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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, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. As President Biden enters his final month in office, he’s facing calls to grant more debt relief to millions of student borrowers. According to the White House, the Biden administration has approved $175 billion in student debt relief for nearly 5 million borrowers […]

Big Pharma’s “delinking” scheme: A dangerous money grab that will hurt seniors’ wallets and America’s future The proposed policy aims to disconnect pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from rebate negotiations, enriching Big Pharma at the expense of Americans, with a potential $32 billion windfall for drug companies. University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan estimates that "delinking" would increase Medicare Part D premiums by $13 billion annually and raise federal spending 10 […]

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 official death toll in Gaza has topped 45,000. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting a different battle inside Israeli courts. The first sitting Israeli prime minister to face criminal charges, he’s finally taking the stand at his long-running corruption trial. The […]

Gross negligence or deliberate inaction? Bank of America only flagged Epstein’s suspicious payments several months after his death Bank of America flagged potentially suspicious payments involving Jeffrey Epstein and Leon Black in February 2020 and again in October 2020, a year after Epstein's death. The transactions in question, totaling $170 million, occurred years prior. The timing of the filings has raised concerns about potential violations of federal money laundering laws, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Israel is continuing to bomb Syria a week after Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power. Last night, Israel dropped what has been described as an “earthquake bomb” on Syrian military and air defense sites in the coastal Tartus region. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described Israel’s bombing as the heaviest strikes in […]

Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in retaliation for Kiev’s use of U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles. The attack targeted critical fuel and energy facilities, leaving up to 50% of residential customers without power. Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, already severely damaged, faces further collapse as winter approaches. The Biden administration’s decision to greenlight ATACMS use has escalated tensions and provoked Russia’s harsh response. The conflict has entered a dangerous new phase, […]

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. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, South Korea’s parliament has impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law. An earlier vote had failed after members of Yoon’s ruling party boycotted the vote, but this time at least 12 […]

Medical journal censorship is the proximate cause of the COVID vaccine catastrophe In this post, I want to further the historical record of massive censoring actions by medical journals on the unprecedented adverse vaccine data of the Covid vaccines. A Midwestern Doctor, my colleague and friend, has done a masterful job of detailing that history in regard to small pox, polio, HPV and many other aspects of childhood vaccines. Never forget the Cutter […]

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. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We turn now to look more at Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he walked to a shareholders conference in New York City on December 4th. Mangione remains in custody in Pennsylvania […]