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- To protect democracy, journalists need to learn to think like hackers and spies https://thecorrespondent.com/770/to-protect-democracy-journalists-need-to-learn-to-think-like-hackers-and-spies/101939685540-beaf329e?pk_campaign=daily 55 comments
- Another American woman just stood up to protect democracy from Trump https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/politics/cassidy-hutchinson-democracy-trump/index.html 122 comments politics
- The battle to protect Taiwan’s democracy is already underway https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/battle-protect-taiwans-democracy-is-already-underway/ 26 comments politics
- Is Biden Doing Enough to Protect Democracy? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/10/biden-democrats-2024-election-interference/620392/ 70 comments politics
- How to protect our democracy from the next Trump https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/574210-how-to-protect-our-democracy-from-the-next-trump?rl=1 42 comments politics
- Reforming the Electoral Count Act of 1887 Is a Vital Step to Protect Democracy https://newrepublic.com/article/162853/electoral-college-law-reform-election-integrity 9 comments law
- Protecting American Democracy Is No Crime https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-04-07/protecting-american-democracy-no-crime 5 comments politics
- Why isn’t Joe Biden doing all he can to protect American democracy? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/25/joe-biden-american-democracy-robert-reich 137 comments politics
- The G.O.P. Can No Longer Be Relied On to Protect Democracy https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-gop-can-no-longer-be-relied-on-to-protect-democracy 3 comments politics
- How to protect our democracy from a future Donald Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/30/how-protect-our-democracy-future-donald-trump/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=iwar2p1xpigf34mgvhj6oacctb-4at2kmumcmps5odpwj4lujlxkzr6fnh36m 28 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
- The Fight Isn’t Over - Here’s how you can help protect voting rights and democracy https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/fight-isnt-over 16 comments politics
- Democrats are worried about U.S. democracy. They've got limited tools to protect it https://www.npr.org/2021/11/06/1052885882/democrats-are-worried-about-u-s-democracy-theyve-got-limited-tools-to-protect-it 161 comments politics
- Abrams on voting rights: We're fighting to protect our democracy from domestic enemies https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/03/02/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-act-supreme-court-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn 38 comments politics
- Dictators Without Borders | Living in a democracy is no longer protection from authoritarianism https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/authoritarianism-democracy-trump-borders.html 23 comments politics
- Robert Reich: America’s New Year’s Resolution—Protect our democracy by removing Trump | Opinio n https://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-america-new-year-resolution-protect-democracy-remove-trump-1276314 119 comments politics
- Opinion | Trump's campaign finance claims are an attack on the laws that protect democracy https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-claim-campaign-finance-violations-are-not-crime-attack-ncna904996 4 comments politics
- "Alarming": Facebook Teams Up With Think-Tank Funded by Saudi Arabia and Military Contractors to "Protect" Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/05/18/alarming-facebook-teams-think-tank-funded-saudi-arabia-and-military-contractors 545 comments worldnews
- "Alarming": Facebook Teams Up With Think-Tank Funded by Saudi Arabia and Military Contractors to "Protect" Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/05/18/alarming-facebook-teams-think-tank-funded-saudi-arabia-and-military-contractors 82 comments politics
- Why Tolerate Religion? - "Brian Leiter argues... Western democracies are wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protections." http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9839.html 716 comments philosophy
- To protect our democracy, Democrats must win state legislative elections https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/22/democrats-state-legislative-elections-democracy 28 comments politics
- 'Sad day for democracy': Mayor vetoes Alaska city's newly passed LGBTQ protections https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/sad-day-democracy-mayor-vetoes-alaska-city-s-newly-passed-n978381 291 comments politics
- Obama: Protect democracy or risk taking path of Nazi Germany https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/09/obama-democracy-nazi-germany-288629 10 comments politics
- Obama in Chicago speech: Protect democracy or risk taking path of Nazi Germany http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-obama-speech-nazi-germany-20171208-story.html 21 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
- Have Trump’s Lies Wrecked Free Speech? A debate has broken out over whether the once-sacrosanct constitutional protection of the First Amendment has become a threat to democracy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/trump-lies-free-speech.html?smid=tw-share 26 comments politics
- Obama: Protect Democracy or Risk Following Path of Nazi Germany http://time.com/5057325/barack-obama-nazi-germany/ 36 comments politics
- Senators Sound Alarm Over SCOTUS Case Threatening Constitutional Protection for Dark Money: Whitehouse and 14 Senate Colleagues File Brief in AFPF V. Rodriquez; Case Opens the Door to Guaranteeing Billionaires and Corporations the Right to Drown Democracy in Unlimited Anonymous Spending https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/senators-sound-alarm-over-scotus-case-threatening-constitutional-protection-for-dark-money 112 comments politics
- Elijah Cummings died protecting democracy. Now Democrats must finish his fight. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/elijah-cummings-died-protecting-democracy-now-democrats-must-finish-his-ncna1068441 56 comments politics
- President Obama: No Whistleblowing on My Watch .. Candidate Obama said "Government whistleblowers are part of a healthy democracy and must be protected from reprisal." http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/06-8 5 comments politics
- We Need Gun Safety Ahead of Elections in the U.S. | U.S. elected officials must protect public health and the foundations of our democracy by limiting the intrusion of guns into politics https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-need-gun-safety-ahead-of-elections-in-the-u-s/ 12 comments politics
- American democracy entering ‘downward spiral’ without voting rights protections, senator warns: Angus King lambasts Donald Trump’s ‘narrow self-interest’ and continued erosion of trust in elections as senators prepare to vote on another voting rights bill facing GOP opposition https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/angus-king-trump-voting-rights-b1941565.html 28 comments politics
- Individuals who hold cultural conservative views in Western democracies are most open to authoritarian governance. Within English-speaking Western democracies, those who hold "protection-based" attitudes (cultural conservatism combined with left economic attitudes) are most open to authoritarianism. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/who-is-open-to-authoritarian-governance-within-western-democracies/0adcd5ffe5b7e9267e8283c7561fb6be 265 comments science
- Facebook could become a threat to democracy without tougher regulation, the former head of UK intelligence agency GCHQ has said. Robert Hannigan told the BBC the social media giant was more interested in profiting from user data than "protecting your privacy". https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46480457 15 comments worldnews
- Emmanuel Macron: French president announces 'fake news' law - "We will develop our legal system to protect democracy from this fake news." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42560688 2414 comments worldnews
- President Obama is leading. He is protecting the very rules that are the foundation of any healthy democracy. He is leading by not giving in to this blackmail, because if he did he would undermine the principle of majority rule that is the bedrock of our democracy. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/opinion/friedman-us-fringe-festival.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131009 611 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
- Our democracy’s history is littered with names we neither remember nor celebrate — people who stood in the way of progress while protecting the powerful. On Wednesday, a number of senators voted to join that list. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/opinion/a-senate-in-the-gun-lobbys-grip.html?hp&utm_source=feedly&_r=0 5 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
- Bill Moyers: "Orwell warned that the corrosion of language goes hand in hand with the corruption of democracy. If he were around today, he would remind us that this kind of propaganda engenders a 'protective stupidity' almost impossible for facts to penetrate." http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/bill-moyers/34384/facts-still-matter 21 comments politics