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Midterm election results reflect the hodgepodge of US voters, not the endorsement or repudiation of a candidate’s or party’s agenda

The results from the U.S. midterm elections came as a shock to many. The sitting president’s party typically suffers significant losses in House, Senate and gubernatorial races in the first midterm election of a president’s term. Several projections leading up to Election Day speculated that a “red wave” – at…

The Conversation

Democracy at stake after Supreme Court ruling – Sturgeon

An SNP conference will be held in the new year to discuss a proposed 'de facto referendum'

Insider UK

Sturgeon: Democracy at stake after Supreme Court rules against indyref2 plan

The Scottish First Minister now plans to use the next general election to seek to establish majority support for independence.

The Independent UK

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Nicola Sturgeon speech in full as First Minister reacts to Supreme Court verdict

The First Minister claimed Scottish democracy could "not be denied" after the Supreme Court ruled that Holyrood could not hold a referendum without Westminster approval.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon insists 'Scottish democracy will not be denied' following Supreme Court defeat

The First Minister has confirmed the SNP will use the next general election as a "de facto" referendum on independence after the Supreme Court blocked her original plan for a vote next year.

Daily Record

Mark Z. Barabak: Liars lose and deniers are denied. In the midterms, democracy comes out ahead

Today we discuss liars, deniers and standing at the precipice.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: DeSantis’ ‘dystopian’ idea of free speech

The hypocrisy of Florida’s freedom governor was on display again last week after a federal judge halted enforcement of a state gag order at Florida’s colleges and universities. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District in Tallahassee called Florida’s new Stop WOKE Act, which restricts speech…

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Commentary: Gen Z and millennials turned out in the midterms. They have good reason to pay attention

Perhaps the youngest voters in our democracy are beginning to see that they can effect change. The midterm elections saw historic turnout among this voting bloc ranging in age from 18 to 29. Generation Z and millennials, as the youth like to say, “turned up.” The political party that zooms…

Chicago Tribune

Donald Trump's comeback is not funny

This man is the most dangerous political figure in recent history. Stop making fun of him and tell the truth

Salon

Still alive: American democracy, Biden’s bad jokes – and two turkeys

High on the Democrats’ midterm success, the octogenarian president presides over the annual pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys

The Guardian - US

Citizenship requires a constant recommitment to democracy

Voters in the recent election made an important down payment on our country’s democratic future.

Chicago Sun-Times

Was it sedition? Jan. 6 trial a major test for Justice Dept.

Hundreds of people have been convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that left dozens of officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and shook the foundations of American democracy

The Independent UK

France announces new international aid package for crisis-hit Moldova

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced an international aid pakage of more than €100 million for Moldova during a summit in Paris. The small EU-friendly democracy is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis with the onset of winter and risks being further destabilised by the Ukraine conflict.

Radio France Internationale

Doyle McManus: Is Joe Biden fatally stubborn — or virtuously tenacious?

Sunday was Joe Biden's 80th birthday. Our first octogenarian president is two years older than Ronald Reagan was when his presidency ended in 1989.

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John M. Crisp: The election was a modest victory for democracy

Adjacent essays in the current issue of Foreign Affairs ably depict America’s two primary international competitors.

Tribune News Service

Did the televised hearings on Jan. 6 insurrection tip some midterm races to Democrats?

WASHINGTON — A House inquiry into the Capitol insurrection helped focus voters’ attention before the midterms on the risk that election deniers posed to democracy, potentially tipping key races away from GOP candidates backed by Donald Trump.

Bangkok Post

When art gets stifled

'Art is short, a case is long," read a banner. Students apparently hijacked the well-known motto "art is long, life is short" by Prof Silpa Bhirasri, the father of Thai modern art, in protest of Chiang Mai University's legal action against its own lecturers and a student who "trespassed" on…

France 24

Francophone countries meet in Tunisia summit amid democracy, economy concerns

The world's French-speaking countries gathered in Tunisia on Saturday for talks focused on economic cooperation, but faced calls to do more to resolve international crises.

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Bangkok Post

Police fire rubber bullets at protesters

Police fired rubber bullets to prevent demonstrators moving from Din So Road near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok to the Apec summit venue on Friday, and made eight arrests.

The Guardian - AU

The grotesque inequality embodied by Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg is a threat to democracy

Something’s wrong when basic infrastructure maintenance seems utopian, while the hare-brained schemes of tech oligarchs become routine

Reuters

China threat vaults local issues onto centre stage in Taiwan elections

China's belligerence towards Taiwan and the future of the island's democracy are taking centre stage in campaigns ahead of local elections next week, a key test of the ruling party's support before a presidential vote in early 2024.

The Independent UK

Barack Obama warns that democracy is ‘currently under assault’ across globe

‘We see it in the escalating polarization and disinformation that’s so evident in recent elections, whether it’s in Brazil, the Philippines, Italy, Sweden – right here in the United States’

The Independent UK

Biden hails Pelosi as ‘most consequential’ Speaker in US history after she announces her departure from leadership

Mr Biden noted that she’d seen Ms Pelosi ‘in action’ over the course of his long career as a senator, then as vice president and as president

The Independent UK

Obama to announce expansion of young leaders program to US

An Obama Foundation program that has trained hundreds of young leaders across Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Europe is being expanded to include the United States

The Independent UK

Democracy ‘under attack’ as MPs warned ‘hostile states’ could target mobile phones

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has urged MPs to be careful with mobile phones

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