Democracy Now! 2026-04-24 Friday
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for April 24, 2026; Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Killed in Israeli Strike, Medics Blocked from Saving Her Under Rubble; NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé Calls for End to “Deed Theft” After Arrest at Eviction Protest in Brooklyn; “Muskism”: Author Quinn Slobodian on How Apartheid South Africa Inspired Elon Musk’s Worldview & More
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| 0:00.0 | From Seattle, Washington, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:19.1 | As my sister, I'll take her to her grave and fulfill my duties towards her. |
| 0:25.6 | But her professional rights are with her ministry and with institutions. |
| 0:29.6 | There's no charter, no charter, no law in the world, none of them, that allows targeting a journalist. |
| 0:35.6 | Thousands gathered in Lebanon on Thursday for the funeral of the prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. |
| 0:44.3 | Lebanon's prime minister has accused Israeli forces of committing a war crime by first targeting her in an airstrike, |
| 0:52.3 | then blocking medical crews from reaching her for hours. |
| 0:58.3 | We'll speak to the committee to protect journalists and go to Beirut to speak with another |
| 1:03.2 | reporter who knew Amal and was himself injured in an Israeli strike just last month. |
| 1:10.7 | Then New York City Council member Chiazai joins us. |
| 1:14.7 | He was violently arrested earlier this week at a protest against deed theft, a practice that's |
| 1:21.2 | led to many evictions of longtime homeowners. |
| 1:25.7 | Who do you counsel members? of longtime homeowners. |
| 1:38.3 | Finally, Muskism, a guide for the perplexed. Professor Quinn Slobodian looks at the ideology of Elon Musk. |
| 1:47.7 | Muskism is the promise of sovereignty through technology that ends up cashing out as a deeper and deeper dependency |
| 1:51.2 | of both states and people on the suite of products and services |
| 1:55.2 | that Musk himself offers. |
| 1:58.1 | All that and more coming up. |
| 2:11.5 | Thank you. offers. All that and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now, Democritory.org, the War and Peace Report. |
| 2:19.0 | I'm Amy Goodman. President Trump says a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by three weeks, even as Israel continues to carry out attacks as its forces occupy southern Lebanon. |
| 2:25.6 | On Thursday, Trump hosted Israel's and Lebanon's ambassadors to the Oval Office for a second |
| 2:31.9 | round of U.S. facilitated talks. Once again, Hezbollah was not a part of the negotiations. |
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