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How Brexit Britain went awol in the struggle to defend liberal democracy

Too many Tories, including Rishi Sunak, were enjoying the Eurosceptic dance. They didn’t stop to think who was paying the piper, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

RIP To American Democracy Because Donald ‘I Never Lost The Election’ Trump Is Running Again

Here we go again.

Pedestrian.tv

How the news media – long in thrall to Trump – can cover his new run for president responsibly

Now that he’s in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus that is Donald Trump is returning for a new season.

The Conversation

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‘This movement was rejected’: Republican election deniers lose key state races

Relief as Republicans election deniers running to take over elections beaten in almost every statewide race

The Guardian - US

GOP will regroup — but this win was big

Longtime Democratic insider on why the "red wave" evaporated, and why the GOP civil war is great news for America

Salon

Election deniers lose key races in US midterm elections

Voters reject many Republican candidates who campaigned on false claims of election fraud.

Al Jazeera

US midterm elections deserve Africa’s attention – but not for reasons of foreign policy

Africans normally pay little attention to American elections when the presidency is not at stake. But the midterm polls – such as the 8 November 2022 one – deserve Africa’s attention.

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Trudy Rubin: Midterm elections and Russian pullout from Kherson are two victories for democracy

It is fitting that the unexpected U.S. midterm election results emerged just as Russia formally announced its military withdrawal from the key Ukrainian city of Kherson.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

NL Baithak: Interact live with Team NL

An independent media platform is important to us. We think this is so for most people who value democracy and freedom of speech. It is with this belief that we launched the Newslaundry experiment of Pay To Keep News Free in 2014.

Newslaundry

Many Australians look at the world and see it heading the wrong way. Is democracy no longer the faction of choice?

If we want to rebuild the rotting foundations of democracy, we must start by restoring workers’ rights

The Guardian - AU

Xi to Biden: Knock off the democracy vs. autocracy talk

U.S. President Joe Biden has frequently referred to the current state of global politics as an "inflection point" - a moment, he says, when people need to choose between democratic systems of government and dictatorships, or find the world forever changed.

Reuters

Brazil's democracy was attacked but survived, says electoral judge

Brazil's democracy prevailed under attacks during elections in October by far-right social media militias that sought to discredit the voting system, the head of the national electoral authority said on Monday.

Reuters

China vs USA | Raab vs MoJ | Ronaldo vs Man Utd

The G20 is a suspiciously round number. To qualify as a G7 nation, you must both have a large economy and be a liberal democracy – hence Russia’s expulsion several years ago.

Evening Standard

Nataša Pirc Musar: Slovenia elects Melania Trump’s lawyer as its first female president

‘I believe in democracy, human rights, in tolerant dialogue. There is a lot of work to be done’

The Independent UK

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Francis Wilkinson: Democrats in array? It’s hard to deny after the midterms

This is a golden era of the Democratic Party.

Roll Call

Biden: Election shows US is ‘ready to play’ in global affairs - Roll Call

Speaking in Indonesia, Biden said the midterm results were an affirmation of democracy because election deniers were defeated.

Salon

Election-deniers lose in Arizona, Nevada

Democrats win key races in Western states as election deniers go down — but Arizona governor's race undecided

The Independent UK

Across the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?

There was no violence in the midterm elections last week, and many election deniers lost and quietly conceded

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The Independent UK

Protest song played for Hong Kong rugby team in South Korea

The South Korean organizers of a regional rugby tournament have apologized for mistakenly playing a song embraced by Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters as China’s national anthem

Salon

Democracy won? It's not that easy, folks

Yes, the Republican fascists have suffered a major setback — but don't let anyone tell you the struggle is over

Reuters

Trump-inspired bids to take over elections in key U.S. states fall flat

A slate of conspiracy theorists seeking to take over key U.S. election posts lost races in battleground states, after months of warnings from election experts and Democrats that their ascension could threaten American democracy itself.

Salon

SNL cold open roasts Kari Lake

Cecily Strong puts Lake's soft focus refusal to admit defeat under harsh light

Salon

Are the lunatics right about Ukraine?

We face only bad choices — but it's time to face them. Is a proxy war over Ukraine worth the risk of apocalypse?

The Guardian - UK

Democrats’ triumph may be miraculous but US is still split down the middle

The midterms are a win for democracy but many Republicans await a third Trump bid

The Independent UK

Zachary Quinto: ‘There’s a tremendous fear around openly gay men in our industry’

The Star Trek actor talks to Louis Chilton about the ‘provocateur’ Ryan Murphy, how TV has damaged debate, and why he thinks democracy may not survive

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