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Aug 1
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Democracy Now! 2025-08-01 Friday

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Headlines for August 01, 2025; “A Danger to the Entire Planet”: Amid Deadly Extreme Weather, Trump’s EPA Rejects Climate Science; “Toxic Air”: Meet the Mother-Daughter Duo Fighting Pollution in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”; “Unprecedented Power Grab”: Trump & Texas Try to Create 5 More GOP House Seats with New Gerrymander

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