THE WEEK IN REVIEW: AUGUST 3-9, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

 

ALTHOUGH W.H.O. HAS ENDED THE PANDEMIC,

THE VIRUSES ARE STILL ONGOING.

PLEASE GET VACCINATED,

WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY

& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

THE COVID-19/CORONAVIRUS!

AUGUST 9 IS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, WOMEN’S DAY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND BOOK📚 LOVERS DAY.

AUGUST 10 IS WORLD LION🦁 DAY.

AUGUST 11 IS CHAD’S INDEPENDENCE DAY AND JAPAN’S MOUNTAIN DAY.

AUGUST 12 IS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY AND BOWLING🎳 DAY.

AUGUST 13 IS THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC’S INDEPENDENCE DAY

AND LEFT HAND DAY.

AUGUST 13 IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF

SNOOPY’S BROTHER SPIKE DEBUTING IN PEANUTS.

AUGUST 14 IS PAKISTAN’S INDEPENDENCE DAY.

AUGUST 15 IS INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY, KOREA’S LIBERATION DAY

AND RELAXATION DAY.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…

*The United States is offering a reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

*A new bridge to connect Sicily with mainland Italy.

*A Summer's Prayer For Peace.

*The reported COVID state of the world, as of August 9, 2025.

*Trying to understand the human body.

*A zoo wants house pets to feed its animals???😠

*The price of a first edition Hobbit.

*A life saving conversation.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…

*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)

*Israeli attacks on aid seekers continues. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Hamas says it will allow their hostages aid if Israel stops its airstrikes.

*Israel swears to fully occupy Gaza and completely eliminate Hamas, but may need a new Chief of the General Staff.

*Yet once occupied, Israel foresees someone else running Gaza.

*Will the United States take over humanitarian aid relief efforts to Gaza???

THE RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR!

*As the war continues…  

*Russia and China conducted war games.

*Trump may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to the Russian/Ukraine War, without Ukraine's President present! (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…

*The endangered Blue Dragon is still surviving.

*A recap of the 2025 Wildfires, so far.

*The Czech Zoo welcomed new Barbary Lions into the world.

*August 10 is World Lion🦁 Day.

*August 11 is Mountain Day in Japan.

🌌SPACE NEWS...

*A deeper analysis of the Challenger Disaster.

*Nuclear reactors on the moon??? Does anyone remember what happened on Space: 1999??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Back on Earth, Astronaut Butch Wilmore has decided to retire.

😢PASSING PARADE…

*The innocent lives lost to war.

*The innocent lives lost during a shooting spree in a small Pennsylvania, USA town August 7.

*Former Astronaut Jim Lovell, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and 13, is no longer with us.

*Actress Loni Anderson (WKRP In Cincinnati, Nurses, more) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.

*Actress Kelley Mack (The Walking Dead, Chicago Med, more) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.

*Actor Jon Miyahara (Superstore, more) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

*Former Major League Baseball⚾ player Felix Torres is no longer with us.

*Entertainer Jane Morgan (many hits and appearances from 1943-2009) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

ARE YOU AWARE OF THE PET TOY RECALL???

ON AUGUST 9, 1945: AMERICA DROPPED A SECOND ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN. THEY SOON SURRENDERED, MAKING THIS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR 2 OFFICIALLY ENDING WITH VICTORY IN JAPAN.

FACT BASED OPINION

AUGUST 14 IS THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SIGNING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT INTO LAW.

WE NEED MORE

GUN RESPONSIBILITY

NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!

BAN BOOK BANS!

POLITICALLY…

ON FOREIGN ISSUES…

*The United States is offering a reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

*Trump may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to the Russian/Ukraine War, without Ukraine's President.

*Will the United States take over humanitarian aid relief efforts to Gaza???

*The Trump/Republican regime is considering demanding tourists post a bond before entering the United States!

*Trump versus Jaguar???

*Opinion: Trump is not very popular in Canada right now.

FACT BASED OPINION

THE TRUMP TARIFF TURMOIL AND THE ECONOMY…

*No trade deal with America??? Then new tariffs go into effect.

*Yet Trump's tariffs are now facing legal challenges.

*The Trump/Republican regime now plans to target banks that discriminate... against him and fellow Republicans.

*Computer chips will soon face a 100% tariff, unless they're made in the USA.

*The Internal Revenue Service/IRS needs a new Commissioner.

*Analysis: A closer look at the Job Numbers.

*Trump's new theory on the Economy.

*Analysis: The status of office parks.

*Analysis: What is the government doing with the tariff money???

ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…

*Did a recent ICE raid violate racial profiling rules???

*Requesting a Green Card may lead to automatic deportation???

*The Trump/Republican regime wants a new census, minus undocumented immigrants. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Further construction on Alligator Alcatraz has been paused for Environmental concerns.

