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Chinese Disinformation Networks Target American Voters On Social Media

Chinese disinformation network Spamouflage manipulates U.S. political conversations, posing threat to democracy.

Top News · Sep 3, 2024

Prosecutors probe allegations of fake voter rolls in Switzerland's vaunted direct democracy

Swiss federal prosecutors say they have ordered house searches and interrogations as part of an investigation into possible electoral fraud after an advocacy group unearthed thousands of fake signatures in voter rolls

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2024

Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’

The theory suggests that the only people able to think freely are ‘high [testostrone] alpha males’ and ‘aneurotypical people’

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024

I’m committing $30 million to reforming the Supreme Court. It’s a small price to pay to protect our democracy

Supreme Court justices should get term limits and an enforceable standard of ethics requiring recusal in conflicts of interest.

Fortune · Aug 30, 2024

Harris takes on media's double standard

But it hasn't ended: Almost immediately after her first interview, there were calls for a press conference

Salon · Aug 30, 2024

Sudan is the world’s worst modern war – what has happened and what it’ll take to rebuild

Sudan’s war has been raging since April 2023. The country was on a bumpy road to democracy after mass uprisings in 2019 ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. This all came to a halt when troops from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force, attacked a military airstrip in the…

The Conversation · Aug 30, 2024

Everything new on Paramount Plus in September 2024

Paramount Plus' September schedule features a multitude of genres spanning decades of cinema. Here's everything new in September 2024.

TechRadar · Aug 30, 2024

France’s voters have rejected Macron. Why is he still trying to dictate who governs us?

The president’s refusal to appoint a new PM from the left displays breathtaking arrogance – and undermines our democracy, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024

My Forthcoming Article "A Lost Opportunity to Protect Democracy Against Itself: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong in Trump v. Anderson"

The forthcoming Cato Supreme Court Review article is now available on SSRN. It critiques the Supreme Court's decision in the Trump Section 3 disqualification case.

Reason · Aug 29, 2024

Tunisian President Saied: ‘A populist criticising representative democracy’ standing for re-election

Tunisian President Kais Saied is standing for a second term in an election set for October 6. Accused of authoritarianism by the opposition, the incumbent is maintaining an iron grip on the country’s political life, which has seen arrests of potential candidates and the recent replacement of 19 ministers. FRANCE…

France 24 · Aug 29, 2024