We continue with our Democracy is Dead News segment covering the policy changes and goings-on in the new American Fascist administration. This is a weekly addition to the podcast to attempt to catalogue for listeners as concisely as possible the growing fascist threat in America perpetrated and planned by Trump's second term. Please see references below.
References:
Re: Homegrown deportations to El Salvador
Re: April 19th protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/anti-trump-rallies-protests
Re: Replacing Hegseth
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department
Re: Supreme court blocking deportation of Venezuelan prisoners.
Re: Abrego Garcia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/chris-van-hollen-kilmar-abrego-garcia
https://abcnews.go.com/US/el-salvador-government-rejects-lawmakers-request-visit-abrego/story?id=120910107
Re: Erlin Richards deportation
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/green-card-holder-living-in-us-since-the-90s-detained-after-international-travel-return-heres-why/3806639/
Re: Immigration OS and Palantir
Re: Mohsen Mahdawi arrest
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/21/mohsen_mawdawi
Re: American Citizen doctor asked to self-deport
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna201698
Re: Jose Hermosillo detention
Re: Indonesian father with valid visa detained
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/aditya-wahyu-harsono-immigration-indonesia
Re: Japanese student
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/visa-reinstated-byu-student-japan-fishing-citation-speeding-tickets-rcna202216
Re: Two german tourists deported
https://beatofhawaii.com/why-these-hawaii-travelers-were-jailed-and-deported/
Re: IRS and Harvard
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