Jack Smith just finished nine hours of testimony before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into the president. Smith said in his opening statement obtained by MS Now that quote Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election and that he had quote proof beyond a reasonable doubt. But we won't hear Smith in his own words because judiciary Republicans fought to hide his testimony behind closed doors.Here are judiciary Democrats earlier today. >> I just want to say that Chai ...

Joining me now, Adrienne Elrod. She is the former senior adviser and senior spokesperson for the Harris Walls campaign. She worked for presidential campaigns where Reiner was a steady presence. Uh, thank you for coming on, Adrien. And I just want you to talk about Rob Reiner's political activism, what it was like to work with him, his commitment. >> Yeah, Chris, thank you for having me. I mean, first of all, this is just feels very unfathomable that he would not be here with us. Um, especially in such a tra ...

Where previous presidents’ policies vowed to make the world safe for democracy, Donald Trump’s version seems more inclined to make it safe for illiberalism. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Europe https://t.co/W3J7VeMwq9 ...

Venezuelan dissident María Corina Machado says she plans to ultimately go back home and disappear from authorities to continue fighting for democracy https://t.co/n8R8kyXOmE ...

Good ideaEva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar):If the EU actually cared about democracy they should establish a mechanism for a binding referendum on its future trajectory.Let The People decide whether they want to remain within the current framework, exit entirely, or at least reduce competences.Vox Populi, Vox Dei. ...

Elon Musk won’t be bought.He stands for democracy and free speech“Offer me money or power. I don’t care. I’ll say what I want, even if it costs me.” https://t.co/vGMIrQRwuG ...

Freedom of Speech & Democracy - The report highlights Elon Musk's statement on Joe Rogan, emphasizing that freedom of speech is crucial for informed voting and a genuine democracy, suggesting that without it, democracy becomes an illusion [1]

One of the unfortunate hallmarks of Donald Trump's second term in the White House has been a near constant disregard for the rule of law. The website Lawfair, which has a Trump administration litigation tracker, says there are 241 active cases challenging Trump administration actions. Excuse me. In the past, Americans could rely on an independent Department of Justice to keep a presidential administration in check. But things have gotten so bad that one former DOJ civil rights lawyer told the New York Times ...

Donald Trump is testing the guard rails of our constitutional democracy in ways we haven't seen since Nixon or McCarthyism. Americans are polarized, a political divide that seems to get deeper. Our founders were concerned about factions, which we now call parties.They gathered to sign the first founding document, the Declaration of Independence, and tried to create a baseline that we could all draw from over the years. It's an opening sentence that just about every American knows. It transcends any daily po ...

There's a line by the great South African jurist Albi Saxs, a man who lost an arm and nearly lost his life fighting apartheid that's been echoing in my mind ever since I had the privilege of meeting and speaking with him last week. Sax told me that after a lifetime spent building and defending democracy, he's become deeply optimistic, which surprised me, as you can imagine. He said it's not because threats to democracy are diminishing, but because the public's understanding of those threats is finally growi ...