What's at Stake in the Conflict Between Armenia & Azerbaijan?
As fighting continues between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, DN! looks at the roots of the conflict that has already killed at least 700 people since fighting began in late September…
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Ex-Mexican Military Head Arrested in U.S. on Drug Charges. Should He Be Tried for Massacres, Too?
Democracy Now! speaks with legendary Mexican investigative journalist Anabel Hernández about a case that has sent shockwaves throughout Mexico: the U.S. arrest of Mexico's former defense secretary for allegedly working with a major drug cartel…
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Understanding The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Serj Tankian about the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. More than a thousand people have been killed in the latest chapter of a long-simmering conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over a sliver of…
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Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: Why Turkey's Intervention Could Turn It into a "Proxy War"
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are in Moscow for talks following two weeks of fighting over the disputed territory Nagorno-Karabakh. At least 300 people have already died in what could turn into a…
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Trump Actually Exposes Military-Industrial Complex
Donald Trump stumbles across a correct take on the military-industrial complex, but for all the wrong reasons. -- The David Pakman Show is a news and political talk program, known for its controversial interviews with…
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Walking the Walk: A March Against Drone Warfare
In June of 2013, a group of peace activists set out for a walk across Iowa to protest the Predator drone control center planned for the Iowa National Guard Air Base in Des Moines.…
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Lebanon’s Gov’t Resigns Amid Public Rage over Beirut Blast, But Protesters Demand Structural Change
After days of protests, Lebanon’s government has resigned following the devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut that killed 200 people and injured thousands. The port blast, the source of which was 2,700 tons of…
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Lebanese Gov't Faces Collapse Amid Rage-Filled Protests over Blast, Economic Crisis & Corruption
The Lebanese government may be on the verge of collapse amid protests over the massive port explosion that devastated much of Beirut and killed at least 200 people and injured thousands. At least four ministers…
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75 Years After Hiroshima/Nagasaki Were Nuclear Bombs Really Needed?
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Gar Alperovitz about if nuclear weapons are truly necessary. August 6th marks the 75th anniversary of the first time in human history that a nuclear bomb was dropped onto a…
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How U.S. Gov't & Hollywood Secretly Worked Together to Justify Atomic Bombings of Japan
On the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, when the United States became the only country ever to use nuclear weapons in warfare, Democracy Now! looks at how the U.S. government sought to manipulate the narrative…
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Chomsky on Israel’s Hindering of Palestinian Pandemic Response & Threat to Annex Occupied West Bank
Noam Chomsky says Israel's planned annexation of the occupied West Bank "basically formalizes" what has already been official policy over the last half-century, from both left-wing and right-wing parties in Israel. He compares Israel's treatment…
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Authoritarian Nightmare Grows: Trump Deploys Troops to Chicago
The authoritarian nightmare of the Trump administration expands as Donald Trump announces he will be sending troops into the city of Chicago, against the wishes of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The David Pakman Show is a…
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Paramilitary-Style Tactics in Portland Mirror Decades of U.S. Violence on the Border & Abroad
The harrowing scenes of paramilitary-style units in the streets of American cities like Portland has shocked mainstream America. But award-winning independent journalist Todd Miller, who has reported on border security and immigration for over a…
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Trump to Send Federal Troops to Protests in Chicago & Seattle Amid Violent Crackdown by Local Police
As mayors in six cities call for the immediate removal of the president’s rapid deployment units and for Congress to investigate the tactics of federal authorities against antiracism protests, Trump says he may send troops…
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Trump Unleashes Authoritarian Nightmare on Portland
The Trump administration has unleashed an authoritarian nightmare in Portland, Oregon, where troops without badges are snatching protesters and taking them away in unmarked vehicles. The David Pakman Show is a news and political talk…
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Did Russian Bounties Target US Soldiers In Longest War?
Media reports that President Donald Trump was last year briefed on the Russian government offering the Taliban bounties for the lives of US soldiers in Afghanistan have provoked widespread outrage. Trump claimed he…
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Multiple Sources: Trump Knew About Russian Bounties
Multiple sources assert that Donald Trump was briefed on the Russian bounties story as far back as 2019, directly contradicting the claim from Trump, repeated by his Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, that he wasn't briefed…
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Trump "Didn't Know" Russia Offered Cash for US Troops
Donald Trump and the White House are claiming that Donald Trump did not know that Russia was supposedly offering "bounties" for the killing of US and coalition troops in Afghanistan. The David Pakman Show is…
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Un-American: A Soldier’s Reckoning Of Our Longest War
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Erick Edstorm. Just as there is a national conversation around defunding the police as we see the human toll of a domestic war by law enforcement against people of color, some…
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