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Democracy Now! 2025-08-27 Wednesday

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Democracy Now!

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4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for August 27, 2025; Gaza Doctor Says Israel’s Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital “Crosses All Red Lines”; DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel; First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His Attempt to Fire Her; Katrina Declaration: FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:19.0

This resolution is straightforward and enforceable.

0:22.1

It calls for the end of supplying weapons and military aid as we see the war ongoing and

0:26.7

raging in Gaza.

0:28.4

7% of Democrats support the party's current position in this conflict and in this crisis.

0:35.2

A Democratic National Committee panel has rejected a resolution calling for an arms embargo

0:42.0

against Israel and a ceasefire in Gaza.

0:45.9

We'll speak with the resolution sponsor, Allison Minerly, the 26-year-old DNC member from Florida.

0:53.5

But first, we go to the head of pediatrics at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, where health officials

1:02.4

are reporting an additional 10 deaths due to starvation and malnutrition, including at least two children.

1:13.6

Then, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook says she'll file a lawsuit against President Trump's attempts to illegally remove her from her post.

1:23.6

She's the first black woman to sit on the Federal Reserve's board of governors.

1:29.3

What's important to understand about the president's attempted firing of Governor

1:34.3

Lisa Cook is that as much as it is about Governor Cook, it's also not about Governor Cook at all.

1:39.3

It is about the Federal Reserve's independence as a central bank, their authority to set monetary policy,

1:46.2

and yet another paragraph by a president intent on controlling all levers of government.

1:50.8

We'll speak with Aya Ibrahim, former senior policy advisor at the White House National Economic Council,

1:57.1

where she supported Lisa Cook's confirmation.

2:01.1

And 20 years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans

2:06.4

in one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history,

2:10.9

due in part to a failed response from FEMA.

2:15.4

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, from FEMA. Now, many FEMA workers have been suspended after they sent a Katrina declaration to Congress

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