Democracy is Dead

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 the Trump regime. Please see references below.   References:   Intro/outro music: Back at It - Silencyde   Re: Government Shutdown https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-10-1-2025   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr6pnky7vyo   Re: Evidence of 800 Republican lawmakers and the evidence for rape and sexual assault including minors. https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vTFikAP6MXDCJjWzgMIOvpsT1ji-HwO-rLEvNE8e-cfCGh0YHoZluIG5TEsmwFub7MzIDfh0XgvcWL8/pub?pli=1   Re: Pam Bondi briefing Trump that his name is in the Epstein files https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/bondi-trump-epstein-list-files   Re: Mass Layoffs https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/1/live-us-government-shuts-down-starts-as-trump-threatens-mass-layoffs   https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-government-shutdown-gaza-israel-hamas-october-01-2025-live-updates/3995848/   Re: Generals and Admirals meeting https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgq044n72po.amp   Re: Portland National Guard Deployment https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/portland-national-guard-trump-deployment-lawsuit   Re: Gaza Flotilla https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/greta-thunberg-gaza-flotilla-live-israel-palestine-b2835931.html   Re: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165517   Re: Copenhagen summit https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-macron-edi-rama-mocking-b2838303.html  

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: Tom Homan Corruption: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/20/tom-homan-undercover-fbi-agents   ICE custody deaths so far this year: https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-05/ices-deadly-tally-14-migrants-have-died-in-custody-in-trumps-first-year.html   Palestinian statehood recognition: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/21/keir-starmer-palestine-recognition-announcement-gaza-uk-politics-live   https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/politics/trump-gaza-un-isolated   Israel blocking aid to Gaza https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6ynz22871o   Israel murdering fleeing Gazans https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165896   California Mask Ban https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8rrprv90xo   $100 000 bill for H1B visas implemented by Trump: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2zk4l8g26o   1 Million dollar gold card for US citizenship: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/trump-rolls-out-1mn-gold-card-check-visa-plan-eligibility-and-other-key-details-101758378222424.html   CDC head fired by RFK jr. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn76dz1zxz3o   States going against federal vaccine mandates: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/21/states-healthcare-vaccines-recommendations   Charlie Kirk Memorial https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgee0x9p40o   Jimmy Kimmel cancellation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/late-night-show-host-kimmel-cancel-colbert-letterman   Trump going after political opponents: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wgg4vgeedo  

In this episode we discuss the fallout of the murder of Charlie Kirk, specifically how the Right and Left have reacted and how this has inflamed the Trump regime into further statements of aggression and escalated tensions between both sides. 

In this episode, we discuss what is meant by 'rigging' and why there is a very strong possibility that the 2026 Midterm elections will not be legitimate. We also discuss what can be done about it and why we need to do something about it now.

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  

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  

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:   KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: https://pennstatelaw.psu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/pdfs/Immigrants/Home_Customize.pdf   Re: Executive orders https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bondi-hegseth-military-law-enforcement-b2741549.html     Re: Threats on the judiciary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/wisconsin-judge-hannah-dugan-democrats-republicans   https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/new-mexico-judge-arrested-venezuelan-gang-b2739551.html   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/trump-immigration-executive-orders   https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/new-mexico-judge-arrested-venezuelan-gang-b2739551.html   https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/trump-administration-initimidates-judges/682620/   https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_e6ce6e4a-4161-476f-8d28-94150a891092.html   Hitler statement on judges https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/transcripts/3-transcript-for-nmt-3-justice-case?seq=209     Re: Media record subpoenas https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/reversal-us-justice-department-says-media-records-can-be-seized-leak-probes-2025-04-26/   Re: ActBlue https://apnews.com/article/trump-actblue-democratic-fundraising-9f990e668572709ce0e3260bbdb6f61b   Re: George Santos https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/george-santos-sentenced-87-months-prison-fraud   Re: Immigration and deportations https://www.latintimes.com/wife-kids-abrego-garcia-safe-house-after-us-officials-publish-home-address-i-dont-feel-safe-581507   https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article304988381.html   https://apnews.com/article/immigration-mothers-deported-d8c5c0353c18e9ee0c228ea15e02d759   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/migrant-children-deportation-hearings-b2739754.html     Re: Women’s Health initiative https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/womens-health-initiative-trump-cuts-reversed     Re: Bird flu https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-cancels-science-group-workshop-preventing-human-bird-flu-infections-2025-04-29/   Re: Salmonella in raw poultry https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/usda-salmonella-poultry-withdraw-biden-plan-1235325722/   Re: Measles https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/texas-measles-cases   Re: Defunding Narcan program https://www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-godsend-narcan-program-that-helped-reduce-overdose-deaths-despite-his-past-heroin-581846   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-narcan-overdose-grant-b2739727.html   Re: Wikipedia https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-prosecutor-threatens-wikipedia Re: DOGE and NPS https://www.fodors.com/news/news/national-parks-will-now-be-run-by-elon-musks-doge   Re: Tariff effects https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/trump-tariffs-shipments-us-ports   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truckers-speak-english-order-b2741432.html  

