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Democracy Now! 2025-02-26 Wednesday

Democracy Now! Video

Democracy Now!

News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for February 26, 2025; Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk’s “Chaotic Blitz” at DOGE, Living in a Tech Dystopia, Luigi Mangione & More; Sister Helen Prejean Demands End to Death Penalty as Supreme Court Tosses Glossip Murder Conviction; Advocates: NY Prison Guard Strike Is Part of History of Repression & Violence Against Prison Activism

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:18.0

The thing to understand about Musk is that he operates on that internet style, fluid,

0:23.6

improvisational way of doing things. He's like a live streamer who's busted into a nuclear missile

0:27.6

silo. And in the chat is every weirdo from the Heritage Foundation, the America First Institute,

0:33.6

every Groyper, and they're just in the chat going like, press that button, break that, see what happens. It can feel like he's just buffeting us with chaos. But once you understand

0:41.0

what's going on, it makes a lot more sense.

0:43.4

As 21 staffers at Doge resign in protest over Elon Musk's moves to jeopardize the sensitive

0:52.3

data of millions of Americans and dismantle much of the federal

0:56.6

government.

0:57.6

We'll speak to Corey Doctoro, the science fiction writer, activist, and prominent critic of

1:03.6

big tech.

1:04.6

Then to the anti-death penalty crusader, Sister Helen Prasjohn.

1:10.7

I am overjoyed at the news that the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Richard

1:16.6

Glossop's death sentence and declared that he needs to have a new trial.

1:22.6

Lies were told that his trial and prosecution allowed it.

1:26.6

It's all exposed, and so this man has a chance for freedom.

1:31.7

And finally, the National Guard's been called into prisons here in New York as prison guards

1:36.7

continue a wildcat strike at Attica and other prisons. All that and more coming up.

1:45.8

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the Warren Peace Report. I'm Amy Me Goodman.

1:51.9

Federal courts have ordered a pause to much of President Trump's agenda in a trio of rulings

1:57.6

involving refugees, federal spending, and foreign aid.

2:01.3

In the first ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lauren Al-I. Khan in Washington, D.C.,

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