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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.JUAN GONZÁLEZ: In Chicago, Democrats held a ceremonial roll call at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris to be president, along with her running mate, Governor Tim Walz. Harris accepted the nomination virtually from Milwaukee, where she and Walz addressed a packed arena, the same site where the RNC was held last month. […]

FBI raids U.S. home of Soviet-born former Trump adviser The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has raided and searched the house of Dimitri Simes, who used to be a political advisor to former President Donald Trump and a vocal critic of the administration of President Joe Biden. According to the Virginia-based newspaper Rappahannock News, which first reported the story, the FBI agents executed a search warrant on the home of […]

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: Breaking with Convention.” I’m Amy Goodman, here with Juan González. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: On Tuesday night, the Democratic Party held a ceremonial roll call to nominate Kamala Harris as president. During the roll call, Texas was represented by Kate Cox, who was introduced by former Planned Parenthood […]

The World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency declaration with regard to monkeypox is good news for Danish vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic, the company making the vaccine against the disease. Stock prices for Bavarian Nordic jumped by 17 percent following the WHO's declaration of a global public health emergency, according to Forbes. The 17 percent climb came after an earlier 12 percent rise in stock prices. U.S. shares for Bavarian Nordic, meanwhile, […]

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: Breaking with Convention.” I’m Amy Goodman, here in Chicago with Juan González. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: In Gaza, at least 50 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours as the Israeli military continues its assault on the territory and expands its ground operation in Deir al-Balah. […]

Children given mRNA COVID-19 vaccines showed dangerous immune system alterations one year later A new study shows that children between the ages of five and 11 who were given two doses of Pfizer's Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) mRNA vaccines had raised levels of antibodies that indicate an altered immune system response a year after getting the jab. The study, which was published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal and conducted by […]

We speak with former Michigan Congressmember Andy Levin, a former synagogue president, who lost his 2022 Democratic primary in a race that saw millions spent by pro-Israel groups to unseat the progressive Jewish lawmaker. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and other lobby groups have used the same playbook over the years to defeat members of Congress who do not toe the line, and Levin says the Democratic Party […]

China alarmed by U.S.-made missile system sent to the Philippines, claiming it could heighten tensions in the region China has expressed concerns about the missile system that the United States sent to the Philippines, claiming that it could heighten tensions in the region. Filipino Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo assuaged China's fears by telling his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, that the mid-range capability (MRC) missile system is only in the Philippines temporarily. "We discussed […]

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: Breaking with Convention.” I’m Amy Goodman, here in Chicago with Juan González. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We end this hour looking at the life and legacy of the pioneering TV host Phil Donahue, who died Sunday at the age of 88. Beginning in the 1960s, Donahue hosted a […]