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Biden administration opposes bill that would require PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP for voting in federal elections The administration of President Joe Biden is opposing a new proposal by House Republicans to mandate presenting proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The White House claims doing so would only complicate the voting process for eligible Americans. House Resolution 8281, dubbed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, would amend the National Voter […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! “War, Peace and the Presidency.” We are “Breaking with Convention.” I’m Amy Goodman. Donald Trump has tapped freshman Ohio Senator J.D. Vance to be his running mate. Trump and Vance were officially nominated on Monday on the opening day of the Republican National Convention. BERNIE MORENO: It is a great honor to […]

A new report reveals that almost half of welfare recipients in Germany are migrants, causing more harm than good to the country. According to Modernity News, Germany relies on mass migration to support its gross domestic product levels and fund pensions. But instead of pensioners, Berlin gives more money to foreigners instead of native German pensioners. The country gave a record €42.6 billion ($46.39 billion) in "citizens' money" in 2023 – […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is “War, Peace, and the Presidency: Breaking with Convention.” We’re broadcasting from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I’m Amy Goodman. “J.D. Vance Wants Police to Track People Who Have Abortions.” That’s the headline of a new article just published by the investigative news outlet The Lever, which looks at how Vance pressured federal […]

Biden’s MENTAL DECLINE a topic of hushed conversation inside the DNC for years, journalists reveal Two journalists have disclosed that President Joe Biden's declining mental state has been a topic of hushed conversation within the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for years. NBC News' Chuck Todd and POLITICO's Jonathan Martin disclosed this during a recent episode of Todd's "Chuck Toddcast," which had Martin as a guest. The two said that conversations […]

A lawsuit led by Palestinians and Palestinian Americans that accused President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials of enabling genocide in Gaza was rejected Monday by a federal appeals court, which upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit. The three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court ruled that courts cannot review the executive branch’s decisions on foreign policy, even when there is a risk of breaking domestic and […]

Saudi Arabia threatened to sell off some of its European debt holdings earlier this year if the G7 went forward with rumored plans to seize nearly $300 billion in Russian assets it had frozen. One source who was aware of the discussions described it to Bloomberg as a “veiled threat,” while two sources said that the Saudis explicitly mentioned debt issued by the French treasury. These threats came at a time […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, broadcasting from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Israeli warplanes and drones continue to bombard areas across the Gaza Strip, killing over 80 Palestinians in the last 24 hours. The continued assault comes in the wake of Israel’s attack on Saturday on […]

A new proposal introduced in California has drawn the ire of woke activists due to its harsher punishments for pedophiles. The bill in question is Senate Bill (SB) 1414, authored by Republican State Sen. Shannon Grove and co-authored by Democratic State Sens. Anna Caballero and Susan Rubio. Under SB 1414, solicitation of sex acts from minors will be considered a felony. But woke leftist activists have expressed opposition to SB 1414. […]