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Kevin McCarthy backs Trump hoarding top secret papers, calling FBI search an ‘assault on democracy’

Republican leader in House frames the FBI raid as a partisan attack

The Independent UK

Biden attacks Trump, saying his wing of the Republican party is a threat to democracy

Biden says a faction of the Republican party tied to former President Donald Trump is "determined to take this country backwards." Republicans say he's being divisive.

WEKU

Trump and "MAGA forces" represent extremism, Biden says in primetime speech

"For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not."

Axios

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Judging by the cover

We first published A History Of Thailand in 2005, 17 years ago. We have just prepared a fourth edition, adding a new chapter on the extraordinary events since 2005, and over 200 other changes based on new research, mostly by Thai historians. We needed a new cover to signal that…

Bangkok Post

‘A threat to the country’: Biden warns of Trump and GOP extremism threatening ‘the very foundations of our republic’

‘For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not’

The Independent UK

Biden warns US democracy imperiled by Trump and Maga extremists

In a primetime address, the president further said the Republican party was ‘dominated, driven and intimidated’ by Trump

The Guardian - US

Biden to speak on democracy amid renewed fight against ‘MAGA Republicans’

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden will deliver a speech in Philadelphia on Thursday as part of a newly aggressive swing hammering “MAGA Republicans” as he argues that democracy is at stake, again, in the upcoming midterm elections.

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Biden asks Americans to defend democracy in elections, politics - Roll Call

President Joe Biden warned of dire threats to American democracy from some Republicans at a prime-time address in Philadelphia on Thursday.

Roll Call

Biden’s speech will deliver a hard truth: American democracy is under grave threat

The essential political choice is no longer Democrat or Republican, left or right, liberal or conservative. It is democracy or authoritarian fascism

The Guardian - US

Biden's prime-time speech to call out Trump, his loyalists

The November elections are less than 10 weeks away, and President Joe Biden plans to use a prime-time speech Thursday night at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to frame them as part of an ongoing battle for what he's calling the “soul of the nation.”

The Independent UK

Don't celebrate too soon, Democrats

Republican hubris and overreach is leading toward dramatic payback — but Democrats' sugar high could be fleeting

Salon

Taiwan Sees Record 446 Air Incursions by China in August

Taiwan saw a record number of Chinese military air incursions in August, with more than 440 warplanes entering its air defense zone as Beijing raged against visits to the democratic island by United States lawmakers. Taiwan's 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden news – live: President to warn ‘MAGA forces’ want to take US ‘backwards’ in primetime address

President Joe Biden’s Pennsylvania remarks will address antidemocratic agendas

The Independent UK

Taiwan president says she looks forward to producing 'democracy chips' with U.S

Taiwan looks forward to producing "democracy chips" with the United States, President Tsai Ing-wen told the visiting governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, Doug Ducey, on Thursday, the latest in a string of senior officials from the county to visit.

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The Independent UK

Waning support for democracy linked to social isolation – think tank

Onward has argued a national civic service and time limits on social media could help rebuild social connections for young people.

The Independent UK

Unfinished business: Biden sharpens his attacks on Trumpism

More than two years after he defeated Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has some unfinished business he’s aiming to settle with the restive forces of Trumpism

Tribune News Service

As Biden plans speech focused on democracy, Trump's legal saga holds center stage

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s prime-time televised speech Thursday outside Independence Hall will try to put the country’s focus on defending democracy, as the actions of his predecessor are once again taking center stage.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev's competing visions for Russia's future ultimately saw the two men turn on each other

When Vladimir Putin became president in 2000, he had no greater champion than Mikhail Gorbachev. But as Putin slowly transformed Russia into an imperial presidency, the two men turned against each other.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Gorbachev’s legacy: the hope endures

Editorial: Russia’s post-Soviet experiment in democracy failed, but the dream of its political freedom must be preserved

Roll Call

As Biden prepares speech focused on democracy, Trump search holds center stage - Roll Call

As Biden prepares prime-time speech on protecting democracy, attention focuses on DOJ picture of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

Tribune News Service

Tyler Cowen: Stop calling everything you disagree with ‘anti-democratic’

One of the most disturbing trends in current discourse is the misuse of the term “anti-democratic.” It has become a kind of all-purpose insult, used as a cudgel to criticize political and intellectual opponents. Not only is this practice intellectually lazy, but it threatens to distort the meaning and obscure…

The Independent UK

Mikhail Gorbachev's death mourned as passing of rare leader

The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to many European countries under communist rule, was mourned for the loss of of what world leaders described as a rare leader who brought global change and at the time…

The Guardian - AU

Democracies need constant reform to stay strong. New Zealand has the chance to do that

My member’s bill that will look at political donations and expanding voting rights will soon be read in parliament. We need it to pass

Benzinga

Mikhail Gorbachev Dies At 91: What's The Final Soviet Union Leader's Legacy?

The world leader who closed out the Cold War and brought democracy to the former Soviet Union died Tuesday at the age of 91, according t

The Guardian - UK

Politicians view face-to-face interviews as ‘all risk’, says Nick Robinson

BBC journalist says ‘broadcast interviews matter for the health of our democracy’ after Liz Truss cancels one-on-one encounter

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