@rmdes@mstdn.social2026-02-04 21:04:02
How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post https://rmendes.net/content/bookmarks/2026-02-04-democracy-and-foreign-correspondents-die-in-darkness
@rmdes@mstdn.social2026-02-04 21:04:02
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-04 10:50:53
Substack-based investigative outlet Democracy for Sale says it now has nearly 50,000 subscribers and 1,500 paying readers; its stories had 3M views in 2025 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-02-05 16:19:07
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-05 12:36:01
Machado exclusive: A date for democracy? (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/02/05/machado-exclusive-a-date-for-democracy-00766683
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p12#a260205p12
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-01-06 07:02:09
"Does Trump only want oil from Venezuela, or is he also concerned about democracy there?", asks @….
Oh come on, Trouw, that's rather the extreme end of naivety. Trump championing democracy 🤦♀️🤦🤦♂️. He'd be laughing all the way to the bank if he heard that.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-05 21:43:54
Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol,
the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found.
It’s not on display at the Capitol
-- as is required by law.
Its whereabouts aren’t publicly known, though it’s believed to be in storage.
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2026-03-05 10:02:07
Okay, my "Democracy instead of just “Open Source”" talk proposal for #rp26 was rejected. Maybe I'll find another home for it.
https://tante.cc/2026/01/19/republica-2026-ta…
@UP8@mastodon.social2026-01-02 00:54:13
😅 New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy
#usa
@bici@mastodon.social2026-02-04 03:00:49
"American democracy is too weak and fragile "
Just MULL over those words.
Sure doesn't square with all the hubris of The concept of America as a "shining city on a hill" — a beacon of hope, #democracy, and freedom— does it.
Wake up #America you are hea…
@rberger@hachyderm.io2026-02-06 03:10:15
Democracy Dies in Billionaire Hands [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
@scott@carfree.city2026-03-05 03:50:57
California's "top-two" primary system is:
1. a terrible design from the perspective of democracy; but
2. working as intended for these centrist, corporate Democrats using it to pressure progressives to drop out. POSIWID
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/0
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-05 00:37:37
SCOTUS allows California to use new congressional map, counter Texas’ GOP gerrymander - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/scotus-allows-california-to-use-new-congressional-map-in-2026/
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.social2026-02-03 09:17:51
➡️ Isn't it about time people start paying a little more attention to George Monbiot?
He is on the side of 🌱 survival, and if we don't start paying attention to his analysis of our time now, future historians (if our civilisation survives at all) will wonder why he was not listened to more.
As voters, we must hurry and elect as many people as possible who think like Monbiot, or
👋🏼 goodbye democracy, goodbye environment.
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-02-02 17:45:31
Optimism about US democracy, with sports metaphors and statics nerdery: https://open.substack.com/pub/natesilver/p/dont-discount-american-democracys?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
@steve@s.yelvington.com2026-01-05 22:35:00
Who knew you could shove a brass plaque down the memory hole?
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-jan-6-anniversary-police-plaque-f6fd39b437c339fa9ff477318a7d36e2
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-04 16:40:54
This Summer, Students From Hundreds of Colleges Will Heed One Urgent Call (Michael S. Roth/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/opinion/elections-college-crisis-democracy-summer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlA.xQVX.vIS7ltZsxbjV&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p58#a260304p58
@bogo@hapyyr.com2026-02-26 17:07:17
Mozilla Foundation is funding for up to $50k technologists building AI systems that strengthen democracy.
Note: Apply before March-16 <
https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/grantmaking/incubator/democracy-ai-cohort/
@nfdi4culture@nfdi.social2026-02-02 15:46:33
🚀 Auf unserer Culture Knowledge Base ist kürzlich die 20. Handreichung erschienen!
In "Social-Media-Forschung zu Rechtsextremismus und Demokratie: Bestandsaufnahme, Leitlinien und infrastrukturelle Bedarfe (2025)" sammelte Vincent Fröhlich im Rahmen der Eventreihe "Show & Tell – Social Media-Daten in der Forschungspraxis" Antworten von drei Projekten auf sieben Leitfragen des Arbeitskreises „Social Media-Daten“, welche systematisch ausgewertet wurden.
