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Democracy Now! 2026-01-23 Friday

Democracy Now! Video

Democracy Now!

News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for January 23, 2026; “Emperor” Trump’s So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance; Nekima Levy Armstrong Jailed After Protesting ICE Official Who Also Serves as Pastor in St. Paul; ICE Out of Minnesota: Unions & Churches Lead Economic Blackout in “Day of Truth and Freedom”; “Kings and Pawns”: Howard Bryant on What Jackie Robinson & Paul Robeson Reveal About America

Transcript

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:18.0

I'm a real estate person at heart, and it's all about location.

0:23.2

And I said, look at this location on the sea.

0:26.0

Look at this beautiful piece of property.

0:27.9

What it could be for so many people, it'll be so great.

0:31.6

People that are living so poorly are going to be living so well.

0:34.1

As President Trump lays out his vision for a post-war Gaza, what some might call

0:40.7

Trump Gaza, we'll speak with Trapside news reporter Sharif al-Qadouz about his new investigation,

0:48.7

leaked documents. Planned community in Rafah would force Palestinians into Israeli panopticon.

0:57.0

Then to Minneapolis, we'll talk to the lawyer for Nekima Levy Armstrong, who is still in jail

1:04.0

after she was arrested after peacefully protesting in a St. Paul church where a top ICE official serves as a pastor.

1:17.6

David Easterwood is a pastor here. He is also the director of the field office for ICE in St. Paul.

1:26.3

So someone who claims to worship God,

1:31.2

teaching people in this church about God,

1:34.6

is out there overseeing ICE agents.

1:39.2

We'll also speak with a union member

1:41.4

who's part of one of the many unions

1:43.8

joining today's Day of Truth

1:45.8

and Freedom and Economic Blackout to protest the surge of ICE agents into Minnesota.

1:53.1

And today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Paul Robeson, the great actor, singer,

1:58.7

athlete, scholar, blacklisted and hounded by the government

2:02.3

for his political beliefs.

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