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VoteCast: Inflation, democracy drive demoralized US voters

The AP VoteCast survey shows that voters have become deeply discouraged about the state of America and its future

The Independent UK

Whatever happens, let's face the truth

After six years of reassuring America that somehow everything will be OK, it's time for the media to get real

Salon

Dutch MEP says illegal spyware ‘a grave threat to democracy’

European Commission wears ‘velvet gloves’ when dealing with spyware used on citizens, says chief of inquiry on hacking software such as Pegasus

The Guardian - UK

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Fight for America's soul? High turnout in bitter battle for US Congress

Is democracy really on the ballot, as Joe Biden claims? The whole world is watching the US midterm elections: the first since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuelled soaring inflation and the first federal elections since Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. We ask about the issues that have pollsters predicting a…

France 24

The Guardian view on Egypt’s abuses: justice needed for Alaa Abd el-Fattah – and the others

Editorial: The treatment of the British-Egyptian democracy activist is a travesty, and emblematic of the regime’s brutality

The Guardian - UK

Nevada Voters Could Smash the Two-Party Duopoly

Abolishing party-specific primary elections makes a lot of sense, and might help steer American democracy back towards the center.

Reason

US elections: democracy is on the ballot (again)

I have a rule: no American politics at the dinner table until you can name two European leaders not called Macron or Scholz.

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Anita Chabria: Thanks to Elon Musk's weekend of crazy, Twitter's in flames for election day

It's been less than a month, but how tired are we already of hearing about Elon Musk and Twitter?

Los Angeles Times

Arizona election officials brace for impact in battle against conspiracy theories

PHOENIX — Two years after former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn his loss to Joe Biden, the electoral process remains in the shadow of the 2020 election, plagued by threats to election workers, efforts to misinform or intimidate voters and the rise of far-right candidates who have echoed false…

Los Angeles Times

Michael Steele: Midterm surprises ahead

Republicans selling a sinister fantasy version of America while Democrats are just clueless, says former GOP head

Salon

Peerage delay for Tory MPs is 'manipulation of democracy in its worst form'

REPORTS that Boris Johnson has asked four Tory MPs to delay taking up peerages so that the party can avoid losing by-elections is "manipulation…

The National (Scotland)

Control of US Senate may hinge on Georgia run-off election

The Georgia Senate race goes to a run-off on December 6 after neither Republican Herschel Walker nor Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock garnered more than 50 percent of the vote. Republicans were favoured to win control of the House going into the midterms but key races in both chambers remain too…

France 24

‘Nonsense’: Elon Musk slammed after telling voters to back GOP hours before Election Day

‘Republicans will do to democracy what Elon did to Twitter,’ Lincoln Project writes

The Independent UK

The future of American democracy is at stake in the midterm elections

The majority of the Republican candidates for the House of Representatives are election-deniers – and a Republican-controlled Congress might attempt to sabotage the certification of the next presidential vote

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Newslaundry

Meet Salvatore Babones, the American academic who called Indian intellectuals ‘anti-India’

In remarks widely reshared on social media, a western academic recently said at an India Today conclave that “India’s intellectual class is anti-India” and there’s a class that is “anti-Modi and anti-BJP”. He also argued that the international media is wrongly portraying India as a fascist state.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin's Evers, in 2nd term bid, says democracy at stake

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has staked his bid for a second term on his support for abortion rights and an argument that democracy is on the ballot

Salon

Elon's Twitter: US if MAGA wins midterms

I don't think we're ignoring the impending doom of democracy when we gawk at Musk ruining Twitter

The Independent UK

Justin Trudeau blames China for ‘aggressive’ interference in Canada’s democracy

China ‘continuing to play aggressive games with our institutions, with our democracies’, says Trudeau

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Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Only Republicans can rescue American democracy

How worried should we be about the fate of U.S. democracy? The party that might gain control of Congress after this week’s election has nominated hundreds of candidates in state, local and national races who falsely claim the 2020 election was fraudulent; uses extreme rhetoric that inspires violence; and has…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Division or patriotism: The American public's role in defending and sustaining democracy

A civilized nation cannot be politically divided on everything. We (Americans) must share common ground on basic ideas — human rights, economic freedom, the right to think and speak freely, physical and psychological security — for our nation to thrive.

The Independent UK

Amazon, Amex and more pledged to withhold donations from election deniers. Then they quietly restarted them

Plenty of companies pledged to stop giving after the insurrection. Many have returned, Josh Marcus and Eric Garcia report

Salon

Why some think fascism is peak democracy

Many fascists think of themselves as advocating a more pure version of democracy, expert says

Al Jazeera

Democrats and Republicans make last-minute pitches on polls’ eve

US President Joe Biden repeats concerns about US democracy, as Trump hints at another run for the presidency.

Tribune News Service

Eye on unfinished agenda, Biden delivers a ‘closing argument’ in Maryland hours before decisive flurry of midterm voting

BOWIE, Md. — President Joe Biden delivered a closing argument at Bowie State University on the eve of the midterm elections, promoting the candidacy of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore and instructing Americans that democracy is at risk because of election deniers and other threats.

Reason

'This Is What Democracy Looks Like. And It Kinda Sucks.'

Plus: Peter Suderman may or may not attempt a rendition of a famous rap from the movie Bulworth.

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