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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
The Hidden Passages in Bush’s Inaugural Address We speak with Matt Rothschild of The Progressive Magazine who analyzes President Bush’s second inaugural address. Rothschild finds that in addition to the many explicit references to God, Bush’s speech contained even more hidden allusions to the Bible. Gore Vidal on Bush’s Inaugural Address: "The Most Un-American Speech … Continued
Violence Continues in Iraq as Jan. 30 Vote Looms Protesters Disrupt Bush’s Inaugural Address Media Concentration Proponent Michael Powell Resigns From FCC Truthout’s William Rivers Pitt on the "Perfect Propaganda" in the Corporate Media Damu Smith: "Bush Doesn’t Know Anything About Freedom" John Hess 1917-2005: Veteran Journalist and Radio Commentator Dies at 87
Inauguration 2005: Bush Vows to Spread "Freedom" and Target World’s "Tyrannies" in Second Term Activists Disrupt Bush Inauguration Ceremony Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark Calls For Bush Impeachment Scenes from the Streets of DC: Democracy Now! Speaks With Supporters and Critics of Bush’s Inauguration Pentagon Turns Away Mothers of Soldiers Killed in Iraq Undercover … Continued
Rice Refuses to Describe Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib As Torture Sen. Boxer to Rice on Iraq Invasion: "Your Loyalty to the Mission…Overwhelmed Your Respect for the Truth" GOP Sen. Chafee to Rice: Bush Administration "Disrespectful to the Venezuelan People" Sen. Nelson on Haiti Coup: "Hard to Say We Support Democracy and Elections and then … Continued
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968
Supreme Court Overturns Federal Sentencing Guidelines Leaked GOP Memo: Privatizing Social Security Would Be "One of the Most Significant Conservative Governing Achievements Ever" With Tsunami Death Toll in Indonesia Possibly Rising Over 200,000, Military Crackdown In Aceh Continues
The Debt Threat: How Debt is Destroying the Developing World George Monbiot: "Climate Change Is a Far Greater Threat To Human Well-Being Than Terrorism" Whistleblower Charges Justice Dept. with Misconduct in Chertoff’s Prosecution of John Walker Lindh
Homeland Security Chief Nominee Chertoff Oversaw Detention of Hundreds of Arabs and Muslims After 9/11 Bush Appoints Arch-Conservative Claude Allen As Chief Domestic Policy Adviser Unprecedented Security Preparations For Bush Inauguration James Forman 1928-2005: Civil Rights Pioneer Dies At 76
CBS News Fires Four Over Bush National Guard Story FAIR on Bush Admin Funding of Armstrong Williams: "The Government Is Running a Domestic Propaganda Operation Secretly Targeting The American People" CNN Fires Crossfire, Tucker Carlson Moves to MSNBC Four Remaining British Guantanamo Detainees To Be Freed