*Great Krypton! Reducing the job requirements to get more ICE agents, including recruiting teenagers. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)

*Nothing will stop a suspect's arrest, yet one ICE raid led to a heart attack. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Will there be a new ICE facility in Indiana???

*A Federal Judge will soon decide whether or not Trump was within his official bounds calling out the National Guard in Los Angeles.

*Analysis: Inside an ICE detention center.

*Opinion: One immigrant's story.

*Speculation: Americans will take over the low paying, menial jobs immigrants worked???

*Speculation: Are immigrants safe in some parts of Connecticut???

FACT BASED OPINION

ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...

*A Federal Judge has ruled that some FEMA funds must be used for their original purpose.

*Washington DC has a new Attorney General, while Federal law enforcement officers now patrol the capital. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*The current Department of Justice wants many states' Voter and Election Data.

*President Trump may have immunity, but his lawyers don't.

*Speculation: Is Trump meddling in the 2025 New York City Mayoral race???

ALSO…

*JD Vance ordered an Ohio River's water level raised for his family's vacation???

*The Trump/Republican regime has suspended grant money to UCLA, but a new Executive Order will give future Grant control to politicians! (There are 2/TWO links in this item.)

*The Trump/Republican regime is changing 401(k)s.

FACT BASED OPINION

*Is someone editing the Constitution online??? (There are 2/TWO links in this item.)

*Trump versus Elon Musk is still ongoing???

*As Trump versus Elizabeth Warren continues...

*South Park versus Trump, round 2/TWO, while Kristi Noem and JD Vance respond. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)

*♫Up on the roof.♫

*Analysis: The latest on Trump's lawsuits.

*Opinion: The Trump/Republican regime and disaster relief.

*Opinion: The MAGA version of history.

*Opinion: Trump and Dogs.

*Speculation: How long can Harvard last against the Trump/Republican regime???

*Speculation: After Stephen Colbert, is Gayle King now on Trump's hit list??? And other potential targets. (There are 2/TWO links in this item.)

*Keeping track of all the legal actions against the current Trump/Republican regime and its personnel.

*The latest from the White House.

FACT BASED OPINION

THE TEXAS GERRYMANDERING BATTLE...

*Texas Democrats left the state to prevent a vote on Republicans wanting to gerrymander the voting precinct's in their favor. Of course the state Governor isn't happy and threatened to replace all the missing politicians with more Republicans! And with everything going on, what actual voters think of all this. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)

*New York State is siding with the Texas Democrats.

*And other states are siding with the Democrats too.

*But will the FBI put an end to the stall??? They are now searching for the missing Democrats, while Texas' Attorney General wants to fire and replace them. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)

*State Governor Greg Abbott vows Texas WILL have its new, Pro-Republican voting districts, no matter what.

*Analysis: What Texas is trying to do.

*Speculation: Will the Trump/Republican regime even allow the 2026 Mid Terms, let alone the 2028 Presidential Elections to happen???

FACT BASED OPINION

THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SITUATION…

*Trump is still trying to dodge the issue(s) as the news continues...  (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Planning for the future.

*Some REPUBLICANS are now suing for access to the Epstein Files.

*About Epstein's tax history...

*The Supreme Court may have a say in all of this.

*Speculation: Why is Epstein's accomplice now being treated better than she was before???

*NOTE: Any possible crimes happened BEFORE his first Presidential campaign so as a potential civilian suspect, Donald Trump is NOT covered by the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling in The Jeffrey Epstein Situation.

MEDICAL NEWS…

*Fighting for the disadvantaged.

US COVID STATUS, AUGUST 2025

*Any vaccine research or development using mRNA technology has had its funding cut.

*Trump's last Surgeon General doesn't like that decision.

*Apparently the Agriculture Secretary still wants Medicaid hopefuls "in the fields".

*United Health has been approved to buy another competitor.

*Allegedly Trump keeps calling RFK, Junior wanting to know if "Is America healthier yet?"

*Analysis: The importance of mRNA research.

*Analysis: Robert F. Kennedy, Junior on vaccines and vaccinations.

*Analysis: Veterans need medical care too.

*Analysis: Mexican Coca Cola versus American.

*Opinion: How can you eat healthy if you don't have the money for food???

*Speculation: Can Trump get drug companies to cut their prices???

⚖THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…

*The Trump/Republican regime wants the Court's clearance to resume full immigration stops in California  and a "quick decision" on the issue of Birthright Citizenship. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

ROE V. WADE OVERTURN>AFTERMATH

*A look at the legal battles in California.

HISTORIC FACTS

SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…

*Trump has issued an Executive Order criminalizing Homelessness and Mentally Illness. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*WHAT violence against LGBTQ+ people???

*When will the next Human Rights report be released???

