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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-06-05 Friday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for June 05, 2026; Adam Hamawy, Ex-Volunteer Doctor in Gaza, Wins NJ House Primary Calling for End to Israeli Aid; Hasan Piker on Being Banned from U.K., Traveling to Cuba &amp;amp; Supporting Candidates Critical of Israel&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-06-04 Thursday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for June 04, 2026; Voices from Delaney Hall: Family and Community Members Demand Release of Loved Ones from &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Jail; Far-Right Leaders, Including Ex-&lt;span class="caps"&gt;CBP&lt;/span&gt; Chief Greg Bovino, Convene in Portugal for &amp;#8220;Remigration Summit&amp;#8221;; &amp;#8220;Notes from an &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Chaser&amp;#8221;: Tracking Trump&amp;#8217;s Mass Deportation Campaign on the Ground; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Ada Ferrer on Cuba&amp;#8217;s Crisis, U.S. Sanctions and Family Separation&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for June 03, 2026; &amp;#8220;Fraud on the Court&amp;#8221;: Even as &lt;span class="caps"&gt;DOJ&lt;/span&gt; Drops $1.8B Settlement Fund, Judge Reopens Case over Collusion; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;MAGA&lt;/span&gt; Loyalist Bill Pulte Tapped to Be New U.S. Spy Chief, Led Efforts to Target Trump Critics; &amp;#8220;Appalling Misconduct&amp;#8221;: Chicago Federal Prosecutors Under Fire; &amp;#8220;Broadview 6&amp;#8221; Charges Dropped; The Government Tried to Villainize Us: Broadview 6 Defendants Speak Out After Charges Dropped&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-06-02 Tuesday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for June 02, 2026; Iran Suspends U.S. Talks as Israel Kills 8 More in Lebanon &amp;amp; Expands Occupation; &amp;#8220;Murder as Policy&amp;#8221;: Amnesty Int&amp;#8217;l Decries U.S. Strikes on Latin American Boats as Death Toll Tops 200; &amp;#8220;The Overseer Class&amp;#8221;: Steven Thrasher on Black Cops, Pro-Palestine Protests, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;DEI&lt;/span&gt; &amp;amp; More&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for June 01, 2026; NJ State Police Join Crackdown Against Supporters of Hunger-Striking Immigrants at Delaney Hall; &amp;#8220;We Closed Our Account&amp;#8221;: Advocates Call for Boycott of Citizens Bank for Financing &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Jails; &amp;#8220;Revolving Door&amp;#8221;: Former &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEO&lt;/span&gt; Group VP David Venturella Is New Interim &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Chief; Meet Bajun Mavalwalla, Veteran Convicted for &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Protest in Unprecedented Use of Conspiracy Charges&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-05-29 Friday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for May 29, 2026; &amp;#8220;Subversion of Law and Order&amp;#8221;: &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Violence Escalates at Newark&amp;#8217;s &lt;span class="caps"&gt;GEO&lt;/span&gt;-Run Jail, Delaney Hall; Meet Nadia Milleron: Jury Awards Family $50M for Daughter&amp;#8217;s Death in Boeing Crash; &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s About People Feeding Their Families&amp;#8221;: Indigenous-Led Anti-Austerity Protests Rock Bolivia&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for May 28, 2026; No End in Sight: Israel Expands War on Lebanon, Orders Evacuation of 14% of Country; Ex-Nuclear Negotiator on U.S.-Iran Talks, Abraham Accords &amp;amp; Trump&amp;#8217;s Threat to Blow Up Oman; &amp;#8220;From Bogotá to El Fasher&amp;#8221;: How &lt;span class="caps"&gt;UAE&lt;/span&gt; Trained Colombian Mercenaries to Fight Alongside &lt;span class="caps"&gt;RSF&lt;/span&gt; in Sudan; Trump&amp;#8217;s Enemies List: &lt;span class="caps"&gt;DOJ&lt;/span&gt; Launches &amp;#8220;Egregious&amp;#8221; Criminal Probe into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-05-27 Wednesday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for May 27, 2026; &amp;#8220;They Are Not Alone Inside&amp;#8221;: Protests Outside Newark &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Jail Support Hunger-Striking Detainees; Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan. 6 Rioters &amp;amp; Other Allies; &amp;#8220;How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies&amp;#8221;: Northwestern Prof. Jeffrey Winters on Book &amp;#8220;The Blind Spot&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for May 26, 2026; U.S. Bombs Iran Despite Peace Talks; Israel Strikes Lebanon to &amp;#8220;Force Trump&amp;#8217;s Hand&amp;#8221;: Negar Mortazavi; &amp;#8220;Designed to Break You&amp;#8221;: Gaza Flotilla Activists Faced Violence, Sexual Abuse in Israeli Detention; &amp;#8220;He Was in Agony&amp;#8221;: Tennessee Issues 1-Year Stay for Tony Carruthers After Botched Execution Attempt&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>"Broadview 6" Defendants Kat Abughazaleh &amp; Michael Rabbitt on ICE Protest &amp; Prosecutorial Misconduct</title>
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  <description>Part 2 of our conversation with Kat Abughazaleh and Michael Rabbitt. They were indicted for protesting last year outside the Broadview ICE jail during Trump’s so-called Operation Midway Blitz crackdown. During a recent court hearing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office admitted federal prosecutors committed misconduct during the grand jury proceedings and, in a stunning move, the U.S. Attorney’s Office dismissed the charges against the four who had been indicted.</description>
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During a recent court hearing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office admitted federal prosecutors committed misconduct during the grand jury proceedings and, in a stunning move, the U.S. Attorney’s Office dismissed the charges against the remaining four defendants. Charges had already been dropped against two others.]]>
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