Democracy is Dead News: March 30 2025 - April 05 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:

Re: Trump Third Term

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-third-term-republicans-b2723487.html

 

https://medium.com/@jamesrawillis/trump-in-four-years-you-wont-have-to-vote-again-d337b8fcfb9f

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/09/13/trump-says-he-will-negotiate-third-term-because-hes-entitled-to-it/

 

https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-proposes-amending-22nd-amendment-allow-trump-serve-third-term

 

Re: Signal and National Security

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/white-house-moving-on-waltz-signal-drama-00260891

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/trump-mike-waltz-signal-groups

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/michael-waltz-gmail-signal-national-security

 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/schumer-proposes-security-trainingtrump-officials-signalgate

 

Re: Laura Loomer and NSA firings

https://apnews.com/article/trump-waltz-laura-loomer-national-security-council-959b718b04b240c5c8ba3736b4d8aa62

 

Re: Tariffs and Stock market crash

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/stock-markets-trump-tariffs

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/trump-tariffs-come-into-effect-in-seismic-shift-to-global-trade

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjl3k1we8vo

 

Re: El Salvador detention

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/el-salvador-deportations-removal-gang-tattooos-what-happens-now-cecot-trump-ice-dhs/

 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-el-salvador-prison-kilmar-abrego-garcia-5a92d6bd7f893eed64c2607cc129a6f9

 

Re: US-Canada border detentions

https://www.investigativepost.org/2025/04/01/feds-locking-up-families-children-at-canadian-border/

 

 

Re: College student visas

https://apnews.com/article/college-international-student-f1-visa-ice-trump-7a1d186c06a5fdb2f64506dcf208105a

 

https://www.cpr.org/2025/04/02/csu-cu-uccs-international-students-visas-revoked/

 

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2025/04/04/arizona-state-university-student-detained-after-visa-revocation/82793138007/

 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/stanford-students-visas-revoked-20260431.php

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2025/04/04/ohio-state-university-5-international-students-visas-revoked-trump/82893316007/

Re: RFK and HHS cuts

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoff-rfk-staff-cuts

 

https://apnews.com/article/heating-assistance-hhs-layoffs-kennedy-trump-91e466c458ac804b098be00867a92106

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/maternal-child-health-cuts

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/02/hhs-layoffs-world-trade-center-program-staff/82775014007/

 

https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/04/03/trump-administration-and-doge-eliminate-staff-who-help-older-adults-and-people-with-disabilities/

 

https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-rfk-job-cuts-communications-foia-operations/

 

Re: Measles

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

 

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/05/us-has-twice-as-many-measles-cases-so-far-this-year-than-in-all-of-2024

 

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/the-cdc-buried-a-measles-forecast-that-stressed-the-need-for-vaccinations/

 

Re: Pertussis

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-louisiana-infants-die-whooping-vaccinations.html

 

Re: Dr. Oz Senate confirmation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/mehmet-oz-confirmation-medicare-medicaid

 

Re: Domestic/State Programs and Issues

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-peace-corps-says-musks-cost-cutting-team-has-arrived-its-hq-2025-04-04/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/florida-republicans-immigrant-jobs-child-labor

 

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dade-county-ends-water-fluoridation-after-vote-22787216

 

https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-doe-targets-calif-and-other-blue-states-cuts-leaked-docs

 

https://prh.org/press-releases/trump-cuts-35-million-in-title-x-funding/

 

https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/new-trump-administration-funding-freeze-imperils-reproductive-care