#Elon Musk is right — divided government really is best

#Elon Musk is right — divided government really is best

“Elon Musk is right — divided government really is best” There are no saviors or miracles in democracy, only a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. That is the enduring lesson of the 2022 midterms, as it is every election. And, though the results will be overinterpreted by pundits, and partisans will have all their…

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#Biden’s ‘Big Lie’ on democracy

#Biden’s ‘Big Lie’ on democracy

“Biden’s ‘Big Lie’ on democracy” In a lethargic yet indignant speech Wednesday from Washington’s Union Station, President Biden portrayed Republican voters as a deadly threat to the survival of democracy. But Joe Biden’s version of democracy contains a Montana-sized asterisk that magically exempts himself from his oath of office to uphold the Constitution. Biden endlessly…

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#Joe Biden’s riot act falls flat

#Joe Biden’s riot act falls flat

“Joe Biden’s riot act falls flat” Joe Biden wanted to give a stirring speech to rouse Americans to angry purpose about the threats to democracy represented by “election deniers” running for office across the country. He was, according to CNN’s reporting, spurred to action by the horrible attack last week on the husband of the…

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#Liz Truss’s downfall sparks talk of democracy’s decline in UK

#Liz Truss’s downfall sparks talk of democracy’s decline in UK

Liz Truss’s downfall sparks talk of democracy’s decline in UK Questions of democratic legitimacy are swirling in the United Kingdom after the resignation on Thursday of Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose government collapsed just 44 days after she took office.   Truss’s downfall will trigger a second leadership election within the Conservative Party’s 170,000 members…

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# DAOs need checks and balances to have better governance

# DAOs need checks and balances to have better governance

” DAOs need checks and balances to have better governance “ Over the past few years, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have introduced a clear paradigm shift in blockchain governance. With their community decision-making and adherence to hardcoded rules, they have challenged the role of hierarchy and central authority that are present in modern organizations, especially…

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#Western ‘dictator envy’ ignores strengths of democracy

#Western ‘dictator envy’ ignores strengths of democracy

“Western ‘dictator envy’ ignores strengths of democracy” Some Western leaders envy dictators’ powers. President Donald Trump said, when North Korea’s Kim Jong-un speaks, “his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.” President Barack Obama told reporters it would be so much easier to be the president of China. Canada’s…

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#Zelensky asks ‘every free person’ to protest Russia’s war

#Zelensky asks ‘every free person’ to protest Russia’s war

“Zelensky asks ‘every free person’ to protest Russia’s war” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday made an impassioned plea in English asking “every free person on the planet” to hold protests against Russia’s invasion of his country. Zelensky spoke for nearly two minutes from a dark and empty Kyiv square about the significance of ordinary…

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#The absurd ‘Russiagate’ Pulitzer of the NY Times and Washington Post

#The absurd ‘Russiagate’ Pulitzer of the NY Times and Washington Post

“#The absurd ‘Russiagate’ Pulitzer of the NY Times and Washington Post” “For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest,” the citation from the Pulitzer Prize board begins, “that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the president-elect’s transition team and…

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