Democracy Now! Video: Democracy Now! 2026-09-30 Wednesday

Headlines for September 30, 2026 

"No Land to Stand On": Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing Columbia 

80 Years After Nuremberg Trials, U.S. Leads Assault on ICC & International Law: Wolfgang Kaleck

 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-now-2026-09-30-wednesday/id75648468 

Democracy Now! Video: Democracy Now! 2026-09-29 Tuesday

Headlines for September 29, 2026 

Greenland Deal: Trump Drops Threat to Annex Denmark Territory in Favor of Greater U.S. Military Role 

"Buying More Time for the Genocide": Muhammad Shehada on Trump's Gaza Plan 1 Year Later 

Afghans "Have Been the Victims" of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb Khaja

 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-now-2026-09-29-tuesday/id75648468

Cruz blocks Senate Democrats’ bid to pass AI safety bill - Live Updates - POLITICO

Warner, Schatz and Kim’s new bill would have established a new safety board within the Commerce Department to vet models before they are deployed and set safety standards for the industry. It would also have created a reporting process for safety and security incidents…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/29/congress/cruz-blocks-senate-democrats-bid-to-pass-ai-safety-bill-01097480

 

Rest Assured: AI Companies Say They’re Investigating Tens of Thousands of Rogue Bot Incidents – Mother Jones

They’re also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/rest-assured-ai-companies-say-theyre-investigating-tens-of-thousands-of-rogue-bot-incidents/

 

WATCH: Sen. Booker questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p17npEM-ZY

 

Federal watchdog says Trump’s $810M funding cancellation is unconstitutional - Live Updates - POLITICO

“Any withholding of appropriated funds beyond their date of expiration, regardless of size, subverts both the constitutional process for enacting federal law and Congress’s constitutional power of the purse,” Perez added. “The President may not force the expiration of budget authority Congress has already enacted and did not rescind.”…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/29/congress/pocket-rescission-gao-unconstitutional-01096965

 

Schiff Calls Out GOP Hypocrisy, Refusal to Acknowledge Trump Conspiracies at Jack Smith hearing

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HVPJau6PIA

 

Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back. – Mother Jones

Hollins, who introduced and co-sponsored Minnesota’s superfund bill earlier this year, told me that Minnesotans could face $20 billion or more in climate-related costs by 2040. “That’s roughly a third of our state’s current budget,” she said. Her state’s superfund legislation would charge major polluters for damages to bridges, roads, and buildings caused by greenhouse gas emissions. That money would pay for natural disaster recovery, infrastructure projects, and public health efforts linked to pollution. 

Infrastructures costs, Hollins notes, are inevitably going to rise. “So is it taxpayers who are going to pay for it?” she asks. “Or is it billionaires?”

 https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/09/climate-superfund-new-york-supreme-court-suncor-boulder/

 

'A HUMILIATING mistake': Nicolle reacts to GOP's mortifying SELF-OWN during Jack Smith’s hearing

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1iu_0hmiM

 

WATCH: Sen. Cruz questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PtpSKvZS1o

Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave

 

Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ads Are Receiving Bipartisan Criticism – Mother Jones

“We write to demand that you immediately take this ad off the air and discipline the Federal employees who knowingly violated Federal law in working on and paying for this advertisement,” they continued, asserting the ad violated anti-propaganda law. “In addition, we demand a full account and breakdown of all Federal funds used to create and air this ad.” …: 

“Trump’s supposed PSA says and does very little beyond extolling Trump. Usually, a public service announcement announces something. This one announces pure right-wing vibes.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/trumps-taxpayer-funded-ads-are-receiving-bipartisan-criticism/

 

The Evil Religious Beliefs of Billionaires (Drew McCoy/Genetically Modified Skeptic on YouTube)

"Billionaires justify their bad behavior with religion. Who would’ve guessed? Here I talk about Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, David Green, Mark Zuckerberg, and Mukesh Ambani"

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/908WSFU9io8?si=nGeRo9Jpi8hzhytq

Mistral CEO accuses competitors of 'negligence' - POLITICO

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch on Tuesday said some U.S. tech companies are using the ongoing artificial intelligence safety debate to hide their “negligence,” warning that increasingly autonomous systems require stronger controls…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/mistral-ceo-accuses-american-ai-rivals-of-negligence

 

The Mysterious Millions Powering a Nevada Republican’s Bid for Congress – Mother Jones

Between January 2025 and June 2026, FEC records show Flippo making numerous loans to his campaign committee worth more than $1.6 million in total. About two-thirds of that money came on the final days of the quarterly FEC reporting periods that help shape perceptions of a campaign’s relative strength…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/mysterious-millions-powering-a-reno-republicans-bid-for-congress-david-flippo-nevada-trump/

 

WATCH: Sen. Whitehouse questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksRPkvtWVDQ 

 

Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations - POLITICO

But the justices will hear oral arguments in December on the legality of the policy…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/third-country-deportations-supreme-court-ruling

 

White House looking to Europe to release diesel from strategic reserves - POLITICO

The idea comes as high energy prices drag GOP in midterm elections… 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/white-house-looking-to-europe-to-release-diesel-from-strategic-reserves-01096937 

Trump announces $15bn Iowa steel plant as he bids to boost flagging midterm hopes

President says plant will be built by Indian-owned company and calls it largest such facility in American history…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/trump-steel-plant-iowa

 

Remember when the GOP frowned on selling arms to enemies who are supplying other enemies?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I7e26ew7vW8