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A GOP senator said 'rank democracy' is bad for America at a time when Trump is behaving like an authoritarian
The GOP senator is an ally of a president who has rapidly eroded democratic norms during his tenure…
John Haltiwanger
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Elon Musk says we should completely rethink government on Mars to get rid of special interests and 'coercion of politicians'
Elon Musk told podcaster Lex Fridman when humans live on Mars, we can restructure politics "as was …
Insider Inc.
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The UK might see an “AI candidate” this general election — here’s how that will work
AI Steve is an artificial intelligence candidate created by entrepreneur Steve Endacott to run for …
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Biden campaign calls Meta's reinstatement of Trump accounts 'a direct attack on our safety and our democracy'
Meta rolled back January 6-era restrictions on former President Donald Trump's social media account…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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China says it's running on a new version of democracy that doesn't rely on elections. Experts say it's just another mind game.
China said it had asked 8.54 million people how they feel the country should be run, but experts qu…
Matthew Loh
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'You cannot, at the same time, love America and hate democracy': Sen. Chris Murphy rips into GOP colleagues supporting Trump's failed efforts to overturn election
"This is a party that has a whole bunch of enemies of democracy inside its top ranks. That's bone-c…
Azmi Haroun
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EU Commissioner Vestager slammed Mark Zuckerberg for allowing lies in political ads: That's not democracy, it's 'manipulation'
She said the democratic world has already, long-ago, hashed out the rules over political speech
Julie Bort
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Former Snap exec Imran Khan's e-commerce startup Verishop is entering retail with a private-label skincare brand
Ghost Democracy is a direct-to-consumer brand that's pitching itself as clean skincare products at …
Tanya Dua
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The US became a 'backsliding democracy' in 2020 and 'fell victim to authoritarian tendencies': report
The report raised particular concerns about anti-democratic behavior by Donald Trump, warning of "s…
John Haltiwanger
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Trump says China's Xi should meet 'directly and personally' with the Hong Kong protesters to negotiate a 'happy' ending to the clashes
The tweets represent Trump's most extensive public comments on the upheaval in the semiautonomous t…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Mitt Romney keeps in his Senate office a chart displaying 4,000 years of world history that he says shows the fragility of democracy
The US is "really the only significant experiment in democracy," Romney told donors at a fundraiser…
Grace Panetta
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Xi Jinping says China has consulted millions of citizens about its government as part of a 'whole-process democracy' that Beijing claims is better than the West's
While Xi claimed that 8.54 million opinions had been gathered, it's unclear if the views accurately…
Matthew Loh
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Switzerland is holding a referendum on whether to strip the government of its power to impose coronavirus lockdowns
The referendum comes amid an increasing national debate in Switzerland about the rights of individu…
Thomas Colson
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China warns Biden that inviting Taiwan to his democracy summit is a 'mistake' after Xi told him he was 'playing with fire'
Biden has made boosting democracy worldwide a major goal and invited the democratically governed is…
John Haltiwanger
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'This is not normal': Obama slams anonymous author of Trump resistance NYT op-ed and warns people against feeling comforted by it
"That's not how our democracy is supposed to work," Obama said. "These people aren't elected. ... T…
John Haltiwanger
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Tech billionaires are fantasising about building new worlds in their image
Musk's comments come just a day after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos chimed in on the future of the species,…
Rob Price
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Zelenskyy says Americans 'aren't funding' war in Ukraine; they are 'protecting democracy'
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday it is important to support Ukraine because it pre…
Katie Balevic
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53 pro-democracy activists, including an American lawyer, arrested in Hong Kong in the city's biggest crackdown yet under China's severe security law
They were arrested in early-morning raids on Wednesday under China's draconian national security la…
Ashley Collman
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Diversity of thought and speech is the hallmark of India, says US Ambassador Richard Verma
While Verma didn’t refer to JNU directly, he said that college campuses in India and the US have ve…