Thursday, March 20, 2025

Democracy Now! Top US & World Headlines — March 20, 2025


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Elon Musk is Shocked about How Much People HATE Him

Mar 19, 2025 | During an interview with Sean Hannity, Musk said: "It's really come as quite a shock to me, this violence from the left. I thought the Democrats were supposed to be the party of empathy, the party of caring, and yet they're burning down cars, and firing bullets into dealerships.”

"Tesla is a peaceful company; we've never done anything harmful, I've never done anything harmful; I've always done productive things. So there's some kind of mental illness thing going on because this doesn't make any sense."


‘He’s Afraid of What I’ll Tell the American People’: Official Who Trump Fired Speaks Out

Mar 20, 2025 | President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission with both commissioners saying they were “illegally fired.” Fired Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter joins CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss.

Elon Musk : les actes de vandalisme contre Tesla se multiplient

Mar 20, 2025 | Plusieurs voitures ont été incendiées à Las Vegas, mardi 18 mars. Leur point commun ? Ce sont des véhicules Tesla, l’entreprise d’Elon Musk. Sur la porte de l’établissement, le mot « résistez » a été tagué. Interrogé sur FoxNews, Elon Musk a dénoncé un acte de « terrorisme » et a accusé la gauche.

Depuis l’élection de Donald Trump et les multiples apparitions, souvent controversées, d’Elon Musk à ses côtés, Tesla est visée par de multiples actes de vandalisme.


Attacks against Musk, Tesla Spread Worldwide

Mar 19, 2025 | The purported "targeted attack," as police called it, on a Tesla collision center in Las Vegas Tuesday is one of a spate of attacks both in the United States and abroad, research done by the 8 News Now Investigators reveals.

À la découverte des villages islamiques cachés d’Italie

Saviez-vous que l’histoire islamique en Europe cache encore de nombreux secrets ? Aujourd’hui, nous partons à la recherche de **villages oubliés d’Italie**, où l’influence musulmane a laissé des traces mystérieuses… Des inscriptions en arabe, des architectures inspirées de l’Andalousie, et des récits fascinants qui ont traversé les siècles !

Dans cette vidéo, nous vous emmenons à la découverte de lieux **méconnus mais empreints d’histoire**. Autrefois, l’islam rayonnait à travers l’Europe, et des vestiges de cette époque subsistent encore aujourd’hui, souvent cachés aux yeux du monde. Nous explorerons des ruelles pavées, des bâtisses anciennes et des **indices oubliés**, témoignant d’un passé islamique insoupçonné. À travers ce voyage, plongeons ensemble dans un récit **où la spiritualité et l’histoire se rejoignent**, et redécouvrons une facette méconnue du patrimoine musulman en Occident.



'Now Is the Time to Break Glass’: Chris Hayes Reacts to Schumer interview

Mar 20, 2025 | “It makes it very hard to imagine a leader ‘meeting the moment’ if they don't believe the moment is here,” says Chris Hayes on Chuck Schumer saying democracy is not at stake—yet.


Americans are far too complacent. Trump is CLEARLY trying to turn the US into a dictatorship. That is precisely why he is deconstructing, hollowing out, destroying America's institutions. He's not one of Putin's best chums for nothing! Wake up, America! Before it is too late. – © Mark Alexander

France Issues ‘Survival Manual’ to Prepare Citizens for Invasion

THE TELEGRAPH: New 20-page booklet outlines range of safety measures in event of both military and natural dangers

France will issue survival manuals to prepare citizens for invasion and any other “imminent threat” to the country.

A new 20-page booklet reportedly includes 63 measures to help the French in case of armed conflict, as well as natural disasters, industrial accidents or a nuclear leak.

It will contain advice on how to protect “yourself and those around you”, what to do if a threat is imminent and details of how to get involved in defending your community, including signing up for reserve units or firefighting groups.

The French government denies that the three-part booklet is being produced as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine, despite President Emmanuel Macron urging France and Europe to prepare to confront the “Russian threat” and the possibility of America disengaging from the continent.

If approved by François Bayrou, the prime minister, it will be sent to households before the summer, French media reported. » | Henry Samuel | Wednesday, March 20, 2025

Germany Just Dropped an Unexpected New Bombshell on Musk

Mar 19, 2025 | Germany just blindsided Elon Musk with a bombshell aimed squarely at where it hurts him the most!

Thom Hartmann: Is Trump Deporting US Citizens?! Why YOU Can Be Dragged Away without Trial!

Mar 20, 2025 | First, they came for the immigrants. Now, they’re coming for legal residents, tourists, and even citizens.

Are you paying attention now? In Trump’s America, you are no longer guaranteed your rights or freedom—because now, it takes nothing more than an ICE agent’s “suspicion” to make you disappear.

