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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: The Israeli army’s discovery of six dead Israeli hostages in tunnels in Rafah, in southern Gaza, has spurred some of the largest protests Israel has seen since October 7. Israel says the hostages were killed by Hamas; Hamas says they were killed by Israeli airstrikes, not far from where a seventh hostage was found alive last […]

Dozens of KFC restaurants across Midwest CLOSE SUDDENLY – Is EYM Group (Pizza Hut, Burger King) struggling to survive? Hundreds of employees were let go abruptly after dozens of KFC restaurant locations across Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin closed suddenly this past week. As many as 25 KFC restaurants owned by fast food franchisee EYM Chicken are now empty retail shells, but parent company EYM Group, which owns other fast-food […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman in New York, with Juan González in Chicago. As much of the United States marked Labor Day Monday, more than 10,000 hotel workers with the union UNITE HERE went on a three-day strike across a number of U.S. cities. STRIKING HOTEL WORKERS: No pension, no peace! No benefits, […]

Kommie Harris suddenly supports plan to build RACIST BORDER WALL that she said was un-American when Trump was building it High-profile Democrats love big walls around where they live, in their massive mansions worth millions of dollars, because the walls protect them from strangers who may want to rob them, assault them or traffic their children or grandchildren. These same top-level Democrat politicians spend tax-payer money to have lots […]

After nearly two decades of obstruction by the U.S. military, The New Yorker has obtained and published 10 photos of the aftermath of the 2005 Haditha massacre, when U.S. marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians in revenge for an IED bombing that killed a service member. The graphic images show dead Iraqi men, women and children, many of them shot in the head at close range. The victims ranged in age […]

Meta blocks more fake WhatsApp accounts linked to Iranian hackers they claim are targeting U.S. elections Meta Platforms – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – has revealed that Iranian-linked hackers pretended to be tech support on the WhatsApp messaging app to target people associated with the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The company disclosed this on Aug. 23, commenting that the incident provides the latest […]

Russian official warns U.S. will face WORSE CONSEQUENCES for backing Ukraine’s strikes on Kursk Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has warned that the U.S. will face worse consequences for its backing of Ukraine's strikes in the Kursk region. The Russian state news agency TASS reported on his remarks on Aug. 27. Ryabkov told reporters: "The impression is that our colleagues [in Washington] have discarded the remnants of common […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Today is Labor Day. We begin today’s holiday special with highlights from a production of Howard Zinn’s Voices of a People’s History of the United States, where Howard Zinn introduced dramatic readings from history. We’ll hear Alfre Woodard read the words of labor activist Mother Jones, and Howard’s son Jeff Zinn read the words of an […]

Well, the list of Democrats lying about their military service is getting so big, we decided to do a “megablog” to cover all the new info flooding the internet. As we all know, the Big Daddy of Stolen Valor is still Tampon Tim, and when asked about it during the recent CNN interview, he refused to own up to his shameful actions and blamed his lies on “bad grammar.” (Article […]