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  • DemocracyisDead News: 09.23.2025 - 10.02.2025

    DemocracyisDead News: 09.23.2025 - 10.02.2025
    Oct 3 2025

    We continue with our Democracy is Dead News segment covering the policy changes and goings-on in the new American Fascist administration. This is a weekly addition to the podcast to attempt to catalogue for listeners as concisely as possible the growing fascist threat in America perpetrated and planned by the Trump regime. Please see references below.

    References:

    Intro/outro music: Back at It - Silencyde

    Re: Government Shutdown

    https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-10-1-2025

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr6pnky7vyo

    Re: Evidence of 800 Republican lawmakers and the evidence for rape and sexual assault including minors.

    https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vTFikAP6MXDCJjWzgMIOvpsT1ji-HwO-rLEvNE8e-cfCGh0YHoZluIG5TEsmwFub7MzIDfh0XgvcWL8/pub?pli=1

    Re: Pam Bondi briefing Trump that his name is in the Epstein files

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/bondi-trump-epstein-list-files

    Re: Mass Layoffs

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/1/live-us-government-shuts-down-starts-as-trump-threatens-mass-layoffs

    https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-government-shutdown-gaza-israel-hamas-october-01-2025-live-updates/3995848/

    Re: Generals and Admirals meeting

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgq044n72po.amp

    Re: Portland National Guard Deployment

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/portland-national-guard-trump-deployment-lawsuit

    Re: Gaza Flotilla

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/greta-thunberg-gaza-flotilla-live-israel-palestine-b2835931.html

    Re: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza

    https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165517

    Re: Copenhagen summit

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-macron-edi-rama-mocking-b2838303.html
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    14 min
  • Democracy is Dead News: Sep 15 2025 – Sep 23 2025

    Democracy is Dead News: Sep 15 2025 – Sep 23 2025
    Sep 24 2025

    We continue with our Democracy is Dead News segment covering the policy changes and goings-on in the new American Fascist administration. This is a weekly addition to the podcast to attempt to catalogue for listeners as concisely as possible the growing fascist threat in America perpetrated and planned by Trump's second term. Please see references below.

    References:

    Tom Homan Corruption:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/20/tom-homan-undercover-fbi-agents

    ICE custody deaths so far this year:

    https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-05/ices-deadly-tally-14-migrants-have-died-in-custody-in-trumps-first-year.html

    Palestinian statehood recognition:

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/21/keir-starmer-palestine-recognition-announcement-gaza-uk-politics-live

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/politics/trump-gaza-un-isolated

    Israel blocking aid to Gaza

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6ynz22871o

    Israel murdering fleeing Gazans

    https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165896

    California Mask Ban

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8rrprv90xo

    $100 000 bill for H1B visas implemented by Trump:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2zk4l8g26o

    1 Million dollar gold card for US citizenship:

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/trump-rolls-out-1mn-gold-card-check-visa-plan-eligibility-and-other-key-details-101758378222424.html

    CDC head fired by RFK jr.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn76dz1zxz3o

    States going against federal vaccine mandates:

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/21/states-healthcare-vaccines-recommendations

    Charlie Kirk Memorial

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgee0x9p40o

    Jimmy Kimmel cancellation

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/late-night-show-host-kimmel-cancel-colbert-letterman

    Trump going after political opponents:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wgg4vgeedo
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    17 min
  • DemocracyisDead – The Reaction to the Death of Charlie Kirk

    DemocracyisDead – The Reaction to the Death of Charlie Kirk
    Sep 16 2025

    In this episode we discuss the fallout of the murder of Charlie Kirk, specifically how the Right and Left have reacted and how this has inflamed the Trump regime into further statements of aggression and escalated tensions between both sides.

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    18 min
  • DemocracyisDead – The 2026 Midterms Will Be Rigged

    DemocracyisDead – The 2026 Midterms Will Be Rigged
    Sep 1 2025

    In this episode, we discuss what is meant by 'rigging' and why there is a very strong possibility that the 2026 Midterm elections will not be legitimate. We also discuss what can be done about it and why we need to do something about it now.
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    23 min
  • Democracy is Dead News: May 05 2025 – May 10 2025

