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KPFA - Democracy Now! episodes

February 05, 2025Democracy Now 6am – February 5, 2025
On today’s show:
Blueprint for Ethnic Cleansing: Trump Proposes U.S. Take Over Gaza and Forcibly Remove All Palestinians
“Catastrophic”: Trans Youth Lose Access to Care as Hospitals Capitulate to Trump Attacks
“I Will Go to Jail to Defend Your Care”: New York Doctor Vows to Keep Helping Trans Youth Patients
I Was Fired by Donald Trump: Top Lawyer at EEOC Speaks Out on “Anti-DEI” Purge, Gutting of Agencies

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8 min
February 04, 2025Democracy Now 6am – February 4, 2025
On today’s show:
“Troubling”: Panama Agrees to Anti-Migrant Collaboration After Trump Threatens to Retake Canal
Trump-Bukele Alliance Grows, as El Salvador Offers to Imprison U.S. Citizens and Deported Migrants
Trump’s Mass Detention Plan for Guantánamo Harkens Back to U.S. Detention of Haitian Asylum Seekers
“Fascism Is at the Door”: Trump Threatens to Deport Pro-Palestinian International Student Protesters

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19 min
February 03, 2025Democracy Now 6am – February 3, 2025
On today’s show:
“Enormous Destruction”: Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China Set to Worsen Inflation
“Time for It to Die”: Trump and Musk Back Closing USAID, as Freeze on Foreign Aid Threatens Millions
Is Elon Musk Staging a Coup? Unelected Billionaire Seizes Control at Treasury Department and Other Agencies

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1 hr
January 31, 2025Democracy Now 6am – January 31, 2025
On today’s show:
“Nonsensical”: As Trump Blames Crash on DEI, Aviation Expert Says It’s Understaffing and Lax Regulation
Samoa’s Health Chief Says RFK Jr. Spread Anti-Vax Misinformation Before Deadly Measles Outbreak
“The Doctor Who Fooled the World”: Author Slams RFK’s Embrace of Disgraced Anti-Vaxxer Andrew Wakefield
“Extraordinarily Dangerous”: Chip Gibbons Warns Kash Patel Would Turn FBI’s Powers on Trump’s Enemies
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s Pick for National Intel Director, Refuses to Call Edward Snowden a Traitor

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1 hr
January 30, 2025Democracy Now 6am – January 30, 2025
On today’s show:
“He Cannot Be Trusted”: Senator Ron Wyden Says Health & Human Services Nominee RFK Jr. Can’t Hide His Anti-Vax History
Medicaid Under Attack: Wyden on Funding Freeze Fiasco and Project 2025’s Russ Vought, Trump’s OMB Pick
Deadly D.C. Plane Crash Comes Months After Congress Ignored Warning About Traffic at Reagan Airport
Netanyahu to Meet Trump in D.C., as Israel Escalates War on West Bank Amid Gaza Ceasefire

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1 hr
January 29, 2025Democracy Now 6am – January 29, 2025
On today’s show:
“Complete Chaos”: Medicaid, Meals on Wheels, and More on Chopping Block, as Trump Freezes Trillions
WATCH: Caroline Kennedy Slams Cousin RFK Jr. as “Dangerous” and a “Predator” in Video to Senate
Sheinbaum vs. Trump: How Mexico’s Popular First Woman President Is Navigating Hostile U.S. Policy
DeepSeek vs. Silicon Valley: In Shock to Big Tech, Chinese Startup Overtakes U.S. AI

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1 hr
January 28, 2025Democracy Now 6am – January 28, 2025
On today’s show:
As ICE Conducts Made-for-TV Raids, Cities from Chicago to Newark Resist Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
“War of Plunder”: How Rwanda Has Fueled War in DRC, as Western Countries Look Away
Gold, Guns, and Genocide: How the UAE Profits from RSF War Crimes in Sudan
Genocide Denial in Holocaust Studies: Scholar Raz Segal on Gaza, 80 Years After Auschwitz Liberation

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1 hr
January 27, 2025Democracy Now 6am – January 27, 2025
On today’s show:
Egypt, Jordan Reject Trump Plan to “Clean Out” Gaza; Palestinians Return to North Gaza in Historic Day
Pressure Grows to Free Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah and Stop Harassment of Hossam Bahgat
“Anxiety and Fear”: Immigrants Under Attack as Trump Militarizes Border, Ramps Up Deportation Flights
Trump Halts Refugee Admissions, Stranding Thousands Approved to Enter U.S., Fleeing War, Persecution
Christian Nationalist at the Pentagon: Pete Hegseth’s Calvinist Sect Embraces Confederacy, Crusades

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18 min
January 24, 2025Democracy Now 6am – January 24, 2025
On today’s show:
“Shock and Awe”: Immigration Raids Begin as Judge Halts Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order
Justin Hansford: Marcus Garvey’s Pardon Is Part of Undoing “Harms of the Past,” Honoring Black History
Journalist Peter Greste, Once Jailed in Egypt, Joins Hunger Strike for Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s Freedom

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20 min
January 23, 2025Democracy Now 6am – January 23, 2025
On today’s show:
“Attack on Science”: Trump’s Exit from WHO Could Make Next Pandemic More Likely, More Deadly
“A Terrifying Moment”: Son Who Tipped Off FBI Fears for His Life After His Father Receives January 6 Pardon
Ex-FBI Agent: Trump’s January 6 Pardons Send Dangerous Message Encouraging More Far-Right Violence
Israel Continues Deadly Attack on Jenin; Trump Lifts Sanctions on Extremist West Bank Settlers

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1 hr