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Friday essay: John Keane on demagogues, despots and the rise of ‘phantom democracies’

Let’s begin with a troubling truth: in many countries, hundreds of millions of people nowadays feel that when it comes to the biggest decisions affecting their lives, despite all the talk of “democracy” and “the people”, they have no control over those who decide things in their name. Their shared…

The Conversation

Pirro drops Powell probe, handing Kevin Warsh a lifeline, though U.S. attorney vows to restart probe ‘should the facts warrant doing so’

It’s unclear whether or not Powell will choose to stay on the board.

Fortune

France looks to European Parliament to sink Mercosur trade deal

Officially signed on Saturday, the Mercosur deal is closer than ever to making one of the world's largest free trade zones a reality – 25 years after the European Union first began negotiating it with the South American bloc. But France and other countries that oppose it are hoping key…

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Scenic route at US beauty spot shut for six years finally reopens

The area includes colorful bluffs, dramatic formations from erosion and petrified tree stumps

The Independent UK

Exclusive: MTG goes after Johnson again — this time over Cory Mills comments

"This is a serious matter," Greene told Axios of the allegations against Rep. Cory Mills.

Axios

Watching tape and talking Heisman Trophy with LSU QB Jayden Daniels

Before he finds out if he's the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels watched tape with Touchdown Wire's Doug Farrar.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Foreign Office panned for 'embarrassing' media freedom tweet

THE Foreign Office has been panned for an “embarrassing” tweet on the same day the UK was ranked 26th in the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI).

The National (Scotland)

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Nikki Haley's Presidential Bid Is an Unappealing Mix of MAGA and RINO

Is she an heir to Trump's throne? Is she a second coming for the pre-Trump Republican establishment? She doesn't even seem to know.

Reason

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's secret call to Mitch McConnell puts squeeze on oligarchs

WASHINGTON — The day before Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy swept into the United States and delivered an impassioned speech to Congress, he made a quiet phone call to one of the country’s most powerful Republicans: Mitch McConnell.

Tribune News Service

Stephen Colbert on the latest January 6 hearing: ‘A chilling and criminally insane portrait’

Late-night hosts debrief Thursday’s hearing, which focused on Trump’s efforts to pressure the justice department

The Guardian - US

The coup was more organized than we knew

The Department of Justice plot was entwined with the John Eastman fake electors - Mike Pence plot

Salon

A pale shadow of its glorious past

Therazhunthur has a prominent place in Tamils’ cultural and spiritual history

The Hindu

Will House coup plotters face justice?

Rep. Scott Perry was up to his eyeballs in the Trump plot, and remains defiant. Will he really get away with it?

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