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Honiara reacts angrily after Australia offers to help fund Solomon Islands election amid moves to postpone the poll

The Solomon Islands government slams an Australian offer to fund national elections next year, calling it an "assault" on its democracy and an attempt at foreign interference.

ABC News

Uncivil wars? Political lies are far more dangerous than Twitter pile-ons

As Trump supporters call for civil war and American institutions of law and government teeter on the brink, threatening to spread extremist influences throughout the democratic world, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens propose that the problem underlying this crisis is the loss of civility itself.

The Conversation

Coup leader v coup leader: strongman election shows cracks in Fiji’s democracy

Whatever the outcome of this year’s election, the next prime minister will likely be someone who first came to power through the barrel of a gun

The Guardian - AU

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How Conservative members chose Liz Truss as the next prime minister

The way in which she has won the keys to Downing Street is a result of the UK having a parliamentary democracy.

The Independent UK

The Destructionists review: brilliant study of Republican rage pre-Trump

Dana Milbank of the Washington Post does not fall victim to false equivalency. He knows the GOP is a threat to democracy

The Guardian - US

Historic Yangon villa where Aung San Suu Kyi was held for 15 years under threat

Ousted leader’s estranged brother has won a court case allowing villa, considered a symbol of democracy in Myanmar, to be sold

The Guardian - UK

'Be a democrat': SNP urge Anas Sarwar to stand against plans to change indyref rules

THE SNP have challenged Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to “break the habit of his leadership and stand up for Scottish democracy” by…

The National (Scotland)

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Democracy is under attack – and reporting that isn’t ‘violating journalistic standards’

Biden gave a rare primetime address on the most important challenge facing America – and the media coverage was just more he-said/she-said reaction

The Guardian - US

Historians advise the president. The problem? The scholars were all white.

In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy.

WEKU

Joe Biden has picked a fight with tyranny. The west must hope he wins

To counter the influence of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the US-led alliance has to show that freedom is worth fighting for

The Guardian - UK

Our Constitution: "Well-Regulated Democracy," "In Its Principles … Purely Democratical"

I keep hearing the same (pointless, I think) claims that America is a republic, not a democracy. It's both a republic and a democracy.

Reason

Don’t take democracy for granted, warns director of Argentine junta film

Comments at Venice film festival come after recent failed assassination attempt on Argentina’s vice-president

The Guardian - UK

The bulldozer goes global, three questions before the Gandhi family, and more

The bulldozer has become the symbol of a strong state for the BJP and its supporters, while critics

The Hindu

US Approves $1.1 Billion in Arms for Taiwan, Angering China

The United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island's defenses as tensions soar with Beijing, which warned Washington of "counter-measures." The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland China to launch…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Chicago Sun-Times

Biden’s call to save democracy was a message nation needed to hear

Those who would disable the machinery of fair elections are a threat to the ideals of the republic.

Reason

Trump Disregards Democracy, While Biden Ignores Its Dangers

The president's attack on the "extreme ideology" of "MAGA Republicans" elides the tension between majority rule and individual freedom.

Salon

Biden's MAGA message missed by the media

The Republican Party is a threat to democracy — and the media needs to get out of the "both sides" trap to say so

Daily Mirror

11 times Boris Johnson hasn't seemed all that bothered about endangering democracy

As Boris Johnson's lawyer complains that the investigation into his conduct is unfair, and his allies complain it could endanger democracy - here's a rundown of just some of the times Mr Johnson appeared to be less bothered about all that

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Six takeaways from Biden’s Philly speech slamming MAGA Republicans

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden used Philadelphia as the launching point Thursday for a blistering speech warning that “MAGA Republicans” are a threat to American values, and urging voters to choose a different path.

The Guardian - US

Biden targets Trump and says ‘anyone who fails to condemn violence is a threat to democracy’ – as it happened

Biden speaks at White House and takes swipe at former president, but says not all Trump supporters are threat to America

Evening Standard

Joe Biden: Trump and 'MAGA Republicans' a threat to democracy

U.S. President Joe Biden warned Thursday night that “equality and democracy are under assault” in the U.S. as he sounded an alarm about his predecessor, Donald Trump, and “MAGA Republican” adherents, labeling them an extremist threat to the nation and its future.Aiming to reframe the November elections as part of…

Salon

GOP hissy fit drowns out Biden's warning

"The Art of the Hissy Fit" never fails for the GOP

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Biden warns US democracy imperiled by Trump extremists

In a primetime address, the president said the Republican party was ‘dominated, driven and intimidated’ by Trump. Plus, the scientists rushing to find plants resilient to the climate crisis

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Slams Trump 'Extremist' Assault on Democracy

US President Joe Biden took fierce aim Thursday at Donald Trump and his "extremist" supporters, labeling them enemies of American democracy in a prime-time address that sought to fire up voters ahead of key midterm elections. Speaking in Philadelphia, the cradle of US democracy, the president launched an extraordinary assault…

The Guardian - UK

Strike action brews over plan to close BBC News channel

Exclusive: TUC tells director general merging UK-focused channel with BBC World News would damage democracy

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