@gwire@mastodon.social2026-02-04 22:11:26
> But buried inside the newest batch of files related to the Epstein investigation is a possible hint as to what made [4chan founder] Poole change his mind. He met with Epstein the day before /pol/ was created.
https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-t…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-03 15:37:56
Trump is clear about democracy in Venezuela, he doesn't want that... It's all about power, oil and control.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
@StephenRees@mas.to2026-01-30 18:07:42
From Evidence for Democracy
On 28 January 2025, Commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue held a press conference on the Foreign Interference Commission’s final report, where she identified misinformation as the single greatest existential threat to Canadian democracy. Our research team at Evidence for Democracy carried out a broad review of the state of misinformation in Canada, and what we can do to rebuild public trust in Canada’s democracy.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-04 18:23:59
Rright now it is unlikely that Trump gets a "rally around the flag" boost for his seizing of Maduro as
1) it didn’t happen with his invasion of cities or his attack on Iran
2) the country just isn’t on board some kind of extended military campaign in Venezuela
3) it increasingly feels like Trump has no real plan for what comes next in Venezuela, and like Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, thought the government would just fall and he could waltz into the Capital.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-03-01 21:27:49
Everyone in the UK, there's an official petition to parliament to 'Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy'.
Please could I strongly urge everyone to sign it?
#Israel
#PalestineAction
@scott@carfree.city2026-02-06 01:42:47
Headline: “$1 million to help people pay rent amid immigration surge”
14th paragraph: “the Minneapolis Police Department has amassed $4.3 million in overtime so far this year”
That’s municipal priorities in the U.S. for you.
https://hachyderm.io/@rationaldoge/1160…
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-01-03 18:26:54
Some of us have been saything this for a long time, but there can no longer be any doubt: under the Trump administration, the US is an enemy of democracy. Since taking power, Trump and his minions have:
⁃ Threatened to annex Greenland. Several times.
⁃ Meddled in the affairs of NATO allies by calling for right-wing extremist parties to come to power.
⁃ Attacked nations on other continents (including Iran and Nigeria)
⁃ Launched a military raid on Venezuela, illegally kid…
@adamhotep@infosec.exchange2026-01-06 04:09:10
Polymarket and other bet-on-anything sites are very bad for democracy. There's too much opportunity for inside trading, which will further widen the income inequality gap.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gn93292do?utm_source=flipboard&u…
@holger_moller@bildung.social2026-02-27 14:22:04
Das halte ich mal als Notiz an mich selbst fest: Es gibt eine Methode namens #DeepDemocracy, die #Konflikte für #Wachstum und
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-06 02:08:04
Donald Trump didn't say he wanted to fix elections everywhere out of some altruistic vision of a more free, more democratic society.
He said he wanted to take over the voting in at least 15 places.
We know that means he is targeting the specific cities, counties, and districts that saved American democracy in 2020 and that could destroy Republican majorities in November.
This is why Tulsi Gabbard was in Fulton County.
They are already on the ground,
already …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-04 17:00:50
For Trump, the Epstein Cover-Up Beats the Truth (Marc Elias/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/for-trump-the-epstein-cover-up-beats-the-truth/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p26#a260104p26
@kctipton@mas.to2026-02-26 04:49:46
Trump’s 2026 State of the Union: the key line to understand it all | Vox https://www.vox.com/politics/480388/trump-state-of-the-union-2026-transcript-democracy "Taken literally, that is the president announcing that the stated policy of his ad…
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io2026-02-03 16:32:09
Speaking of #taxes, I just got this #book from the office (it’s published by my employer) and I’m so excited to read it.
From the blurb: “taxes are the public’s most powerful weapon in the fight for a real democracy”
Link if anyone wants: #Taxation #nonfiction #books #democracy
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-03-02 17:12:33
Content warning: Uspol, Iran, necropolitics
Seeing Iran appoint new leaders and continue to fight is seeing the more literal kind of necropolitics in action, as a hierarchical system continues to function while replacing the expendable human parts that it lost. The system is of course changed and influenced (and ultimately was built) by humans, but it has become something undying, or at least almost as hard to kill as an idea, and it maintains a terrible inertia in it's destructive tendencies (e.g., "Morality Police" continue to patrol the streets).