    Democracy is Dead News: May 05 2025 – May 10 2025
    May 11 2025
    We continue with our Democracy is Dead News segment covering the policy changes and goings-on in the new American Fascist administration. This is a weekly addition to the podcast to attempt to catalogue for listeners as concisely as possible the growing fascist threat in America perpetrated and planned by Trump's second term. Please see references below. Intro/outro music: Back at It - Silencyde References: Re: Stephen Miller https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/09/end-habeas-corpus-detention-trump-stephen-miller https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/6/america-first-legal-pro-trump-group-sues-chief-justice-roberts-denied/ Re: Pete Hegseth https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-reduce-4-star-positions-by-20-official-says-2025-05-05/ Re: Haitian gangs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/02/haiti-gangs-terrorist-groups-us Re: Newark Mayor arrested by ICE https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy904elvxj3o Re: Deporting Asians to Libya https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/libya-deportation-blocked-judge-migrants-trump-b2746782.html Re: CBP Recission of protections https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-rescinds-policies-on-care-of-pregnant-women-infants/ Re: ICE in Worcester, MA https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrest-mother-video-massachusetts-daughter-b2747948.html Re: Release of students from Columbia and Tufts https://apnews.com/article/mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-student-palestinian-release-dd95ffff78464df1b485d5912f1b3fcb https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/trump-tufts-student-deportation-rumeysa-ozturk Re: White Afikaner refugees to be welcomed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/us-grants-asylum-to-54-white-afrikaner-south-africans Re: Ban of transgender troops https://apnews.com/article/transgender-troop-ban-hegseth-pentagon-45c8eeec86c3148eadf63ff8d709f00b Re: FEMA https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/05/trump-admin-fires-acting-fema-administrator-after-house-hearing/ Re: NIH pulls out of Safe to Sleep/SIDS misinformation https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/nih-ends-participation-in-safe-to-sleep-campaign-to-prevent-infant-deaths/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/the-trump-administration-canceled-a-program-that-reduced-sids-enter-the-anti-vaxxers/ Re: Trump picks for Surgeon General and DC prosecutor https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/kennedy-defends-new-surgeon-general-pick-maga-backlash-2025-05-08/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jnl79mejo Re: Executive order regarding DHS and immigration https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/establishing-project-homecoming/ Re: US-UK trade deal https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/us-uk-trade-deal-beef-explained-trump-starmer-b2747429.html https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/09/us-uk-trade-deal-imposes-conditions-on-ownership-of-british-steel-plants Re: Shiloh Hendrix raises money after calling child N-word https://newrepublic.com/article/194925/shiloh-hendrix-right-ring-fundraising
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    23 min
  • Democracy is Dead News: April 28 2025 – May 05 2025

    Democracy is Dead News: April 28 2025 – May 05 2025
    May 6 2025
    We continue with our Democracy is Dead News segment covering the policy changes and goings-on in the new American Fascist administration. This is a weekly addition to the podcast to attempt to catalogue for listeners as concisely as possible the growing fascist threat in America perpetrated and planned by Trump's second term. Please see references below. References: Re: Trump budget proposal https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-unveils-federal-budget-blueprint-2025-05-02/ Re: Gaza Malnutrition and Starvation: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/57-palestinians-starved-to-death-under-israels-blockade-of-gaza Re: Pierre Polliviere losing Canadian election https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkx3gdvv75o Re: Australia election results https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxgwnj8v5eo Re: Zelensky minerals deal and Trump meeting https://kyivindependent.com/vatican-meeting-with-trump-was-best-conversation-yet-zelensky-says/ https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-says-conclusion-of-minerals-deal-is-first-result-of-talks-with-trump-in-vatican/ Re: Marco Rubio, Germany’s AFD party https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/marco-rubio-germany-afd Re: Fentanyl and Narcan https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/trump-news-doj-fentanyl-pam-bondi-lives-saved.html https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/05/01/opiod-overdose-miracle-drug-faces-56m-cuts Re: Trump and upholding the Constitution. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-asked-uphold-constitution-says-dont-know-rcna204580 Re: Executive order Hegseth and Pam Bondi https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bondi-hegseth-military-law-enforcement-b2741549.html Re: Trump 3rd term and 22nd amendment https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9l3399wvno https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-22/#:~:text=No%20person%20shall%20be%20elected,the%20President%20more%20than%20once. Re: Trump taking credit for economy good parts and blaming bad parts on Biden. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-rejects-concerns-prices-economic-uncertainty-defends-agenda-rcna203512 Re: LA ports and Tariffs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/los-angeles-ports-trump-tariffs Re: Trump’s polling numbers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-popularity-voters-economy-immigration Re: Economy Contraction https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/30/economy-gdp-q1-trump-tariffs Re: Trump DOJ and warrantless search https://newrepublic.com/post/194442/trump-doj-memo-ice-arrest-search-warrant Re: Warrantless Mahmoud Khalil https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-student-mahmoud-khalil-was-detained-arrest-warrant-trump-admi-rcna202946 Re: Memos regarding Trump admin telling ICE to break into homes https://www.thedailybeast.com/leaked-memo-donald-trumps-ice-breaking-into-homes-without-warrant/ https://newrepublic.com/post/194442/trump-doj-memo-ice-arrest-search-warrant Re: ICE stealing life savings https://newrepublic.com/post/194557/ice-invades-wrong-home-oklahoma-girls-underwear-life-savings https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/oklahoma-city-ice-raid-family-defend-themselves-rcna204308 Re: Mike Waltz Ousting https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mike-waltz-trump-problem-signal-scandal-rcna204222 Re: Trump military parade cost https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-defends-high-cost-military-parade-peanuts-rcna204581 Re: Trump Pope picture https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrg8zkz8d0o Re: Cutting funding to PBS and NPR https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/npr-pbs-funding-trump-order Re: Mexico says no to US troops crossing boarder https://www.npr.org/2025/05/04/nx-s1-5386456/mexico-president-rejected-trumps-plan-us-troops-across-border Re: Trump and Due Process https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-hes-unsure-whether-people-us-are-entitled-due-process-2025-05-04/ Re: Republicans shoot down amendments prohibiting deportation of US citizens https://newrepublic.com/post/194664/republicans-kill-amendment-stop-ice-deporting-us-citizens Re: ICE RAIDS and city events https://www.cnn.com/us/cultural-events-canceled-trump-deportations Re: Martin Diaz detention https://www.newsweek.com/man-who-came-us-toddler-married-us-citizen-detained-ice-2067654 Re: Death in ICE custody https://truthout.org/articles/3-people-die-in-ice-custody-in-april-as-conditions-worsen-in-immigration-jails/ Re: Health Tracking Programs: https://apnews.com/article/cdc-disease-tracking-health-surveillance-554eb9aa20b758714eba8b835dcde856 Re: RFK autism https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/autism-community-needs-rfkjr-stigma-funding-rcna203578 Re: RFK Autism Registry https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/rfk-jr-autism-registry-trump-google-ice-hegseth-rcna202393 Re: RFK vaccines https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkx3egk3ygo Re: Homan vs. AOC ...
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    20 min
  • Democracy is Dead News: April 22 2025 – April 28 2025

