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The Ali Khan Mahmudabad case is free speech under trial

The arrest and subsequent release on interim bail of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, and the discussions in and out of court that have followed, ought to concern journalists, or rather those who believe that in a democracy, journalists should question the powerful.

Newslaundry

MEPs call on European Commission to cut Hungary off from EU funds

Cross-party MEPs demand a complete cut of funds for Hungary, claiming it regressing alarmingly. The European Commission is willing to discuss the use of the budget tool to preserve democracy.

Euronews

Democracy is Europe's first line of defence

In an Euronews exclusive, Council of Europe Secretary General and former Swiss President Alain Berset makes the case for a new democratic pact before Europe hits a tipping point.

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Young Mongolians Demand PM Resign Over Corruption Claims

Hundreds of young Mongolians turned out this week in the country's capital calling for the prime minister's resignation on allegations of corruption, a longstanding source of deep public anger in the landlocked democracy.

International Business Times

Eddie Vedder and Neil Young speak out in support of Bruce Springsteen amid Trump attacks

Musicians are coming to the defence of Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, both of whom Donald Trump has criticised and threatened. “Part of free speech is open discussion. Part of democracy is healthy public discourse. The name-calling is so beneath us,” said Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder.

Euronews

Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move

South Africans are wearily attuned to governments’ Orwellian misuse of language. After all, South Africa is a country where a one-time government passed a law (the Natives Abolition of Passes and Coordination of Documents Act of 1952) which extended rather than abolishing the notorious pass system. This made it compulsory…

The Conversation

Rob Reiner shouted at Doug Emhoff during debate party that Biden would ‘lose our f***ing democracy,’ book claims

Hollywood fundraiser with Democratic governors turned into ‘debate watch horror show’

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Our democracy crisis reaches a new stage

America’s democracy is rapidly collapsing. Examining its present state offers clues to prevent catastrophe

Salon

Helldivers 2: Heart of Democracy update is live, and you need to jump in to save Super Earth from the Illuminate

The Illuminate invasion of Super Earth is now underway in Helldivers 2, threatening managed democracy in the streets and cities.

Windows Central

Bernie Sanders is 'Not Going to Argue' Against Claim That Democrats Are a 'Threat to Democracy': 'Why I'm Proudly Independent'

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a former Democrat turned Independent, didn't argue against a claim that his former party was a threat to American democracy.

Latin Times

Helldivers 2's new update Heart of Democracy finally adds urban city maps, SEAF redshirts to make you look cool, giant Illuminate sky worms, and civilians to protect from friendly fire

Training manual tip: Friendly fire isn't.

PC Gamer

Bernie Sanders throws up his hands and admits the Democrats are also a threat to democracy

Hard to argue otherwise at this point.

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Friday essay: Trump’s reign fits Curtis Yarvin’s blueprint of a CEO-led American monarchy. What is technological fascism?

The plan was simple. It started by retiring all government employees by offering them incentives to leave and never return. To avoid anarchy and keep authority, the police and military would be retained.

The Conversation

Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain

It matters less where civil servants work than who they work for – and that is one of the most centralised governments of any western democracy, says Simon Jenkins

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The Independent UK

Controversial hotel approved for Cornwall beauty spot despite local anger

One councillor said ‘local democracy has been thrown out of the window’ after the decision

Salon

Top pollster: Dems need a better brand

"Showing off internal battles, be they ideological, personal, or otherwise, doesn't do anything to help the party"

Salon

Democracy hangs on in North Carolina

The GOP spent months trying to toss out thousands of votes for Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs

The Conversation

‘I will not eat the bugs’: examining a right-wing narrative about scarcity and insect consumption

Noor Bin Ladin, a right-wing influencer, stridently declares “I don’t want to eat the bugs” on a talk show hosted by a former adviser to US President Donald Trump. Laurent Duplomb, a senator from the conservative Les Républicains party in France, informs his colleagues that the French would be eating…

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Trump’s conflicts of interest: the shadow of kleptocracy

Editorial: The dissolution of boundaries between the president’s official and commercial business is a leading symptom of democracy in crisis

The Independent UK

UK's Starmer condemns 'attack on our democracy' after fires at homes linked to him

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said arson attacks on properties linked to him represent “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.”

GamesRadar

Not content with a massive update and a new Warbond, Helldivers 2 may be getting another patch next week as a deleted post points to an invasion of Super Earth itself

Prepare to defend the very Heart of Democracy

Evening Standard

Police given more time to quiz arson suspect over fires at Keir Starmer-linked properties in north London

Prime Minister told Parliament the incidents were ‘an attack on all of us’

The Independent UK

Starmer breaks silence on arson attack at his London home: ‘It’s an attack on democracy’

Keir Starmer has broken his silence following arson attacks on properties linked to him, calling it “an attack on democracy”.

Evening Standard

Starmer condemns ‘attack on our democracy’ after fires at homes linked to PM

A 21-year-old was arrested at an address in Sydenham, south-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson.

Texas Observer

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