#ElonMusk was born in 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa, & raised in a #wealthy family under the country's #racist apartheid laws. #Musk's family history reveals ties to #apartheid & neo-#Nazi politics. #DemocracyNow speaks w/Chris McGreal, reporter for The Guardian, to understand how Musk's upbringing shaped his worldview, as well as that of his South African-raised colleague #PeterThiel, a right-wing #billionaire who co-founded PayPal alongside Musk.

#USpol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdHA

Sabotaging Social Security: Trump & Musk Move Ahead with Plan to Cut Agency Staff & Critical Services http://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/19/judd_legum_musk_doge_social_security

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zE288MtPwY

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#BishopWilliamBarber: #GNP * #TaxCuts 'Mathematically Impossible' Without Gutting #Medicaid and More

* #GNP = #GazaNaziParty

Bishop William Barber: GOP Tax Cuts "Mathematically Impossible" Without Gutting Medicaid and More http://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/7/bishop_william_barber_gop_tax_cuts

Every constituency in #Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests

A new poll conducted on the fifth anniversary of #Brexit suggests every constituency in Britain thinks the government should prioritise trade with the #EU over the #US and other countries.

The survey analysed responses from almost 15,000 people across England, Scotland and Wales.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-uk-trade-donald-trump-us-poll-b2686512.html

Ken Roth on Israel's "Starvation Strategy" in Gaza & "Righting Wrongs" of Abusive Governments http://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/3/gaza_ethnic_cleansing_trump_palestine_israel

We need more community ownership in Scotland to prevent McCrone 2.0

McCrone report saw Gavin McCrone reveal 51 years ago how North Sea #oil and #gas could have made #Scotland rich, but it wasn’t revealed by Westminster until 2005.

Scotland’s renewable #energy production share is now one of the highest in Europe in 2025, yet Scots have some of the most expensive power #bills.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24959692.-need-community-ownership-scotland-prevent-mccrone-2-0/

Patients "Abandoned": Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials "Profoundly Unethical," Says Dr. Faden http://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/17/usaid_trump_cuts_healthcare

"You Don't Have to Comply": U.S. Attorney, 5 DOJ Lawyers Quit, Refuse to Drop Case Against NYC Mayor http://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/14/ron_kuby_eric_adams_doj

It’s straight from the Trump playbook: #Labour is tearing up the machinery of government

#NotLabourAsWeKnowIt

This might sound astonishing, but the #UK government’s core programme now appears to be the same as Donald #Trump’s: dismantling the administrative state.

There’s less theatre, but the results could prove harder to contest. Absurd? Consider the evidence.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/11/donald-trump-labour-government

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giV2ocStRhc

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scary, hateful deportation... Sickening!

#ICERaids Begin as Judge Halts Unconstitutional #BirthrightCitizenshipOrder

#USAFascistShitShow #WTF

Chase Strangio: Trump's Anti-Trans Executive Orders Threaten LGBTQ+ People, Claim to Defend Women
#DemocracyNow #Politics #Trump #Oligarchy #Musk #Project2025 #SocialJustice #EconomicJustice #BlackMastodon #WomensRights #Trans #LGBTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOV6XkTV_20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5YWS_fYREw

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''I've Been to the Mountaintop': In a Final Speech, #MLK Spoke of Reaching 'Promise Land of Equality

#press #news #democracy #democracynow

"The responsibility of a #journalist is to go to where the silence is—to amplify the voices of those who have been forgotten & forsaken by the powerful. It's the best reason I know for us to pick up our pens, microphones & cameras and go out into our own communities and the wider world.

#Donate online today—when your tax-deductible gift will be doubled—& help us amplify the voices of people who are committed to changing the world."

https://www.democracynow.org/donate/ye-20241217-eml

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo7GA0jr0n0

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#LeonardPeltier: #AmnestyInternational Calls on #ButcherBiden to Free #Indigenous Leader Before It's Too Late

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J64xrrPBlEk

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#WarCrimes in #Lebanon : #HumanRightsWatch Says #ApartheidIsrael Used U.S. Arms to Kill 3 #Journalists

#HandsOffEverywhere

#FreePalestineNOW

Trump Taps Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought for OMB: Wants to Fire Civil Servants, Deploy Military
#DemocracyNow!
Nov 25, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a key architect of the right-wing Project 2025 planning document, Russell #Vought, to return as head of the Office of Management and Budget. The Trump loyalist wrote the chapter of #Project2025 that lays out how to redefine the executive branch by firing thousands of civil servants. He has also supported deploying the military domestically. ProPublica reporter Molly Redden has recently published an investigation on Vought and the ideology he will bring to Washington, D.C. She explains that as head of OMB, Vought will be able to push Trump's anti-regulatory agenda and help him to ignore Congress, concentrating power in the hands of the executive branch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IarFFEdvEHM&ab_channel=DemocracyNow%21