From New York, this is Democracy Now.

We got here because the President of the United States is one of the most unpopular presidents

in U.S. history.

We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.

Congress will go back into the hands of the Democratic Party next November.

California Governor Gavin Newsom says he's fighting fire with fire, signing legislation to hold special elections for the public to approve a new gerrymandered map.

This in response to Texas, where the state house just passed a new congressional map to flip five Democratic House seats at the request of President Trump.

We'll get the latest.

Then, a Democracy Now broadcast exclusive, we speak to fired State Department

Press Officer Shahad Gureshi.

He wanted to send a message of condolences to the families of Palestinian journalists

killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.

I was fired as the press officer for Israeli-Palestine affairs at the U.S. State Department because ideologues are taking the lead both on policy and on press.

And this sends a chilling message to both the political appointees and the civil service.

And finally, to Guatemala.

We'll hear from the family of a California day laborer.

During an immigration raid at a Home Depot last week,

he tried to flee by running across the freeway,

but was struck by a car and killed.

He died because he was afraid.

He died because of these injustices, this persecution.

I want him to be remembered as a brave and hardworking man.

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