THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JULY 20-26, 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!

JULY 26 IS INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR LIBERIA AND THE MALDIVES

AS WELL AS AUNTS AND UNCLES DAY AND MANGROVE DAY.

JULY 29 IS INTERNATIONAL TIGER🐯 DAY.

JULY 30 IS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY.

JULY 31 IS AVOCADO🥑 DAY.

AUGUST 2 IS DINOSAUR DAY AND COLORING DAY.

AUGUST 4 IS SINGLE LADIES’ DAY, CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE🍪 DAY

AND WHITE WINE DAY.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…

*As the Cambodia-Thailand Border conflict continues...

*The impending Japan/United States trade agreement.

*The United States' State Department questions Europe's concept of Free Speech.

*The impending Philippines/United States trade agreement

*Accusing it of being "too woke", Trump has pulled America out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/UNESCO.

*New Bird Flu worries in Bangladesh and India.

*Gambia has declared an Mpox outbreak. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*The reported COVID state of the world, as of July 26, 2025.

*Is Puerto Rico against trans people???

*The President and First Lady of France are suing a podcaster for defamation. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Microsoft versus Hackers.

*On China and rare Earth minerals.

*The United Kingdom plans to ban lead ammunition.

*US President Trump is in Scotland over the last weekend of July 2025.

*Opinions: Locals reactions to Trump in Scotland. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…

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

*While only one Iranian Nuclear site was confirmed destroyed, Trump warned Iran about their nuclear ambitions. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Is Israel still attacking those seeking help???

*Polio cases are rising in Pakistan.

*France will soon officially recognize Pakestine as a state.

*As the situation worsens, Israel says it will now start air dropping relief supplies into Gaza. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

THE RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR!

*As the war continues…  

*The state of the war, as of July 22, 2025.

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 United Nations says Polluters can be legally prosecuted for greenhouse gas emissions.

*Is Kabul running out of water???

*Turkey battled a wildfire this week.

*Apparently the current US Environmental Protection Agency still doesn't like those who disagree with them.

*Analysis: The corn problem in Ohio.

*July 29 is International Tiger🐯 Day.

*July 31 is Avocado🥑 Day.

🌌SPACE NEWS...

😢PASSING PARADE…

*The innocent lives lost to war.  

*Rosie Jeanne Burke Roche, granddaughter of Princess Diana’s uncle, is no longer with us.

*Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show, a host of other projects) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

*Actor Jules Walter (James Bond’s A View To A Kill, The Wild Geese, much more) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

*Musician Chuck Mangione (♫Feels So Good♫, many other hits over a long career) has passed away.

*Actor Rene Kirby (Shallow Hal) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

*Heavy Metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne is no longer with us.

*Playwright and screenwriter Rose Leiman Goldemberg (The Burning Bed, Stone Pillow, numerous other works) has passed away.

*Actor Tony Peers (Emmerdale, Coronation Street, much more) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

*Musician/songwriter George Kooymans of Golden Earring is no longer with us.

*Wrestler turned actor Hulk Hogan (born Terry Gene Bollea) has passed away.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

JULY 31 IS HAWAII’S FLAG DAY (Ka Hae Hawaiʻi)

AND SOVEREIGNTY RESTORATION DAY. (Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea)

WE NEED MORE

GUN RESPONSIBILITY

NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!

BAN BOOK BANS!

POLITICALLY…

ON FOREIGN ISSUES…

*While only one Iranian Nuclear site was confirmed destroyed, Trump warned Iran about their nuclear ambitions. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Accusing it of being "too woke", Trump has pulled America out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/UNESCO.

*The US State Department questions Europe's concept of Free Speech.

*So which Gulf is it???

*The Tax Payer's cost of Trump visiting Scotland, but the trip isn't all government business.

*Analysis: Signal Gate might have been worse than first thought.

*Analysis: The current status of the State Department.

THE TRUMP TARIFF TURMOIL...

*The impending US/Japan trade agreement.

*The impending US/Philippines trade agreement.

*Amazon has started passing tariff costs onto consumers after all.

*Tariffs and the auto industry. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*The rising cost of hamburger.

*Some liquor makers have filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

*Tariffs and Halloween candy.🎃

ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…

*The Trump/Republican regime cannot end Birthright Citizenship, for now.

