Analysis from guests, coverage of the official inauguration proceedings, and updates from various actions taking place. With Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh on location in Washington, D.C.
Democracy Now!
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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Special broadcast from 5 a.m. until 12 p.m. PT with analysis from guests, coverage of the official inauguration proceedings, and updates from various actions taking place.
Rashid Khalidi: Obama’s Condemnation of Israeli Occupation Doesn’t Match His Last 8 Years in Office; On Final Day of Obama Presidency, a Look at His Mixed Legacy & the Rise of Neo-Fascism in Washington; Climate Denier Scott Pruitt Faces Protests at Senate Hearing as 2016 Is Declared Hottest Year Ever; Dr. Sidney Wolfe on HHS … Continued
Chelsea Manning’s Attorneys: Obama’s Commutation Will Help Save Life of Jailed Army Whistleblower; Oscar López Rivera to Be Freed as Obama Commutes Sentence of Puerto Rican Independence Activist; Activists Call on Obama to Pardon Leonard Peltier, Warning He’ll Die in Prison Otherwise; Jeremy Scahill: Did Education Nominee Betsy DeVos Lie to Senate About Ties to … Continued
Trump Attacks Civil Rights Icon John Lewis on MLK Weekend; Watch Lewis Recall Bloody Sunday 1965; Insane Clown President: Matt Taibbi Chronicles Election of “Billionaire Hedonist” Donald Trump; Special Report: Obama’s Controversial Policy of Immigrant Family Detention Could Expand Under Trump.
Democracy Now – January 16, 2017
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Defense Secretary Nominee James Mattis Pledges to Enforce Iran Nuclear Deal Criticized by Trump; Trump’s Pick for Defense Sec’y Made Millions in Defense Industry After His 2013 Retirement; Sent to the “Back of the Bus”? 3 Black Members of Congress Testify at End of Sessions’s Confirmation; James Mattis Calls for U.S. Military to Be More … Continued
Trump Ignores Ethics Experts Urging Him to Divest from His Businesses & Puts Sons In Charge Instead; Committee to Protect Journalists: Watch Out for “Leak Investigations” Targeting Journos Under Trump; Do Exxon’s Climate Denial & “Trail of Carnage” on Human Rights Make Tillerson Unfit for State Dept? Investigation: Did Trump’s Defense Secretary Nominee James Mattis … Continued
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez & Rev. William Barber on Racist, Xenophobic Record of Trump’s Atty. Gen. Nominee
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez & Rev. William Barber on Racist, Xenophobic Record of Trump’s Atty. Gen. Nominee; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Why He Will Not Attend Trump Inauguration & Will Instead Join Women’s March; We Challenged President Obama, He Listened & Acted: Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Obama’s Farewell & Legacy; Will Obama Grant Clemency to Puerto … Continued
ACLU & NAACP: Jeff Sessions Unfit for Post Defending Civil Rights & Enforcing Laws on Discrimination
ACLU & NAACP: Jeff Sessions Unfit for Post Defending Civil Rights & Enforcing Laws on Discrimination; Florida Prepares to Expand Gun Rights After Second Mass Shooting in Six Months; New Intercept Exposé Uncovers SEAL Team 6’s Ghastly Trail of Atrocities, Mutilations, Killings.