Democracy is Dead News: March 15 2025 - March 22 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: Attempted POC Erasure from military websites https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran   https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/03/17/navajo-code-talkers-trump-dei-military-websites-wwii     Re: Illegal detainment https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tourists-us-residents-detained-arrested-deported-ice-immigration-trump   https://apnews.com/article/immigration-arrests-chicago-complaint-bcc80d6aeeed824428431a318e427cd3   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/20/cecot-el-salvador-venezuela-prison-trump-deportations   https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/trump-foreign-prison-threats-civil-rights-groups-027162   Re: Revoking temporary legal status https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33706jy774o   Re: Dept of Ed https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79zxzj90nno   https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/trump-order-education-department-dismantle   Re: Dismantling IMLS https://www.ala.org/faq-executive-order-targeting-imls   Re: Trump disregarding Biden pardons https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxqk1x0n5lo   Re: Student travel ban https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/yale-warn-international-students-travel-ban   Re: US Human rights report https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-human-rights-report-00238581   Re: Canada and European urging travel precautions to US https://www.wesa.fm/2025-03-22/some-european-countries-and-canada-issue-advisories-for-travelers-to-the-u-s   Re: Social Security Cuts https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5320263/social-security-administration-changes-identity-office   Re: Columbia University Caving to Trump https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q499x3v4yo   https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/columbia-university-ban-masks-trump-republican-demand-pro-palestinian-israel-protests/   Re: Media silencing https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250319-trump-mutes-voice-of-america-rfe-rl-makes-space-for-russian-and-chinese-influence   Re: Israel/Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/why-has-israel-resumed-large-scale-airstrikes-on-gaza   Re: Russia/Ukraine https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-ceasefire-talks-drones-65c00a0afd130731e0e0c054ac528b44   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-trump-putin-zelensky-ceasefire-latest-news-b2719778.html   Re: Bird flu H5N1 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/   Re: FTC https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-both-democratic-commissioners-ftc-sources-say-2025-03-18/   Re: Elon/DOGE https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/doge-institute-peace-staff-resistance-00238488   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/musk-starlink-internet-white-house   https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elon-musk-calls-prosecutions-pentagon-staff-who-leaked-new-york-times-2025-03-21/   https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-threatens-pentagon-leakers-new-york-times-briefing-china-war/   Re: ICE detention of 48 New Mexican Residents https://www.aclu-nm.org/en/press-releases/urgent-human-rights-complaint-submitted-after-ice-disappears-48-new-mexico-residents