*Why were 2/TWO Italian visitors to America held in Alligator Alcatraz???

*Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from jail, pending trial.

*Filing taxes will soon become harder for those who do not speak/read English.

*It should come as no surprise that Trump's Border Czar supports ICE, even to the point of reassigning border patrol agents to assist in raids. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*ICE is also offering previously retired agents big incentives to return to work.

*The current Department of Justice is suing New York City over its Sanctuary City statutes.

ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...

*Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stood up to and even corrected Trump.

*The current Department of Justice still wants data on state's voting procedures.

*The polygraph leak searches have been suspended.

*There have been a lot of recent employee dismissals at the Department of Justice.

*Many employees of the US Department of Agriculture will have to relocate if they want to remain employed.

*Capital Gains taxes in the Housing Market may soon change.

*The Post Office's past and potential future.

*The redistricting debate in Texas is getting more serious. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Opinion: Russia did try to interfere with the 2016 Presidential Election. But Trump claims Obama assisted them. Which is not true. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)

ALSO…

FACT BASED OPINION

*The Trump/Republican regime may find it harder to permanently close the Department of Education than it first hoped, but they're still cutting school funding. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Columbia University has struck a deal with the Trump/Republican regime while Harvard and other universities are being investigated. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)

*Transgender athletes will not be allowed in to compete in future US Olympic and Paralympic Games.

*Since the Trump/Republican regime is now in control of it, will the Kennedy Center's Opera House be renamed for Melania Trump???

*First National Public Radio/NPR lost Federal Funding. Now NPR needs a new Editor-in-Chief.

*Opinion: One teacher is going back to work, post retirement.

*Trump's latest opinions on others.

*Opinion: What voters think.

*Speculation: On Elon Musk and Affirmative Action.

*Speculation: First it was Superman. Now it's Mister Fantastic???

*Speculation: The rich and the movie industry.

*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 JEFFREY EPSTEIN SITUATION...

*As Trump continues to try cover up the Epstein situation...

*If Trump wasn't close to Epstein, why did Epstein attend Trump's wedding to Marla Maples???

*The House of Representatives will not even contemplate the Epstein matter until after their summer vacation at the earliest.

*Trump wants his Justice Department to investigate Barack Obama instead of Epstein.

*One witness remembers.

*The Epstein Trial Transcripts will not be unsealed at this time.

*Trump claims he never went to Epstein's private island and now wants former President Bill Clinton investigated.

*Trump's name reportedly IS in the Epstein Files multiple times, but in what capacity???

*Trying to make sense of it all from the Republican perspective.

*Florida Governor Ron DeSantis did not have a good day.

*Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is talking to authorities.

*Speculation: Could Trump pardon Epstein's accomplice???

*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.

THE TEXAS FLOODS>AFTERMATH...

*FEMA needs a new chief for its Urban Search and Rescue Unit.

FACT BASED OPINION

MEDICAL NEWS…

*Yet another new COVID 19 strain has been confirmed in the US.

*Some are doing what they can to fight it as the Measles Crisis continues. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Could Mississippi be facing a Whooping Cough outbreak???

*United Health is being investigated.

*America's promised vaccination assistance may go bad before it can be delivered.

*Will Robert F. Kennedy Junior have to fight his own anti-vaccination group???

*Speculation: Should a Pharma Executive have a position with the Federal Food and Drug Administration/FDA???

⚖THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…

*The Court approved the dismal of 3/THREE members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

*The Trump/Republican regime wants the Court's permission to cut National Institutes of Health grants.

FACT BASED OPINION

SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…

*The Military is monitoring Government bathrooms???

*Breonna Taylor got justice after all.

*Some Student Loan Forgiveness has been reduced.

*Elon Musk wants to make a children's version of his Grok AI???

*Trump wants the Washington Commanders🏈 and the Cleveland Guardians⚾ to revert back to their old names of the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians. But in Washington's case, it was just a business decision. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*Opinion: Bibles in the schools, but porn on his computer???

STOP THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE!

*The man who drove into a Los Angeles Nightclub crowd is now facing multiple counts of attempted murder.

✅IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!

*Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has NOT resigned.

*Trump on inflation.

