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News you might have missed: Biden's September 11 pledge, Ukraine's President mocks Russians, and Carlos Alcaraz wins US Open men's title

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ABC News

History will judge Republicans who stay silent about the big lie

If the democratic experiment called America continues to unravel because of what Republicans did or failed to do, they will live in infamy

The Guardian - US

Harris talks "attacks from within"

On "Meet the Press," VP Harris is asked to compare the attacks of 9/11 to recent attacks on Democracy

Salon

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Biden stresses the importance of democracy in 9/11 anniversary speech

"What was threatened, we fortified. What was attacked, the indomitable spirit, has never, ever wavered."

Axios

Kamala Harris says internal threats to democracy fuel questions of U.S. values

"We're starting to allow people to call into question our commitment to those principles. And that's a shame."

Axios

Former Belarus political prisoner to perform at Scottish Parliament

AN award-winning poet who was held as a political prisoner in the horrific crackdown on the democracy protests in Belarus is to perform at the…

The National (Scotland)

President Biden finally is sounding the alarm about democracy. Good

The president’s speech last week was a testament to the extraordinary danger democracy is facing

The Guardian - US

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Is America a democracy or a republic? Yes it is

Election denialism has become not only a thing but a movement. And if critics call this an attack on democracy, some election deniers respond by saying the U.S. is not a democracy, it is a republic.

WEKU

Biden's speech worked: MAGA is on notice

Despite warnings Biden's speech would backfire, it's had a galvanizing effect — and it's helping wake people up

Salon

Biden seeks to motivate voters from all parties against ‘Maga Republicans destroying politics’

Biden has repeatedly hammered the theme of Republican extremism in recent weeks as midterm elections loom

The Guardian - US

Queen ‘one of the greatest leaders world has ever known’, says Liz Truss in Commons tribute

PM hails longest-reigning monarch as ‘champion of freedom and democracy’ around the world

The Independent UK

Joe Biden's speech was too damn nice

Biden's generosity is admirable — but this is the moment to confront the fascists and defeat them forever

Salon

Martin Schram: US military chiefs seek to disarm politicians

America’s most recent defense secretaries and military chiefs united behind a bold and unprecedented initiative this past week, hoping to prevent our democracy from being shattered by a future president who ignites a full-blown coup.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Leonard Leo’s dark money network threatens democracy

In August, a New York Times report revealed that Marble Freedom Trust, one of far-right political powerbroker Leonard Leo’s nonprofits, received a jaw-dropping $1.6 billion contribution from secretive industrialist and conservative mega-donor Barre Seid. It was the largest single contribution ever given to a nonprofit focused on politics. While Seid…

Tribune News Service

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Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: If Mississippi is a 'laboratory of democracy,' we're in trouble

The notion of states as "laboratories of democracy" is generally credited to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.

Newcastle Herald

Well? ask the question

TIMING is everything in the entertainment business. So naturally Newcastle psych rockers Well? were ecstatic when news broke that former prime minister Scott Morrison secretly granted himself five portfolios just as they announced their new single. Who's Gonna Judge You Now? is released on Friday and sees the five-piece of…

Newcastle Herald

Well? keep asking the questions with new single

TIMING is everything in the entertainment business. So naturally Newcastle psych rockers Well? were ecstatic when news broke that former prime minister Scott Morrison secretly granted himself five portfolios just as they announced their new single. Who's Gonna Judge You Now? was released this week and sees the five-piece of…

The Independent UK

Gloves off, Biden embraces tough tone on 'MAGA Republicans'

In recent days, President Joe Biden has sharpened his attacks against Donald Trump and the so-called MAGA Republicans for posing a threat to democracy

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Al Jazeera

Hong Kong court finds five guilty of sedition over sheep books

The five face potential jail terms for publishing books that sought to explain the democracy movement to children.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai, Dems call for charter panel

MPs from the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties are calling for a panel to rewrite the charter, which they say will make for a better and more honest democracy.

The Independent UK

Obama praises Biden for guiding US through ‘perilous times’ at portrait unveiling: ‘The country is better off’

‘Thanks to your decency, and thanks to your strength – maybe most of all, thanks to your faith in our democracy and the American people, the country is better off than when you took office’

France 24

Brazil's democracy under pressure: Bitter presidential race upstages bicentennial rallies

Brazil is celebrating its bicentennial. Four weeks before he stands for re-election, President Jair Bolsonaro is opting for a decidedly martial tone to celebrate the 200th anniversary of a South American giant that has experienced plenty of ups and downs in the 36 years since the generals made way for…

The Guardian - US

The Democrats’ best message for the midterms: democracy is in grave peril

Republicans’ efforts to delegitimize the electoral process should trouble us greatly. Democrats ought to hammer this home

Salon

Let's stop pretending this is democracy

Joe Biden's speech was fiery political theater that did nothing to address America's real underlying crisis

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Why the cognitive dissonance of MAGA Republicans is so difficult to combat

It increasingly appears to be the case that some MAGA Republicans desire to replace American democracy with autocracy. President Joe Biden’s “Soul of America” speech forcefully called them out. Those individuals notwithstanding, around the rest of the MAGA world and in many other Republican circles, reactions to Biden’s speech have…

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