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Welcome to democracyow democracynow.org00:00:03
the war and peace report. I'm Amy00:00:05
Goodman. The Trump administration00:00:07
imposed new sanctions on Venezuela00:00:09
Thursday as President Trump repeated his00:00:11
threats to begin military strikes on00:00:13
land targets in Venezuela. The new00:00:16
sanctions target family members of00:00:18
President Nicolas Maduro as well as six00:00:21
crude oil tankers and associated00:00:23
shipping companies. Meanwhile, Reuters00:00:26
reports the US is preparing to intercept00:00:29
more ships transporting Venezuelan oil00:00:32
after it seized a massive Venezuelan oil00:00:35
tanker on Wednesday. Some Democratic00:00:37
lawmakers and at least one Republican00:00:39
have condemned the seizure, which00:00:41
Venezuela condemned as an act of piracy.00:00:45
Maryland Senator Chris Van Holland said00:00:47
the move shows the Trump00:00:48
administration's00:00:50
cover story that it's seeking to00:00:52
interdict drugs is a quote big lie. He00:00:56
added quote this is just one more piece00:00:59
of evidence that this is really about00:01:01
regime change by force unquote. However,00:01:04
the Senate's top Democrat minority00:01:06
leader Senator Chuck Schumer refused to00:01:08
say he opposes regime change in00:01:10
Venezuela. Schumer spoke with CNN's Jake00:01:13
Tapper Thursday.00:01:16
>> Do you disagree with President Trump's00:01:18
ultimate goal of regime change in00:01:20
Venezuela?00:01:21
Look, the bottom line is President Trump00:01:24
throws out so many different things in00:01:26
so many different ways. You don't even00:01:28
know what the heck he's talking about.00:01:30
You know, obviously if Maduro would just00:01:32
flee on his own, everyone would like00:01:34
that. But we don't know what the heck00:01:36
he's up to when he talks about that. So,00:01:38
it's very very You cannot say I endorse00:01:40
this. I endorse that.00:01:42
>> California Democratic Congress member00:01:44
Roana blasted Schumer's comments,00:01:46
writing, quote, "Yes, Democrats oppose00:01:49
regime change war in Venezuela. Instead00:01:52
of wasting trillions on endless wars, we00:01:55
must invest in jobs, healthcare, and00:01:57
housing for Americans. Why is this hard?00:02:00
We need a new generation to lead our00:02:02
party with moral clarity and00:02:04
conviction," Congress member Connor00:02:06
wrote.00:02:08
In the Gaza Strip, at least 12 people00:02:10
were killed in the past 24 hours as00:02:12
torrential rains and floods descended on00:02:14
the besieged territory, collapsing00:02:15
shelters, makeshift tents, and what00:02:17
remained of homes and buildings damaged00:02:20
by Israel's relentless war. Among the00:02:22
victims are three children who died of00:02:24
hypothermia due to the winter storm.00:02:26
This comes as Israel's military00:02:28
continues to violate the US brokered00:02:31
ceasefire deal it agreed to October00:02:33
10th. Israeli forces killed at least two00:02:36
Palestinians in Rafa on Wednesday.00:02:39
In the occupied West Bank, Israel's00:02:41
approved the establishment of nearly 80000:02:44
new settler homes. The Israeli00:02:46
settlements are illegal under00:02:47
international law.00:02:50
Tens of millions of US residents are set00:02:52
to see the cost of their health00:02:54
insurance plan skyrocket after the00:02:56
Senate rejected a bill that would have00:02:58
extended tax credits under the00:03:00
Affordable Care Act. On Thursday, four00:03:02
Republican senators sided with Democrats00:03:04
and independents who voted in favor of a00:03:06
three-year extension of the health care00:03:09
subsidies, but the legislation failed on00:03:12
a vote of 51 to 48 after falling short00:03:14
of the 60 needed to break a Republican00:03:17
filibuster. Without a deal by December00:03:19
31st, some 22 million people will likely00:03:22
see their premiums double on average.00:03:25
This is Georgia Democratic Senator00:03:27
Raphael Waro.00:03:30
The Republicans today have taken a00:03:32
system that's already struggling and00:03:34
broken it down even more. And the00:03:37
consequences for ordinary people, many00:03:39
of them in their own red districts, will00:03:42
be that they will have to delay response00:03:44
to their health care. uh they will have00:03:47
to find a way to pay more uh higher00:03:51
premiums00:03:53
and for many people they will literally00:03:55
pay00:03:57
with their lives.00:03:59
>> South Carolina public health officials00:04:01
say hundreds of people are in isolation00:04:03
or quarantine amidst a rapidly spreading00:04:07
measles outbreak in a northwestern00:04:09
region of the state with lower rates of00:04:11
vaccination. So far, 111 measles cases00:04:15
have been recorded, all but six of which00:04:18
occurred in unvaccinated people. Arizona00:04:20
and Utah are also experiencing a00:04:23
significant measles outbreak.00:04:25
