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: Attempted POC Erasure from military websites
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran
Re: Illegal detainment
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-arrests-chicago-complaint-bcc80d6aeeed824428431a318e427cd3
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/20/cecot-el-salvador-venezuela-prison-trump-deportations
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/trump-foreign-prison-threats-civil-rights-groups-027162
Re: Revoking temporary legal status
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33706jy774o
Re: Dept of Ed
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79zxzj90nno
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/trump-order-education-department-dismantle
Re: Dismantling IMLS
https://www.ala.org/faq-executive-order-targeting-imls
Re: Trump disregarding Biden pardons
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxqk1x0n5lo
Re: Student travel ban
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/yale-warn-international-students-travel-ban
Re: US Human rights report
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-human-rights-report-00238581
Re: Canada and European urging travel precautions to US
Re: Social Security Cuts
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5320263/social-security-administration-changes-identity-office
Re: Columbia University Caving to Trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q499x3v4yo
Re: Media silencing
Re: Israel/Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/why-has-israel-resumed-large-scale-airstrikes-on-gaza
Re: Russia/Ukraine
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-ceasefire-talks-drones-65c00a0afd130731e0e0c054ac
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