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After election loss, silence from Brazil’s brash president

Many hours after being defeated, Jair Bolsonaro hadn’t conceded defeat or challenged the results. Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva won Sunday’s runoff with 50.9% to Bolsonaro’s 49.1% — the closest election since Brazil’s return to democracy in 1985.

Chicago Sun-Times

Peers called on to kill public order bill targeting climate activists

Petition signed by 300,000 people demands Home Office drops ‘attempt to overthrow democracy’

The Guardian - UK

Eroding trust: How election deniers endanger US democracy

Experts say deniers may not be able to overturn elections but they weaken public confidence in democratic institutions.

Al Jazeera

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Penguin’s £1.9bn merger with US books giant is halted by judge

A merger would have ‘impoverished our democracy’, US judge finds

Evening Standard

UK Government ‘immoral’ for refusing indyref2, law professor says

THE UK Government is undermining democracy and the law by its “unreasonable and immoral” ignoring of the SNP ’s mandate for an independence…

The National (Scotland)

Commentary: Britain’s appointment of its first Asian prime minister is a milestone for all minorities

It was early spring 1946. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, seeing the untenable status quo, sent a simple message to the British colonial officer in India: “In any case, get Britain out.” The following year, King George VI signed legislation passed by Parliament, finally ending Britain’s violent colonial rule on…

Chicago Tribune

Anita Chabria: Elon Musk takes Twitter exactly where we thought he would: Into the sewer

Elon Musk made it official Sunday — democracy is on life support.

Los Angeles Times

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Democracy spreads in waves – but shared cultural history might matter more than geography

Recent events like the war in Ukraine, conflicts over Taiwan and the rise of authoritarian ideology have renewed interest in the foundations of modern democracy.

The Conversation

Old Parliament House fire bill hits $5.3m

The Museum of Australian Democracy - better known as Old Parliament House - has put its fire damage bill at $5.3 million.

AAP

Fighting corruption is fighting fascism

For Trump and allies, says CREW head, the purpose of government "is to attack their enemies and help their friends"

Salon

Brazil election: victorious Lula faces an uphill struggle – a damaged economy and a deeply divided country

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has achieved a remarkable political comeback by regaining the presidency of Brazil. His narrow victory, in the second round run-off, was the closest margin of victory in an election since Brazil reverted to democracy in the late 1980s. The result was 50.9% for Lula and…

The Conversation

US midterm elections: What are the key issues?

Economy, abortion rights, immigration and democracy are dominating political debates ahead of critical US vote.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: 10 myths about American politics

The media frequently justify their election coverage with claims that a vital democracy needs a well-informed public. Unfortunately, their coverage often repeats long-standing myths about politics that undermine this worthwhile goal.

Tribune News Service

Fabiola Santiago: Miami’s radicalization is astonishing: Cuban Americans won’t get off the Trump train

Cuban Americans in Miami are proving Donald Trump right on one issue.

Miami Herald

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The Conversation

Book extract: Dreamers and schemers and the election that changed us

This is an edited extract from Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno, La Trobe University Press, 2022.

Tribune News Service

Bolsonaro or Lula: Brazil heads to polls for historic vote

Brazilians are voting in a presidential runoff between incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in what’s become the country’s most significant election since the return of democracy almost four decades ago.

The Conversation

The rich, white powerbrokers in A.M. Homes' new novel plot to be kingmakers – in the name of 'democracy'

The website of the America First Secretary of State Coalition (“America First SOS”) doesn’t include the word “democracy” anywhere. It goes hard on “integrity”, mentioning “voter” and “election” integrity four times in about 800 words. But the Coalition isn’t interested in democracy.

Axios

Lula vs. Bolsonaro: Brazilians vote in nail-biter presidential runoff

Brazil's democracy — just over three decades old — is at stake, experts say.

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The Guardian - US

The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s chilling warning for US democracy

The Washington Post Watergate veteran’s 20 interviews with the now former president prove to be must-listen material

The Guardian - US

Can Obama magic charm Democrats to the polls in crucial midterms?

The ex-president remains his party’s rock star and is touring key states to fire up voters – but his midterms record is far from flawless

The Independent UK

Pelosi attack shocks country on edge about democracy threats

At times these days, it can feel like the United States is on edge about threats to American democracy

Chicago Sun-Times

Speak out and write: It’s essential to our democracy.

If all of us publicly express our views, our currently jeopardized democracy will survive and thrive. Without engagement there is no possibility for persuasion and change — and hence little chance our democracy will survive.

WEKU

Obama says 'democracy on the ballot' in Georgia early voting rally

The former president implored people to avoid "tuning out" in the midterm elections and vote for Democrats to tackle issues like inflation currently facing America.

Salon

GOP already sowing chaos at the polls

"Voters deserve better than this when they exercise their constitutional right at the polls," said one watchdog

The Independent UK

‘Violence unleashed to break democracy’: Anger after Nancy Pelosi’s husband attacked at San Francisco home

The harrowing news sparked an onslaught of reactions from Washington

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