Lest anyone think this somehow expresses approval of US actions, the same logic applies here too: what once had a (thin) verneer of democracy, a system which loudly proclaimed to be controlled by "the people" (but which never was nor was ever intended to be) has lost its paint job, exposing the inhuman machinations beneath. Trump is a symptom, not cause, of an institution built on blood and spoils, whose alignment with the Epstein class (and moreover, their institutions) is ever more apparent with each disregarded law and principle.
Stepping back for a moment, this systems/necropolitics perspective is just a perspective, with its own distortions and blind spots. To paraphrase LeGuin, any institution built by humans can also be changed or destroyed by them. But I think it's very useful to put on the systems goggles in this moment, especially when some are fond of preaching about the dangers of "overwhelmingly powerful systems unaccountable to humans which pursue destructive ends" without actually examining the plethora of existing systems that do just that.
P.S. yes, United Healthcare is another good example of this.
P.P.S. yes I bending the meaning of necropolitics here, but the two are related: these systems would not be so free to profit from human death and suffering if they were more vulnerable to the deaths of their constituent parts. Necropolitics of the standard variety is of course present as companies like Raytheon and Lockeed Martin profit from the carnage. The F-15 caught by friendly fire? Just as profitable for Beoing to replace as one downed by the enemy.
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-29 16:13:35
CFP: Democracy and the Nature of Familial and Unaccompanied Mobilities in the 21st Century https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/24/cfp-democracy-and-the-nature-of-familial-and-unaccompanied-mobiliti…
@Europablog@mastodon.social2025-12-20 09:14:11
Guinea returns to the path of democracy. By Jürgen Klute.
#Guinea
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-06 02:45:59
Trump's Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy (Anton Troianovski/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-national-security-strategy.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p141#a251205p141
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2026-02-25 16:44:33
As far back as 2011 I posited the idea of each state enacting laws over the corporations chartered on that state's laws as a means to restrict the effect of the Citizens United decision.
I have been glad to see that idea grow into The Montana Plan and now this piece and possible action in California.
(Note that this state by state approach will probably leave "corporate havens" by states that want to reap the benefits of attracting corporations to move their incorpo…
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energy2026-01-22 19:34:06
I've now had AI bots impersonate high-profile people I know and engage me in a DM chat that was initially passable on both Bluesky and Mastodon. Be careful out there folks. And if the account is new with few followers, that's a big tell.
https://www.
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot2026-02-25 09:47:30
NO DEMOCRACY IN THIS ACCURSED, INVOLUNTARY, UNEQUAL "UNION"
"Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the UK government would not allow a second referendum, and the Supreme Court confirmed that Westminster has the power to refuse the request, however, Swinney has said a rejection in the face of an SNP majority would be politically untenable"
#LABOUR_AGAINST_DEMOCRACY
@smurthys@hachyderm.io2026-01-05 07:03:54
A taste of "empires and vassal states" for boomers and later generations:
#imperialism #experience #education #history #USA #Venezuela
@ErikUden@mastodon.de2026-01-29 17:08:45
can we get support for these defenders of the only democracy in the pandora east
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-25 13:45:27
Important blog about a threat few people understand.
"AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy. When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away""
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/ai-bot-swarms-threaten-to-undermine
Underlying …
@edintone@mastodon.green2025-12-28 11:01:37
There is much discussion in the UK describing many of the governing party's own MPs as 'rebels'. But isn't that what we want our democratically elected representatives to do - listen, and think and speak for themselves? #democracy
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-04 04:15:53
This is what democracy looks like -- There is an uncountable number of repositories of power all across the United States. (pbump)
https://www.pbump.net/o/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p145#a260203p145
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-27 11:39:45
In many European countries, including Britain, Germany and France,
far-right parties seem ascendant.
And Donald Trump is doing what he can to undermine democracy in the United States.
Yet a closer analysis shows that autocrats are often running scared of their people.
And surprisingly, democracy these days seems sometimes to be held in higher esteem in the global south than in the democratic heartland of the west.
These trends show there is nothing inevitable ab…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-12-30 12:19:54
The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) said the project aims to loosen what it described as the “chokehold” of US technology companies on Europe, which is damaging democracy.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/30122025-german-hackers-call-fo…
@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de2026-03-01 02:18:06
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2025-12-30 17:14:23
Myths About Anarchism, Democracy, and Decision-Making
#Anarchism
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-02-05 16:47:57
If a handful of #Republicans cared about America and #Democracy, they would reach across the aisle, in both the House and Senate, and impeach Trump immediately. It would eliminate the threat to midterms and perhaps be the beginning of a long process of rehabilitating the Republican image.