In this episode of DemocracyisDead, we discuss the suspension of due process that the Trump Regime has been implementing against those they are "deporting" but really kidnapping and exiling from the country.

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

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:   References:   Re: SAVE Act https://apnews.com/article/congress-save-act-citizenship-voting-elections-a37c139461d11eb5f82086680b67ffe7   Re: Immigration https://apnews.com/article/rubio-south-sudan-visas-f2716e1871d8d1422546fdc447bac215   https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62gnzzeg34o   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/kilmar-abrego-garcia-wrongly-deported   https://apnews.com/article/living-immigrants-dead-social-security-numbers-trump-c10737cbe36e3108fb244a555777d880   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/irs-ice-tax-data   https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-fine-migrants-998-day-failing-leave-after-deportation-order-2025-04-08/   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-student-visas-deportation   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/australian-with-us-working-visa-detained-insulted-deported   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/amir-makled-phone-search-border-immigration   https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-press-sec-says-trumps-seriously-considering-deporting-u-s-citizens/   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/homeland-security-revokes-legal-status-for-migrants-who-entered-u-s-using-cbp-one-app   https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/04/13/boston-immigration-attorney-a-citizen-told-by-dhs-to-leave-the-country/   https://documentedny.com/2025/04/12/dhs-cbp-one-trump-biden-legal-email-termination-notice-parole/   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeng08qe7zo   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/ice-todd-lyons-deporation-amazon     Re: Underground Railround revisionist history https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-national-park-service-underground-railroad-website-1235311535/   https://www.phillytrib.com/national-park-service-restores-underground-railroad-webpage-after-outcry/article_5b8aa5a9-2a22-569a-9f43-d2c74049a03a.html     Re: Environment and Climate Change https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-forests-emergency-logging-rollins-e2d7173bedcc697dee56f94ab613276f   https://apnews.com/article/trump-coal-industry-mining-fact-check-69bc9919c2899a87c65c4c89a84a973e   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-water-pressure-shower-executive-order-b2730973.html   Re: Tariffs and stock market https://apnews.com/article/trump-truth-social-djt-tesla-musk-tariffs-pause-fccfa6b06c8f1ec0cd7844641ca52669   https://apnews.com/article/greene-stocks-conflicts-interest-restoration-hardware-tariffs-trump-f9922a970c837cb76dd8ddc01f20f51d   Re: RFK Jr and measles https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-texas-rfk-new-mexico-kansas-vaccine-e904ec9781f1d164c73afe4ab71774fe   https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/rfk-jr-measles-flip-flop-is-never-coming/   Re: DOGE https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-doge-privacy-personal-info-data-social-security-1235312853/   https://www.theverge.com/news/644327/musk-doge-irs-hackathon-taxpayer-data-transfer-cloud   https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/04/ssa-shifts-to-x-posts-for-official-messaging-after-cuts-to-communications-staff/   Re: Other authoritarian actions https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-mobilized-armed-marshals-warn-ex-lawyer-over-congressional-2025-04-07/   https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-directs-doj-to-investigate-former-administration-officials-who-criticized-him   https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/column-fed-chairs-job-security-depends-embattled-supreme-court-precedent-2024-11-11/   https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/09/congress/house-passes-national-injunction-bill-00282914      

In this episode of DemocracyisDead, we discuss the Insurrection Act that is slated to potentially be used on April 20th 2025 by the Trump Regime to consolidate power.

