#Democracy

Stonekettle

Stonekettle

Utah Republican @SenMikeLee: Democracy isn't the objective. Profit is. And democracy can thwart that. Here's a United States Senator, elected by democracy (or whatever the hell passes for it in

Rick Hills

RickHills2

Enjoying listening to the all-star panel right now. @DavidAFrench is up now, with his defense of federalism as one partial antidote to polarization: Federalism constrained by a rigorously enforced Bill

Jon Lovett

jonlovett

Trump has always been unfit and monstrous, and that’s been obvious to virtually every person paid to talk about politics. Now he’s at his purest and worst, demanding others be

Ilhan Omar

IlhanMN

Today, our movement faces a setback.But every single setback is an opportunity to push for progress. The American people still want to live in a society where their human right

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

This Mail on Sunday piece seems a very over-cooked headline on Claire Ainsley's (vg) research on class, inequality and poverty, democracy and trust at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. (Not esp

Michael Gerson

MJGerson

President-elect Biden’s Thanksgiving address was an important moment in the rhetorical and moral life of the nation. The remarks themselves were well-constructed, graceful and serious of purpose – an act

Sung-Yoon Lee

SungYoonLee1

In another blow to S. Korea's fragile democracy, ruling party member says on the 40th anniversary of the #KwangjUprising, a protest-turned-massacre of protesters-turned-armed insurrection, he will introduce an amendment to

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

SheenaGreitens

Reminder: the most basic definition of democracy is "a system in which parties lose elections." (You have to actually alternate parties in power to be sure that one party won't

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢

jennycohn1

.@DonSiegelman, Alabama’s last Democratic Governor, explains how 6k votes disappeared from his vote total in the dead of night in his race for re-election. Karl Rove’s client, Alabama’s AG, seized

Annie Gabston-Howell-

AnnieGabstonH

A great many of you are readers-only or readers and re-tweeters-only.Each of you have some followers that I don't have and some who will listen to you while ignoring me.Democracy

Jed Shugerman

jedshug

My hot historical take is that the truly dangerous electoral "road map" is not Trump's from 2020. It's Madison's from 1787.The Electoral College is a more inevitable danger to democracy.

Alex

JewishWonk

A conclusion I reached that felt more long-term than near-term until COVID-19:If Americans do not mobilize to reinvigorate/reform our institutions our democracy will not endure.It won't end over night. Maybe

Robert Hendrickson

FrRHendrickson

There are a lot of folks, too many, who would rather be lied to about everything than be told the truth about race from anyone.That’s my takeaway from conversation with

Shahmir

shahmiruk

After I blew the whistle on Brexit and exposed the deep corruption of the political establishment, my life became a fight for truth and justice. And I found that it

Annie Duke

AnnieDuke

Today I am highlighting the amazing @Kasparov63 who was kind enough to blurb How to Decide. Garry, of course, is a chess grandmaster and former world champion in the game.

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

Boris Johnson is systematically destroying rival centres of power in the UK. Here's how he's doing it, and here's who's helping him. My columnhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/01/no-10-lobby-groups-democracy