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 the Trump regime. Please see references below.

References:

Intro/outro music: Back at It - Silencyde

Re: Government Shutdown

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-10-1-2025

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr6pnky7vyo

Re: Evidence of 800 Republican lawmakers and the evidence for rape and sexual assault including minors.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vTFikAP6MXDCJjWzgMIOvpsT1ji-HwO-rLEvNE8e-cfCGh0YHoZluIG5TEsmwFub7MzIDfh0XgvcWL8/pub?pli=1

Re: Pam Bondi briefing Trump that his name is in the Epstein files

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/bondi-trump-epstein-list-files

Re: Mass Layoffs

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/1/live-us-government-shuts-down-starts-as-trump-threatens-mass-layoffs

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-government-shutdown-gaza-israel-hamas-october-01-2025-live-updates/3995848/

Re: Generals and Admirals meeting

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgq044n72po.amp

Re: Portland National Guard Deployment

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/portland-national-guard-trump-deployment-lawsuit

Re: Gaza Flotilla

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/greta-thunberg-gaza-flotilla-live-israel-palestine-b2835931.html

Re: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165517

Re: Copenhagen summit

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-macron-edi-rama-mocking-b2838303.html

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:

Tom Homan Corruption:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/20/tom-homan-undercover-fbi-agents

ICE custody deaths so far this year:

https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-05/ices-deadly-tally-14-migrants-have-died-in-custody-in-trumps-first-year.html

Palestinian statehood recognition:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/21/keir-starmer-palestine-recognition-announcement-gaza-uk-politics-live

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/politics/trump-gaza-un-isolated

Israel blocking aid to Gaza

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6ynz22871o

Israel murdering fleeing Gazans

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165896

California Mask Ban

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8rrprv90xo

$100 000 bill for H1B visas implemented by Trump:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2zk4l8g26o

1 Million dollar gold card for US citizenship:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/trump-rolls-out-1mn-gold-card-check-visa-plan-eligibility-and-other-key-details-101758378222424.html

CDC head fired by RFK jr.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn76dz1zxz3o

States going against federal vaccine mandates:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/21/states-healthcare-vaccines-recommendations

Charlie Kirk Memorial

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgee0x9p40o

Jimmy Kimmel cancellation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/late-night-show-host-kimmel-cancel-colbert-letterman

Trump going after political opponents:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wgg4vgeedo

In this episode we discuss the fallout of the murder of Charlie Kirk, specifically how the Right and Left have reacted and how this has inflamed the Trump regime into further statements of aggression and escalated tensions between both sides.