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Democracy Now! 2023-04-19 Wednesday

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now!

Daily News, News

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for April 19, 2023; New York Times: Biden Admin Ignored Warnings About Migrant Child Labor, Punished Whistleblowers; Ending 30-Year Saga, Judge Rules Haitian Activist Targeted by ICE Should Not Face Deportation Again; The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Real Estate Deal with GOP Megadonor; In 1969 Abe Fortas Became the First Justice Forced to Resign. Should Clarence Thomas Be Next?

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0:00.0

From New York, this is democracy now.

0:17.6

You're not going to take any responsibility for the indentured servitude and exploitation

0:22.2

of children that is happening on your watch a moment ago you were crowing about the fact

0:26.4

that you treated children so well and yet we find tens of thousands of children who

0:32.2

are forced to work as slaves because of your policies and you turn around and blame

0:37.8

a prior administration.

0:39.2

The Biden administration is facing growing criticism from Republican lawmakers as well

0:44.1

as immigrant rights groups for its failure to prevent a surge of migrant children as

0:49.2

young as 12 working in factories across the United States.

0:53.4

Real speak with the Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times journalist Hannah Dreyer, who

0:58.1

has revealed at least five health and human services staff members were pushed out by

1:03.5

the Biden administration after raising concerns about child safety.

1:08.6

Then we look at a rare victory in the immigrant rights movement.

1:12.6

As a judge has just ruled long time organizer, Jane Montreville, will no longer be at risk

1:18.6

of deportation to Haiti ending a decade's long saga.

1:23.5

Plus, we look at the growing controversy around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

1:27.8

after pro-publica revealed Thomas had failed to disclose his deep ties to right wing billionaire

1:34.1

Harlan Crowe.

1:35.5

Thomas vacationed on Crowe's private yacht and jet and even sold property to Crowe without

1:40.1

disclosing it.

1:42.1

Nifts like this to Supreme Court justices don't just corrode the integrity of the Supreme

1:46.8

Court.

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