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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 · Nov 8, 2022

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 · Nov 8, 2022

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.

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2022

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 · Nov 8, 2022

‘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 · Nov 8, 2022

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

The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2022

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.

Newslaundry · Nov 8, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

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

Salon · Nov 8, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022