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High-level US diplomatic mission to Middle East overshadowed by violence

WASHINGTON — America's top diplomat heads out on a trip to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank on Saturday as a spiral of deadly violence grips the Middle East, with any plans to focus on democracy now overshadowed as the region braces for the no-holds-barred retaliation to Palestinian attacks that…

Los Angeles Times

Pro-western Petr Pavel sweeps to landslide win in race for Czech presidency

Champagne flows as former general defeats billionaire populist rival Andrej Babiš by largest margin in the country’s history

The Guardian - UK

Biden and Pence documents reveal US crisis of ‘overclassification’, expert says

System whereby government classifies 50m documents a year threatens national security and democracy, says Jameel Jaffer

The Guardian - US

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Maldives ruling party holds high-stakes presidential primary

Democracy icon Mohamed Nasheed’s political future in balance as governing party voters head to the polls.

Al Jazeera

Texans pessimistic about the national economy and losing faith in democracy, poll says

More than 60% of Texans polled by Texas Lyceum said the country is on the wrong course, and the poll found steep drops in the number of people who think democracy is the best form of government.

The Texas Tribune

Facebook is allowing Trump back. The platform hasn’t learned its lesson

Trump has never shown the slightest repentance for his role in what Facebook gingerly calls ‘civil unrest’

The Guardian - US

Tunisian activists decry intimidation as vote looms

Tunisian activist Chaimaa Issa is due to face a military court on Friday on charges of insulting a president whom she accuses of trashing the democracy built from a 2011 revolution in which she took full part.

Reuters

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Editorial: Tanking Putin’s plans: Sending tanks to help Ukraine fight back was long overdue

After much back-and-forth and strenuous behind the scenes hand-wringing, Germany has cleared the way for its Leopard 2 tanks to join the fight for democracy in Ukraine, pledging this week to send an initial company of 14 tanks and clearing the way for other European countries to do the same.…

Tribune News Service

Cuban American named US ambassador to the OAS wants to champion democracy in the region

MIAMI — Frank Mora, a Miami native and the new U.S. ambassador to the Organization of Americas States, wants to make the organization “even more relevant” amid the “increasing erosion” of the democratic system in Latin America and the Caribbean, he told journalists on Thursday, discarding the possibility that the…

Miami Herald

Ukraine recap: supply of German and US tanks to make Kyiv 'a real punching fist of democracy'

For the past several days the focus of war news has been squarely on Germany’s Olaf Scholz. The chancellor has been battling with his conscience over whether to accede to Volodymyr Zelensky’s plea to supply Ukraine with his country’s fearsome Leopard 2 tanks.

The Conversation

California Rep. Adam Schiff enters marquee Senate race

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a decadeslong fixture in San Fernando Valley politics who rose to national prominence as a top Democratic foe to then-President Trump, announced Thursday that he is joining a contest for U.S. Senate that is quickly shaping up to be highly competitive.

Los Angeles Times

Meta's big money grab: Trump is the key

Trump's half-literate, racist lies are a traffic bonanza on social media, so of course they want him back

Salon

Media falls for Trump v. DeSantis con

Here is the story that the mainstream news media should be telling: The Republican Party doesn't support democracy

Salon

Crusading judge tests boundaries of free speech in Brazil

With his athletic build and bald head, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes cuts an imposing figure

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak promises legislation to build new Holocaust memorial centre in London

The PM said the centre next to Parliament would ensure the testimonies of Holocaust survivors were ‘heard at the heart of our democracy’

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak promises legislation to build new Holocaust memorial centre

The PM said the centre next to Parliament would ensure the testimonies of Holocaust survivors were ‘heard at the heart of our democracy’.

Salon

The vicious cycle of killer news costs

Research finds that thinking about daily political events evokes negative emotions — but increases engagement

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin on ‘back foot’ with US, Germany and other allies sending tanks to Ukraine, says Rishi Sunak

US has joined Germany in promising battle tanks which Kyiv hailed as ‘an important step on the path to victory’ against Russia

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The Guardian - UK

Brazil, Kenya, the US – tech giants are putting democracy in peril the world over

Billions of us are due to vote in the next two years as the scourge of online misinformation grows ever worse. It’s time to regulate

The Guardian - UK

Fund UK’s local news outlets or they won’t survive, MPs warn government

Commons digital, culture, media and sport committee predicts decline in local reporting will damage democracy

The Guardian - UK

Eswatini: murder of pro-democracy activist prompts outrage

Fears security agencies may have been involved in shooting of Thulani Maseko in his home on Saturday

Newsroom.co.nz

People have lost trust in their governments; governments now don’t trust the people

Lianne Dalziel was a minister in government. She was a mayor. She believes many of the answers she sought from central and local government were in truth to be found within communities themselves.

The Independent UK

Taiwan's president says war with China 'not an option'

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has told Pope Francis in a letter that war with China is “not an option” and said constructive interaction with Beijing, which claims the island as part of its territory, depends on respecting self-ruled Taiwan’s democracy

The Guardian - UK

UK government ‘let lawyers bypass sanctions’ to help Putin ally sue journalist

Documents seen by Open Democracy show UK firm got approval to engage with Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin

Chicago Sun-Times

Building public trust in media is essential to democracy

Media literacy involves learning how to identify credible news sources, spot red flags that often accompany misinformation, and other skills that help the public decipher the news.

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