Democracy is Dead News: Mar 08 2025 - Mar 15 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:

The 10 Democratic Senators that voted for Trump’s funding bill:

·       Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

·       Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania

·       Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada

·       Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii

·       Senator Durbin of Illinois

·       Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York

·       Senator Gary Peters of Michigan

·       Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire

·       Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire

·       Senator Angus King of Maine, an independent who frequentlycaucuses with Democrats

 

 

RE: Ukrainian conflict and Ceasefire

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg70y3ydmdno

 

https://eutoday.net/musks-cuts-halt-efforts-to-rescue-ukrainian-children/

 

Re: Department of education cuts

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ce98y47515jo

 

Re: USDA

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796

 

Re: USAID

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrxez45dr1o

https://www.who.int/news/item/05-03-2025-funding-cuts-to-tuberculosis-programmes-endanger-millions-of-lives

 

Re: Tesla and Trump administration

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvze9dzq8vo

 

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/musk-trump-100-million-donation-political-operation

 

Re: Travel ban

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/trump-administration-travel-restrictions

 

Re: Funding Bill

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/aoc-chuck-schumer-gop-funding-bill

 

Re: Panama Canal

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/trump-pentagon-panama-canal

 

Re: Duterte arrest

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgw1nklxezo

 

Re: Aliens Act

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5246028/trump-alien-enemies-act-tren-de-aragua-deportation

 

Re: Immigration/Deportation:

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-03-14/green-card-holder-from-new-hampshire-interrogated-at-logan-airport-detained

 

Re: Migrant App

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/11/cbp-app-self-deport-00225102

 

Re: Indian Student Deported

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14501099/indian-student-deport-donald-trump-columbia-protesters-ranjani-srinivasan.html

 

Re: Deporting brain cancer child who is citizen

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-mexico-child-cancer-deportation-b2714565.html

 

Re: Summary of week

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rnzp4ye5zo