The challenge is choosing an #Impeachment issue because there are dozens...
#Trump
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-04 20:15:59
DOJ attempts to evade state ethics oversight of its attorneys (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/justice-department-attorneys-state-bar-investigations-newrule/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p109#a260304p109
@kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name2025-12-23 16:31:20
> Consumer-protection organisations call for tighter rules, while online platforms such as Tik ToK argue that there is only a very limited need for further regulatory intervention.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-12-29 12:42:01
from my link log —
Votes for children! Why we should lower the voting age to six.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/16/reconstruction-after-covid-votes-for-children-age-six-david-runciman
@curiouscat@fosstodon.org2026-01-16 19:01:46
pro-democracy grades to the media by Mark Jacobs. I am far from an expert but the complete failure of many outlets is obvious https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/im-handing-out-pro-democracy-grades
The Guardian: A
ProPublica: A
I have long found thes…
@juer@juergenklute@digitalcourage.social2025-12-20 09:22:41
Guinea returns to the path of democracy. By Jürgen Klute.
https://europa.blog/en/guinea-returns-to-the-path-of-democracy/
@hippyjo@c.im2026-01-31 17:51:25
Ukraine Update: calling Trump's "Energy Peace Ceasefire" a narrative device is a polite way of calling out a manipulative lie.
In-depth reporting from the trenches in Ukraine, where US media will never venture.
Support Ukraine, support journalism and democracy, share the friend link that bypasses the paywall:
@kingconsult@berlin.social2026-02-05 13:55:57
RE: #SocialMedia crisis, we would like to point out that @… and the #Fediverse are the only social media solutions that are recognised by the #UN-endorsed initiative @….
➡️ #Mastodon and Fediverse are not alternatives, but leaders when it comes to public communication.
We are motivated to move forward here!
@… @… @… @… @… @… @…
#democracy #TikTok #X #diday #meta
@bogo@hapyyr.com2026-02-02 06:25:03
#FOSDEM If we lose our democracy the open source *is* more than needed to protect us in whatever happens next. There is life after a system collapse. @…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-03 21:44:05
I listened to CNN talking heads praise the spectacular tactical success of the kidnapping
-- as if the U.S.' military capability was the relevant issue.
They spoke of a restoration of democracy, by which they meant capitalism, if they knew what they meant at all.
Then Trump said the U.S. would run the country directly.
Once again, journalists attempt to clothe an emperor who's fine with letting it flop around for everyone to see.
But to put it mildly,…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-24 19:55:29
Christian leaders say silence no longer option amid 'crisis of faith'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/23/christian-leaders-denounce-trump-crisis-faith-democracy/88787800007/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-02 00:11:55
It’s just hard to catch your breath, because every day there’s a new, outrageous thing happening with the administration
Abortion has been replaced as a top issue by affordability and the economy.
That seems to be first and foremost for everyone.
But it’s also, for Democrats,
the state of democracy writ large.
We consistently find that Democrats are more concerned about the health of democracy.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-02-28 08:37:06
Democracy in the US is essentially dead. They don't even bother to inform Congress about going to war.
"Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, was not notified of the strikes in advance, his spokesman said."
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-26 09:05:57
A Hong Kong appellate court overturns fraud convictions against Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, a rare legal victory for the prominent pro-democracy activist (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/26/jimmy-lai-conviction-wins-a…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 20:50:52
ICE Is Watching You -- In the latest stop in Donald Trump's war on liberal democracy ... (Tressie McMillan Cottom/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/ice-surveillance-protesters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JVA.dhXI.BfXFYsw1chhr
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p90#a260203p90
@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-12-16 07:18:14
Brutal.
Aristotle on Democracy - Existential Comics
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/633
@kctipton@mas.to2026-01-14 19:35:20
Opinion: The events of 2025 exposed the enemy within our own borders - El Paso Matters https://elpasomatters.org/2025/12/29/opinion-2025-america-democracy-moral-collapse/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-03 17:15:58
Trump calls for 'Deranged Jack Smith' to be 'brought to Justice, NOW!!!' (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-retribution-former-special-counsel-jack-smith/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p66#a260303p66
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-31 01:21:17
"“Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures.”
