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- America Is a Republic, Not a Democracy Is a Dangerous and Wrong Argument (2020) https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/yes-constitution-democracy/616949/ 13 comments
- “America Is Not A Democracy, It's All Just For Show" | With Dave Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSAy7j8t9fs 19 comments goldandblack
- Democracy's last Thanksgiving: Experts imagine America in a year if Trump wins the 2024 election | "If Trump wins in 2024, it'll be a dark Thanksgiving indeed" https://www.salon.com/2023/11/23/democracys-last-thanksgiving-experts-imagine-america-in-a-year-if-wins-the-2024/ 1400 comments politics
- America’s Self-Obsession Is Killing Its Democracy https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/american-democracy-breakdown-authoritarianism-rise/670580/ 24 comments politics
- January 6 and the Paradoxes of America’s Democracy Agenda: Why Protecting Liberalism Will Require a Dose of Populism https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2022-01-06/january-6-and-paradoxes-americas-democracy-agenda 10 comments politics
- The Year America Lost Its Democracy https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/opinion/american-democracy.html 54 comments politics
- How Strong Is America’s Multiracial Democracy? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/opinion/us-multiracial-democracy.html 13 comments politics
- America may be ‘back’ at G7, but allies’ doubts about U.S. democracy linger https://www.reuters.com/world/us/america-may-be-back-g7-allies-doubts-about-us-democracy-linger-2021-06-11/ 43 comments europe
- Donald Trump's gift to America: Realizing we've never been a liberal democracy https://www.salon.com/2021/01/02/donald-trumps-gift-to-america-realizing-weve-never-been-a-liberal-democracy/ 232 comments politics
- America's flawed democracy: the five key areas where it is failing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/16/america-flawed-democracy-five-key-areas 17 comments politics
- Mike Pompeo undermined America’s democracy in one press conference https://www.vox.com/2020/11/10/21558957/mike-pompeo-2020-election-trump-administration 455 comments politics
- Congratulations America, You Won my Heart Again. Long Live Democracy! https://in.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/biden-wins-presidential-race-in-deeply-divided-united-states-iduskbn27n08j 11 comments politics
- Why this election calls into question whether America is a democracy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/30/is-america-a-democracy-us-election-fight-to-vote 10 comments politics
- No Other Western Democracy Allows This. Only in America does so much power rest in the hands of elderly judges. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/supreme-court-retirement-age/616458/ 3 comments politics
- Alexander Vindman Says America is 'Heading for More Disaster,' Warns We're Giving Away Democracy https://www.newsweek.com/alexander-vindman-says-america-heading-more-disaster-warns-were-giving-away-democracy-1531796 25 comments politics
- Russian democracy is a farce. Putin wants the same fate for America https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/opinions/russian-democracy-is-a-farce-kasparov/index.html 202 comments politics
- Democracy for America endorses Bernie Sanders http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/02/democracy-for-america-bernie-sanders-endorsement-118679 822 comments politics
- America’s democracy is failing. Here’s why. | Four ways America’s system of government is rigged against democracy (and Democrats). https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2020/1/30/20997046/constitution-electoral-college-senate-popular-vote-trump 38 comments politics
- Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote? | US news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/07/is-america-a-democracy-if-so-why-does-it-deny-millions-the-vote 72 comments politics
- America's elections need a revolution: Democrats offer a drastic new plan to save our democracy https://www.salon.com/2019/08/11/americas-elections-need-a-revolution-democrats-offer-drastic-new-plan-to-save-our-democracy/ 9 comments politics
- America is rejecting Trump and protecting democracy, midterm election results show https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/07/election-results-america-rejects-trump-protects-democracy-popular-vote-column/1913892002/ 25 comments politics
- America steals votes from felons. Until it stops, our democracy will be weakened https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/18/america-steals-votes-felons-democracy-weakened?cmp=twt_gu 382 comments politics
- ‘America First,’ from Ukraine to Africa: How Trump has been a setback for democracy http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/trump-foreign-policy-from-ukraine-to-africa/article34238394/ 3 comments politics