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    

In this episode we discuss the Trump Regime's and the GOPs plans to end free elections in this country and why we call the podcast DemocracyisDead.   References and Show Notes: SAVE Act: Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. Jan 3 congressional republicans. If enacted, the SAVE bill would require all voters to prove their American citizenship in-person when registering or updating their voter registration, providing specific documentation such as a passport or birth certificate.   According to an analysis of the bill by the Brennan Center for Justice, the SAVE Act would undermine voting rights and disenfranchise tens of millions of American voters, as more than 21 million citizens lack these documents.   The bill’s in-person requirement could also disenfranchise approximately 60 million rural voters, who would have to travel great distances to register to vote.   https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-save-act-an-attempt-to-restrict-voting-rights/   While this may sound easy for many Americans, the reality is that more than 140 million American citizens do not possess a passport and as many as 69 million women who have taken their spouse’s name do not have a birth certificate matching their legal name.   I’m sure that all the layoffs that are occurring will spare the people who issue passports so that they can get these 140 million people passports in the next four years so they can exercise their right to vote. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens/ ALL Mail in voting will be cancelled because proof of citizenship by this act will be required IN PERSON. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-undermine-voter-registration-all-americans   Americans abroad vote blue in overwhelming numbers. From 2020 to April of 2024, 77.65% voters using the voting tool votefromabroad.org registered as left leaning. 17.2% registered as having no party preference. Only 2.5% registered as Republican. https://www.democratsabroad.org/our_impact   Voter fraud allegations: https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-can-vote/vote-suppression/myth-voter-fraud Chip Roy a Texas republican. Executive order passed by Trump on voting rights. March 26 2025 The order requires individuals to show documents proving their citizenship in order to register to vote – permitting only a narrow set of documents, such as a passport, that many Americans do not have easy access to. It also attempts to bar states from counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, even if they were mailed and postmarked on or before Election Day. Currently, 18 states allow mail ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-condemns-illegal-unconstitutional-executive-order-seeking-to-undermine-voting-rights-in-federal-elections/ The order also directs the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to decertify any voting systems that use barcodes or QR codes on ballots — a technology commonly used across the country. The EAC is now tasked with reviewing all certifications within 180 days. This move could force states and counties to replace their voting machines on short notice — without any new funding. “Imagine buying new equipment, and now it’s suddenly banned,” said Connecticut Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas, who recently approved a $20 million purchase of new ballot scanners. “There is no remedy for that in the order.”  

