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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.

The Guardian - US

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...

Reason

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 - US

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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?

The Guardian - UK

Oath Keepers never wanted Jan. 6 to end

Gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels promised "Republicans will never lose" again if he seizes power in Wisconsin

Salon

The worrying rise of the F-word (fascism) - could it ever happen in the UK?

From France and Italy to Sweden, more and more far right parties are seemingly coming out of nowhere and finding support and success. Could it ever happen in the UK? Samuel Fishwick investigates

Evening Standard

Democracy, gas prices and fascism

Americans understand that democracy is in dire peril. That doesn't mean they believe in it, or give a damn

Salon

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Editorial: Brazil voters rejected Trump’s playbook but it’s far from dead in South America

A president who tests the boundaries of democracy, making unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. Frenetic supporters of said president who cause disruption as they try to affect the outcome of a fair election. A country that has become so polarized that family members and friends have severed ties over…

Miami Herald

Joe Biden: Republican ‘election deniers’ threaten to put America on ‘path to chaos’

‘Make no mistake, democracy is on the ballot for all of us,’ Mr Biden said in a speech just days before Americans go to the polls

Evening Standard

Biden urges Americans to take a stand against political violence: ‘We’re facing a defining moment’

President asks voters to reject election denying candidates in midterms to ‘preserve democracy’

The Guardian - US

Biden warns that ‘ultra MAGA’ Republicans will lead the US down a ‘path to chaos’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued a stark warning Wednesday about threats to American democracy, using a prime-time speech to urge voters to reject “ultra MAGA” Republicans who undermine faith in the voting process.

Los Angeles Times

'Democracy is at risk': Biden warns about political violence ahead of midterms

Warning that democracy itself is in peril, President Joe Biden called on Americans Wednesday night to use their ballots in next week's midterm elections to stand up against lies, violence and dangerous “ultra MAGA" election disruptors who are trying to “succeed where they failed” in subverting the 2020 elections.

France 24

A Netanyahu government would probably clash with the Biden administration

RAANANA, Israel — In the waning days of his most recent stint as Israel’s prime minister — just over a year ago — Benjamin Netanyahu made no secret of his disdain for President Joe Biden.

Los Angeles Times

Biden has faith in "American experiment"

During President Biden's pre-midterms speech, he warns against conspiracy theories and voter violence

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Los Angeles Times

Biden warns that election deniers will lead the US down a ‘path to chaos’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued a stark warning Wednesday about threats to American democracy, using a prime-time speech to highlight the stakes in next week’s midterm election.

Axios

Votes cast in midterms "will preserve democracy or put it at risk," Biden says

The president's speech hammered home the threat posed by election deniers.

Reason

Turning 'Saving Democracy' Into a Campaign Slogan Isn't Helping Save Democracy

Biden's planned address on Wednesday night will call out "those who deny the documented truth about election results and those who seek to undermine public faith in our system of government."

Bangkok Post

The West needs an energy alliance

The old line that "history does not repeat itself, but often rhymes", is an apt description of the evolving relationship between the West and its rivals. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was a global superpower, owing to its military prowess. Today, Russia's armed forces appear to be in…

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Biden to deliver major speech on protecting democracy after attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband

President Joe Biden plans to deliver a “major speech” on protecting democracy on Wednesday night after the violent attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and with the midterm elections just days away.

The Conversation

The fox in the chicken coop: how the far right is playing the European Parliament

Several countries in the European Union are currently governed by far-right political parties. In Hungary, Fidesz under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been progressively dismantling the country’s constitutional protections of the rule of law and democratic institutions. Poland under its ruling Law and Justice party has shown equally worrying trends.…

The Independent UK

Obama sounds warning about threat of political violence: ‘More people are going to get hurt’

Obama warned that in a post-January 6 America, democracy is under the constant threat of the “erosion of basic civility.”

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s dangerous view of democracy

Letters: He should learn that social media actions have consequences, writes Colin Harrison, while Keith Flett advocates having a trust to oversee Twitter

The Guardian - US

‘We are for democracy’: Brazil football fans clear pro-Bolsonaro blockades

Protesters baselessly alleging electoral fraud and refusing to accept defeat to Lula have been blocking roads since election

The Independent UK

Biden, the optimist, wrestles with election, other worries

Facing a midterm election that will define, and quite possibly constrict, the next two years of his term, President Joe Biden is treading a difficult line

The Guardian - US

Republican says party ‘will never lose another election’ in Wisconsin if he wins

Gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels’ comment is ‘a danger to our democracy’, Democrat opponent Tony Evers says

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