scitechdaily.com – A New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Breaskthrough
from cosmosmagazine.com – Secret paint protects house from wildfire
from techreport.com – Japanese Scientists Pioneer Breakthrough in Brain Decoding Tech
from www.designnews.com – Are Bio-Plastics the Future of Electronics?
from www.aumanufacturing.com.au – Graphene helps make more hydrogen with less energy
from www.nanowerk.com – Green tech revolution in sustainable 2D materials for future electronics
from www.washingtonpost.com – ChatGPT maker OpenAI lays out plan for dealing with dangers of AI
from www.techexplorist.com – Cells behave differently in groups than when alone
from scitechdaily.com – Caltech Scientists Unveil New Way To Erase Quantum Computer Errors
from astrobiology.com – Unexpected Chemistry Reveals Cosmic Star Factories´ Secrets
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Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command. – 1 Chronicles 12:32
FIA Weekday is a link aggregation, news analysis, and editorial commentary report designed to give the public an understanding of the times, compiled and reported on from an American Christian biblical perspective.
For a better understanding of our standards of news reporting, read our report “The Prophetic Voice in News?”
For in-depth reporting on today’s news, consider supporting the Freedomist by subscribing to receive our monthly newsletter, FIA Monthly (formerly McAlvany Intelligence Advisor). Subscribe here.
‘“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul. ‘ Ezekiel 3:17-19
About Author
Paul Collier
Paul Collier is the editor of The Freedomist newsite, our Weekday Reports, and our Monthly Publication, Freedomist Intelligence Advisor (previously McAlvany Intelligence Advisor). He has been involved in news publishing since 2003.