In major rebuke, federal judge blocks key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-permanently-blocks-core-parts-trump-elections-executive-order/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-02 13:42:02
Trump has effectively turned the White House into a slush fund,
running the federal government like a personal ATM.
Public money, political favors and government power are funneled to his friends and family businesses,
while regulatory agencies and enforcement mechanisms are hollowed out or weaponized for profit.
His oligarch allies, from big tech executives to big oil barons, are already seeing massive returns on their political investments.
This is not demo…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-26 20:36:07
Is caring about democracy a luxury belief? (Milan Singh/The Argument)
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/is-caring-about-democracy-a-luxury
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p81#a260226p81
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-15 00:52:23
Bangladesh's Tarique Rahman pledges to work for democracy after landslide victory in election | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/bangladeshs-tarique-rahman-pledges-to-work-for-democracy-after-landslide-victory-in-election/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-02 00:06:29
Worried about election interference?
Join Sen. Chris Murphy
& Donuts Democracy
for a conversation this Tuesday.
Click to RSVP: https://donutsdem.org/l/mQs4dq
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-31 17:25:36
Which country is the banana republic now? (Keith B. Richburg/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/31/trump-immunity-law-protest-democracy/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p37#a251231p37
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-01 16:17:56
As the nation staggers toward the 2026 round of midterm elections,
the threats to the integrity of U.S. democracy
— already a veritable hailstorm of partisan contention
— have escalated dramatically under the second Trump administration,
attaining something like hurricane force.
Owing to the fevered narratives proliferating across right-wing media,
many have come to believe that the nation faces a scourge of “illegal” voting and wide-scale fraud.
Bu…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-02 18:15:47
How Trump Became the Biggest Crook in the History of Democracy (Jeet Heer/The Nation)
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-corruption-uae-bribes/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p71#a260202p71
@servelan@newsie.social2025-12-30 01:15:58
DOJ Organizing Vast Conspiracy Investigation Against Trump Enemies, Bondi Says - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/attorney-general-pam-bondi-conspiracy-investigation-trump-enemies/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-03 00:01:09
DOJ Demands Minnesota Voting Records in New Attack on Same-Day Registration (Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-demands-minnesota-voting-records-in-new-attack-on-same-day-registration/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260102/p59#a260102p59
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-01 23:06:10
Fascism isn’t some distant or hypothetical threat
— it is already here.
Unmarked vans and masked agents snatch students off the streets without due process.
Judges and lawyers are intimidated.
The most powerful institutions in society
— universities, tech firms, law firms, billionaires, legislators
— preemptively prostrate themselves to an autocratic leader’s whims,
not because they are forced to,
but because they calculate that accommodatio…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 00:50:45
Will Republicans kill the filibuster to pass Trump's voter suppression bill? (Jim Saksa/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/will-republicans-kill-the-filibuster-to-pass-trumps-voter-suppression-bill/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p132#a260202p132
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-24 08:38:07
A group of nearly 400 prominent Christian leaders called Donald Trump’s administration
“cruel and oppressive”
and accused the government of being corrupted by an aberrant form of Christianity,
in an Ash Wednesday statement
https://acalltochristians.org/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-02 21:35:42
Trump: 'We should take over the voting' -- President Donald Trump urged Republicans ... (Yunior Rivas/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-calls-on-gop-to-nationalize-the-voting/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p100#a260202p100
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-10 19:42:47
Mass layoffs at Washington Post: Dimming democracy's light
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5729864-democracy-dies-in-darkness/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-01 18:22:38
🔥Dems win special election in Texas, narrowing Republicans majority.
⭐️Friends, there are now just 37 days until the special election in Georgia to fill the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.
20 Republicans are running.
One Democrat is running.
I’m that Democrat.
This is how we win.
This is how we take back the House -- and put a check on Trump's rampage against our Democracy.
I’m Shawn Harris.
I’m a Democrat. Husband. Father. Reti…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-22 04:04:55
The Parenti text challenges students, perhaps for the first time,
to critically assess the dominant pluralist paradigm;
that it invites students to consider the ubiquity of politics in their lives;
that they confront the struggle and inevitable conflict between democracy and capitalism, which is usually ignored.
