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Kansas recount confirms landslide win for abortion rights, but highlights risk to democracy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas reaffirmed its landslide vote to uphold abortion rights after election officials on Sunday finished a recount that never had any chance of changing the outcome but was sought by an election denier and anti-abortion activist advancing baseless allegations of fraud.

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Ousted Republican reflects on Trump, democracy and America: ‘The place has lost its mind’

Rusty Bowers stood up to the former president’s demand that he overturn Arizona’s election result. He paid the price but has no regrets

The Guardian - US

6 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists plead guilty to subversion

HONG KONG — Six Hong Kongers who belonged to a pro-independence student group pleaded guilty on Saturday to charges of subverting the state under a Beijing-drafted security law, according to local media HK01.

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Angola’s young voters prepare to call for change in ‘existential’ election

A new generation could end decades of MPLA rule this week and serve notice on Africa’s veteran leaders in polls seen as test of democracy

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Bernstein: Look! It’s a sign democracy isn't totally broken

Lots of things are broken right now in U.S. politics. The good news is that there’s new evidence that one important thing is working just fine: When bad things happen presidents get less popular, and when good things happen? Their approval ratings improve.

Tribune News Service

Scholz Denounces Russian Repression on 2nd Anniversary of Navalny Poisoning

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on the second anniversary of his attempted poisoning and denounced Russia's clampdown on freedom of speech. In a video message on Saturday, Scholz said he had spoken with Navalny while he was recovering in hospital in Berlin and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Margaret Ferrier must look in the mirror and do the right thing, it's time to go

Record View says her constituents and democracy are being done a disservice by the undignified insistence of carrying on as an MP.

Daily Record

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Why Taiwan matters to the democratic world

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's headline-generating visit to Taipei has reminded the world how much Taiwan matters to China. But Taiwan also should matter to the democratic world.

Bangkok Post

Touch people’s feet with slogan ‘Save Democracy’: Congress strategy for Munugode

Telangana Congress will go to Munugode with the slogan of ‘Save Democracy’ where the leaders would touch the feet of Telangana people to counter the ‘money bags’ of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The Hindu

Court of Session overturns council greenbelt designations of Renfrewshire land

An appeal was lodged against the council's inclusion of the land as greenbelt in its Local Development Plan.

Daily Record

Martin Schram: The Putinization of President Xi

In this broiling summer, when we are shaken by threats that could shatter our most globally revered national monument — America’s cherished democracy — a menacing development suddenly occurred half-a-world away.

Tribune News Service

Giuliani: "U.S. too dumb for democracy"

"If the American people don't know what's going on by now . . ."

Salon

Indy activists must maintain a clean image to win over new supporters

TORY leadership hopefuls Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss displayed their usual breath-taking arrogance and shocking ignorance of Scottish politics at the…

The National (Scotland)

The GOP turns on League of Women Voters

Voter registration and good-government group now seen as "radical leftists" by Republicans

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Why online civility is hard to enforce

Some social scientists argue that civility is a poor metric by which to judge the quality of an online debate

The Independent UK

Hong Kong political activists plead guilty amid crackdown

Authorities in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under a sweeping National Security Law have pleaded guilty in court

Dynamite News

Mehbooba Mufti: Allowing outsiders to register as voters in J&K last nail in coffin of democracy

According to Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar, Jammu and Kashmir is likely to get around 25 lakh additional voters, including outsiders, after the special summary revision of electoral rolls being held for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370. Read further on Dynamite News:

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Liz Cheney’s defense of democracy needs a political strategy

Two years ago, Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney was on her way to being a future speaker of the House. She was the third-ranking House Republican with a totally safe seat. She lost that position in the House Republican conference, and now has lost her seat entirely. All because she decided…

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The Independent UK

US congressional delegation in Kenya amid election crisis

A U.S. congressional delegation has arrived in Kenya to meet with the new president-elect and the opposition figure likely to file a court challenge to his election loss in the latest electoral crisis for East Africa’s most stable democracy

The Independent UK

US to hold trade talks with Taiwan in new show of support

The U.S. government says it will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade treaty in a new sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy claimed by China’s ruling Communist Party as part of its territory

The Conversation

Academic freedom and democracy in African countries: the first study to track the connection

There is growing interest in the state of academic freedom worldwide. A 1997 Unesco document defines it as the right of scholars to teach, discuss, research, publish, express opinions about systems and participate in academic bodies. Academic freedom is a cornerstone of education and knowledge.

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the freeport, where turbocapitalism tramples over British democracy

From Teesside to Plymouth, these ‘special economic zones’ are shrouded in secrecy – and only benefit big business, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Los Angeles Times

Biden signs climate, drug prices bill into law, another legislative triumph in a moment of democratic peril

WASHINGTON — At a moment when American democracy looks increasingly vulnerable, President Joe Biden and Democrats pointed to their third landmark bill as evidence that American government is working once again.

The Conversation

Prosecuting a president is divisive and sometimes destabilizing – here's why many countries do it anyway

Criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump and his allies could result from at least one of multiple investigations.

Los Angeles Times

Biden signs climate, drug costs bill into law, a legislative triumph in a moment of democratic peril

WASHINGTON — At a moment when American democracy looks increasingly vulnerable, President Joe Biden and Democrats pointed to their third landmark bill, a capstone on two years of significant legislative progress, as evidence that American government is working once again.

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