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Democracy Now! 2025-12-22 Monday

Democracy Now! Video

Democracy Now!

Daily News, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for December 22, 2025; “Who Are They Protecting?”: Rep. Ro Khanna Urges Contempt Charges over AG Bondi’s Epstein Redactions; Rep. Ro Khanna on Venezuela Strikes, Zohran Mamdani, Trump-Kennedy Center & More; Israel Approves 19 New West Bank Settlements as State-Sponsored Violence Escalates; “Destroying Knowledge”: Michael Mann on Trump’s Dismantling of Key Climate Center in Colorado

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:19.2

The reality is Pam Bondi has obfuscated for months.

0:23.4

She first said there were no more documents to be seen.

0:26.1

Now she's admitting and releasing hundreds of thousands of documents,

0:29.9

but it is an incomplete release with too many redactions.

0:34.2

Thomas Massey and are exploring all options.

0:39.6

It can be the impeachment of people at justice, inherit contempt, or referring for prosecution those who are obstructing justice.

0:46.2

Outrage is growing after the Justice Department heavily redacted and withheld many documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

0:59.0

in possible violation of a new law signed by President Trump last month.

1:05.0

We'll speak to Democratic California Congress member Rokana, who co-authored the Epstein-Files Transparency Act.

1:14.6

We'll also talk to him about Trump's threat to topple the Venezuelan government and more.

1:20.6

Then to the occupied West Bank.

1:23.6

And you cannot lose sight of the rapidly deteriorating situation in the West Bank.

1:30.3

Palestinians there face escalating Israeli settler violence, land seizures, demolitions,

1:37.3

and intensified movement restrictions.

1:40.3

Despite warnings from the United Nations, Israel's approved 19 new settlements in the occupied

1:46.5

West Bank.

1:47.9

We'll go to Ramallah to speak with Buda Hassan of Amnesty International.

1:54.4

Then we talked to the acclaimed climate scientist Michael Mann about the Trump administration's

1:59.8

decision to dismantle N-KAR.

2:02.9

That's the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.

2:08.7

All that and more coming up.

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