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Democracy Now! 2025-04-16 Wednesday

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now!

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4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for April 16, 2025; Mohsen Mahdawi’s Abduction “Should Terrify” Us, Says VT Rep. Balint, Whose Grandfather Was Killed in Holocaust; Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: Breaking Up Meta’s Monopoly Would Improve Service, Safety; “Unquestionably Unconstitutional”: Harvard Law Prof Slams Cuts as School Rejects Trump Demands

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:17.7

Moussin was an incredible partner in conversation about peacemaking and bridge building.

0:26.6

In a reality, it is extremely polarized.

0:29.6

He was doing the really hard work of empathy, listening to people, trying to bring people together across enormous divide.

0:41.8

Calls are mounting for the release of Columbia University student, Maksan Macdaoui, who is set

0:48.8

to graduate this spring, but was detained by Homeland Security agents in Vermont when he went for his naturalization

0:56.7

test. We'll speak with Democratic Congress member, Becca Vallant, the first Jewish member of

1:04.3

Congress to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. She's from Vermont. Then Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. All three are owned by META.

1:14.0

This week in a major trial, the Federal Trade Commission's arguing META has an illegal monopoly and

1:20.2

should be forced to break up. We'll speak with former Facebook whistleblower Francis Hougan.

1:26.9

Then Harvard University's pushing back as President Trump ramps up his attacks on higher education.

1:34.0

When it comes to Harvard, as I said, the president has been quite clear they must follow federal law.

1:38.7

He also wants to see Harvard apologize, and Harvard should apologize for the egregious anti-Semitism that took place on

1:46.5

their college campus against Jewish American students. As for the tax exempt status, I would

1:50.4

defer you to the IRS for any updates.

1:52.2

We'll speak to Professor Andrew Crespo at Harvard Law School. All that and more coming out.

2:09.7

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

2:15.9

A federal judge is weighing contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials over the case of Maryland father Kilmar Abrago Garcia,

2:18.3

who was wrongfully sent to a maximum security mega prison in El Salvador in March.

2:23.8

Judge Paula Zinnis on Tuesday questioned why Garcia was still, quote, inexplicably detained

2:30.3

in El Salvador's notorious terrorism confinement center, or SACA, despite rulings, including

2:36.5

by the U.S. Supreme Court ordering his return.

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