Democracy is Dead News: March 30 2025 - April 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 Third Term https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-third-term-republicans-b2723487.html   https://medium.com/@jamesrawillis/trump-in-four-years-you-wont-have-to-vote-again-d337b8fcfb9f   https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/09/13/trump-says-he-will-negotiate-third-term-because-hes-entitled-to-it/   https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term   Re: Signal and National Security https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/white-house-moving-on-waltz-signal-drama-00260891   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/trump-mike-waltz-signal-groups   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/michael-waltz-gmail-signal-national-security   https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/schumer-proposes-security-trainingtrump-officials-signalgate   Re: Laura Loomer and NSA firings https://apnews.com/article/trump-waltz-laura-loomer-national-security-council-959b718b04b240c5c8ba3736b4d8aa62   Re: Tariffs and Stock market crash https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/stock-markets-trump-tariffs   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/trump-tariffs-come-into-effect-in-seismic-shift-to-global-trade   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjl3k1we8vo   Re: El Salvador detention https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/el-salvador-deportations-removal-gang-tattooos-what-happens-now-cecot-trump-ice-dhs/   https://apnews.com/article/trump-el-salvador-prison-kilmar-abrego-garcia-5a92d6bd7f893eed64c2607cc129a6f9   Re: US-Canada border detentions https://www.investigativepost.org/2025/04/01/feds-locking-up-families-children-at-canadian-border/     Re: College student visas https://apnews.com/article/college-international-student-f1-visa-ice-trump-7a1d186c06a5fdb2f64506dcf208105a   https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/02/csu-cu-uccs-international-students-visas-revoked/   https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2025/04/04/arizona-state-university-student-detained-after-visa-revocation/82793138007/   https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/stanford-students-visas-revoked-20260431.php   https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2025/04/04/ohio-state-university-5-international-students-visas-revoked-trump/82893316007/ Re: RFK and HHS cuts https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoff-rfk-staff-cuts   https://apnews.com/article/heating-assistance-hhs-layoffs-kennedy-trump-91e466c458ac804b098be00867a92106   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/maternal-child-health-cuts   https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/02/hhs-layoffs-world-trade-center-program-staff/82775014007/   https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/04/03/trump-administration-and-doge-eliminate-staff-who-help-older-adults-and-people-with-disabilities/   https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-rfk-job-cuts-communications-foia-operations/   Re: Measles https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html   https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/05/us-has-twice-as-many-measles-cases-so-far-this-year-than-in-all-of-2024   https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/the-cdc-buried-a-measles-forecast-that-stressed-the-need-for-vaccinations/   Re: Pertussis https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-louisiana-infants-die-whooping-vaccinations.html   Re: Dr. Oz Senate confirmation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/mehmet-oz-confirmation-medicare-medicaid   Re: Domestic/State Programs and Issues https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-peace-corps-says-musks-cost-cutting-team-has-arrived-its-hq-2025-04-04/   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor   https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dade-county-ends-water-fluoridation-after-vote-22787216   https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-doe-targets-calif-and-other-blue-states-cuts-leaked-docs   https://prh.org/press-releases/trump-cuts-35-million-in-title-x-funding/   https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/new-trump-administration-funding-freeze-imperils-reproductive-care