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: Signalgate https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/   https://archive.is/20250329023654/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/   https://apnews.com/article/fbi-pentagon-attack-plans-petraeus-clinton-comey-3ab3773b2642abaf024d3a5f3eb66f4b     Re: Voter Registration Executive Order https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/trump-executive-order-voter-registration-immigration https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022   https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-executive-order-on-elections-aims-to-dictate-how-states-run-elections-and-handpicks-which-citizens-can-vote/   Re: Georgia Miscarriage https://thegeorgiasun.com/news/woman-arrested-after-miscarriage-in-georgia-under-abortion-law/   Re: Transgender people in military https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-denies-trump-admins-001645782.html   Re: Arrests by ICE https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-ice   https://www.wvtm13.com/article/university-alabama-student-detained-ice/64302744   https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/28/university-of-minnesota-student-detained-by-ice   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/columbia-gaza-protester-yunseo-chung-lawsuit   https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/trump-ice-milwaukee-laos-ma-yang-deported-b2721619.html   https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-calls-release-woman-legally-195654715.html   Re: Social media screening https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/student-visa-applications-denials   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-green-card-applicants-social-media-b2720180.html   Re: Auto Tariffs https://apnews.com/article/autos-tariffs-trump-tax-imports-ford-gm-e53823ef7bbb7b3c46d11eca90aaa638   Re: Shell companies https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2025/03/treasury-department-wont-enforce-beneficial-ownership-rule-under-the-corporate-transparency-act/   Re: USAID https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/appeals-court-usaid-ruling-doge-00259154   https://www.reuters.com/world/us/state-department-notified-congress-intent-reorganize-usaid-rubio-says-2025-03-28/   Re: Ending child vaccine aid https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/funding-for-child-vaccines-in-poor-nations-trump-administration/105101058   Re: RFK Jr and HHS https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/rfk-jr-plans-10000-job-cuts-major-health-department-restructuring-wsj-reports-2025-03-27/   https://apnews.com/article/fda-vaccine-chief-peter-marks-resign-rfk-kennedy-7743be11cec4e4e22c50c2ddbcb6bcd8   https://www.yahoo.com/news/after-rfk-jr-recommends-vitamin-a-as-a-measles-treatment-some-texas-patients-show-signs-of-toxicity-214353603.html   https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-government-pulls-back-over-11-billion-funding-state-health-departments-2025-03-26/   Re: Domestic Issues https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-takes-bid-slash-teacher-training-funds-us-supreme-court-2025-03-26/   https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-history-smithsonian-dei-687fd306dc9c6d7611300d74fe49b8aa   https://apnews.com/article/trump-unions-collective-bargaining-end-national-security-deabc796751dc038a8500774fe174a99   Re: Mike Johnson threat to shut down federal courts https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/house-mike-johnson-shut-down-court-trump-b2722358.html   Re: Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/congress-debates-bill-fast-track-approval-trump-and-musk-agency-cuts/404045/   Re: Child labor https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor   Re: Measles forecasts buried at CDC https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/the-cdc-buried-a-measles-forecast-that-stressed-the-need-for-vaccinations/  

In this episode we discuss the flagrant breaking of laws by the Trump administration and why there aren't any consequences of them doing it. We give multiple historical examples when this occurred and provide some predictions of what may be coming our way.

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  

In this week's episode, we discuss how the political landscape is changing perceptions of firearm ownership across the USA. If things have changed in your viewpoint, please let us know in the comments!

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: The 10 Democratic Senators that voted for Trump’s funding bill: ·       Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ·       Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania ·       Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada ·       Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii ·       Senator Durbin of Illinois ·       Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York ·       Senator Gary Peters of Michigan ·       Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire ·       Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire ·       Senator Angus King of Maine, an independent who frequentlycaucuses with Democrats     RE: Ukrainian conflict and Ceasefire https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg70y3ydmdno   https://eutoday.net/musks-cuts-halt-efforts-to-rescue-ukrainian-children/   Re: Department of education cuts https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ce98y47515jo   Re: USDA https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796   Re: USAID https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrxez45dr1o https://www.who.int/news/item/05-03-2025-funding-cuts-to-tuberculosis-programmes-endanger-millions-of-lives   Re: Tesla and Trump administration https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvze9dzq8vo   https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/musk-trump-100-million-donation-political-operation   Re: Travel ban https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/trump-administration-travel-restrictions   Re: Funding Bill https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/aoc-chuck-schumer-gop-funding-bill   Re: Panama Canal https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/trump-pentagon-panama-canal   Re: Duterte arrest https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgw1nklxezo   Re: Aliens Act https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5246028/trump-alien-enemies-act-tren-de-aragua-deportation   Re: Immigration/Deportation: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-03-14/green-card-holder-from-new-hampshire-interrogated-at-logan-airport-detained   Re: Migrant App https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/11/cbp-app-self-deport-00225102   Re: Indian Student Deported https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14501099/indian-student-deport-donald-trump-columbia-protesters-ranjani-srinivasan.html   Re: Deporting brain cancer child who is citizen https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-mexico-child-cancer-deportation-b2714565.html   Re: Summary of week https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rnzp4ye5zo    