This isn’t a mistake. It’s part of an expanding system of cruelty, where ICE—once an agency tasked with immigration enforcement—is now operating like an unchecked police force, targeting legal residents, visitors, and even US citizens with impunity.


WTF!? The Lincoln Project: Elon Musk Banned Rick from Twitter (We're Still Not Calling it "X")

Mar 20, 2025

What Will Elon Do to Workers in America? Put Them Out on the Streets

Mar 19, 2025

Elon Musk Melts Down in Confused Tirade On Air

Mar 19, 2025

President of European Central Bank Responds to Trump’s Claim that the EU Was Designed to “Screw” US

May 18, 2025

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Jesse Dollemore: Insane Fox Interview! Trump Calls Canada Enemy and Russia Friend!

May 19, 2025 | Jesse talks about the upside-down world that Trump has created and the bizarre interview he did with Laura Ingraham last night, where he viciously attacked Canada while inviting Russia to be a trading partner with the United States.

Flags, Figurines and Gold Everywhere: Trump Transforms the Oval Office into a Gilded Gallery

CNN: WashingtonCNN — As President Donald Trump works to dramatically reshape the federal government, he is also in the middle of transforming another historic aspect of the presidency: the Oval Office.

Nearly eight weeks since returning to office, Trump has tripled the number of paintings hanging on the office walls. Shelves and surfaces are adorned with flags, statues and ornaments.

And in keeping with the style he has adhered to for decades, there is gold everywhere: new gold vermeil figurines on the mantle and medallions on the fireplace, gold eagles on the side tables, gilded Rococo mirrors on the doors, and, nestled in the pediments above the doorways, diminutive gold cherubs shipped in from Mar-a-Lago. Even the remote control for the television down the hall is wrapped in gilt.

He had even toyed with the idea of hanging a chandelier in the Oval Office, according to two people familiar with his plans, though that seems unlikely now.

It all makes for a White House increasingly reminiscent of Trump’s South Florida home. Work is expected to begin within weeks on Trump’s plans to revamp the Rose Garden by paving over the grass and turning it into a patio-style seating area, much like the one where he holds court at Mar-a-Lago. The president personally reviewed the plans for the Rose Garden recently with White House curators.

Trump has discussed his vision for the outdoor space, originally designed by first lady Ellen Wilson, with visiting heads of state as they walk along the South Portico, according to an official in a visiting delegation.

On the South Lawn, the president hopes to build a new ballroom to host state dinners, modeled after the one at Mar-a-Lago, which in turn was inspired by the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. He has reviewed multiple sets of blueprints since taking office, showing them off to visitors and making tweaks to the designs. Trump has long said he’ll pay for the construction himself – he even offered to build it during the Obama administration – but it’s still not clear whether the project will proceed on the historic grounds.

“It keeps my real-estate juices flowing,” Trump told The Spectator recently of the prospective renovations. “But it’ll be beautiful.” » | Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny, CNN | Sunday, March 16, 2025

‘Dangerous Game of Chicken’: Trump Prepping New Tariffs, Threatening the Global Economy

Mar 19, 2025 | David Gura, Anchor and Correspondent for Bloomberg News and Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communication Director for Donald Trump join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the looming date of April 2, which Donald Trump has called liberation day where he and his advisors plan to implement new tariffs on imports that could be worth trillions, and how the uncertainty and guessing game going on as to what the administration will impose has paralyzed the economy both here and abroad.

Putin Will Be ‘Stopped in His Tracks’ by a Unified Europe | World in 10

Mar 19, 2025 | “It's absolutely the time for the coalition of the willing… to step up and really show its metal.”

The military might of the coalition of the willing will stop Putin “in his tracks” as long as it is unified in its defence of Ukraine, says former British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.


Trump Gives Putin a Win in Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, as the World Asks 'Is Trump a Russian Asset?'

Mar 19, 2025 | Is Trump a Russian asset? It seems that Putin was the victor in lackluster ceasefire talks over the war in Ukraine. Trump has been played and Zelenskyy is no closer to finding peace for his country. Anthony Davis reports.


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Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Buildup

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Canada’s draft deal to participate in Europe’s defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States.

Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment at its own industrial facilities.

The budding defense cooperation between Canada and the European Union, which is racing to shore up its industry to lower reliance on the United States, would boost Canada’s military manufacturers and offer the country a new market at a time when its relationship with the United States has become frayed.

Shaken by a crisis in the two nations’ longstanding alliance since President Trump’s election, Canada has started moving closer to Europe. The military industry collaboration with the European Union highlights how traditional U.S. allies are deepening their ties without U.S. participation to insulate themselves from Mr. Trump’s unpredictable moves.

Canada’s new leader, Prime Minister Mark Carney, this week made Paris and London the destinations of his first overseas trip since taking office on Friday, calling Canada “the most European of non-European countries.” » | Matina Stevis-Gridneff | Reporting from Ottawa | Wednesday, March 19, 2025