Nationally, there have been almost 2,00000:04:27
measles cases recorded in the United00:04:30
States this year, causing at least three00:04:32
deaths. The US declared measles00:04:35
eliminated in the year 2000, but the00:04:37
disease has returned after vaccination00:04:39
rates fell during the COVID pandemic.00:04:44
A Democratic lawmaker from Michigan00:04:46
filed articles of impeachment Thursday00:04:47
against Health and Human Services00:04:49
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.00:04:51
Congresswoman Haley Stevens accuses00:04:53
Kennedy of abdication of duty by00:04:56
restricting access to vaccines,00:04:58
spreading absurd conspiracies, and00:05:00
putting lives in danger.00:05:03
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science,00:05:06
on public health, and on the American00:05:08
people. Under his watch, families are00:05:10
less safe. Healthcare costs are00:05:12
skyrocketing and lifesaving research,00:05:14
including right here in Michigan, is00:05:17
being gutted. Democratic leaders,00:05:20
including House Minority Leader Hakee00:05:21
Jeff, have declined to co-sponsor the00:05:24
articles of impeachment. Meanwhile, the00:05:26
FDA is reportedly considering putting a00:05:29
blackbox warning on COVID vaccines, a00:05:33
warning reserve for drugs that can cause00:05:36
death. We'll have more on this story00:05:38
after headlines. will speak with a00:05:39
former top vaccine expert at the CDC who00:05:42
resigned in June.00:05:45
Republican lawmakers in Indiana have00:05:47
rejected a push by President Trump to00:05:49
redraw the state's congressional map00:05:51
ahead of next year's midterm elections.00:05:53
On Thursday, 21 state senators with the00:05:56
Republican majority cross the aisle to00:05:59
side with Democrats opposing the mid00:06:01
decade redistricting effort, which was00:06:04
aimed at giving all nine of Indiana's00:06:06
congressional seats to Republicans. The00:06:09
upset vote came after some Republican00:06:11
lawmakers who opposed the plan described00:06:14
the violent threats they'd received from00:06:16
President Trump's supporters. Ahead of00:06:19
the vote, the advocacy branch of the00:06:21
Heritage Foundation issued a warning to00:06:23
Indiana lawmakers. Quote, "If the00:06:26
Indiana Senate fails to pass the map,00:06:28
all federal funding will be stripped00:06:29
from the state. Roads will not be paid.00:06:31
Guards bases will close. Major projects00:06:35
will stop. These are the stakes and00:06:37
every no vote will be to blame. They00:06:40
wrote00:06:41
Kilar Abgo Garcia has reunited with his00:06:44
family in Maryland after a federal judge00:06:46
ordered his immediate release from a00:06:47
Pennsylvania ICE jail Thursday. But00:06:50
Abrego Garcia has to check in with00:06:52
immigration officials today, just hours00:06:55
after US District Judge Paula Zenis00:06:59
ruled against the Trump administration,00:07:01
writing, quote, "Since Abrego Garcia's00:07:03
return from wrongful detention in El00:07:05
Salvador, he's been redetained again00:07:08
without lawful authority," she wrote.00:07:10
Abrego Garcia's case has been at the00:07:12
center of Trump's brutal crackdown on00:07:14
immigration. To see our coverage of his00:07:17
case, go to our website,00:07:18
democracynow.org. or00:07:21
a US citizen from Minnesota's00:07:23
Somali-American community speaking out00:07:25
after ICE agents racially profiled and00:07:28
wrongfully arrested him earlier this00:07:30
week in Minneapolis. Mumbashir, who00:07:32
asked only to be identified by his first00:07:34
name, said he was on his lunch break00:07:36
Tuesday when masked federal agents00:07:38
tackled and pushed him. The 20-year-old00:07:41
informed the agents he was a US citizen00:07:43
and could show them his passport, but00:07:45
instead he said the agents put him in a00:07:46
headlock, took him into custody,00:07:48
detained him for hours without access to00:07:50
water and medical care. Mubishir00:07:53
described his violent arrest during a00:07:55
press conference Wednesday.00:07:57
>> All I did was step outside as a Somali00:08:00
American and I just got chased by a00:08:02
masked person. That agent didn't at one00:08:05
point he didn't identify himself. He00:08:07
didn't say ice stop.00:08:10
Like I felt like I was getting00:08:12
assaulted. I was getting kidnapped. And00:08:14
that's exactly where it was. And the way00:08:17
they were treated me, it was inhumane.00:08:19
They00:08:21
dragged me across the road. They slammed00:08:23
me to the ground, choked me. That was00:08:26
uncalled for.00:08:28
Federal immigration agents have arrested00:08:30
more than 400 people across Minnesota00:08:32
since Trump last week called Somali00:08:35
immigrants garbage in a racist tirade.00:08:38
On Capitol Hill, Democratic lawmakers00:08:41
repeatedly called on Homeland Security00:08:43
Secretary Christy Gnome to resign as00:08:45
