Democracy is Dead News: April 22 2025 – April 28 2025

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:

 

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:

https://pennstatelaw.psu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/pdfs/Immigrants/Home_Customize.pdf

 

Re: Executive orders

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bondi-hegseth-military-law-enforcement-b2741549.html

 

 

Re: Threats on the judiciary

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/wisconsin-judge-hannah-dugan-democrats-republicans

 

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/new-mexico-judge-arrested-venezuelan-gang-b2739551.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/trump-immigration-executive-orders

 

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/new-mexico-judge-arrested-venezuelan-gang-b2739551.html

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/trump-administration-initimidates-judges/682620/

 

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_e6ce6e4a-4161-476f-8d28-94150a891092.html

 

Hitler statement on judges

https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/transcripts/3-transcript-for-nmt-3-justice-case?seq=209

 

 

Re: Media record subpoenas

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/reversal-us-justice-department-says-media-records-can-be-seized-leak-probes-2025-04-26/

 

Re: ActBlue

https://apnews.com/article/trump-actblue-democratic-fundraising-9f990e668572709ce0e3260bbdb6f61b

 

Re: George Santos

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/george-santos-sentenced-87-months-prison-fraud

 

Re: Immigration and deportations

https://www.latintimes.com/wife-kids-abrego-garcia-safe-house-after-us-officials-publish-home-address-i-dont-feel-safe-581507

 

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article304988381.html

 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-mothers-deported-d8c5c0353c18e9ee0c228ea15e02d759

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/migrant-children-deportation-hearings-b2739754.html

 

 

Re: Women’s Health initiative

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/womens-health-initiative-trump-cuts-reversed

 

 

Re: Bird flu

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-cancels-science-group-workshop-preventing-human-bird-flu-infections-2025-04-29/

 

Re: Salmonella in raw poultry

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/usda-salmonella-poultry-withdraw-biden-plan-1235325722/

 

Re: Measles

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/texas-measles-cases

 

Re: Defunding Narcan program

https://www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-godsend-narcan-program-that-helped-reduce-overdose-deaths-despite-his-past-heroin-581846

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-narcan-overdose-grant-b2739727.html

 

Re: Wikipedia

https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-prosecutor-threatens-wikipedia

Re: DOGE and NPS

https://www.fodors.com/news/news/national-parks-will-now-be-run-by-elon-musks-doge

 

Re: Tariff effects

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/trump-tariffs-shipments-us-ports

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truckers-speak-english-order-b2741432.html