From New York, this is Democracy Now.

And we're thrilled to swear in our new Secretary of Homeland Security, a great American

patriot, to put it mildly, Mark Wayne Mullen. And I want to just say, Mark Wayne, congratulations.

Great. Thank you. You deserve it. You're a great man.

Former Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullen has officially replaced Christy Noem.

We'll speak to Chicago Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who pushed for Noem to be impeached.

We'll look at Mullin's record on immigration, ice agents being deployed to airports,

and the prospect of the being sent to polls in November.

Then to a Pentagon analyst turned whistleblower.

My entire life has been in service to this nation in one way or another.

So I saw it as my mission, really my duty as an American,

to expose what was happening at the Pentagon and the incredible

danger that Pete Hegsath posed as Secretary of Defense.

We'll speak to retired master sergeant, West Bryant.

Up until a year ago, he headed a Pentagon office aimed at reducing civilian casualties,

but Trump dissolved the unit.

Then to Democracy Now's 30th anniversary celebration.

Patty Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, and others come together for a rare joint performance of Smith's people have the power.

I believe everything we dream can come to pass through a union.

We can turn the world around.

We can turn the Earth's revolution.

We have the power.

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