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Democracy Now! Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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Headlines for May 20, 2026; “Dictatorship in Action”: David Cay Johnston on $1.8B Slush Fund & Shielding Trumps “Forever” from IRS; Report from Havana: Cubans Starving & Dying Because of Intensified U.S. Blockade; Is an Invasion of Cuba Next? Peter Kornbluh on U.S. Move to Indict Raúl Castro & CIA’s Widening Role; Amnesty: Executions Spike in Iran as Gov’t Intensifies Domestic Repression Amid U.S./Israeli Attacks
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