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

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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