Democracy Now!

Season 2016, Episode 147

Episode Title: Friday, July 22, 2016

Air Date: 2016-07-22

Overview:

Headlines for July 22, 2016; Classic Authoritarianism: In a Speech Filled with Fear & Xenophobia, Donald Trump Accepts Nomination; 'Build Bridges, Not Walls': Medea Benjamin on How She Disrupted Donald Trump's Speech; Muslims Debate Donald Trump, Immigration Ban and Islamophobia in Republican Party; 'We Have Crossed a New Threshold': Iraqi American Decries Trump's Open Islamophobia; A Tectonic Shift in Conservative World: Trump Accepts Nomination as Roger Ailes Ousted from Fox News; As RNC is Held in Quicken Loans Arena, Learn the Inside Story of Company’s Trumpian CEO Dan Gilbert; #CLEoverRNC: Protesters Expose Tale of Two Clevelands; How Can This Be Happening in America International Journalists Reflect on Rise of Donald Trump; Meet Peter Thiel: Trump Taps Billionaire Who Helped Bankrupt Gawker to Speak at RNC