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From New York, this is Democracy Now. The woke mind virus is basically a form of

cultural Marxism. At the end of the day, it's an attack on the truth and because

it's a war on truth, I think we have no choice but to wage a war on woe. Florida

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has formally launched his presidential campaign.

We'll go to Florida to look at his record, including his attacks on workers'

rights. Then we look at the war in Ukraine.

Catastrophic war has completely changed the nature of both Ukrainian and Russian

societies and how both societies have become radicalized and militarized in ways

that are going to last for decades. We have to pursue peace, but we also have to

understand the limitations on what can be accomplished in the present moment and

how urgently we need to help the millions of civilians that are threatened by

this conflict. Plus, we'll speak to the head of Oxfam International, which says G7

nations collectively owe poor nations in the global south more than $13 trillion

in development and climate assistance. All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War in Peace Report. I'm Nermine Sheikh.

Russia's Wagner Group says it has begun with drawing from Bachmuth and will transfer

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