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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. This is “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. In Washington, D.C., thousands of protesters are planning to march on Capitol Hill today, busing in from around the country, to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress. There were a number […]

Russia UNAFFECTED by massive Crowdstrike IT glitch that hit Microsoft systems worldwide While most of the world was affected by the July 19 glitch that hit Microsoft systems, it had no effect on Russia. According to media reports, the outage was caused by a faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The update disconnected computers and servers from the network, pushing them into a recovery cycle that kept the machines […]

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, with Juan González. A warning to our listeners and viewers: We’re about to discuss graphic details of police violence. The family of Sonya Massey is demanding justice after the unarmed 36-year-old Black woman was shot dead in her own home in Illinois when she called 911 for help. […]

U.K. report: Halting puberty blockers DOES NOT increase suicide ideation in gender-confused youth A recent independent review has found no evidence that halting the prescription of puberty blockers to transgender-identifying children leads to a significant rise in suicides. The review, commissioned by the government of the United Kingdom and conducted by psychiatrist Louis Appleby, head of the National Health Service's (NHS) Suicide Prevention Strategy programs, was published on July 19 under […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Ben Crump, before you go, we wanted to follow up on another case you’re involved in: in Milwaukee, D’Vontaye Mitchell, the 43-year-old Black father who died last month after he was violently pinned to the ground by four security guards outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel, just a few minutes where thousands of Republicans would then gather […]

Political analysts: Biden’s withdrawal from presidential race has left the Democrats IN TURMOIL Political analysts have warned that the withdrawal of President Joe Biden from the 2024 presidential race has left the Democratic Party in turmoil less than four months before Election Day. On July 21, the 81-year-old Biden announced in a post on X that he would step aside as the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: On her first full day of campaigning, Vice President Kamala Harris secured the backing of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s presidential nomination. The Democratic Party has quickly coalesced around Harris following President Biden’s stunning announcement Sunday that he’s dropping out of his reelection bid. The Democratic National Convention begins in Chicago in four weeks, […]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion on July 19, declaring that Israel's occupation and policies in the occupied Palestinian territories – namely the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza – are illegal under international law. ICJ President Nawaf Salam stated: "The sustained abuse of Israel of its position as an occupying power through annexation and an assertion of permanent control over the occupied Palestinian territory and continued […]

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 we continue to look at Vice President Kamala Harris’s run for the White House, we’re joined by Lily Greenberg Call. She worked on Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign in 2019. Lily Greenberg Call went on to join the Biden administration […]