—Christopher A. Leu,
California State University, Northridge
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-01 23:05:40
Trump's attack on Iran and the plot against your vote (Marc Elias/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trumps-attack-on-iran-and-the-plot-against-your-vote/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260301/p74#a260301p74
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-22 01:37:06
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-27 03:46:31
Protests intensified in Minnesota after federal immigration agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who worked in the Minneapolis Veterans Health Care System, on Saturday.
Democracy Now!'s John Hamilton reports from the scene of Pretti's killing, where protesters clashed with federal agents.
“We’ve seen everything from people that are unconscious, that have fainted, tear-gassed, bruised, bloody noses, can’t breathe,”
said Melissa, a local resident.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-08 05:42:48
“If a fascist is merely someone who opposes democracy, then let me be clear: I oppose democracy — and have always opposed democracy,” Jason Lee Van Dyke wrote.
That was a part of a lengthy response I received after I’d emailed the North Texas lawyer to ask a few questions
because on Nov. 11, he filed paperwork to become a Republican candidate for the open Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 seat in Wise County.
I wrote about Van Dyke for The Barbed Wireback in August, breaking …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-20 17:20:43
Trump's Attack on Democracy Is Faltering (Quinta Jurecic/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/american-democracy-signs-life/685678/?gift=mTq34Ny-ZVr996jdTJS9ThMkDXmwXvrSUQTDHU2TaTY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p67#a260120p67
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-27 22:22:14
Across the country, people are organizing Solidarity Events to march, rally, gather, and raise their voices on February 28, 2026.
These local actions make the movement impossible to ignore, underscoring the fact that democracy belongs to all of us, not just those who can travel to Washington, D.C.
If there isn’t an event in your area, you can create one through Mobilize, our national organizing platform.
Hosting is simple: choose a location, set a time, describe your event, …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-27 11:46:45
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116142400144355099
Pro-democracy forces can win even unfair elections,
as Hungary’s Viktor Orbšn is likely to discover in April
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-27 20:51:13
Read the draft emergency executive order for Trump to take control of elections (Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/exclusive-read-the-draft-executive-emergency-order-for-trump-to-take-control-of-elections/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p82#a260227p82
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-27 23:31:15
Dems demand records from anti-voting groups on DOGE 'voter data agreement' (Matt Cohen/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/dems-demand-records-from-anti-voting-groups-on-doge-voter-data-agreement/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p106#a260227p106
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-28 02:11:09
Voting rights groups sue Georgia for refusing to release voter purge records (Yunior Rivas/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/voting-rights-groups-sue-georgia-for-refusing-to-release-voter-purge-records/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p112#a260227p112
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-26 21:46:48
Hello—this is Ken Burns, reaching out on behalf of Alex Vindman for Senate.
I have dedicated my life to sharing America’s stories through films. They examine crucial moments in our nation’s history and the threats to our democracy. These stories are not easy.
Today, our country is facing its own reckoning, and the stakes have never been higher. That is why I am reaching out.
Alex Vindman––who I first met in 1983 while filming my documentary, the Statue of Liberty, when he w…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-30 18:51:00
New GOP scheme to rig presidential elections: Missouri sues to exclude undocumented from census (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-gop-scheme-to-rig-presidential-elections-missouri-sues-to-exclude-undocumented-from-census/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p91#a260130p91
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-28 23:07:59
I love that so many Americans turned out to not just protest policies that hit personally,
but to rally in support of democracy writ large.
For many, it was their first time taking this kind of action,
and they were doing it in a way that expressed optimism and possibility rather than giving in to anger or despair
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-07 14:18:56
Democracy experts believe there is no longer any doubt about Trump’s desire to interfere with this fall’s elections.
“We should not be waiting for the next shoe to drop,”
said Wendy Weiser, vice-president for democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice.
🆘“There is a full-blown effort to seize control of some of the mechanisms of our elections and to lay the foundation for interfering in upcoming elections.”
The president has no power over federal elections,
and …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-26 22:26:03
Report: Anti-voting activists co-ordinating with White House on blatantly illegal draft emergency order to take control of elections (Matt Cohen/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/white-house-circulating-blatantly-illegal-draft-emergency-order-to-take-control-of-elections/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p99#a260226p99
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-25 21:05:55
Trump DOJ's own goals could stymie its efforts to undermine midterms (Jim Saksa/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/trump-dojs-own-goals-could-stymie-its-efforts-to-undermine-midterms/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p94#a260225p94