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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: More than 3 million people in Florida are without power after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Sarasota County Wednesday as a Category 3 storm with 120-mile-an-hour winds. The storm came just two weeks after Hurricane Helene battered Florida and other southeastern states, killing at least 230 people, making it one of the deadliest storms in the […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tired of people criticizing its slipshod response to Hurricane Helene.  So what if FEMA is more concerned with prioritizing “disaster equity” for “LGBTQIA people” than delivering crucial help for distressed citizens without identity issues?  So what if Department of Homeland Security saboteur Alejandro Mayorkas used the agency’s budget to relocate illegal aliens across the U.S. and no longer has sufficient resources to assist Americans in dire straits!  FEMA head […]

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. Hurricane Milton comes just two weeks after Hurricane Helene battered Florida and other southeastern states, killing at least 230 people. A new analysis by the group World Weather Attribution finds the burning of fossil fuels has made highly destructive storms […]

Turmeric, often called the "golden spice," has been revered for centuries as more than just a vibrant yellow seasoning. In ancient Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, it was cherished for its healing properties. The bright yellow powder, made from the rhizome (the thick underground stem that grows horizontally and produces roots and shoots from its nodes) of the Curcuma longa plant, has played a pivotal role in traditional medicine for over […]

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. As many as 28,000 people incarcerated in Florida jails and prisons were in the mandatory evacuation zone for Hurricane Milton, but many officials refused to relocate the prisoners and insisted their facilities were safe. Meanwhile, an incarcerated person who was […]

Border Patrol official: Over 19K illegal immigrants apprehended at the northern border during fiscal year 2024 A Border Patrol official has revealed that 19,222 illegal immigrants have been apprehended along the Swanton Sector of the United States border with Canada during the 2024 fiscal year. According to Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia, head of the Swanton Sector, the recently concluded fiscal year, which ran from Oct. 1, […]

We look at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in southwest Florida, which runs a radio station called Radio Conciencia that helped immigrant farmworkers prepare for Hurricane Milton and other storms. Established in 2003, the community radio station broadcasts in Spanish, Creole and other languages to share crucial information during natural disasters. “This is always scary for us whenever a hurricane hits in our area,” says organizer Gerardo Reyes Chavez. “Living […]

Study finds BLACK PLASTIC in toys, food containers contains TOXIC flame retardants A recently published study in the journal Chemosphere has concluded that toys, takeout food containers, kitchen utensils and other common household products made from black plastic have high levels of toxic flame retardants, the Defender reported. The research conducted by Toxic-Free Future and the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment has further warned how flame retardants are […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.NERMEEN SHAIKH: Health officials in Gaza say the death toll from Israel’s war has now topped 42,000, though many fear the actual death toll is far higher. We begin today’s show looking at how Israeli troops have repeatedly filmed themselves committing and celebrating war crimes in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has just released a documentary on Israeli […]