Channel: Democracy Now!

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Description: Puerto Rican elected officials from both the island and the United States are on Capitol Hill today to support the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act, which would establish a process for determining the status of the U.S. territory. This comes after the Supreme Court recently supported the Biden administration's claim that Puerto Ricans are not entitled to claim full Supplemental Security Income benefits unless they move to the mainland. Democracy Now! host Juan González analyzes the developments and highlights conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch's surprising concurring opinion in the latest Supreme Court decision, which he calls "one of the clearest and most eloquent statements exposing U.S. colonialism that's ever been issued by a Supreme Court justice, at least in my lifetime." #DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: democracynow.org/donate FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: YouTube: youtube.com/democracynow Facebook: facebook.com/democracynow Twitter: twitter.com/democracynow Instagram: instagram.com/democracynow SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/democracynow iTunes: itunes.apple.com/podcast/democracy-now!-audio/id73802554 Daily Email Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe