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RT Eva Fo𝕏 🦊 Claudius Nero's Legion (@EvaFoxU)Elon Musk: Freedom of speech is the bedrock of democracy“ If you don't have freedom of speech, you don't have democracy. Because if you don't have freedom of speech, people cannot make an informed vote. If they're just being fed propaganda, and there's no freedom of speech, democracy is an illusion.Freedom of speech is the bedrock of democracy.That's why freedom of speech is the First Amendment. Once you lose freedom of speech, you lose democracy. Game over.” ...

RT Bernie (@Artemisfornow)This troubles me. Germany’s second-largest party, the AfD, has had its accounts closed by two co-operative banks.They haven’t committed fraud, or broken any rulesWhen corporations decide who can operate in a democracy, it stops being a democracy at all 🔥 https://t.co/SgxoUOXOeA ...

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increasingly you see minor dissenting opinions in the Supreme Court that aren't quite as civil as maybe you might prefer and are is that of concern to you. You're not on the court now, but is it concern that sometimes the justices are very uh uncomplentary of each other's views. >> Yes, it's of great concern to me that uh our civil discourse, our civic discourse is not civil enough.uh Aristotle said uh that a democracy depends on an open debate where you respect the dignity of those with whom you disagree. ...

America is still processing what happened on Tuesday, November 4th. A night that rewrote the story of inevitability because what unfolded across this country was not pre-ordained. It was not destiny. It was agency.Your agency that made Tuesday night's victories possible. On Tuesday night, my colleague Nicole Wallace, as part of our election coverage, wore a shirt that said something simple and profound. Democracy isn't a spectator sport.She's right. You can't just watch from the sidelines and expect democra ...

On February the 18th, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson screened a film for senior government officials in the East Room of the White House. It was called The Birth of a Nation, a three-hour piece of propaganda that glorified the Ku Klux Clan and portrayed emancipated black Americans as unworthy of freedom. and marked a chilling inflection point when white nationalism stepped out of the relative shadows and into the center of the federal government.And if that sounds familiar to you, it's because we're watchin ...

Joining me now is the Democratic Tennessee State Representative Justin Zone Jones. Representative Jones, great to see you. Thank you for being with us this morning.>> Good to see you, brother. >> I I wanted to talk to you about this because I I think there were so many narratives to take away from from Tuesday night about people really showing up, really taking the assignment, fighting for democracy, and fighting for the things that really matter to them. But there was something else there.There was a story ...

Election Analysis - The Democratic party's clean sweep in recent elections was not about ideology, but a referendum on Donald Trump's chaos and the affordability crisis [4][5] - Approximately 75% of Americans reported a jump of at least $100 in their monthly household costs in the last year [5] - Voters chose competence over chaos and a party capable of governing, signaling a desire for democracy and a better life [16] - A record number of Americans voted in an off-year election, demonstrating an understanding of the assignment [10] - The Democratic Party has become the only major party still tethered to sanity, to democracy, to the idea that government should serve ordinary people [16] Political Strategy - The Republican party is attempting to distract the public by fear-mongering about a communist takeover [2] - Democrats should not fall into the trap set by Republicans to keep them on the defensive [2][14] - Democrats should leverage their pluralistic strength against fascism [13] - The Democratic wave was evident everywhere, and the top brass needs to take the win and listen to voters [18] - The use of communism as a scare tactic is an American tradition of demonizing basic social reforms [28][29]

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, what to make of a big night of Democratic victories. https://t.co/1csrY3xoxC ...