- Three Startups Defending Democracy In America: Votizen, Memeorandum, and NationBuilder http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/04/democracytech/ 3 comments technology
- Barack Obama sounds the alarm about America’s democratic erosion | “Vladimir Putin gets elected with a majority of Russian voters, but none of us would claim that that’s the kind of democracy that we want.” https://www.vox.com/2021/6/9/22524580/barack-obama-democratic-erosion-cnn-anderson-cooper 194 comments politics
- 'Astounding and Tyrannical': Mike Pompeo Denounced for Vowing Smooth Transition... for Trump's Second Term | "This is a war against America's democracy and against 75 million American voters." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/10/astounding-and-tyrannical-mike-pompeo-denounced-vowing-smooth-transition-trumps 64 comments politics
- America's blind faith in the military isn't just dangerous, it's a threat to democracy https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-blind-faith-in-military-is-a-threat-to-democracy-2018-12 9 comments politics
- Barack Obama tells media in final news conference: 'America needs you, and our democracy needs you' http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/barack-obama-final-press-conference-media-democracy-essential-a7534451.html 8 comments politics
- Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’ https://www.twincities.com/2021/04/28/bidens-declaration-americas-democracy-is-rising-anew/ 10 comments politics
- The Capitol Riot Was an Attack on Multiracial Democracy | True democracy in America is a young, fragile experiment that must be defended if it is to endure. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/multiracial-democracy-55-years-old-will-it-survive/617585/ 5 comments politics
- I dont want any part of your fascist interpretation of democracy, which is actually a cover for the corporate interests now running America that want to use its power to rape the world for themselves, at the cost of my liberties, and utilizing my tax money. http://freevenice.org/wordpress/?p=48 5 comments reddit.com
- In the early 1930s, a clique of America's 'ruling families' were hell-bent on supplanting US democracy with a fascist state (and a Bush was involved) http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=883? 54 comments reddit.com
- 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 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/04/biden-speech-democracy-attack-media-coverage-republicans#comments 133 comments politics
- John Kerry: Bombing Libya Will Change The Way Arabs View America - "By supporting the Libyan opposition, we can counter extremism, encourage democracy, and transform the way the US is perceived...This is a moment where we are able to advance our values and protect our interests at the same time." http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748704425804576220860878120884.html?mod=googlenews_wsj 3 comments politics
- The real – and far scarier – reason Republicans think Biden is illegitimate. Many conservatives don’t think the 2020 election was stolen. But they believe democracy itself has betrayed America, by allowing the ‘wrong’ people to take charge https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/21/republicans-biden-trump-election-democracy 4 comments politics
- William Barr’s Mueller cover-up reveals America’s delusional dreamland about democracy https://www.philly.com/opinion/commentary/mueller-report-william-barr-donald-trump-obstruction-20190408.html 312 comments politics
- "Free speech is a protected Constitutional right for good reason, and anonymity has come part and parcel with the concept of Free from America's very start. Allowing governments to track internet communications would fundamentally undermine liberal democracies." http://tremblethedevil.com/?p=1834 212 comments technology
- Paid Sick Leave is Popular — So Corporate America is Lobbying Against Democracy - Ten states have passed laws that ban all cities and counties from enacting paid sick days bills, Pre 2010 only 1 state http://billmoyers.com/2013/11/07/paid-sick-leave-is-popular-so-corporate-america-is-lobbying-against-democracy/ 655 comments politics
- "As the "War on Terror" enters its ninth year to become one of America's longest overseas conflicts, the time has come to ask an uncomfortable question: What impact have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — and the atmosphere they created domestically — had on the quality of our democracy?" http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091130/mccoy/single 50 comments politics
- Face it, America. You are a corporate-controlled country with the symbols of democracy in the constitution and statutes just that-symbols of what the founding fathers believed or hoped would be reality. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/11 283 comments politics