** Apologies! Last Episode had the wrong file. This is the correct episode** 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: Columbia funding and protests ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gp979w055o⁠   Re: Postal Service Changes ⁠https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/trump-postal-service-executive-order-mail-voting-threat/⁠   Re: Transgender women in men’s prisons https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/transgender-women-prison-trump   Re: VA Lay offs https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/va-plans-lay-many-83000-employees-year/403477/   Re: NIH Layoffs ⁠https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/nih-faces-renewed-doge-directive-cut-staff-pre-covid-levels-putting-thousands-line-rifs/403593/⁠   Re: Politicizing Federal HR Officials ⁠https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/trump-administration-moves-politicize-top-hr-officials-following-firing-irs/403546/⁠   Re: TSA ⁠https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/trump-administration-outlaws-unions-tsa/403577/⁠   Re: Revoking protections for Ukrainians ⁠https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-revoke-legal-status-ukrainians-who-fled-us-sources-say-2025-03-06/⁠     Re: Ukraine hotel missile attack ⁠https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-attack-kills-two-injures-seven-ukraines-kryvyi-rih-2025-03-05/⁠   Re: US relationship with Hungary ⁠https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/07/donald-trump-considers-pulling-troops-out-of-germany/⁠   https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-us-agree-economic-cooperation-package-pm-orban-says-2025-03-08/   Re: Tariffs ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/trump-administration-briefing-trump-changes-tack-on-tariffs-again-as-us-plans-to-close-consulates⁠   Re: Cyberattacks Russia ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2er34w0jgdo⁠   Re: Fort Bliss ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/texas-army-fort-bliss-deportation-detention⁠   Re: Withdrawal from UN Climate Change Fund https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/us-exits-fund-that-compensates-poorer-countries-for-global-heating  

In this week's episode, we discuss the mechanisms by which the Trump administration is using to undermine voting in the next elections.

In this week's episode, we discuss the meeting that occurred this week between Ukraine President Zelenskyy and Trump and JD Vance at the White House. The ambush of a meeting with the invitation of Russian Media should leave everyone with no doubt that the intention was to discredit Ukrainian president because the US is compromised by a leader that kisses the Kremlin ring. References: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-crossroads-europe-and-russia https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dejydynngo https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn5220x56pqt https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2024 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/28/tass-oval-office-trump-zelenskyy-00206739

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: Flu and birdflu https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/worst-flu-season-influenza-virus-spread-new-bird-flu-cases-us-plus   Re: Measles https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-new-mexico-mmr-outbreak-vaccines-408371700e3ab548777bf0354e586549   Re: Tuberculosis https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/tuberculosis-kansas-city-missouri-tb-outbreak-treatment/   Re: Ukrainian conflict https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/22/its-blackmail-ukrainians-react-to-trump-demand-for-500bn-share-of-minerals   https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c62e2158mkpt   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93np4y0343o   Re: Government Firings https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93np4y0343o   Re: IVF https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg1rlnywyo   Re: Cutting legal aid for migrant children https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04ngq3lwl2o   Re: Firing of Joint Chief chair   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyr2xvn4dpo   Re: Enrique Tarrio arrest https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-arrested-a1b88e26b17e21193fbf92ad0e9a65e2    

n this week's episode, we discuss the next installment of the Fascist Playbook focusing on the myth that fascists care about Law and Order in the traditional sense of the terms. Laws pertain to everyone else and not them. The current Trump Regime is currently breaking or circumventing many of the laws our government has and you aren't hearing a peep from the right. Because it was never about Law and Order. It was always about the pursuit of power and wealth. Sources: How Fascism Works – Jason Stanley On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History – Matthew MacWilliams

In this week's episode, we discuss the next installment of the Fascist Playbook focusing on the sense of victimhood that fascists cultivate in their followers. We give examples of the current Trump administration pushing this false rhetoric. Sources: How Fascism Works – Jason Stanley On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History – Matthew MacWilliams

