Five in Ten 8/4/23: The Friday Five - The Bear, the Dragon, and Paper Soldiers

As the US faces the possibility of war with Russia in Eastern Europe and China over Taiwan, the Pentagon is fixated on offering special perks to transgender soldiers that makes them undeployable.

5) Case against Trump based on making protected speech illegal; 4) Ukraine’s Zelensky tries to provoke Putin into widening the war to bring in NATO; 3) China prepares for war while US military morphs into social justice and welfare program; 2) Potential of war in West Africa over Niger coup; 1) Elderly woman distracts home invader with peanut butter and crackers while she calls police.