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Democracy Now! 2024-02-09 Friday

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now!

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4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for February 09, 2024; “We Cannot Trust Biden” on Gaza: Michigan House Dem Majority Leader Meets White House Officials; Liberals Feckless, Conservatives Reckless: Elie Mystal on SCOTUS Trump Ballot Ban Case; “Political Crisis Will Continue”: Close Contest in Pakistan Amid Election Crackdown

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0:00.0

You're going to be. From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:17.0

What about the idea that we should think about democracy, think about the right of the people to elect

0:25.4

candidates of their choice. The reason we're here is that President Trump tried to

0:30.8

disenfranchise 80 million Americans who voted against him and the

0:34.7

Constitution doesn't require that he be given another chance. Can Donald Trump

0:38.6

be barred from running for president for engaging in an insurrection? That's the case before the Supreme Court. We'll

0:45.2

speak with the nation's justice correspondent Ellie Mistel. Then senior

0:49.8

Biden administration officials

0:57.0

travel to Michigan to meet with Arab American and Muslim leaders about the war in Gaza. Senior officials travel to Michigan and they are obviously traveling today

1:02.0

to hear directly from the community, to hear directly from community.

1:04.2

To hear directly from community leaders on a range of issues that are important to them, obviously

1:09.2

as well, not just them, but their families, including the conflict that we're currently seeing

1:15.6

in Israel and Gaza.

1:17.8

We'll speak with Michigan's highest ranking Arab or Muslim leader, Representative Abraham Ayash, who was at the meeting.

1:25.0

And we'll speak with Palestinian American community organizer Leila al-Abid,

1:29.0

who's spearheading a campaign urging people to vote for uncommitted in Michigan's upcoming

1:35.0

primary. She's the sister of Michigan Congress member Rashida Talib, the only

1:40.0

Palestinian-American member of Congress. Then we go to Pakistan where early election

1:45.2

results show a tight race in an election marched by accusations of vote rigging.

1:50.4

We'll get the latest. All that and more coming up.

1:54.0

Welcome to Democracy Now,

2:01.0

Democracy Now. The War and Peace report. I'm Nairmin Shech.

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