“We must demonstrate that democracies can still deliver for our people,” Biden said Friday via video link at the the conference. The Rev. Steven Kinyk, a Baptist minister, agreed, saying, “Biden is bringing America back to world dependency instead of making America strong again.” Biden’s democracy-over-autocracy message also might be …
Read More »‘Not compatible’ with democracy or the only way to keep the internet free? Facebook sparks debate after ‘unfriending’ Australia
The Silicon Valley behemoth announced on Wednesday that Facebook users and publishers in Australia will not be allowed to share and view news from local and international outlets. The controversial move comes as Canberra pushes forward with proposed legislation that would require Facebook and other companies to pay news creators …
Read More »Political ‘personality cults’ are bad for democracy and rule of law, Pope says, citing events of 2020
“The development of a democratic consciousness demands that emphasis on individual personalities be overcome and that respect for the rule of law prevail,” the head of the Roman Catholic Church said on Monday, in an annual speech to ambassadors accredited to the Vatican. “Indeed, law is the indispensable prerequisite for …
Read More »‘Direct assault’ on democracy: Biden threatens sanctions against Myanmar unless military respects ‘credible election’
Citing allegations of fraud in the November general election, the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) declared a one-year emergency on Monday and detained President Win Myint and de facto prime minister, Aung San Suu Kyi. In a statement on Monday afternoon, the White House called this action “a direct assault on …
Read More »Our democracy is under threat… by too much democracy, say lawmakers calling for removal of ‘conspiracy theorist’ rep
While Democrats and the media establishment have been disparaging Greene since before she won her primary, mocking her as the “QAnon candidate” and insisting she’s dangerous for spreading “misinformation,” California Democratic rep Jimmy Gomez has gone one step further, demanding she be removed from office altogether – a rare measure …
Read More »‘A bit like royalty’: Prince Harry mocked for condemning ‘attack on democracy’ in US Capitol
“There is no way to downplay this. There was a literal attack on democracy in the United States, organized on social media, which is an issue of violent extremism,” Harry said in an interview with Fast Company on Friday, referencing the January 6 storming of the Capitol, adding, “It’s hard …
Read More »Democracy Dies in Darkness: Washington Post backtracks after it’s caught burying Kamala Harris’ cringeworthy joke from old article
“We should have kept both versions of the story on the Post’s site…rather than redirecting to the updated one,” communications VP Kris Coratti admitted in a statement to Reason on Friday after the libertarian outlet caught WaPo memory-holing the cringe-inducing joke between Harris and her sister Maya, originally published in …
Read More »The ‘democracy’ and ‘unity’ of Biden’s inaugural address have fine print: ‘After dissent is silenced’
With several references to the Capitol breach two weeks before, Joe Biden, now the 46th President of the US, vowed in his inaugural speech that he seeks to unify the nation. That will be a tall if not impossible order, given the fact that a great number of Americans believe …
Read More »I didn’t vote for Biden, but want him to succeed in righting the train wreck of US democracy. The carnage has to stop here and now
I did not vote for Joe Biden. Truth be told, I never would have, regardless. My personal history of interaction with the former Senator from Delaware is so scarred by his hubris, his arrogance, and his lies about the threat posed by Iraq and the necessity of war to solve …
Read More »The 2nd US Civil War has already been fought and won, turning the Republic into ‘Our Democracy’
Just look at the glamour photos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California), reviewing the National Guard troops at the Capitol on Wednesday. Does she look scared for her life – as the congressional Democrats have claimed in the aftermath of the “insurrection” last week – or like a leader of …
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