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Labour’s depressing bid to gag its own MPs

Letters: Labour’s warning to its MPs against tabling amendments to government bills will harm democracy, thinks Victor Anderson. William Wallace fears party whips want to stifle reasoned debate

The Guardian - UK

A Quarter of Republican Trump Supporters Believe He Should 'Do Whatever it Takes to Assume Office if He Loses the Elections": Poll

As the 2024 election nears, Americans express deep divisions on key issues, with inflation and the state of democracy significantly influencing preferences.

Latin Times

Poland’s Tusk says future of liberal democracy across EU hinges on tougher migration policy

PM dismisses criticism that a plan to temporarily stop accepting asylum applications violates human rights

The Independent UK

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China's leader makes rare visit to province facing Taiwan following major war exercises

China’s President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to a province facing Taiwan, following military exercises mobilizing China’s navy, air force, missile force and land troops to simulate a blockade of the self-governing island democracy that Beijing claims as its own territory and threatens to annex by force

The Independent UK

Bernie Sanders Criticizes Trump For Undermining Democracy

Senator Bernie Sanders voices concern over Trump's threats to democracy and emphasizes the importance of upholding democratic values in the US.

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Jokowi was once seen as Indonesia’s ‘new hope’. Instead, he leaves a legacy of democratic backsliding

As Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) prepares to leave office, Indonesia is still routinely lauded as one of Asia’s most important democracies. Jokowi was first elected, in 2014, on the promise of breaking with the old Jakarta elite and making government more responsive to ordinary people.

The Conversation

‘Suicide for democracy.’ What is ‘bothsidesism’ – and how is it different from journalistic objectivity?

“Bothsidesism” is a term of disparagement against a form of journalism that presents “both sides” of an issue without any regard for their relative evidentiary merits.

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No one uses electoral college except US

US only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose

Salon

Helldivers 2's massive 63-day overhaul patch is here, bringing an end to a rebalance of "over 70 weapons and Stratagems" while also making certain Terminids explode, for some reason

Now get out there and deliver managed democracy

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This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to three US-based economists who examined the advantages of democracy and the rule of law, and why they are strong in some countries and not others.

The Conversation

No, the Liberal Party does not have a history of upholding the right to protest in Australia - just look back to the Vietnam War

More than a year after the eruption of conflict between Hamas and Israel, the escalating war in the Middle East is roiling Australian society and politics.

The Conversation

Former President Trump Suggests Using Military Against 'Enemy From Within'

Former President Trump's controversial remarks on using military against 'radical left lunatics' raise concerns about democracy in the US.

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US elections: here’s what’s at stake for Europe, in 3 key areas

Many pundits are claiming that the 2024 contest will be the most important US election since 1860. Most Europeans would also agree. At stake is not just the future of democracy in America, but arguably the future of the post-World War II international order.

The Conversation

How did a ‘bank snooping’ scandal ensnare politicians in Italy?

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says her opponents want to derail democracy – but is that true?

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The Conversation

No country still uses an electoral college − except the US

The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election. Thanks to the Electoral College, that has happened five times in the country’s history. The most recent examples are from 2000, when Al Gore won…

The Guardian - US

Where do Harris and Trump stand on the key election issues?

From abortion to the economy, the Democrat and Republican have widely diverging visions for the country

Salon

The age factor election

"The president can essentially be fired by the vice president should he become significantly impaired"

Salon

"Citizen Nation": Hope for democracy

The four-part PBS series depicts students from across the country studying the constitution for a contest, and life

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Salon

The origins of Trump's "genes" obsession

Trump’s racial purity project echoes our nation’s eugenical past

The Conversation

Tunisia’s young democracy flounders as its president wins a second term

There was tension hanging in the air as I walked through Tunisia’s capital city, Tunis, in July, just months before the country’s latest presidential election. The conversations I had in cafes and markets confirmed people’s uncertainty and apprehension about the state of their country.

Salon

Outrage fatigue takes its toll on MAGA

Experts on what the "toxicity of Trump’s pathological lying" hides

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Vice President Kamala Harris Emphasizes Stakes In Election

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses voter concerns, praises Biden, criticizes Trump, and emphasizes the importance of upholding democracy in a Univision...

The Guardian - US

Why are Democrats tarred as elites when the world’s richest man funds Trump?

We’re living in a second Gilded Age of extreme inequality. Kamala Harris’s campaign should strike a more populist note

Salon

Never Trump's revenge arrives on time

Anti-Trump Republicans Rick Wilson and Cheri Jacobus on why prominent Republicans are finally breaking away now

Al Jazeera

Can India’s version of The Onion beat hate with laughter?

Kerala-based humanities student, who prefers to remain anonymous, runs The Savala Vada, a satirical Instagram handle.

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