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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: I want to bring another guest into this conversation. To talk more about Trump’s January 6 pardons, we’re joined by former FBI special agent Mike German, who once worked undercover in white supremacist and militia groups. He’s a fellow with the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. […]

CNN to lay off hundreds of workers amid cost-cutting measures due to dropping ratings CNN is laying off hundreds of employees, primarily off-camera staff, as part of a strategy to cut costs and shift focus toward digital content. The layoffs, announced under CEO Mark Thompson, follow previous cost-cutting measures, including shutting down the opinion section and parting ways with high-profile hosts. CNN is investing over $70 million in digital transformation, focusing […]

While a ceasefire is largely holding in Gaza, Israel is intensifying attacks on the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military has killed at least 13 people in a major military operation targeting Jenin that began on Tuesday when Israeli troops raided the city, backed by airstrikes, drones and U.S.-made Apache helicopters, following a six-week siege. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers in the West Bank have been “emboldened” by Trump’s lifting of sanctions […]

Trump grants SWEEPING PARDONS to Jan. 6 defendants President Donald Trump issued full pardons or commuted sentences for approximately 1,500 individuals charged or convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including high-profile figures like Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes. Trump framed the pardons as correcting a "grave national injustice," calling the defendants "patriots" and "hostages" unfairly targeted by the Department of Justice, while critics argued the move […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. The Trump administration is facing four lawsuits — so far — over its formation of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, a new initiative headed by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, who spent over a quarter of a billion […]

FAKE NEWS LEGACY MEDIA never claimed Kommie Harris gave a “Nazi” salute, but they sure did edit out Elon Musk’s words “My heart goes out to you!” False Narrative Continues: Despite the end of the alleged Nazi-style government by Democrats, fake news outlets persist in promoting the false narrative that Trump and Musk are Nazis, distorting Musk's recent speech to fit their agenda. Misinformed Media Manipulation: The Democrat-run media continues […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: I want to bring in our next guest. President Trump’s return to the White House comes 15 years to the week after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Citizens United ruling, which opened the floodgates for billionaires like Elon Musk to pour unlimited money into elections. At Trump’s inauguration on Monday, Elon Musk was given […]

WEF’s Global Risks Report 2025: Prioritizing “disinformation” over economic stability raises sovereignty concerns The World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025, based on insights from 900 global leaders, identifies armed conflict, environmental issues and disinformation as the top threats to global stability. Critics argue that the WEF's emphasis on disinformation as a leading risk, ranking it higher than economic instability, is a pretext to justify increased global governance and […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: I want to play part of what President Biden said last week in his farewell address when warning about the dangers of what he called the tech-industrial complex. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: We see the same dangers of the concentration of technology, power and wealth. You know, in his farewell address, President Eisenhower spoke of the dangers […]