Democracy Now! 2026-05-26 Tuesday
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for May 26, 2026; U.S. Bombs Iran Despite Peace Talks; Israel Strikes Lebanon to “Force Trump’s Hand”: Negar Mortazavi; “Designed to Break You”: Gaza Flotilla Activists Faced Violence, Sexual Abuse in Israeli Detention; “He Was in Agony”: Tennessee Issues 1-Year Stay for Tony Carruthers After Botched Execution Attempt
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| 0:00.0 | From New York, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:19.7 | It is not the first time we are witnessing these contradictions from the United States. |
| 0:23.6 | In fact, one of the problems in our negotiations is these inconsistencies and contradictions |
| 0:28.4 | in their behavior. |
| 0:29.7 | This is not a new issue. |
| 0:31.9 | The U.S. attacks southern Iran Sunday, sinking two Iranian ships claiming they were laying mines in the |
| 0:39.1 | strait of Hormuz. Iran, meanwhile, shot down a U.S. Reaper drone. This comes as negotiations |
| 0:46.2 | over a potential deal to end the war are ongoing. We'll get the latest. Then an estimated 300 immigrants detained at the for-profit immigration |
| 0:59.0 | jail, Delaney Hall and Newark, New Jersey, are on hunger strike. Outside the jail over the weekend, |
| 1:07.0 | protesters were tear gassed by ICE as they tried to block a van, transferring Martin Soto, |
| 1:14.6 | the husband of one of the organizers outside. |
| 1:17.6 | Everybody in there, they're not eating, they're not eating until they get hurt. |
| 1:23.6 | And so we do something to free them, which is why we started this protest to help |
| 1:30.3 | them, to help their voices be heard, but they retire their all my children. |
| 1:35.3 | We'll speak to Gabriela Soto and formerly undocumented organizer Leodorno. Then more than a dozen |
| 1:43.3 | U.S. activists from the global Samud flotilla |
| 1:47.1 | released from Israeli custody returned to the United States Sunday. They're describing what they |
| 1:54.2 | experienced while in jail. In one of the prison boats, 35 people suffered fractures to their ribs. |
| 2:01.6 | People said there was at least 12 sexual assaults that took place. |
| 2:04.6 | People were tased. |
| 2:06.6 | Me personally, I was kept in cuffs where I can't feel my hands anymore. |
| 2:11.6 | I was kicking the ribs multiple times. |
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