Democracy Now! 2026-05-13 Wednesday
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Democracy Now!
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🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for May 13, 2026; FDA Chief Pushed Out in Latest Sign of Public Health Chaos Under RFK Jr.; Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting “Billionaire Big Tech Agenda”; Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release Milwaukee Mosque Leader
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| 0:00.0 | From New York, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:17.0 | Everybody wants that job. It's a very important job. Marty's a terrific guy, but he's going to go on and he's going to lead a good life. |
| 0:25.6 | Under mounting political pressure, |
| 0:28.6 | Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty McCarrie resigns from his position. |
| 0:35.6 | Why did powerful Republicans and anti-abortion groups want him gone? |
| 0:41.9 | And how healthy is the federal health system overall? We'll talk to Dr. Aaron Kesselheim of Harvard Medical School and public citizens, Dr. Robert Steinbrook. |
| 0:55.8 | Then the fight against AI data centers isn't just about tech. |
| 1:01.3 | It's about democracy. |
| 1:03.8 | Across the country from Oregon to Georgia, |
| 1:06.0 | an incredible populist, bipartisan movement is rising up |
| 1:10.0 | to say no to the AI takeover. |
| 1:13.1 | And they are clocking win after win. |
| 1:14.9 | They are extracting concessions from big tech corporations. |
| 1:18.1 | They are blocking data center development. |
| 1:20.0 | And they are passing moratorium and fighting for an AI pause at the state and national level. |
| 1:27.6 | This is opening up a new important front line in the fight against tech-enabled authoritarianism. |
| 1:33.7 | He'll speak with writer and organizer Astra Taylor. |
| 1:37.7 | Finally, to Wisconsin. |
| 1:39.8 | To look at the case of Salasasur, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, he's been |
| 1:46.3 | locked up in an ICE jail in Indiana since late March. |
| 1:51.5 | We'll speak with his son and one of his attorneys. |
| 1:54.8 | The word give up isn't in the Palestinian dictionary. |
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