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Democracy Now! Friday, August 29, 2025

Democracy Now! Thursday, August 28, 2025

Democracy Now! 2025-08-27 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 27, 2025
• Gaza Doctor Says Israel's Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital "Crosses All Red Lines"
• DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel
• First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His Attempt to Fire Her
• Katrina Declaration: FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-26 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 26, 2025
• "Time to Cut Ties with Israel": U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese on Gaza Hospital Bombing
• "We Must Defeat Fascism": Chicago Alderman on Trump's Threat to Deploy Troops to City
• Trump Targets Bail Reform, Wants to Let Rich "Buy Their Way Out of Jail"

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-25 Monday

• Headlines for August 25, 2025
• Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC
• UNICEF Report from Gaza City: U.N. Declares Famine as Children Starve
• Abrego Garcia Detained Again, Faces Deportation to Uganda After 3 Days of Freedom
• Meet George Retes, Disabled Army Vet to Sue Trump Admin over Unlawful ICE Detention

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-22 Friday

• Headlines for August 22, 2025
• "Commander-in-Cheat": After Texas, Trump's Redistricting Push Goes National
• EXCLUSIVE: Fired State Dept. Official Speaks Out, Suggested Condolences for Killed Gaza Journalists
• Day Laborer Dies Fleeing ICE: Family Mourns, Community Demands Answers

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As President Trump calls for a “comprehensive review” of eight Smithsonian museums, we feature our 2020 interview with Lonnie G. Bunch III, the head of the Smithsonian. Amy Goodman interviewed him in Washington shortly after the publication of his book, A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump.

Democracy Now! 2025-08-21 Thursday

• Headlines for August 21, 2025
• "I Just Want to Die": Desperate Med Student in Gaza Sends Messages to Doctor Denied Entry
• "The West Bank Is the Prize": Israel Approves New Settlements to "Bury" Palestinian State
• Smithsonian Head Lonnie Bunch in 2020 on Telling "Unvarnished" History, Meeting Trump & More

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-20 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 20, 2025
• Occupied D.C.? Six GOP States Send National Guard to Washington as Outcry Grows over Trump Power Grab
• For-Profit Presidency: New Yorker Mag Reveals Trump Family's Frenzy to Cash In on the White House
• "Unprecedented and Not Normal": ACLU Sues over Legal Black Hole at "Alligator Alcatraz" ICE Jail

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Democracy Now! Tuesday, August 19, 2025

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-15 Friday

• Headlines for August 15, 2025
• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Tells Trump to Stay Out; Decries Authoritarianism, War on Poor People
• John Mearsheimer vs. Matt Duss: A Debate on Trump-Putin Summit, Ukraine, Russia & Paths to Peace

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-14 Thursday

• Headlines for August 14, 2025
• "The Fort Bragg Cartel": Book Exposes U.S. Special Forces' Involvement in Drug Trafficking & Murder
• Colombian Sen. Cepeda on Sentencing of Far-Right Ex-Pres. Uribe, U.S. Ally, Paramilitary Accomplice

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Democracy Now! Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Democracy Now! 2025-08-12 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 12, 2025
• Trump's Takeover: ACLU on Federalizing D.C. Police & Deploying 800 National Guard
• "Slide Towards Fascism": Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Racist Roots of Trump D.C. Takeover
• Trump's New Secret Directive OKs Military Action in Latin America Under Guise of Drug War
• Israel Has "Deliberate Strategy" of Killing Palestinian Journalists Like Anas al-Sharif: U.N. Expert

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-11 Monday

• Headlines for August 11, 2025
• "Silencing the Coverage": Israel Assassinates 5 Al Jazeera Journalists in Targeted Strike in Gaza
• "This Is Orchestrated Killing": MSF Condemns GHF Aid Sites, Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps
• "They Will Be Held Accountable": California AG Takes Trump to Court for Deploying National Guard
• Community Organizer Slams "Fascist ICE Agents" After Arrest of U.S. Citizen Documenting Raids

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Democracy Now! Friday, August 8, 2025

Democracy Now! 2025-08-07 Thursday

• Headlines for August 07, 2025
• "War in Perpetuity": M. Gessen Warns Putin Won't Make Peace with Ukraine Because It Risks His Own Survival
• From India to Brazil, Trump Intensifies Trade War Against BRICS Nations as New Tariffs Take Effect
• "Tightening the Chokehold": Amjad Iraqi on Israel's Plans to "Empty Out" Gaza and Annex West Bank
• The Global Plastic Threat: Research Finds Plastics Can Lead to Disease, Disability & Premature Death

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-06 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 06, 2025
• Trump's War on the Truth: Robert Reich on Firing of BLS Head & Push to Replace Fed Chair
• "Coming Up Short": Robert Reich on His Memoir, Rising U.S. Inequality & Fighting Against Bullies
• 80 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki, U.S. Keeps Covering Up Horrors of Atomic Bombing: Greg Mitchell

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Democracy Now! 2025-08-05 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 05, 2025
• Oscar-Winning Director Demands Israel Return Body of Palestinian Activist After Settler Killed Him
• "End the Starvation": Jewish Rabbis & Allies Outside NY Trump Hotel Call for U.S. to Stop Arming Israel
• Labor Leader Chris Smalls Describes Israeli Arrest & Assault After Military Raids Gaza Flotilla
• Texas Showdown: Dem. Lawmakers Flee State to Stop Gerrymandering, Warn Trump Will Try It Again

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