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‘I’ll always support him’: Republicans back Trump as he faces charges

Many on the right liken the legal battle to an attack on democracy itself and have made threats to the district attorney

The Guardian - US

Liberal judge wins Wisconsin supreme court election, flipping ideological balance

Abortion rights, redistricting and election rules were at stake in decision affecting key swing state

The Guardian - US

Beneath the Trump circus, American democracy faces up to a vital challenge

Former US President Donald J Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in New York. In the words of Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, Trump is accused of making “34 false statements”, themselves “made to cover up other crimes”. Those crimes include a “conspiracy to promote a candidacy by…

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Tyranny's propagandists triumph

If democracy had its own doomsday clock, it would be at two minutes to midnight. According to the most recent analysis by Varieties of Democracy (known as V-Dem), 72% of the world's population lived in autocracies last year, compared to 50% a decade ago. For the first time in more…

Bangkok Post

Noah Feldman: Trump indictment is a risky bet for New York and the nation

The criminal indictment of former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump is historic and unprecedented. It stands for the principle that, in the United States, no one is above the law.

Tribune News Service

For Taiwan, war in Ukraine serves as potent reminder of threat from China

Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Taiwan has shown unwavering support for Kyiv. The invasion of a young democracy by its larger neighbour is indeed a situation that hits close to home in Taiwan. Though the archipelago is more than 8,000 kilometres away, the situation facing Ukrainians…

France 24

Dominion's Fox suit: Just the beginning

Fox News told vicious lies that damaged our democracy, all in the pursuit of profit. That has to change

Salon

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How the indictment of Donald Trump is a 'strange and different' event for America, according to political scientists

The indictment of a former president of the United States, Donald Trump, is history happening in real time. The Conversation asked political scientists James D. Long and Victor Menaldo, both at the University of Washington, to help readers understand the meaning of this moment in the U.S. The two scholars…

The Conversation

Debate: The U.S. Should Increase Funding for the Defense of Ukraine

Does Ukraine face an existential risk? Does it matter?

Reason

The most consequential politics story in the US isn’t the Trump arraignment

In Wisconsin, voters will choose a new judge for the supreme court and a senator for the state legislature. These elections could decide the future of the US

The Guardian - US

Introducing Reason's 2023 Debate Issue

Where libertarians debate democracy, open borders, cats and dogs, and more

Reason

Commentary: Banking, democracy and trust

In a key scene in the classic Frank Capra film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey (played by a noble, sincere James Stewart), faced with a run on his family-owned bank instigated by the evil, grasping Old Man Potter (played by a sneering Lionel Barrymore), tries to convince his friends…

Tribune News Service

Trudy Rubin: Elected leaders in Israel, Poland, and Hungary are following the 'autocrat's playbook'

A couple of weeks ago, as I moderated a discussion at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House on the heated battle to control Israel's courts, the talk turned to "the elected autocrat's playbook."

The Philadelphia Inquirer

To reconstruct Turkey, rebuild its democracy

The devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey (and at least 7,000 in northern Syria) in February have exposed deep-rooted problems in the run-up to potentially epochal presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. Turkey, it is now clear, needs more than a change of government; it…

Bangkok Post

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Texas Observer

Dragging Democracy into the Future

As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for democracy happening in the Lone Star State.

The Conversation

Mongolia: squeezed between China and Russia fears 'new cold war'

Mongolia’s prime minister, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, recently expressed his country’s fear that the world is heading towards a new cold war as the relations between Russia and China and the west – particularly Nato – have taken a turn for the worse. “It’s like a divorce,” he said. “When the parents…

The Conversation

Is democracy on the ballot in west Africa? What the latest data tells us

Democracy indices compiled by respected organisations have suggested that around the world, there’s an increase in authoritarianism or democratic backsliding.

Bangkok Post

PM picks dodge the list

The appointment of the prime minister, who may or may not be a member of parliament, is an essential part of any democracy, including Thailand. However, recent moves by some key parties have brought attention to the need for greater accountability in the country's political processes.

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Salon

Maybe we just elect bad people

Bartels' contrarian analysis finds that people mostly support democracy — but all too often, their leaders don't

The Guardian - UK

Dogged by controversy – our relationship with canines through the ages

Dogs and democracy have always been difficult bedfellows, as evidenced at an exhibition about our favourite pets

ABC News

Benjamin Netanyahu has been a political magician for years. Has Israel's leader finally run out of tricks?

Benjamin Netanyahu planned to remake Israel's justice system to give the government greater powers to appoint judges to the Supreme Court. But the public response plunged Israel into its worst upheaval in decades.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Delays Signing of Deal to Usher in Civilian Government

Sudan’s military leaders and pro-democracy forces will delay the signing of an agreement to usher in a civilian government, both sides said in a joint statement issued early Saturday. The postponement of the signing — which had been scheduled for later Saturday — comes as key security reform negotiations between…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: No American is above the law, not even former presidents

No American is above the law — not even former presidents. After a monthslong investigation, a New York grand jury indicted former president Donald J. Trump on charges related to hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

The Independent UK

Worries grow that Trump indictment will eclipse other probes

The indictment against former President Donald Trump involves a payoff to suppress claims of an extramarital affair

Al Jazeera

Palestine advocates see opportunity in Biden-Netanyahu discord

Washington’s criticism of Israel not about Palestinians but can lead to questioning of US-Israel ties, analysts say.

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