Democracy is Dead News: April 13 2025 – April 21 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: Homegrown deportations to El Salvador https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-home-growns-bukele-citizens-b2733207.html   Re: April 19th protests https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/anti-trump-rallies-protests   Re: Replacing Hegseth https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department   Re: Supreme court blocking deportation of Venezuelan prisoners. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alito-supreme-court-trump-venezuelans-b2736398.html   Re: Abrego Garcia https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/chris-van-hollen-kilmar-abrego-garcia   https://abcnews.go.com/US/el-salvador-government-rejects-lawmakers-request-visit-abrego/story?id=120910107   Re: Erlin Richards deportation https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/green-card-holder-living-in-us-since-the-90s-detained-after-international-travel-return-heres-why/3806639/   Re: Immigration OS and Palantir https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-palantir-expanding-immigrant-surveillance-tools-ice-tune-30-million   Re: Mohsen Mahdawi arrest https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/21/mohsen_mawdawi   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/protesters-chain-themselves-to-columbia-university-campus-gates-to-call-for-activists-release/3544835   Re: American Citizen  doctor asked to self-deport https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna201698   Re: Jose Hermosillo detention   https://news.azpm.org/p/news-articles/2025/4/18/224512-us-citizen-in-arizona-detained-by-immigration-officials-for-10-days/   Re: Indonesian father with valid visa detained https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/aditya-wahyu-harsono-immigration-indonesia   Re: Japanese student https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/visa-reinstated-byu-student-japan-fishing-citation-speeding-tickets-rcna202216   Re: Two german tourists deported https://beatofhawaii.com/why-these-hawaii-travelers-were-jailed-and-deported/   Re: IRS and Harvard https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-irs-planning-rescind-harvards-tax-exempt-status-cnn-reports-2025-04-16/   Re: Trans kids tip line https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/administration-opens-a-snitch-line-to-report-trans-kids-getting-health-care/   Re: Increasing birth rate https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-musk-vance-birth-rate-b2736924.html   Re: RFK building autism registry https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/rfk-jr-autism-nih   Re: Ben Edwards measles https://apnews.com/article/texas-measles-outbreak-rfk-jr-ben-edwards-2dd7c79d47c64ad2e6d4a4ac3c87ec1f   Re: Lab Leak Theory https://abcnews.go.com/Health/white-house-covid-web-page-page-supporting-lab/story?id=120956514   Re: Dr. Oz telling US citizens to not get sick and use less drugs https://www.latintimes.com/dr-oz-ridiculed-advising-americans-use-less-drugs-reduce-drug-spending-tell-that-diabetic-581196   Re: HHS budget cuts https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-health-budget-cuts-hhs   Re: Measles Cases https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html   Re: DOGE and social security https://www.thedailybeast.com/doge-goons-physically-drag-social-security-worker-from-desk/   Re: CFPB firings blocked by judge https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-terminations-paused-trump/   Re: FSU shooter https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/fsu-shooting-florida-state-university-suspect-live-updates-b2735641.html   Re: Human rights changes at State Department https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5357511/state-department-human-rights-report-cuts   Re: Luigi Trial https://abcnews.go.com/US/luigi-mangione-indicted-federal-charges-ceo-killing/story?id=120928265   Re: 1 billion missing and DOGE https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/elon-musks-doge-shaves-off-nearly-1-billion-in-savings-overnight-internet-left-chasing-receipts/articleshow/120409881.cms?from=mdr   Re: Mexico counters deportations https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1k2zdrq/mexicos_sheinbaum_counters_trump_deportations/   Re: Crimea https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-peace-talks-include-recognizing-russian-control-of-crimea/   RE : Easter Ceasefire https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c787v5gxny7o   Re: Fox news calls Kyiv a Russian city https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-foreign-ministry-calls-out-fox-news-for-labeling-kyiv-a-russian-city/   Re: Murder of Gaza Aid workers https://www.politico.eu/article/israeli-military-says-review-into-its-killing-of-gaza-aid-workers-found-professional-failures/   Re: Pope Francis and Vance https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/jd-vance-granted-lightning-audience-with-pope-francis-in-vatican   Re: USAID cutting causing starvation in Sudan https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7x87ev5jyo