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Biden takes aim at Trump, 'MAGA Republicans' in prime-time speech

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden delivered an urgent call to the country Thursday night, asserting in a prime-time speech that American democracy remains in great peril and bluntly singling out the person he sees as the biggest threat to the system: former President Donald Trump.

Los Angeles Times

Biden is making defence of democracy itself a major campaign issue

Many Americans fear US democracy is in crisis. Biden’s speech is a response, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK

In Philly speech, Biden says Trump and MAGA Republicans threaten ‘the foundations of our very republic’

PHILADELPHIA — Standing in Philadelphia in front of Independence Hall, President Joe Biden warned Thursday night that the democracy born there faces an existential threat from former President Donald Trump and his allies, seeking to reframe the stakes and consequences of this fall’s midterm elections.

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Biden says democracy ‘cannot survive’ if Trump supporters believe ‘either they win, or they were cheated’

President called election denial an attack on America’s ‘most fundamental freedom’ of voting

The Independent UK

Not Everything Bad is "Anti-Democratic" - and that which is Democratic isn't Always Good

Tyler Cowen explains why it's a mistake to conflate democracy with what is good and just.

Reason

Biden speech: ‘Democracy is under assault’ from election deniers and political violence, president warns - as it happened

The president called out Maga forces as a threat ‘to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the very soul of this country’

The Guardian - US

Kevin McCarthy backs Trump hoarding top secret papers, calling FBI search an ‘assault on democracy’

Republican leader in House frames the FBI raid as a partisan attack

The Independent UK

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Biden attacks Trump, saying his wing of the Republican party is a threat to democracy

Biden says a faction of the Republican party tied to former President Donald Trump is "determined to take this country backwards." Republicans say he's being divisive.

WEKU

Trump and "MAGA forces" represent extremism, Biden says in primetime speech

"For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not."

Axios

Judging by the cover

We first published A History Of Thailand in 2005, 17 years ago. We have just prepared a fourth edition, adding a new chapter on the extraordinary events since 2005, and over 200 other changes based on new research, mostly by Thai historians. We needed a new cover to signal that…

Bangkok Post

‘A threat to the country’: Biden warns of Trump and GOP extremism threatening ‘the very foundations of our republic’

‘For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not’

The Independent UK

Biden warns US democracy imperiled by Trump and Maga extremists

In a primetime address, the president further said the Republican party was ‘dominated, driven and intimidated’ by Trump

The Guardian - US

Biden to speak on democracy amid renewed fight against ‘MAGA Republicans’

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden will deliver a speech in Philadelphia on Thursday as part of a newly aggressive swing hammering “MAGA Republicans” as he argues that democracy is at stake, again, in the upcoming midterm elections.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Biden asks Americans to defend democracy in elections, politics - Roll Call

President Joe Biden warned of dire threats to American democracy from some Republicans at a prime-time address in Philadelphia on Thursday.

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The Guardian - US

Biden’s speech will deliver a hard truth: American democracy is under grave threat

The essential political choice is no longer Democrat or Republican, left or right, liberal or conservative. It is democracy or authoritarian fascism

The Independent UK

Biden's prime-time speech to call out Trump, his loyalists

The November elections are less than 10 weeks away, and President Joe Biden plans to use a prime-time speech Thursday night at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to frame them as part of an ongoing battle for what he's calling the “soul of the nation.”

Salon

Don't celebrate too soon, Democrats

Republican hubris and overreach is leading toward dramatic payback — but Democrats' sugar high could be fleeting

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taiwan Sees Record 446 Air Incursions by China in August

Taiwan saw a record number of Chinese military air incursions in August, with more than 440 warplanes entering its air defense zone as Beijing raged against visits to the democratic island by United States lawmakers. Taiwan's 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees…

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The Independent UK

Biden news – live: President to warn ‘MAGA forces’ want to take US ‘backwards’ in primetime address

President Joe Biden’s Pennsylvania remarks will address antidemocratic agendas

Reuters

Taiwan president says she looks forward to producing 'democracy chips' with U.S

Taiwan looks forward to producing "democracy chips" with the United States, President Tsai Ing-wen told the visiting governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, Doug Ducey, on Thursday, the latest in a string of senior officials from the county to visit.

The Independent UK

Waning support for democracy linked to social isolation – think tank

Onward has argued a national civic service and time limits on social media could help rebuild social connections for young people.

The Independent UK

Unfinished business: Biden sharpens his attacks on Trumpism

More than two years after he defeated Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has some unfinished business he’s aiming to settle with the restive forces of Trumpism

Tribune News Service

As Biden plans speech focused on democracy, Trump's legal saga holds center stage

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s prime-time televised speech Thursday outside Independence Hall will try to put the country’s focus on defending democracy, as the actions of his predecessor are once again taking center stage.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev's competing visions for Russia's future ultimately saw the two men turn on each other

When Vladimir Putin became president in 2000, he had no greater champion than Mikhail Gorbachev. But as Putin slowly transformed Russia into an imperial presidency, the two men turned against each other.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Gorbachev’s legacy: the hope endures

Editorial: Russia’s post-Soviet experiment in democracy failed, but the dream of its political freedom must be preserved

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