Saturday, March 29, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: MARCH 23-29, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS


WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

MARCH IS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH.
FOR THOSE OBSERVING, RAMADAN IS MARCH 1-29.
MARCH 29 IS INTERNATIONAL MERMAID DAY.
MARCH 30 IS PENCIL🖉 DAY.
APRIL IS JAZZ🎷 APPRECIATION MONTH AND GARLIC🧄 MONTH.
APRIL 1 IS THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FIRST MORSE CODE “SOS” BEING SENT.
APRIL 1 IS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIN CITY: THE MOVIE.
APRIL 1 IS ALSO APRIL FOOLS’ DAY.
APRIL 2 IS WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY.
APRIL 3 IS WORLD AQUATIC ANIMAL DAY.
(♫Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea...♫)

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*As American Vice President JD Vance led a visit there, President Donald Trump announced “We will go as far as we need to to get control Greenland.” (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The COVID state of the world, as of March 29, 2025.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…
*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*Hamas apparently doesn’t like the unrest in Gaza as the fighting continues. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)


THE TERRORIST REPORT…

*The Free Choice E-zine does not support terrorism, no matter what the “cause” or alleged “justification”. Thus we will only be posting news items in this section whenever terrorists are brought to justice through arrest and trial.


🌐THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…
*April 3 is World Aquatic Animal Day. (♫Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea...♫)

🌌SPACE NEWS...

😢PASSING PARADE…
*The innocent lives lost to war.  
*Former US House of Representatives member Mia Love is no longer with us.
*Former US Senator J. Bennett Johnston has passed away.
*Famous artist Hy Eisman (The Katzenjammer Kids, Popeye, much more) is no longer with us.
*Actor Denis Arnot (many roles from 1974-2018) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!


POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
*As Vice President JD Vance led a visit there, President Donald Trump announced “We will go as far as we need to to get control Greenland.” (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Although part of the United States, Alaska has sided with Canada, for the moment.
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
*First a Canadian visitor was detained by ICE, now a British one. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The Trump regime is still battling the Judge against the 1798 Alien Enemies Act deportations. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*The Internal Revenue Service/IRS estimates that the Department of Government Efficiency/DOGE, so far, has LOST America more money than it’s allegedly saved for the country.
*Why changing the US Institute for Peace could actually hurt America. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The DOGE claims hardly anyone has actually been fired. But what about all the layoffs???
THE SIGNAL SCANDAL...
*They TEXTED war plans??? Why not use more secured communications??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The actual texts, including what The Atlantic received and published. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*CNN and The New York Times analyzed the messages. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*As the War Plans Text Scandal Investigation begins… Trump has appointed Elon Musk as his investigator. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*Speculation: Was alcohol involved???
ALSO...
*Another investigation into voter fraud is underway, whether there actually is any or not.
*Mixed reviews for Trump’s current actions affecting West Virginia. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Trump has penalized two more law firms that prosecuted him in the past. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Speculation: Are our elections safe???
*Opinion: Bribes accepted???
*April 1 is the 55th anniversary of then President Richard Nixon signing a ban on cigarettes advertising on radio and television that went into effect January 1, 1971.
MEDICAL NEWS…
THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
OPINION
*Donald Trump apparently is planning to rewrite history, starting with the Smithsonian. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*After pardoning all of them, Trump is now considering compensation payments for the January 6, 2021 Congressional rioters who were arrested, prosecuted and jailed. Guess where the money would be coming from…
*The University of Michigan has ended its Diversity, Equality and Inclusion/DEI program, while an Arizona hospital removed its display of local Native American tribal flags. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Opinion: Republican hypocrisy in action. Judges against Obama and Biden, good. Judges against Trump bad.
*Research funding to protect pregnant women from domestic violence has been ended under Trump’s anti-Diversity, Equality and Inclusion/DEI beliefs.
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*About whales.🐋🐳
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*House Representative Elise Stefanik is no longer in consideration to be America’s United Nations Ambassador because Trump doesn’t want to risk the Republican majority. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene hopes to end National Public Radio/NPR and the Public Broadcasting System/PBS and had an “encounter” with a British Journalist.
ELSEWHERE…
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…
*The 2025 Major League Baseball⚾ season has begun!

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