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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to renew Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, saying the Israeli military will return to, quote, “intense fighting” unless Hamas agrees to release all remaining hostages by Saturday noon. This comes after President […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: On Sunday evening, our next guest found himself on a video conference with federal Judge Kenneth Gonzales in New Mexico as the judge temporarily blocked the U.S. government from sending his clients, three Venezuelan men, to the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where the Trump administration is preparing a 30,000-person detention center. Baher Azmy […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We spend the rest of the hour with the acclaimed Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd. His new book is out today, Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal. The book’s publication comes at a time when even books about Palestinians are […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Legal experts are warning of a constitutional crisis as the Trump administration hints it may ignore a federal judge’s ruling temporarily blocking Elon Musk and his DOGE associates from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment systems and sensitive data. Over the weekend, Elon Musk lashed out at Judge Paul Engelmayer, referring to him on X as a, […]

Supreme Court faces mounting pressure as Trump’s “shock and awe” E.O.s spark constitutional showdowns President Trump's second term begins with a series of executive actions that challenge the limits of presidential power, sparking legal challenges and debates about the separation of powers. The Supreme Court, with a conservative majority of 6-3, faces the task of upholding or curbing Trump's expansive view of executive power, which goes beyond precedent set by […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. President Trump ordered a freeze on all foreign aid to South Africa in an executive order Friday, claiming South Africa’s white population is facing, quote, “government-sponsored race-based discrimination.” Trump has repeatedly criticized the new land reform law in South Africa, where the country’s […]

The dark side of geoengineering: A citizen’s brave stand against weather modification MellowKat, a concerned citizen from Tuolumne County, California, has documented the presence of heavy metals in rainwater samples, raising concerns about the cloud-seeding operations in her area. MellowKat confronted pilots involved in cloud-seeding operations, revealing the use of aluminum, zinc and other metals. The pilots directed her to their company's leadership without offering immediate solutions. MellowKat's investigation uncovered a […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: I want to bring into this conversation Chris McGreal. He was the Johannesburg correspondent for The Guardian during the last years of apartheid until 2002. His new piece for The Guardian is titled “What does Elon Musk believe?” and “How the roots of the 'PayPal mafia' extend to apartheid South Africa.” This is really illuminating, Chris. […]

Black Hawk in Potomac crash had vital tracking system turned off, senator reveals A critical safety system (ADS-B) on the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in a deadly mid-air collision over the Potomac River was turned off during the crash. The ADS-B system provides precise real-time tracking data, which could have potentially prevented the tragedy that killed 67 people. The Black Hawk was flying 100 feet above the permitted altitude near […]