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: Trump budget proposal
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-unveils-federal-budget-blueprint-2025-05-02/
Re: Gaza Malnutrition and Starvation:
Re: Pierre Polliviere losing Canadian election
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkx3gdvv75o
Re: Australia election results
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxgwnj8v5eo
Re: Zelensky minerals deal and Trump meeting
https://kyivindependent.com/vatican-meeting-with-trump-was-best-conversation-yet-zelensky-says/
Re: Marco Rubio, Germany’s AFD party
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/marco-rubio-germany-afd
Re: Fentanyl and Narcan
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/trump-news-doj-fentanyl-pam-bondi-lives-saved.html
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/05/01/opiod-overdose-miracle-drug-faces-56m-cuts
Re: Trump and upholding the Constitution.
Re: Executive order Hegseth and Pam Bondi
Re: Trump 3rd term and 22nd amendment
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9l3399wvno
Re: Trump taking credit for economy good parts and blaming bad parts on Biden.
Re: LA ports and Tariffs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/los-angeles-ports-trump-tariffs
Re: Trump’s polling numbers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-popularity-voters-economy-immigration
Re: Economy Contraction
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/30/economy-gdp-q1-trump-tariffs
Re: Trump DOJ and warrantless search
https://newrepublic.com/post/194442/trump-doj-memo-ice-arrest-search-warrant
Re: Warrantless Mahmoud Khalil
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-student-mahmoud-khalil-w
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