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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, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We turn now to Venezuela, where the United States is reportedly escalating its efforts to remove President Nicolás Maduro following July’s contested election, where both Maduro and his main rivals claimed victory. Last week, Maduro, who was declared the winner […]

X, Rumble file lawsuit against online advertising cartel for collusion to withhold ad money from pro-speech platforms Rumble is joining forces with billionaire electric car (EV) guru Elon Musk, who also owns X Corp, to sue the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and numerous multinational conglomerates for allegedly colluding with one another to withhold advertising dollars from X's social media platform. The joint complaint, filed in the Northern District […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 142 Palestinians in the last 48 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The official death toll now stands at just under 40,000 with over 92,000 people injured. However, the true number of dead is likely far higher, with many thousands of dead unaccounted for. Figures from the Palestinian Central […]

4 Bullies who beat a teenager to DEATH accept plea deal to avoid being tried as adults Four bullies caught on camera beating a teenager to death last year have accepted a plea deal that would allow them to plead guilty as juveniles to manslaughter. This development left a grieving mother from Las Vegas "dumbfounded and in shock." In 2023, Melissa Ready lost her 17-year-old son Jonathan Lewis after he was beaten up […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. It’s “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. We look now at the far-right policy plan to overhaul the federal government, known as Project 2025. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is trying to downplay his connection to the plan. And last week, Kevin Roberts, head of the influential right-wing Heritage […]

The company behind former President Donald Trump's Truth Social has launched a new "uncancellable" streaming service called Truth+. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) announced that it is in the beginning stages of rolling out Truth+ to deliver news, political commentary, lifestyle and entertainment programming. This was confirmed by TMTG CEO Devin Nunes in an Aug. 2 press release. "First, we created Truth Social to provide a safe harbor for free […]

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. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris held its closing ceremony Sunday with actor Tom Cruise jumping from the stadium roof and passing the baton to Los Angeles, which will host the next games in 2028. The mayor of Los Angeles was there, Karen […]

POLICE STATE: California to track use of credit cards by lawful citizens who purchase firearms in gun stores Deep-blue state California will be tracking the use of credit cards by lawful citizens to legally purchase firearms in gun stores, attesting to the Golden State's dislike of the Second Amendment. Law Enforcement Today (LET) reported, citing the Associated Press (AP), that California became the first state to implement a Merchant […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Dave, introduce our next guest to us, because you wrote a wonderful piece in The Nation about Fadi Deeb representing Palestine as shot putter in the 2024 Paralympics. DAVE ZIRIN: Well, you’re giving me chills just by asking me the question. Fadi Deeb is one of the incredible people I met in Paris and one of […]