*Why did Trump make a fake video of Barack Obama being arrested???

MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…

FACT BASED OPINION

*A new judge.

*Considering a health care change.

*Former President Joseph Biden will always be investigated???

*Lara Trump does not want to become a Senator.

*Speculation: Does Trump have more power/authority than Congress???

*Speculation: Will Congress take action against Elon Musk's AI Grok???

*The latest Bills pending before Congress.

THE BUDGET BATTLE>AFTERMATH...

*Alaska will NOT be protected/excluded from the One Big Beautiful Bill's Budget after all.

FACT BASED OPINION

ELSEWHERE…

*CAUTION LADIES! The Tea App has been hacked!

*More reactions to CBS cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Including David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart. (There are 5/FIVE separate links in this item.)

*The current Federal Communications Commission has since approved the merger of Skydance and Paramount, owner of CBS: who promises more "responsible broadcasting." (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

*So how will Trump react to South Park's season premiere???

*Speculation: Trump's next late night targets???

😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

*The youngest premature baby celebrates his first birthday.

*His first kiss.

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JULY 20-26, 2014

THIS YEAR IS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF BURGER KING

AND THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BARBIE DOLL.

AMONGST EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD THIS PAST WEEK...

*The Iraqi Parilament has elected Fuad Masum the country's new President.
*Joko Widodo will be the new President of Indonesia.
*Reuven Rivlin has been sworn in as the new President of Israel.
*Pacific Ocean residents have started recovery operations from Typhoon Rammasun, while concerned about Typhoon Matmo. The latter is believed responsible for the crash of TransAsia Airways Flight 222.
*There has been a confirmed death in Nigeria because of the Ebola Virus.
*Yumen, China might be the site of a new outbreak of bubonic plague.
*Lithuania will officially start using the Euro exclusively January 1, 2015.
*The surviving members of the Monty Python comedy troop have concluded their brief reunion performances, with many fearing this may be the last time the entire company will be together on one stage.
*Pope Francis surprised Vatican employees by eating lunch with them in the employee cafeteria on Friday, and "busing his own tray afterwards". Meanwhile, the Pontiff is taking a strong stand against the Italian Mafia, and is allegedly considering a goodwill tour of the United States in 2015.
*The 2014 Commonwealth Games have begun in Glasgow, Scotland.
*Professional golfer Rory McIlroy has won the 2014 (British) Open Championship.
*Civil unrest continues along the Gaza Strip, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and Syria.

CONCERNING THE UKRAINE AND RUSSIA...
*The bodies from Malaysia Flight 17, which was shot down last weekend, are
reported to have been moved "to an undisclosed location", with few (so far) turned over to outside authorities. Resumed fighting near Donetsk have kept investigators from the crash site, but they have received the plane's flight recorders. Meanwhile, it is feared the weapon system used to shoot down the plane has been shipped back to Russia before it could be examined.
*The European Union has agreed to impose new sanctions against Russia, urging the country to "rein in" the rebels.
*The International Committee of the Red Cross has declared the Ukraine is officially in a civil war, thus making the future prosecution of war criminals possible; including those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Flight 17.
*Arseniy Yatsenyuk has resigned as Ukrainian Prime Minister, worried that their Parliament is more concerned with politics than the country. Volodymyr Hroisman has been appointed acting Prime Minister.
*The United States says it has proof Russia is firing artillery over their border at Ukrainian targets. Meanwhile, the US and the Netherlands will be strengthening their own sanctions against Russia.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...

*Congressional Republicans have voted in favor of going forth with Speaker of the House John Boehner's lawsuit against President Barack Obama. They will be using Federal funds (taxpayer's money) to finance their legal action, although most citizens polled call the action "stupid" and wish Congress would actually do something useful for a change.
*President Obama, on record for saying he "is not going to apologize for trying to do something while they're doing nothing," has been concentrating on actual government business, including declaring "non-refugee children trying to cross the borders into America illegally will be sent back."

*Wikipedia has suspended any changes made to their public information forum originating from Congressional computers after several incidents of "disruptive editing" (vandalism of data). There has been no confirmation as to who has been changing what, only that the computers involved were located in Congressional facilities.
*The State Department has temporarily closed the American Embassy in Tripoli because of the unsettled situation in Libya.

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