Democracy is Dead News: April 05 2025 – April 12 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:   References:   Re: SAVE Act https://apnews.com/article/congress-save-act-citizenship-voting-elections-a37c139461d11eb5f82086680b67ffe7   Re: Immigration https://apnews.com/article/rubio-south-sudan-visas-f2716e1871d8d1422546fdc447bac215   https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62gnzzeg34o   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/kilmar-abrego-garcia-wrongly-deported   https://apnews.com/article/living-immigrants-dead-social-security-numbers-trump-c10737cbe36e3108fb244a555777d880   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/irs-ice-tax-data   https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-fine-migrants-998-day-failing-leave-after-deportation-order-2025-04-08/   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-student-visas-deportation   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/australian-with-us-working-visa-detained-insulted-deported   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/amir-makled-phone-search-border-immigration   https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-press-sec-says-trumps-seriously-considering-deporting-u-s-citizens/   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/homeland-security-revokes-legal-status-for-migrants-who-entered-u-s-using-cbp-one-app   https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/04/13/boston-immigration-attorney-a-citizen-told-by-dhs-to-leave-the-country/   https://documentedny.com/2025/04/12/dhs-cbp-one-trump-biden-legal-email-termination-notice-parole/   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeng08qe7zo   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/ice-todd-lyons-deporation-amazon     Re: Underground Railround revisionist history https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-national-park-service-underground-railroad-website-1235311535/   https://www.phillytrib.com/national-park-service-restores-underground-railroad-webpage-after-outcry/article_5b8aa5a9-2a22-569a-9f43-d2c74049a03a.html     Re: Environment and Climate Change https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-forests-emergency-logging-rollins-e2d7173bedcc697dee56f94ab613276f   https://apnews.com/article/trump-coal-industry-mining-fact-check-69bc9919c2899a87c65c4c89a84a973e   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-water-pressure-shower-executive-order-b2730973.html   Re: Tariffs and stock market https://apnews.com/article/trump-truth-social-djt-tesla-musk-tariffs-pause-fccfa6b06c8f1ec0cd7844641ca52669   https://apnews.com/article/greene-stocks-conflicts-interest-restoration-hardware-tariffs-trump-f9922a970c837cb76dd8ddc01f20f51d   Re: RFK Jr and measles https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-texas-rfk-new-mexico-kansas-vaccine-e904ec9781f1d164c73afe4ab71774fe   https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/rfk-jr-measles-flip-flop-is-never-coming/   Re: DOGE https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-doge-privacy-personal-info-data-social-security-1235312853/   https://www.theverge.com/news/644327/musk-doge-irs-hackathon-taxpayer-data-transfer-cloud   https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/04/ssa-shifts-to-x-posts-for-official-messaging-after-cuts-to-communications-staff/   Re: Other authoritarian actions https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-mobilized-armed-marshals-warn-ex-lawyer-over-congressional-2025-04-07/   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-directs-doj-to-investigate-former-administration-officials-who-criticized-him   https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/column-fed-chairs-job-security-depends-embattled-supreme-court-precedent-2024-11-11/   https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/09/congress/house-passes-national-injunction-bill-00282914