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KPFA - Democracy Now! episodes

May 13, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 13, 2025
On today’s show:
Gift or Grift? Trump Under Fire over Qatar’s Plan to Give Him $400M “Flying Palace”
“Unprecedented” in U.S. History: Trump and Family Rake In Money from Gulf States, Crypto, and Real Estate
“People Are Starving to Death”: Oxfam Warns Israel’s Blockade on Gaza Is Catastrophic
If I Stayed, I Would’ve Died: Journalist Abubaker Abed on “Agonizing” Decision to Leave Gaza

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1 hr
May 12, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 12, 2025
On today’s show:
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested for Visiting ICE Jail, Slams Trump Admin’s “Insane” Abuse of Power
“Un-American”: Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman on DHS Threats to Arrest Her for Visiting ICE Jail in Newark
Representative Rashida Tlaib on Gaza: Why Does U.S. Have Money for “War and Genocide” But Not for Healthcare?

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1 hr
May 09, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 9, 2025
On today’s show:
Leo XIV: First U.S.-Born Pope Criticized Trump/Vance on Deportations, Lack of Compassion for Immigrants
Priest Sexual Abuse Survivors Demand Accountability from New Pope: “Open Up Those Archives”
“We Are Not Living. We Are Enduring.” Gaza Mother on Struggle for Food, Safety Under Israeli Blockade
Tyre Nichols Case: Shock and Anger in Memphis as 3 Cops Acquitted on State Murder Charges

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1 hr
May 08, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 8, 2025
On today’s show:
Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Reporter’s Family Responds After Film Names Israeli Soldier Who Shot Her
“Fascism Isn’t Coming, It’s Here”: Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Gaza, and Leaving MSNBC to Start Zeteo

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1 hr
May 07, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 7, 2025
On today’s show:
“A Dangerous Escalation”: India Bombs Pakistan in Intensification of “Forever War” over Kashmir
“Columbia Knew”: Survivors Win Historic $750M from University Hospital in OB-GYN Sex Abuse Settlement
Rodney Scott, Trump’s CBP Nominee, Accused of Covering Up Death of Mexican Father in CBP Custody

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25 min
May 06, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 6, 2025
On today’s show:
Trump’s Newest Grift: Molly White on First Family’s Cryptocurrency Empire and Gutting of Regulations
Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Winning a Pulitzer: I Can’t Celebrate While Gaza Is Starving
Nurse: Israel’s “Horrific Trifecta” of Starvation, Siege, and Bombings Creates Maternal Health Disaster

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1 hr
May 05, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 5, 2025
On today’s show:
“Chilling”: Wisconsin Governor Evers Pushes Back After Trump’s Border Czar Threatens to Arrest Him
“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right, “Don’t Believe in the Future”

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1 hr
May 02, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 2, 2025
On today’s show:
Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel
“Losing Our Democracy”: Workers and Immigrants Lead Nationwide May Day Protests Against Trump
“Palestine Is Really the Center of the World”: Angela Davis on Gaza, Black-Jewish Solidarity, and Trump
Badar Khan Suri Is a Peace Scholar at Georgetown; Now He’s Being Held as a High-Risk Threat in ICE Jail

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1 hr
May 01, 2025Democracy Now 6am – May 1, 2025
On today’s show:
“I Am Not Afraid of You”: Mohsen Mahdawi’s Defiant Message to Trump After Release from ICE Jail in VT
“They Shattered Our Dreams”: New York Father Recounts How ICE Snatched His Son and Sent Him to El Salvador
Is Trump’s “Minerals Deal” a Fossil Fuel Shakedown? Antonia Juhasz on New U.S.-Ukraine Agreement
Helen Lackner: Yemeni People in State of “Terror” After 1,000+ U.S. Airstrikes Kill Hundreds

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1 hr
April 30, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 30, 2025
ON TODAY’S SHOW:
“Trump Is Trying to Break Us”: Trump Threats to Annex Canada Help Liberal Party Win Critical Election
DOGE Is Going Global: Elon Musk Is Inspiring Right-Wing Efforts Abroad to Gut Government Programs
Viet Thanh Nguyen on 50 Years After Vietnam War, Trump’s “Ugly American” Politics, El Salvador & More
“To Save and to Destroy”: Viet Thanh Nguyen on New Book Exploring Otherness, Refugees, Gaza & More
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
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14 min