Violence Without Action
democracy-ish
Mary Trump Media
4.8 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
A mass shooting in Australia on the first night of Hanukkah leaves 15 people dead and sparks urgent calls for accountability and reform. At the same time, another mass shooting in the United States pushes this year’s total to 380—met, once again, with political paralysis and empty platitudes.
As Australian leaders signal possible legislative action, American officials offer thoughts and prayers instead of solutions. Meanwhile, ICE escalates aggressive enforcement efforts, with consequences that now hit the halls of power itself when a U.S. congresswoman’s son is caught in the fallout.
In this episode, we connect the dots between global political violence, failed gun policy, and unchecked state power—and why these crises are not isolated, but deeply intertwined.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, dear friends. It has been an extraordinarily tragic weekend, both here in the United States and in Australia. |
| 0:13.6 | Gun violence is something that we in the United States, sadly, are all too familiar with. But when we see a mass shooting |
| 0:23.8 | happen elsewhere and then watch policymakers spring into action to provide more than just prayers, |
| 0:30.7 | it is a stark reminder of how America continues to fail all of us, our children, and how no one seems to care, not those |
| 0:43.9 | that we elect. |
| 0:45.3 | We have no leadership here. |
| 0:47.4 | As I said earlier today on democracy-ish, America is starving for leadership. |
| 0:53.6 | We are malnourished. And it can't be underestimated how much it |
| 1:00.2 | matters in times of tragedy to actually have compassionate leadership, someone that can |
| 1:08.1 | actually model how we should respond and how we should care for each other. |
| 1:15.0 | That is where I begin today's show, dear friends, hello, damnation, and welcome to the Danielle Moody show. |
| 1:23.1 | Let's get into it. |
| 1:23.9 | Let's get into it. Let's get into it. Hello, damnation, and happy Monday. |
| 1:57.9 | I am traveling for the next two days, but don't you, dear fret, I will be providing |
| 2:04.4 | videos for all of you in between my travel. We begin today on this very solemn Monday with the |
| 2:16.3 | shooting that took place, the terrorist attack that took place on |
| 2:21.8 | Bondi Beach in Australia. And here you can see by the headline from NBC News, Hero, |
| 2:29.1 | seen disarming Bondi Beach attacker undergo surgery for gunshot wounds. |
| 2:36.1 | And it was a tragic scene on Bondi Beach as groups of Jewish people were gathered to celebrate |
| 2:47.9 | the first night of Hanukkah. |
| 2:52.6 | A Sydney resident who disarmed a gunman during the deadly attack at Australia's famous |
| 2:58.3 | Bondi Beach on Sundays in the hospital after undergoing surgery for bullet wounds, his family |
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