*Washington DC's new Attorney General wants to crack down on minor violators.

*Most casinos in Las Vegas are now unionized.

*No one likes the Trump/Republican regime's "editing" of the Smithsonian.

*The Trump/Republican regime is bringing back the Confederate memorials.

*Opinion: American Nazis are enjoying the Trump/Republican regime.

STOP THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE!

*Who shot 5/FIVE soldiers at Fort Stewart, Georgia August 6???

*Who opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control campus at Emory University August 8???

*Who opened fire in Times Square August 9???

ANOTHER VICTIM'S STATEMENT.

✅IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!

*The text of the "Katie Johnson" versus Trump and Epstein Lawsuit. WARNING: Some parts may not be safe around minors.

*Trump got fact checked over his poll numbers on live television.

MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…

*If South Carolina "redistricts" their state, they lose their only Democrat.

*A look at the race to replace Senator Mitch McConnell.

*Instead of Representing South Carolina, Nancy Mace would rather be its Governor.

*The Senate has gone on Vacation for the Summer without confirming the rest of Trump's nominees.

*Representative Marjorie Taylor Green now believes her fellow Republicans are anti-women???

*Some of her fellow Republicans are threatening to deport Representative Della Ramirez.

*Republicans are not getting the friendly receptions they hoped for while on vacation.

*Analysis: Republicans and children.

*Opinion: Does Senator Ted Cruz understand funeral protocols???

*The latest Bills pending before Congress.

THE BUDGET BATTLE>AFTERMATH...

*REMINDER: Social Security benefits are still taxable, where applicable.

*Trying to defend the undefendable.

ELSEWHERE…

*What is going on with United Airlines???

*The Turquoise Arches.

😁AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

*The baby's winning first steps.

*A life saving conversation.

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: AUGUST 3-9, 2014

AUGUST 9TH IS THE INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION OF

THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

TODAY IS THE 160TH PUBLISHING ANNIVERSARY OF

HENRY DAVID THOREAU'S WALDEN.

TODAY IS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEN PRESIDENT

RICHARD NIXON RESIGNING FROM OFFICE TO AVOID

PROSECUTION IN THE WATERGATE SCANDAL.

THE LAST "SUPER MOON" CYCLE FOR 2014 IS AUGUST 9-11.

THE ANNUAL PERSEID METEOR SHOW

"PEAKS" BETWEEN AUGUST 11-13.

AUGUST 11TH MARKS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF

THE (IN)FAMOUS ALCATRAZ PRISON OFFICIALLY OPERATIONAL.

AMONGST EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD THIS PAST WEEK...
*Egypt managed to broker a 72 hour cease fire between Israel and Hamas forces, but it didn't last the full 3 days as Hamas resumed their attack, forcing Israel to go back on the defensive.
*A 6.1 earthquake has been reported, with its epicenter in Yunnan, China. Over 580 people have lost their lives with many more injured.
*The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola Virus outbreak in West Africa an International Public Health Emergency, as the death toll has exceeded 900 victims, while Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared a state of emergency in her country over the outbreak.
*President Juan Manuel Santos of Columbia has been sworn in for a second term.
*The Senate of Italy has decided to reduce its size and powers.
*While no known formal charges have been filed, South Korean authorities are looking into a massive water fight that took place in Seoul August
*The European Space Agency's probe Rosetta has reached Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, with the intention of an eventual landing upon the comet.
*A dead zone (devoid of all sea life) has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico reported to be the size of America's state of Connecticut.
*Milly Zantow, the woman who developed the system used today for sorting and recycling plastics, has passed away of natural causes at age 91.
*Noted film director/producer Menaham Golan has taken his final bow.
*Civil unrest continues along the Gaza Strip and in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.

BETWEEN THE UKRAINE AND RUSSIA...

*Pro-Russian separatists currently holding Donetsk fear being overcome by Ukrainian forces and are urging Russia to send them more military support. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government is urging civilians to flee the area immediately.
*Russia's Dobrolet Airlines has suspended all flights in the wake of current sanctions against the country. In return, Russia has banned a major list of imports from America and the European Union.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...

*While Congress is on vacation until September 8th, many of its members are out and about campaigning across the United States.
*Hawaii faced Hurricane Iselle, which just passed the island chain without making actual landfall, thus maintaining their recorded history of no hurricane ever actually striking them; while preparing as Tropical Storm Julio draws near.
*The recent death of former President Ronald Reagan's Press Secretary James Brady has been ruled a homicide because he died from complications stemming from his 1981 shooting by John Hinckley. There is no word whether or not Hinkley, currently held in a mental institution, will face additional charges.
*In professional basketball, the San Antonio Spurs have hired former WNBA's San Antonio Star's player Becky Hammon to be an assistant coach, making her the first woman coach in any of the predominantly male professional sports.

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