Nebraska Week in Review 07/28/25

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🌎 WORLD 👑

• Ukrainians are protesting in the street against Vladimir Zelensky - why didn’t we hear about it in the US? Because it doesn’t fit the narrative https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9w19vxjr44o

🦅 POLITICAL 🗽

• Republican Adam Gotschall resigns from Metro Community College Board for voicing his personal opinion after screenshots are leaked. How many of those voting to censure him have voiced anti-Christian bias in private conversations yet go unscathed? The hypocrisy of the Left once again on full display https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-mcc-emergency-meeting-board-member-resignation/65503251

🌽 AGRICULTURE 🐄

• Governor Pillen attends Nebraska’s Big Rodeo https://x.com/TeamPillen/status/1948779443323109521

🏅 SPORTS 🏈

• US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports https://apnews.com/article/team-usa-transgender-athletes-338c43225fdfad936d4b85c1a67ced36

✈️ IMMIGRATION 🪅

• The University of Nebraska at Omaha is under investigation by the Department of Education for scholarships that that were weighted towards non-Americans https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/uno-under-investigation-for-alleged-exclusionary-scholarships-for-daca-underrepresented-minority-students/

⚖️ LEGAL 🚔

• Offutt AFB contractor pleads guilty to conspiring to share classified info on dating site https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/stratcom-contractor-pleads-guilty-to-conspiring-to-share-classified-info-on-dating-site/

• Cornerstone Christian School in Bellevue, NE makes the headlines for a financial scandal https://www.wowt.com/2025/07/15/embezzlement-revealed-private-bellevue-school-after-federal-filing-by-parents/

📖 EDUCATION 🎓

• Did you know there is an alternative to NEA? Forward this to all your friends who are educational professionals so they can sign up and break free from the Teacher’s Union monopoly https://forwardnebraska.substack.com/p/dump-the-nea-national-education-association

💪 HEALTH & WELLNESS 🍉

• Abortions statistics were up in 2024, we’ll see if the 12-week abortion ban passed in 2023 will put downward pressure on those numbers in the long term https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/02/nebraska-abortions-rise-7-same-year-voters-cement-restrictions/

• This is all the more reason to get behind the latest personhood petition being circulated - please spread the word to protect all unborn babies! https://chooselifenow.net/

🎪 EVENTS 🍺

• Nebraska State Fair August 22nd - September 2nd

• NFFV Constitution Day Celebration September 13th

• Ashland Trap Shoot 2025 September 21st

• SperaVita Institute Hope for Life Ball November 13th

🎙️ PODCASTS 🔊

• MAHA Mamas

• 1136 Ministries

• That’s Based

• Trent Loos