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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at ICE’s escalating use of violence and force. Last week, an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good, 37-year-old mother of three, in Minneapolis, sparking nationwide protests. On Thursday, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: President Trump threatened to send military troops into Minneapolis Thursday in response to ongoing protests against the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. An unprecedented 3,000 federal ICE agents are currently deployed in Minneapolis-Saint Paul in Operation — what they are calling — […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We want to turn to another issue. A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that freed the Palestinian activist, the Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from a Louisiana ICE jail in June. Advocates fear the move could pave the […]

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. We turn now to a feature film that looks at seven decades of Palestinian history through the lens of one family’s experience over three generations, beginning in 1948. The […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: On Wednesday, the FBI raided the Alexandria, Virginia, home of a 29-year-old Washington Post reporter, Hannah Natanson, who covers the Trump administration’s reshaping of the government and its effects. The president of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press […]

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 Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to Iran, where activists say at least 2,600 people have been killed since December 28th in nationwide protests that […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We turn now to look at immigration detention expansion in Trump’s second term. That’s the focus of a new report released today by the American Immigration Council. For more, we go to Washington, D.C., where […]

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. The conservative-majority Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it will rule to uphold state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender girls from participating in school sports. Two transgender girls — one in […]

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. President Trump says the United States will now impose a 25% tariff on countries that do business with Iran. The move would mean higher prices for U.S. companies that […]

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. As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, we spend the rest of the hour with the renowned historian Alfred McCoy. His […]