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Martin Schram: Democracy must shatter the hammer

The sound was unmistakable – and potentially shattering.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Why the media are still failing Americans as we lurch toward Nov. 8

“Wake up, America! Wake up!” John Lewis shouted at the 1963 March on Washington.

Los Angeles Times

How Michigan Republicans’ campaign is a ‘direct attack on democracy’

As the key swing state heads into the midterms, Republicans have launched a coordinated effort to pack the process of overseeing elections

The Guardian - US

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 5 November 2022

Let's check in on our cousins in the United States in the dying days of the 2022 midterm campaign. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate sit uncomfortably on a knife's edge.

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In midterms, inflation and border overshadow fears for democracy and abortion rights

WASHINGTON — Unless nearly every pollster in America is wrong, Republicans will retake the House in Tuesday’s midterms, and maybe the Senate.

Tribune News Service

Carter Center to monitor US elections for the first time in response to rising threats to democracy

It is the first time the democracy promotion organisation has undertaken an observation programme in the US

The Independent UK

Former GOP elected officials sound the alarm on election deniers ahead of midterm elections

‘The fundamental principles of our republic are at greater risk now more than ever,’ a letter signed by 25 former elected Republicans reads

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The US is on a knife-edge. The enemy for Trump’s Republicans is democracy itself

Most GOP candidates in these elections refuse democracy’s most basic tenet: accepting the voters’ verdict, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Deepfakes are being used for good – here's how

In the second season of BBC mystery thriller The Capture, deepfakes threaten the future of democracy and UK national security. In a dystopia set in present day London, hackers use AI to insert these highly realistic false images and videos of people into live news broadcasts to destroy the careers…

The Conversation

What's at stake this Election Day – 7 essential reads

As Election Day closes in, uncertainty and concern about potential chaos – from violence at polling sites to candidates refusing to accept defeat – continue to rise.

The Conversation

Kimmel on Biden’s democracy speech: ‘Like Gandalf talking about Sauron’

Late-night hosts talk Biden’s pre-midterms warning, Herschel Walker comparing his résumé to Obama’s and ads on Netflix

The Guardian - US

Yes, it's the economy, but the state of democracy, abortion and Ukraine loom large as issues before 2022 midterms

The 2022 midterm elections, perhaps more than most in recent American history, present voters with a multitude of pressing issues to consider as they prepare to vote. These issues range from abortion to rising inflation, energy costs to the state of American democracy.

The Conversation

Luria makes final case for democracy, vies for Black voters

Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria is spending the closing days of her reelection campaign in the new parts of her Virginia district to gain the support of Black residents whose votes could well determine if she gets a third term

The Independent UK

Francis Wilkinson: Biden’s warning about democracy will go unheeded

President Joe Biden, who delivered what is likely to be an ineffective speech Wednesday night on the perils faced by American democracy, might want to keep in mind Sen. Gerald Nye of North Dakota.

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Editorial: Look who’s (sorta) conceding: Bolsonaro, Latin America’s Trump, is more committed to democracy than our own former president

While people in 50 states hold their breath to see where midterm election winds take us, the world turns. In Israel, a dizzying fifth parliamentary election in four years looks likely to give scandal-scarred Benjamin Netanyahu another turn. And in Brazil, voters have chosen to return scandal-scarred Luiz Inácio Lula…

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: 'Eye-popping' new survey on Americans' acceptance of political violence should be a wake-up call to leaders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Roughly 5 million Americans would be willing to kill someone to achieve a political purpose, according to a new UC Davis study.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Electing 2020 election deniers may end democracy

The serious registered voter is approaching Nov. 8’s midterm election by studying issues, candidate credentials and party platforms. A clear-headed voter will vote for the best qualified candidate regardless of their political party affiliation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken, Baerbok Affirm Support for Iranian Protesters

The US and German foreign ministers on Thursday strongly expressed their support for the protests in Iran, stressing that the issue would play a bigger role at the two-day G7 meeting in the western German city of Münster on Friday. “This is really a moment saying we bring up a…

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The Guardian - US

Why the US midterms matter – from abortion rights to democracy

Guardian writers lay down what’s on the line and what a Republican victory could mean for the future of the country

The Independent UK

Gina Miller urges Starmer and Davey to give her a clear run at unseating senior Tory

Exclusive: Democracy campaigner standing for True and Fair Party in 2024 poll

Reuters

Analysis-As Netanyahu returns, concerns grow over far-right ally

Triumphant in this week's election, Benjamin Netanyahu faces a new test forming a government with an ultranationalist party whose sudden rise has many at home and allies abroad alarmed at the potential implications for Israeli democracy.

The Guardian - US

Lula and the US haven’t always gotten along. It’s time for Biden to change that

There is a basis for a strong connection between Lula and Biden, forged in the fire of the far-right extremism they both have faced and defeated at the polls.

Reason

United States of America Pageants Has First Amendment Right To Exclude Transgender Women, Court Says

Plus: The emptiness of Democrats' pro-democracy rhetoric, the real reason Social Security checks are getting bigger, and more...

The Guardian - US

Chuck Schumer insists Democrats can hold or expand Senate majority – as it happened

Majority leader acknowledges race will be ‘tight’ but says he believes Democrats will keep control of Senate

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Biden urges Americans to take a stand against political violence

President asks voters to reject election-denying candidates in midterms to ‘preserve democracy’. Plus, can Twitter survive Elon Musk?

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