    Democracy is Dead News: April 22 2025 – April 28 2025
    May 4 2025
    We continue with our Democracy is Dead News segment covering the policy changes and goings-on in the new American Fascist administration. This is a weekly addition to the podcast to attempt to catalogue for listeners as concisely as possible the growing fascist threat in America perpetrated and planned by Trump's second term. Please see references below. References: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: https://pennstatelaw.psu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/pdfs/Immigrants/Home_Customize.pdf Re: Executive orders https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bondi-hegseth-military-law-enforcement-b2741549.html Re: Threats on the judiciary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/wisconsin-judge-hannah-dugan-democrats-republicans https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/new-mexico-judge-arrested-venezuelan-gang-b2739551.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/trump-immigration-executive-orders https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/new-mexico-judge-arrested-venezuelan-gang-b2739551.html https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/trump-administration-initimidates-judges/682620/ https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_e6ce6e4a-4161-476f-8d28-94150a891092.html Hitler statement on judges https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/transcripts/3-transcript-for-nmt-3-justice-case?seq=209 Re: Media record subpoenas https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/reversal-us-justice-department-says-media-records-can-be-seized-leak-probes-2025-04-26/ Re: ActBlue https://apnews.com/article/trump-actblue-democratic-fundraising-9f990e668572709ce0e3260bbdb6f61b Re: George Santos https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/george-santos-sentenced-87-months-prison-fraud Re: Immigration and deportations https://www.latintimes.com/wife-kids-abrego-garcia-safe-house-after-us-officials-publish-home-address-i-dont-feel-safe-581507 https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article304988381.html https://apnews.com/article/immigration-mothers-deported-d8c5c0353c18e9ee0c228ea15e02d759 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/migrant-children-deportation-hearings-b2739754.html Re: Women’s Health initiative https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/womens-health-initiative-trump-cuts-reversed Re: Bird flu https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-cancels-science-group-workshop-preventing-human-bird-flu-infections-2025-04-29/ Re: Salmonella in raw poultry https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/usda-salmonella-poultry-withdraw-biden-plan-1235325722/ Re: Measles https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/texas-measles-cases Re: Defunding Narcan program https://www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-godsend-narcan-program-that-helped-reduce-overdose-deaths-despite-his-past-heroin-581846 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-narcan-overdose-grant-b2739727.html Re: Wikipedia https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-prosecutor-threatens-wikipedia Re: DOGE and NPS https://www.fodors.com/news/news/national-parks-will-now-be-run-by-elon-musks-doge Re: Tariff effects https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/trump-tariffs-shipments-us-ports https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truckers-speak-english-order-b2741432.html
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    17 min
  • Democracy is Dead – Due Process, Due Schmocess

    Democracy is Dead – Due Process, Due Schmocess
    Apr 29 2025

    In this episode of DemocracyisDead, we discuss the suspension of due process that the Trump Regime has been implementing against those they are "deporting" but really kidnapping and exiling from the country.

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    10 min
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