Democracy is Dead News: April 28 2025 – May 05 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 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/aoc-claps-back-at-tom-homans-deportation-threat-come-take-me/articleshow/120853602.cms   https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/aoc-challenges-border-czar-tom-homan-to-come-for-me-after-doj-referral-threat/ar-AA1E6DmA?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1   Re: Climate Change Dismissing by White house https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380816/climate-assessment-authors-released   Re: Oklahoma social studies curriculum https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-social-studies-standards-moving-forward-ryan-walters/64623287