Democracy is Dead News: May 05 2025 – May 10 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.   Intro/outro music: Back at It - Silencyde   References: Re: Stephen Miller https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/09/end-habeas-corpus-detention-trump-stephen-miller https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/6/america-first-legal-pro-trump-group-sues-chief-justice-roberts-denied/ Re: Pete Hegseth https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-reduce-4-star-positions-by-20-official-says-2025-05-05/   Re: Haitian gangs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/02/haiti-gangs-terrorist-groups-us   Re: Newark Mayor arrested by ICE https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy904elvxj3o   Re: Deporting Asians to Libya https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/libya-deportation-blocked-judge-migrants-trump-b2746782.html   Re: CBP Recission of protections https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-rescinds-policies-on-care-of-pregnant-women-infants/   Re: ICE in Worcester, MA https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrest-mother-video-massachusetts-daughter-b2747948.html   Re: Release of students from Columbia and Tufts https://apnews.com/article/mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-student-palestinian-release-dd95ffff78464df1b485d5912f1b3fcb   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/trump-tufts-student-deportation-rumeysa-ozturk   Re: White Afikaner refugees to be welcomed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/us-grants-asylum-to-54-white-afrikaner-south-africans   Re: Ban of transgender troops https://apnews.com/article/transgender-troop-ban-hegseth-pentagon-45c8eeec86c3148eadf63ff8d709f00b   Re: FEMA https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/05/trump-admin-fires-acting-fema-administrator-after-house-hearing/   Re: NIH pulls out of Safe to Sleep/SIDS misinformation https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/nih-ends-participation-in-safe-to-sleep-campaign-to-prevent-infant-deaths/   https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/the-trump-administration-canceled-a-program-that-reduced-sids-enter-the-anti-vaxxers/   Re: Trump picks for Surgeon General and DC prosecutor https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/kennedy-defends-new-surgeon-general-pick-maga-backlash-2025-05-08/    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2jnl79mejo   Re: Executive order regarding DHS and immigration https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/establishing-project-homecoming/     Re: US-UK trade deal https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/us-uk-trade-deal-beef-explained-trump-starmer-b2747429.html   https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/09/us-uk-trade-deal-imposes-conditions-on-ownership-of-british-steel-plants     Re: Shiloh Hendrix raises money after calling child N-word https://newrepublic.com/article/194925/shiloh-hendrix-right-ring-fundraising