I love the new democracy in the world today.
It's so much like the 1950s US or 1980s Iran.
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It's so much like the 1950s US or 1980s Iran.
Here is the lovely person who posted it on mastodon today
@thetechtutor@me.dm
https://www.newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/action-alert-tell-your-member-of
#ActionAlert: Tell your member of #Congress to co-sponsor and support the Freedom to #Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Together, we can realize a #democracy that represents, reflects, and responds to all of us.
#PeoplePowerUnited
..."Together, we can realize a democracy that represents, reflects, and responds to all of us. For far too long, special interests, ultra-wealthy donors, and vote suppressors have dominated our politics and attempted to silence the voices of everyday Americans, especially in Black and Brown communities. The Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would help shift power away from bad actors and transfer it to “we the people.”
Can you take 1 (one) minute to write a letter to your member of Congress asking them to co-sponsor and support the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act?
Specifically, the Freedom to Vote Act would:
Respond directly to new laws around the country aimed squarely at making it harder for people to vote--which will disproportionately impact communities of color--by setting commonsense standards for safe, convenient practices like early voting, automatic voter registration, and vote-by-mail.
Protect the integrity of our elections by adding new safeguards against election sabotage, such as partisan efforts to remove local election administrators and harassment of poll workers.
Ban gerrymandering and prevent states from adopting congressional maps based unduly on voters’ political party or race.
Reduce the power of special interests in our elections by shining a light on secret political spending and getting big money out of politics.
Specifically, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act will restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act by:
Establishing new review and approval criteria for preventing racial discrimination in voting.
Requiring federal review of specific voting practices known to have been used to discriminate against voters of color.
Mandating greater nationwide transparency of voting law and policy changes.
Reinforcing voters’ ability to challenge racial discrimination in court.
Allowing voters of color to challenge voting changes that worsen their position.
Giving the U.S. Department of Justice more authority to investigate voting rights violations.
Expanding courts’ roles in protecting voting rights.
Expanding the federal observer program.
If enacted, the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would be the most significant, comprehensive anti-corruption and voting rights bills in generations. This transformational legislation is essential to counteract the many voter suppression and sabotage laws recently enacted in at least 20 states. Reforms in the bills are popular, and many of them are tried-and-true solutions that have passed in red, blue, and purple states."...
What a surreal & absurd world of #GQP #disinformation and #disrespect - for women, #truth, #justice, #democracy & #reality
Sir Stable Genius loves women! He’d love to have them for dinner!
As his sidekick JD #Vancevirus is busy eating the cat ladies’ #pets
Only Emperor StableGenius can save us… At least in the collectively programmed #GQP #cult of #sycophants and “psychophants”
Meanwhile ... in the world of #GQP #cult rule, co-led by #MAGAMike and Sir Felonious #TrumpVirus ...
#truth and #democracy vs. #BrainSpurs #BrainWorms #sedition
Meanwhile in the department of #justice #democracy #accountability and #Karma....
#TrumpVIrus #felon #psychopathology #criminal #Jan6 #traitor #seditionist #anomaly #MakeAmericaSane (r / ish) #GQP #cult
#Issues and #priorities - delusion/fantasy/hate/ #Brainspurs / #TrumpVIrus
vs. #reality #compassion #competency / #rights / #truth / #democracy / #sanity
Sign the #Petition to defend the right to peaceful protest in #Italy https://www.amnesty.it/appelli/proteggere-il-diritto-di-protesta-in-italia/
#humanrights #refugees #politics #protest #resistance #democracy #justice
Wealthy, democratic countries in the global north are using harsh, vague and punitive measures to crack down on climate protests at the same time as criticising similar draconian tactics by authorities in the global south, according to a report.
#humanrights #climatechange #activism #democracy #doublestandards
Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. That was true before an assassination attempt was foiled at his golf course Sunday, and it remains true after. Political violence in general, and assassinating presidential candidates specifically, also poses risks to democracy.
There is no contradiction between these ideas whatsoever. Yet Trump’s supporters have responded to both attempts on his life by muddying the waters, exploiting the near-tragedies with cynical efforts to redefine critiques of Trump’s authoritarian inclinations as violent provocation.
In the wake of the news from Florida, Trump defenders began spreading this line reflexively. Conservative commentator Ben Domenech: “The commentariat insists on owning zero consequences for their constant repetition that Trump is an existential threat whose election will bring bloody fascism, when it’s absolutely obvious it motivated this would-be assassin.” Miranda Devine in the New York Post: “Reckless rhetoric from Dems and media to blame for second Trump assassination attempt.”
Moderates and liberals, who correctly believe in upholding democratic norms, especially nonviolence, might be tempted to understand these arguments as a species of principle. But the effort to rule criticism of Trump’s authoritarianism as dangerous and out of bounds is not motivated by or related to any defense of democracy or nonviolence. It is a purely cynical attempt to foam the runway for the election of a dangerous man. ...
Full article: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-is-a-threat-to-democracy-saying-so-is-not-incitement.html
#trump #democracy #insiting #violence #article by #JonathanChait
The group has campaigned on everything from the PPE scandal to the deaths of children in Gaza with their headline-grabbing guerrilla actions.
And they’re only just getting started
#UK #England #LedByDonkeys #democracy #satire #satirical #politics #PeopleNotProfits
Watching the 2024 election unfold, it is natural to conclude that Republicans don't care about democracy. This would be a mistake.
As observed by @jrsy@diasp.org, They do give a damn. They despise it.
A Wikipedia article about the 2017 nonfiction book by Nancy Maclean.
FTA: MacLean argues that Buchanan believed democracy must be suppressed for capitalism to flourish, which explains why the right wing, funded behind the scenes by secretive dark money networks, engages in anti-democratic behavior and policy-making, such as opposing unions and Social Security, supporting voter suppression and privatization, and placing impenetrable barriers to popular and social democracy. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction. Reviewers received it mostly along partisan political lines.
Have you ever wondered why so many Republicans talk like fascists?
It's cause they are fascists. This is not metaphor. It is not hyperbole. The Republican Party is the American Fascist party.
Their fascist leanings became clear in the 2016 presidential election, and they are become fully formed and glaringly obvious in the 2024 election.
Not that I'm not grateful, but I'm worried that this is how our future gets decided.
We are fortunate that the top pop star cares about democracy. What if the next one doesn't?
#Harris #Trump #TaylorSwift #Democracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oypi0m8S5OY
Debate in nuclear-armed former colony fails to reassure global community
The televised face-off between the leading candidates for US #president amplified widespread concerns over the state of #democracy in the troubled North American nation.
...
Held in the relatively stable northeastern state of #Pennsylvania on the eve of the 23rd anniversary of the country’s worst terrorist #attack, the debate was a chance to showcase the democratic progress the country had made since the violent, shambolic elections and attempted #coup nearly four years ago.
#usa #politics #election #vote #WhiteHouse #news #harris #trump #future #vote #terror #Problem
But hey, no one dares to condemn those criminal police brutalities that are becoming the norm against antiwar, anti military and anti genocide protesters worldwide.
Ww have come to a whole new world. With fascism is now an acceptwd part of the "civilized west" when it comes to dealing with protesters.
Isn't it lovely to live in the free world?
We have all the freedoms in the world, aa long as we don't criticize Israel, capitalism, greenwaahed corporations and of course the 1984 style police state building up around us.
#Democracy #Australia #Police #Protests #Fascism #PoliceBrutality #NeverEndingWar #1984 #Capitalism #Activism
Pick a campaign to urge #citizens to #vote. Send them a letter. Make the #democracy stronger though increased participation.