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Democracy Now! 2023-05-03 Wednesday

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now!

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4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for May 03, 2023; Supreme Court: Are New Ethics Rules Needed as Gorsuch, Roberts & Thomas Face Questions over Finances?; Debt Ceiling: Economist James K. Galbraith Warns GOP Proposal Would Gut Social Safety Net; “We’re in Crisis”: Texas Democrats Demand Gun Control After Another AR-15 Mass Shooting Kills 5

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:17.8

The court should have a code of conduct with clear and enforceable rules, so both justices

0:24.0

and the American people know when conduct crosses the line.

0:28.9

Those are growing for Supreme Court justices to have a code of ethics following recent

0:34.5

disclosures about the secretive financial dealings of Clarence Thomas Neil Gorsuch and

0:40.4

the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts.

0:43.4

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday but Roberts refused to testify.

0:48.6

We'll get the latest.

0:50.5

Then to the growing debate in Washington over raising the debt ceiling.

0:55.2

Over 200 years, America's never ever ever failed to pay its debt.

1:01.9

To put in the capital and in colonial terms, America is not a debt-beat nation.

1:07.4

We'll speak to the economist James K. Galbrae.

1:10.9

He says the debate over the debt ceiling is a ruse and a tram but it could have dangerous

1:15.8

consequences if Republicans push through sweeping spending cuts.

1:20.5

Biden and Texas authorities have caught a man accused of using an AR-15 to shoot dead

1:25.2

five of his neighbors, including a nine-year-old boy.

1:29.3

Instead of calling for gun reform, Texas Governor Greg Abbott dehumanized the victims by referring

1:35.9

to the debt as illegal immigrants.

1:38.7

Oh, that and more coming up.

1:46.6

Welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war in peace report.

1:50.8

I'm Amy Goodman.

1:52.2

In Sudan, warring parties have agreed to a new seven-day ceasefire set to start Thursday.

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