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Elon Musk Advocates For Restoring Democracy In Government

Elon Musk advocates for government efficiency and restoring democracy in the federal bureaucracy.

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Latin America is moving fast to protect democracy from excesses of big tech

Bosses of tech giants Meta, Google and X had front row seats at Donald Trump’s recent presidential inauguration. This special treatment highlighted the increasingly cosy relationship between leaders of technology companies and the White House.

The Conversation

The Age of Trump is a great moral crisis

"Protecting our democracy is not about protecting a broken status quo"

Salon

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Australia gains in corruption index but threats persist

Oversight and anti-corruption bodies need to be adequately resourced and truly independent if public trust in democracy is to continue, a former ombudsman says.

AAP

As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’

Donald Trump is moving rapidly to change the contours of contemporary international affairs, with the old US-dominated world order breaking down into a multipolar one with many centres of power.

The Conversation

5 Former Treasury Secretaries Warn Of DOGE Activities: 'Gravely Concerning'

Five former Treasury secretaries are sounding the alarm, warning Americans that political interference in the nation's financial system threatens both democracy and economic stability.

International Business Times

Ex Treasury Secretaries Issue Stark Warning Against DOGE's 'Financial Conflicts of Interest': 'Corrosive to Our Democracy'

Multiple former Treasury secretaries published a letter warning the nation about the Department of Government Efficiency, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, stating that access to the nation's payment system could put highly confidential data at risk.

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Local elections delayed is democracy denied

Letters: Readers respond to Labour’s decision to postpone some council elections as it plans to reorganise local government

The Guardian - UK

While the world is distracted by Trump, here’s how Putin and Musk are weakening European democracies

In an unprecedented decision on December 6 2024, the Romanian constitutional court annulled the November 25 presidential elections after it received credible intelligence of large-scale external interference rigging the results of the first round in favour of a hardly-known far-right candidate, Calin Georgescu.

The Conversation

Serbian Students Protest Government Corruption After Deadly Canopy Collapse

Serbian students protest government corruption and demand justice after a tragic canopy collapse, sparking a nationwide movement for democracy.

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King Charles leads tributes to founding father of democratic Namibia

King Charles and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to the founding father of democratic Namibia

The Independent UK

Trump says Musk to uncover billions in ‘fraud and abuse’ at US Pentagon

Billionaire Elon Musk is presiding over a purge of US government jobs that critics call an ‘evisceration of democracy’.

Al Jazeera

You may not like Trump. But his attempts to seize the Fed contain a lesson for liberals

The US president has recognised something that is rarely acknowledged: monetary policy is political, says academic and author Leah Downey

The Guardian - UK

Public is master in democracy: RJD's Tejashwi Yadav on Delhi polls

Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minsiter said, "In a democracy, the public is the master. I hope that the BJP will fulfil its promises that they made..." Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Guardian - UK

Gen Z finds democracy dull because it knows so little about history

A basic grounding in events is vital if young people are to realise the power and privilege of the ballot box

The Guardian - US

‘In a real sense, US democracy has died’: how Trump is emulating Hungary’s Orbán

Trump has moved to gut the federal government, fire critics and reward allies – a path similar to ‘would-be dictators’ like Orbán, experts say

The Guardian - UK

‘Desperate for change’ – but is UK gen Z really disillusioned with democracy?

Recent research claims young people are attracted to authoritarianism, populist politics and ‘strong man’ leaders

The Conversation

Sweeping reform of the electoral laws puts democracy at risk. They shouldn’t be changed on a whim

The Albanese government is trying once more to legislate wide-ranging changes to the way federal elections are administered.

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The Independent UK

Map: Every council where local elections have been postponed this year

Reform and the Greens have accused the government of denying democracy, while the Liberal Democrats have accused Labour and the Conservatives of a ‘disgraceful stitch-up’

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Protests Across 50 States Against Trump Administration's Policies

Demonstrators in Georgia protest Trump administration's threats to freedoms and human rights, emphasizing concerns about democracy and lack of political ex...

Evening Standard

MPs told of ‘suspicions’ of UK-wide spying on journalists by police

Two Belfast journalists told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that such surveillance was an ‘attack on democracy’.

AAP

Australian democracy 'under stress but not in crisis'

The major parties are being urged to restore trust with disenfranchised Australians who think they are failing them as democracy recedes worldwide.

International Business Times

Myanmar Junta Bid To Sell Suu Kyi Mansion Flops For Third Time

Myanmar's junta failed in its attempt to auction Aung San Suu Kyi's lakeside mansion on Wednesday, with no bids submitted for the former democracy leader's home -- the third time the sale has flopped.

The Conversation

Hunger rises as food aid falls – and those living under autocratic systems bear the brunt

“No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy,” observed Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in his 1999 book “Development as Freedom.”

The Guardian - UK

Labour dropped plan to ban foreign donors after Waheed Alli intervened, book claims

Peer who gave gifts to Keir Starmer is said to have blocked ban on potential Elon Musk donations to Reform UK

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