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: Gaza purchase by US https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyn05y9x2xt   RE: El Salvador locking up deportees https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/04/el-salvador-deportees-incarcerated-us-citizens   Re: Fentanyl and Canada/Mexico https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c805jjk2klko   Re: Musk access to private information https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/feb/04/donald-trump-tariffs-live-blog-news-updates-canada-trudeau-mexico-china   Re: Firing coast guard leader https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/trump-administration-removes-four-star-coast-guard-leader-in-firing-spree   Re: Russel Voight appointment https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/russell-vought-democrats-protest-trump   Re: Summary of Feb 3-Feb 7 week https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdep9j31l8o   Re: China Tariffs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrl053kez3o   Re: Banning transgender athletes: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g85k3z35o   Re: Rare earth Ukraine deal https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mzgv4x901o   Re: Bondi disbanding anti-corruption initiatives https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pam-bondi-disbands-anti-corruption-task-force-1235259073/   Re: Climate change information and mentions from websites https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/climate-change-transparency-project-foia/2025-02-06/disappearing-data-trump   Re: Trump Impeachment https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/al-green-trump-impeachment-articles-gaza   Re: Biden security clearance https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn57p5r99xyo   Re: FBI sue government over firings https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/fbi-jan-6-trump-doj   Re: Bird flu dairy cattle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/bird-flu-us-cattle   Re: Anti-LGBT initiatives https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250122-trump-orders-end-of-government-dei-programs-lgbt-protections   Re: Multiple Jan 6 rioters arrested already on other charges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/january-6-attacker-arrested   Re: Illegal words for funding in Trump administration https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661

In this week's episode, we discuss the next installment of the Fascist Playbook focusing on the hierarchy that fasists follow to stratify the worth of other human beings. We talk about DEI initiatives in Trump's autocracy and what it really means in this episode. Sources: How Fascism Works – Jason Stanley https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/john-kelly-donald-trump-fascist/ https://jmheatherly.substack.com/p/fascism-unmasked-how-to-recognize?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History – Matthew MacWilliams

In this week's episode, we discuss the next installment of the Fascist Playbook focusing on the unreality that fasists create to sow hatred and division in supporters. This is the episode that talks about the 'fake news' of Trump's particular flavor of fascism. Sources: How Fascism Works – Jason Stanley https://publicleadershipinstitute.org/2022/09/07/the-three-pillars-of-fascism/ On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History – Matthew MacWilliams HBO's Chernobyl Series

In this week's episode, we discuss the next installment of the Fascist Playbook particularly why fascism is inherently anti-intellectual and how this manifests in fascist policies. Many historical examples of Trump and his followers have been anti-intellectual are outlined. Sources: How Fascism Works – Jason Stanley Brewer, Mark. Trump Knows Best: Donald Trump’s Rejection of Expertise and the 2020 Presidential Election. Society. 2021. (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7786860/) On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History – Matthew MacWilliams

Continuing on the series of the pillars and tools in the fascist playbook. This week, we look at propaganda and the flavor it takes on with fascism and how it is used to move the masses. Sources Used and Media Mentioned: How Fascism Works – Jason Stanley Fascism: A Warning – Madeleine Albright On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History – Matthew MacWilliams The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich – William Shirer https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4970904-trump-attacks-democracy/

Today is the first part of a series of episodes on the Fascism Playbook. The first episode of the series is on The Mythic Past which Fascist parties and governments use to appeal to an age that either never existed or was grossly mythologized. Sources for the episode and mentioned in the podcast: How Fascism Works – Jason Stanley Fascism: A Warning – Madeleine Albright On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History – Matthew MacWilliams The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander

What the coming second Trump administration will mean for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and environmental impacts in the United States. Sources and mentioned media/organizations: Greendreamer.com - Website mentioned that enumerates other organizations and NGOs that are pro-environment and EPA. Earthjustice.org - Largest Environmental law organization in the United States Silent Spring (1962) - by Rachel Carson Refrigerants and the EPA: https://www.epa.gov/mvac/acceptable-refrigerants-and-their-impacts DDT and the EPA: https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/ddt-brief-history-and-status

This episode goes into the assassination of the United Health Care CEO and explores how the decline in government guardrails has allowed rampant insurance company profiteering.

This episode discusses why even as a Canadian I am invested in the death of American democracy and why other citizens of the world are concerned. It outlines ways in which we can push back against the nascent fascist government to resist the deeper slide into autocracy.