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President Biden Expresses Concern Over Fragility Of Democracy

President Biden expresses deep concerns about the fragility of democracy in the US during his farewell address and interview.

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What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one?

In his farewell address, outgoing US President Joe Biden warned “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy”.

The Conversation

How constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions

As Donald Trump’s second inauguration fast approaches, concerns he threatens American democracy are rising yet again. Some warnings have cited Trump’s authoritarian rhetoric, willingness to undermine or malign institutions meant to constrain any president, and a combative style that strives to stretch executive power as far as possible.

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Are the young really so down on democracy?

Letters: The trend for young people to express support for ‘strongmen’ dictators is alarming but seems to be waning, writes Dr Craig Reeves, while Derrick Joad says democracy has failed them and Jane Ghosh is glad she won’t be around for a 1930s rerun

The Guardian - UK

Oligarchs Already Own Much Of US - Can They Buy Democracy?

They increasingly own everything from access to space to how we get news on Earth and now outgoing President Joe Biden warns America's new breed of Donald Trump-allied oligarchs could gobble up US democracy itself.

International Business Times

Afternoon Update: Biden’s farewell warning to America; strikes on Gaza ahead of ceasefire; and curing a fear of flying

In final public address of his presidency, Biden says growing power of ultra-wealthy threatens US democracy

The Guardian - AU

Former detained journalist Greste goes on hunger strike

The extension of a prison sentence of a democracy activist in Egypt is prompting a hunger strike to draw attention to the injustice of his case.

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Biden warns of dangerous threat of new age of ‘robber barons’ in farewell presidential address

Biden attacks ‘tech industrial complex’ as he closes a half-century in public life with Oval Office speech

The Independent UK

I owe Alaa Abd el-Fattah my life, which is why I am going on a hunger strike to help free him

If anybody represents the very British values of democracy, respect for human rights, justice and due process, it is the Egyptian activist

The Guardian - AU

"Small acts of resistance and defiance"

A conversation with Virginia Kase Solomón, president and CEO of Common Cause, ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration

Salon

‘Frankly sick’: Conservatives fume over release of Jack Smith report on Trump’s 2020 election plot

Republicans rubbish special counsel’s findings on president-elect’s attempt to overthrow democracy as ‘not a big deal’, labelling it instead ‘a one-sided, prosecutor’s version of reality’

The Independent UK

Why Canada needs to embrace innovations in democracy

According to a recent poll conducted by Ipsos for Global News, Canadians’ top priorities are the cost of living, health care, and housing availability and affordability.

The Conversation

What one university’s 30-year transformation reveals about Afrikaans and language planning in South Africa

When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. There were also two bilingual universities teaching in Afrikaans and English.

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Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms

The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

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Bracing for the start of Project 2025

Donald Trump's return to power further undermines America's self-image of greatness

The Guardian - UK

Young people are abandoning democracy for dictators. I can understand their despair

Fascism in power in the 1930s brought the world to genocidal war. But memories have faded, as has the stigma attached to the far-right – and that’s dangerous, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - US

Pete Hegseth’s tense confirmation hearing ends with no sign of Republican defections against Trump’s Pentagon pick – as it happened

Democrats appeared skeptical of Hegseth’s qualifications to lead the Pentagon and grilled him on sexual assault allegations and women in the military

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton’s greatest hits might get him elected but he’s not immune to the bad democracy trap

The opposition leader recognises voters’ anxiety and pessimism. Yet his solutions may intensify these forces

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One in five Britons aged 18-45 prefer unelected leaders to democracy, poll finds

Exclusive: Voters overall are downbeat about politics and almost six in 10 think ‘the UK’s best years are behind us’

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Appeals Court Allows Release Of Special Counsel's Report On Trump

Federal appeals court decision allows public release of special counsel's report on 2020 election interference, sparking discussions on safeguarding democracy.

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Judge Merchan Highlights Importance Of Presidency Over Individual

Judge Merchan underscores the legal significance of the presidency and the principles of democracy in the US.

Evening Standard

11 councils ask Government to postpone local elections ahead of reorganisation

The Government has proposed the largest reorganisation of local government for decades.

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55 Facts You “Weren’t Taught In School” To Help You Get A Complete Picture Of The Past

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The Independent UK

Trump will finish the Ayatollahs in Iran, says Mike Pompeo

Exclusive: Trump’s former secretary of state and foreign policy chief told an Iranian pro-democracy conference in Paris that the change of administration in Washington will mark an end to the current regime in Tehran

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Ohio Supreme Court Hears Public Records Case Involving Attorney General

Ohio Supreme Court case on public records request involving AG Yost and Center for Media and Democracy raises transparency and privacy concerns.

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