they confronted her on Trump's00:08:47
immigration crackdown during a heated00:08:49
House Homeland Security Committee00:08:51
hearing Thursday. Gnome stood defiant00:08:54
defending Trump's nationwide raids, mass00:08:56
deportations, and the use of force by00:08:58
federal agents. Her opening statement00:09:00
was briefly interrupted by protesters,00:09:02
one of whom chanted, quote, "Get ice off00:09:04
our streets. Top st stop terrorizing our00:09:08
communities."00:09:10
Democratic lawmakers accuse Gnome of00:09:13
lying and corruption. Meanwhile,00:09:15
Congress member Delia Ramirez of00:09:17
Chicago, the daughter of Guatemalan00:09:19
immigrants, announced she's taking the00:09:21
first steps to impeach Gnome. This is a00:09:24
portion of Ramirez's remarks to Gnome.00:09:28
>> You lied on the record and you lied to00:09:31
members of this committee. You violated00:09:33
court orders by not turning around00:09:34
deportation flights bound for El00:09:36
Salvador, where we know that hundreds of00:09:38
people under your leadership have00:09:41
reported they were raped, they were00:09:42
beaten, and they nearly died. And your00:09:45
agents used chemical weapons in Chicago00:09:48
despite court orders from District Court00:09:50
Judge Ellis forbidding their use.00:09:53
>> We'll be joined by Congress member Delia00:09:56
Ramirez later in the broadcast. The00:09:58
Justice Department's once again failed00:10:00
to bring an indictment against New York00:10:02
Attorney General Leticia James on00:10:04
charges she lied on a mortgage00:10:06
application. It's yet another blow to00:10:08
President Trump's campaign of00:10:09
retribution against his political00:10:11
enemies. On Thursday, a federal grand00:10:13
jury in Alexandria, Virginia refused to00:10:16
indict James after a separate grand jury00:10:19
in Norfolk last week also rejected an00:10:21
indictment sought by the Justice00:10:23
Department.00:10:25
The House of Representatives voted00:10:26
Thursday to reverse President Trump's00:10:28
executive orders, stripping a million00:10:31
unionize federal workers at 40 federal00:10:33
agencies of their collective bargaining00:10:35
rights. 20 Republicans joined Democrats00:10:38
to send the legislation to the Senate00:10:39
over the objections of House Republican00:10:41
leaders who opposed the bill. Randy00:10:43
Irwin, president of the National00:10:45
Federation of Federal Employees, wrote,00:10:47
quote, "The president cannot00:10:49
unilaterally strip working people of00:10:51
their constitutional freedom of00:10:52
association in bipartisan fashion.00:10:54
Congress has asserted their authority to00:10:56
hold the president accountable for the00:10:58
biggest attack on workers that this00:11:00
country has ever seen." unquote. The00:11:04
Walt Disney Company announced Thursday00:11:06
it'll invest a billion dollars in OpenAI00:11:09
after agreeing to allow users of the00:11:12
Sora video generation app to make videos00:11:15
with hundreds of copyrighted Disney00:11:17
characters. It's a firstofits-kind move00:11:20
by a major studio coming two years after00:11:22
Hollywood screenwriters and actors went00:11:24
on strike to protect their livelihoods00:11:26
from generative AI. Responding to00:11:29
Disney's deal, the Writers Guild of00:11:31
America wrote, quote, "Companies,00:11:32
including OpenAI, have stolen vast00:11:35
libraries of works owned by the studios00:11:37
and created by WGA members and Hollywood00:11:40
labor to train their artificial00:11:42
intelligence systems. We've repeatedly00:11:45
called for the studios to take legal00:11:46
action to defend the valuable00:11:48
intellectual property we hope to00:11:51
create," unquote. And President Trump00:11:53
signed an executive order Thursday00:11:55
establishing a single national standard00:11:58
on artificial intelligence, blocking00:12:01
states from enacting their own AI00:12:04
regulations. The order directs the00:12:06
Justice Department set up an AI00:12:08
litigation task force, which would bring00:12:11
lawsuits against any state that passes00:12:15
new AI laws. It also directs the00:12:18
commerce secretary Howard Lutnik to look00:12:21
into withholding funding for rural00:12:23
broadband internet from states seeking00:12:25
to regulate AI. This comes after a New00:12:28
York Times investigation found Lutnik00:12:30
and his sons run a network of companies00:12:32
and industries ranging from00:12:34
cryptocurrencies to AI data centers and00:12:37
that Lutnik has promoted policies00:12:39
supporting the construction of data00:12:41
centers while serving in government. And00:12:44
those are some of the headlines. This is00:12:46
democracyow democracynow.org the Warren00:12:49
Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman in New00:12:51
York joined by Democracy Now's Juan00:12:53
Gonzalez in Chicago. Hi Juan.00:12:57
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