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"Our Constitution begins with an aspiration: “We the people”—a promise to secure liberty and justice for everyone. That promise endures and survives only when our institutions act to defend it. If local police hold the line, our democracy still has a chance. If they do not, erosion and fear will accelerate. And history will not ask whether this moment was comfortable. It will ask whether our local police leaders did their duty when it mattered most."

Silence is Surrender
If Democracy Is To Hold, Local Police Must Resist I have watched American policing change—sometimes painfully slowly, sometimes faster than anyone thought possible. I have also watched it fail. I w…

Wow, this chart is wild!! Also, UK Ministers are dropping like flies, which means Starmer is going to be gone soon.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Democracy
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1e2n923v1lt

There’s always a “bUT FrEe spEEcH” outcry about things like this, and…look, the aforementioned student outcry •is• free speech. Not only that, the •event cancellation• is free speech.
And not only that!! This part even well-meaning, democracy-minded people totally botch: this initial scheduling, the backlash, the argument over whose voice gets amplified and in what space, the ultimate cancellation? All that is the •bedrock• of free speech.
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Donald Trump is “inventing fraud”
in California’s primary elections,
and likely to ramp up unfounded allegations when more races go against him,
pro-democracy experts have warned.
While the felon-president has used this playbook for years
– from his loss at the Emmys as a reality TV star to his defeat in the 2020 presidential election
– election integrity campaigners fear this time could be different.
“California’s election is not the problem here,” …

"this goes far beyond mere censorship. It is an open and ongoing assault on liberal democracy itself. Because a society that cannot honestly debate government policy – be it domestic or foreign – cannot meaningfully govern itself. A society that punishes dissent on one issue only emboldens those authoritarians who want to crack down on every issue. The speech restrictions justified against one group are always, inevitably, ultimately, applied to other groups"

'This is not democracy': voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters (George Chidi/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/voting-rights-activists-louisiana-callais-black-voters
http://www.memeorandum.com/260508/p89#a260508p89

@… great talk. Lots of food for thought. https://cfp.gulas.ch/gpn24/talk/TVNEUB/

Donald Trump hates voting and he hates democracy.
This is not really in dispute.
But just in case anyone forgot,
he reminded us again last week when he unexpectedly and churlishly declared on Truth Social that
he would not sign the ROAD to Housing Act
which had passed with massive bipartisan support
(358-32 in the House; 85-5 in the Senate).
“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled
until such time as we pass the desper…

Donald Trump hates democracy, housing bill edition
Republicans enraged the president by trying to listen to their constituents.

RE: https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/116653621744686968
The United States is not a democracy. This is absolute proof of it.

Imagine if Americans had the kind of power and influence as Ukrainians have.
Even while they fight invasion and constant bombardment, Ukrainians, young and old, take to the streets to demand their government reverse a decision critical to the war effort and fighting corruption.
And their government listens.
Imagine if Americans had this kind of poise and resilience to fight their supposedly democratic government.
It is hard not to come to the conclusion that Americans are just too wrapped up in themselves, and too lazy, to do anything about Trump.
#Ukraine #USA #Democracy
https://aje.news/1zc5su

#GiftLink Sally Quinn: "there’s lots more damage that will be done to this city, and to our democracy — not to mention America’s place in the world — before Mr. Trump and his rabble are through. But it’s clearly starting to dawn on the MAGA minions that the morning after is going to be a doozy."
Opinion | It’s No Longer So Much Fun to Be MAGA in Washington - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/washington-dc-maga-trump.html

I donated again to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Due to the dire threats to the USA from the current administration and the Republican party I am donating as much as I spend on myself to charity this year.
https://www.splcenter.org/
We still have so much racism and injustice in the USA. Organizations…

SPLC | Apathy Is Not An Option
The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to creating a world where Black and Brown communities are represented and respected by our democracy.

Lost a bit in the hubbub about Labour losing massively to the Reform UK is this little tidbit:
Wales is using a new proportional representation model!
There are 96 seats in the devolved parliament (Senedd).
There are 16 new constituencies created with six members each.
The 96 seats are allocated by share of the votes for a party, or by votes for an independent candidate.
Scotland already uses a mixed Constituency and Regional member system to get proportional representation in their parliament.
In England these votes are purely municipal/council/mayoral races. I'm not sure if they're proportional, ranked FPTP, or what.
And yet here we are in Canada, too afraid to change to a more democratic system.
#CanPoli #Canada #UK #CouncilElections #CdnPoli #ProportionalRepresentation #Wales #Scotland #England #Democracy