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Game-changing Democracy Sausage website helps voters make crucial election decision

Not all polling places are equal when it comes to the election-day sausage sizzle tradition, and that is where the Democracy Sausage website comes in.

The New Daily

He became a hero for halting Trump’s efforts to overturn the election. Will voters now punish him?

The Georgia secretary of state resisted Trump’s call to overturn the presidential election result and is now facing his ire

The Guardian - US

Ending Roe v Wade is just the beginning

Conservatives are animated by a vision of 1950s-style white Christian patriarchal dominance – it is the only order they will accept for America

The Guardian - US

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Thousands respond to Australian Electoral Commission's urgent call for election workers

Despite the surge in applications, more workers are still needed on election day. Meanwhile, some Australians with COVID will be unable to vote after the postal deadline closed.

ABC News

George Bush in embarrassing gaffe as he condemns 'unjustified invasion of Iraq' in Ukraine mix-up

Speaking about the importance of democracy and the lack of it in Russia, Bush said it gave Vladimir Putin the green light to attack its neighbour.

Daily Record

George Bush blasts Vladimir Putin's 'brutal IRAQ invasion' in excruciating gaffe

Former US President George Bush was speaking about the importance of democracy when he said the "unjustified and brutal" invasion of Iraq when he meant to say Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Gunman targets Taiwanese faith with long pro-democracy link

Officials in California's Orange County are still trying to determine why a gunman opened fire in a Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods

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Can the independents upset Australia’s political status quo?

As trust in the major parties declines, independents hope to win over voters in Saturday’s election.

Al Jazeera

U.S. Brazil envoy nominee sees 'free and fair election' despite Bolsonaro allegations

Brazil's democracy can support "free and fair elections" in October despite Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's statements against the country's electoral body, said Elizabeth Bagley, U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia, on Wednesday.

Reuters

Taiwanese church shooting suspect mailed 7-volume diary to Chinese-language newspaper

LOS ANGELES — A man charged with fatally shooting one person and injuring five others at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods mailed seven volumes titled “Diary of an Independence-Destroying Angel” to the Los Angeles offices of the World Journal, the Chinese-language newspaper reported Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Brazilian jurists call on U.N. to report on Bolsonaro attacks on judiciary

Brazil's democracy and independence of its judiciary are under threat from the government of president Jair Bolsonaro as it prepares for elections in October, a group of lawyers and legal experts said on Wednesday in a petition to the United Nations.

Reuters

Bryan Caplan on "Misinformation About Misinformation"

One of the world's leading experts on public knowledge and ignorance explains why consumers of misinformation are often as much to blame as producers.

Reason

Pennsylvania Democrats Say Doug Mastriano Is a Danger to Democracy. Why Did They Help Him Win?

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro ran ads that boosted Mastriano's GOP primary campaign. There's no way this strategy could ever backfire, right?

Reason

GOP drops the flash, keeps the fascism

GOP voters still love Trump — but now realize it's easier for authoritarians to win if they put people to sleep

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Reason

Biden Is Right: We Shouldn't Restrict Americans in the Name of Liberating Cuba

A new White House policy faces one of the most malignant foreign policy objections: that it's not a magic wand for regime change.

The Conversation

Public education is supposed to prepare an informed citizenry – elementary teachers have just two hours a week to teach social studies

The founders of the United States were intentionally building a nation based on the ideals of the Enlightenment, a movement centered on individual happiness, knowledge and reason. This new approach to defining a country – rather than basing it on language, ethnicity or geographic proximity – meant the new United…

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'grotesque opportunism' over Scottish independence comments

The First Minister used an interview in Washington DC to claim independence would allow Scotland to become a "constructive voice" in the world.

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Biden stuck up for democracy in Buffalo

President Joe Biden spoke in Buffalo on Tuesday after visiting the families of victims of a racist mass shooting in a supermarket there on Saturday. It was a speech that’s likely to get lost in the current-events shuffle, but it shouldn’t. It was a good one, well written and well…

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US Strongly Advocates for Taiwan to Regain WHO Status

The State Department’s renewed support for Taiwan comes days after U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that directs the secretary of State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the WHO.

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Vatican Expresses Concern Over Cardinal Zen’s Arrest For Ties To Pro-Democracy Fund

The Vatican has expressed “concern” after 90-year-old outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen was arrested last week in Hong Kong on charges he had endangered China’s national security.

The Hindu

India ready to partner with Jamaica and share its technical skills & expertise: President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind said under the National Education Policy released in 2020, India is planning to start new Indian Institutes of Technology abroad.

The Independent UK

House 1/6 panel rejects Justice Dept.'s transcript request

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is rejecting a request from the Justice Department for access to the committee’s interviews, for now

Tribune News Service

Greek leader warns Congress about internal democratic erosion, citing his country’s history

WASHINGTON — The leader of Greece on Tuesday implored Congress to take seriously internal democratic erosion in the United States, which he said was critical to confront if Washington is to maintain its global leadership role.

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Brenda Lawrence sums up her political career

WASHINGTON — Brenda Lawrence is calling it quits in Congress, but she’s not done with public service. “It’s what drives me,” the retiring Michigan Democrat said.

Bangkok Post

Anand calls for charter based on people's rights

Former prime minister Anand Panyarachun has called for a new constitution to be drawn up to ensure full democracy and people's fundamental rights.

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