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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Nermeen Shaikh. We end today’s show with a look at the new documentary about Democracy Now! and the life and career of our very own Amy Goodman. Democracy Now! […]

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. Juan, you’re going to be here in New York Thursday and Friday for a historic gathering called “Latinx Freedom: Power and Protest in the 1960s.” It’ll be at the […]

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. The White House has unveiled a record-shattering Pentagon budget request of one-and-a-half trillion dollars for the next fiscal year. It’s by far the largest […]

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. As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters its sixth week, President Trump has threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges unless the Strait of Hormuz is […]

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. Israeli strikes across Lebanon Sunday killed at least 15 people as Israeli troops pushed deeper into southern Lebanon. Israel has ordered the expansion of its so-called buffer […]

Iran and U.S. escalate conflict amid threats to global energy and stability Iran and its allies launched retaliatory strikes against U.S.-linked assets and Israeli targets, including infrastructure in the UAE, Bahrain and Tel Aviv. The U.S. and Israel responded with attacks on Iranian civilian sites, heightening the risk of an unwinnable regional war. […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Iran is threatening to escalate attacks in the Middle East after President Trump delivered a primetime address in which he threatened to bomb Iran “back to the stone ages.” Global stock prices tumbled and oil prices jumped after Trump vowed […]

Trump Warns of "Much More to Follow" as U.S. Bombs Civilian Infrastructure in Iran Iran Strikes Gulf Refineries, Warns of Escalating Attacks as U.S.-Israeli Bombings Continue Israel Says It Struck 3,500 Targets in Lebanon in One Month of War Israel Continues Deadly Attacks on Palestinians Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire U.K. Palestinian Solidarity Activists Found Guilty of […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: President Trump has fired Pam Bondi as the U.S. attorney general amidst reports of his growing frustration with Bondi’s failure to prosecute his political enemies and her handling of the Epstein files. Trump said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: But I wanted to ask you a quick question about a critical piece you just wrote, headlined “The Lie of ‘Preventive’ War,” where you write, “Never has Donald Trump’s willful blindness to legal limits been more evident than in his […]