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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-08-21 Friday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 21, 2026; As Pressure Grows, Israel Finally Opens Probe into 2024 Killing of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab in Gaza; Meet Loui Ridi: Palestinian American Returns to West Bank Home Besieged by Israeli Settlers; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;DOJ&lt;/span&gt; Whistleblower Confirms &amp;#8220;Antisemitism&amp;#8221; Probes Against Universities Were Sham Investigations&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-08-20 Thursday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 20, 2026; 5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women &amp;amp; Girls in Afghanistan Have Disappeared from Public Life; AI Superintelligence Is Not a Tool, It&amp;#8217;s an Adversary Threatening Humanity: ControlAI&amp;#8217;s Connor Leahy; &amp;#8220;Love Machines&amp;#8221;: James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships &amp;amp; the Global Workers Fueling AI&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>Headlines for August 20, 2026; 5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women &amp;amp; Girls in Afghanistan Have Disappeared from Public Life; AI Superintelligence Is Not a Tool, It&amp;#8217;s an Adversary Threatening Humanity: ControlAI&amp;#8217;s Connor Leahy; &amp;#8220;Love Machines&amp;#8221;: James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships &amp;amp; the Global Workers Fueling AI</itunes:subtitle></item>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-08-19 Wednesday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 19, 2026; Trump&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Authoritarian Takeover&amp;#8221; of the Media, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; Suing &lt;span class="caps"&gt;FCC&lt;/span&gt; &amp;amp; the Meta Trial: Free Press&amp;#8217;s Jessica González; &amp;#8220;Profoundly Corrupt&amp;#8221;: Trump Sued for Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts for $100K/Month; Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas; Activist Tree-Sit in Ancient Cottonwood Continues Against Border Wall Construction in Arizona&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <media:description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 19, 2026; Trump&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Authoritarian Takeover&amp;#8221; of the Media, &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; Suing &lt;span class="caps"&gt;FCC&lt;/span&gt; &amp;amp; the Meta Trial: Free Press&amp;#8217;s Jessica González; &amp;#8220;Profoundly Corrupt&amp;#8221;: Trump Sued for Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts for $100K/Month; Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas; Activist Tree-Sit in Ancient Cottonwood Continues Against Border Wall Construction in Arizona&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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<itunes:subtitle>Headlines for August 19, 2026; Trump&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Authoritarian Takeover&amp;#8221; of the Media, ABC Suing FCC &amp;amp; the Meta Trial: Free Press&amp;#8217;s Jessica González; &amp;#8220;Profoundly Corrupt&amp;#8221;: Trump Sued for Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts for $100K/Month; Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas; Activist Tree-Sit in Ancient Cottonwood Continues Against Border Wall Construction in Arizona</itunes:subtitle></item>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-08-18 Tuesday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 18, 2026; Who Is Natalie Harp? &lt;span class="caps"&gt;NYT&lt;/span&gt; Reporter Maggie Haberman on Trump&amp;#8217;s Aide &amp;amp; His Attacks on Women Reporters; &amp;#8220;Regime Change&amp;#8221; Author Maggie Haberman on Trump&amp;#8217;s Imperial Presidency, Epstein Files &amp;amp; War on Iran; Netanyahu Throws &amp;#8220;Poison Pill&amp;#8221; into Gaza Deal as Kushner Meets with Hamas &amp;amp; Israel: Mouin Rabbani&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <media:description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 18, 2026; Who Is Natalie Harp? &lt;span class="caps"&gt;NYT&lt;/span&gt; Reporter Maggie Haberman on Trump&amp;#8217;s Aide &amp;amp; His Attacks on Women Reporters; &amp;#8220;Regime Change&amp;#8221; Author Maggie Haberman on Trump&amp;#8217;s Imperial Presidency, Epstein Files &amp;amp; War on Iran; Netanyahu Throws &amp;#8220;Poison Pill&amp;#8221; into Gaza Deal as Kushner Meets with Hamas &amp;amp; Israel: Mouin Rabbani&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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<itunes:subtitle>Headlines for August 18, 2026; Who Is Natalie Harp? NYT Reporter Maggie Haberman on Trump&amp;#8217;s Aide &amp;amp; His Attacks on Women Reporters; &amp;#8220;Regime Change&amp;#8221; Author Maggie Haberman on Trump&amp;#8217;s Imperial Presidency, Epstein Files &amp;amp; War on Iran; Netanyahu Throws &amp;#8220;Poison Pill&amp;#8221; into Gaza Deal as Kushner Meets with Hamas &amp;amp; Israel: Mouin Rabbani</itunes:subtitle></item>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-08-17 Monday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 17, 2026; &amp;#8220;Operation Puppet Master&amp;#8221;: Trump Admin Spied on Minnesota Activists &amp;amp; Unions After &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Killings; Exclusive: Palestine Action Lawyer Rajiv Menon Breaks Silence on Facing Contempt Charges in U.K.; &amp;#8220;The Nerd Reich&amp;#8221;: Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance &amp;amp; the War on Democracy&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <media:description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 17, 2026; &amp;#8220;Operation Puppet Master&amp;#8221;: Trump Admin Spied on Minnesota Activists &amp;amp; Unions After &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Killings; Exclusive: Palestine Action Lawyer Rajiv Menon Breaks Silence on Facing Contempt Charges in U.K.; &amp;#8220;The Nerd Reich&amp;#8221;: Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance &amp;amp; the War on Democracy&lt;/p&gt;</media:description>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Headlines for August 17, 2026; &#8220;Operation Puppet Master&#8221;: Trump Admin Spied on Minnesota Activists &amp; Unions After <span class="caps">ICE</span> Killings; Exclusive: Palestine Action Lawyer Rajiv Menon Breaks Silence on Facing Contempt Charges in U.K.; &#8220;The Nerd Reich&#8221;: Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance &amp; the War on Democracy</p>]]>
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<itunes:subtitle>Headlines for August 17, 2026; &amp;#8220;Operation Puppet Master&amp;#8221;: Trump Admin Spied on Minnesota Activists &amp;amp; Unions After ICE Killings; Exclusive: Palestine Action Lawyer Rajiv Menon Breaks Silence on Facing Contempt Charges in U.K.; &amp;#8220;The Nerd Reich&amp;#8221;: Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance &amp;amp; the War on Democracy</itunes:subtitle></item>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-08-14 Friday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for August 14, 2026; &amp;#8220;Stop Toxic Data Centers&amp;#8221;: Justin Pearson on Elon Musk, AI &amp;amp; Winning Dem. House Primary in Memphis; &amp;#8220;Mop Up Michigan&amp;#8221;: Donavan McKinney on Democratic Socialism, Corporate Money &amp;amp; His Primary Upset; &amp;#8220;American Doctor&amp;#8221;: New Film Follows U.S. Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Kills Staff, Patients&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>Headlines for August 11, 2026; Bryan Stevenson on the &amp;#8220;Enduring Evil of Slavery&amp;#8221; and Trump&amp;#8217;s Attempt to Rewrite History</itunes:subtitle></item>
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<itunes:subtitle>Headlines for August 10, 2026; &amp;#8220;Consistent Torture&amp;#8221;: Keith LaMar Speaks from Ohio Death Row After Getting 3-Year Execution Reprieve; Edinburgh International Festival Director &amp;amp; Famed Violinist Nicola Benedetti on the Power of Art; Actor Wagner Moura on Brazil&amp;#8217;s Dictatorship, Bolsonaro &amp;amp; &amp;#8220;A Trial — after An Enemy of the People&amp;#8221;</itunes:subtitle></item>
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