Democracy Now – May 19, 2017
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Could Narrow Scope of New Special Counsel Miss Wider Corruption in Trump White House? Saying “No to Silence”: Hear Murdered Mexican Journalist Javier Valdez in His Own Words; Anabel Hernández on the Death of Javier Valdez & Mexican Journalists Confronting a Surge in Violence.
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: We Should Be Considering Impeachment If Trump Obstructed FBI Probe; Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Probe U.S. Border Patrol over Killing of Mexican Father; Border Angels Resist Trump’s Immigration Crackdown with Services and Water for Border-Crossing Migrants; Activists Sue to Block Plans to Bury 3.6 Million Pounds of Nuclear Waste … Continued
An Impeachable Offense? Questions Swirl as Trump Accused of Sharing Top Secret Intel with Russians; Breathtakingly Irresponsible: Former Bush Iraq Adviser on Trump Sharing Secret Intel with Russians; Why I Am Suing Trump: Washington State AG Fights Admin on Muslim Ban, Drilling, Drug War & More.
Donald Trump is Deep into Watergate Territory Now: Former Congresswoman Who Probed Nixon Speaks Out; Neuroscientist Carl Hart: We Need to Stop Jeff Sessions from Escalating the Racist War on Drugs; Columbia Neuroscientist Receives Death Threats for Speaking Out Against Deadly Philippines Drug War; Son of Hunger-Striking Palestinian Leader Marwan Barghouti: I Haven’t Touched My … Continued
Donald Trump Orders “Election Integrity” Commission Headed by Architects of Voter Suppression; On Black Mama’s Bail Out Day, “Goal is to Free Our People from These Cages” Before Mother’s Day; Jailed Reporter Barrett Brown on Press Freedom, FBI Crimes & Why He Wouldn’t Do Anything Differently; Would Trump Have Won Wisconsin—or the 2016 Election—Without Widespread … Continued
Kshama Sawant: Don’t Wait for Authoritarian Trump to Be Impeached, This is the Moment to Revolt; Historian of Fascism: Why Trump Firing FBI Director Comey Amid Russia Probe is So Worrisome; Workers Fear Radiation Exposure After Nuclear Waste Storage Tunnels Collapse in Washington; Human Rights Lawyers Are Fighting a Justice Department Order to Stop Legal … Continued
Glenn Greenwald on Trump’s “Shocking” Firing of FBI Chief James Comey Amid Russian Probe; Glenn Greenwald: Independent Probe Needed to Uncover Truth Behind Russia’s Role in 2016 Election; Greenwald: Hillary is to Blame for Losing 2016 Election, Not James Comey; Greenwald: Supporting U.S.-Russia Relations Should Be Encouraged, Not Viewed as Sign of Treason; StoryMay 10, … Continued
Show Me Your Papers, Texas-Style: Lawmakers Condemn SB4 as Greatest Legislative Threat to Immigrants
Show Me Your Papers, Texas-Style: Lawmakers Condemn SB4 as Greatest Legislative Threat to Immigrants; Meet Carimer Andujar: Rutgers Student & Immigration Activist Who Faces Possible Deportation Today; Pro-Trump Network Sinclair Set to Become Nation’s Biggest Broadcaster as FCC Weakens Ownership Rules; Trump’s FCC Chair Declares New War on Net Neutrality After 10-Year Battle for Free … Continued
Exclusive: Meet the Arkansas Judge Who Faces Impeachment for Protesting Against the Death Penalty; Neoliberal Investment Banker Macron Defeats Openly Xenophobic & Racist Le Pen in French Election Puerto Rico’s Financial Future Now in the Hands of a Single Judge Overseeing Massive Bankruptcy.