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World politics
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 week ago

Democracy Under Trump Administration Is Deteriorating at Unprecedented Rate, New Report Finds - San Francisco Bay Times

Democratic backsliding is accelerating in established democracies, with significant declines in freedom of expression and rule of law globally.
World politics
fromemptywheel
1 week ago

America's Bookend Wars for Oil - emptywheel

The invasions of Iraq and Iran signify the collapse of American hegemony and an increase in global autocratization.
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Media industry
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

ONE SHEET: The FCC Responds to US Autocracy Findings Plus MS NOW Hits Shuffle

Democracy research institutes report the United States is rapidly autocratizing, with media suppression identified as a primary driver of democratic decay.
Europe politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

The United States loses its status as a liberal democracy: Trump is aiming for a dictatorship'

Nearly a quarter of the world experienced democratic backsliding in 2025, with the United States now classified as a non-liberal democracy comparable to Hungary and Turkey under Trump's leadership.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Trump is aiming for dictatorship'. That's the verdict of the world's most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

The US has lost its status as a liberal democracy and is experiencing unprecedented democratic backsliding, reverting to 1965 levels while autocratizing faster than Hungary and Turkey.
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Left-wing politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

They've Been Measuring the Health of Democracies for Years. Guess What Their New Report Says About America.

The Trump administration's dismantling of democratic institutions has caused the United States' democracy rating to fall to 1965 levels, representing unprecedented autocratization in modern times.
Left-wing politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

They've Been Measuring the Health of Democracies for Years. Guess What Their New Report Says About America.

The Trump administration's dismantling of democratic institutions has caused the United States' democracy rating to fall to 1965 levels, representing unprecedented autocratization in modern times.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Don't fall for the authoritarian hype Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

Nigel Farage portrays his Reform UK party as a unique phenomenon that has burst on to the global stage, its meteoric rise an exceptional epochal event. But this week, in every one of Europe's major countries and from India and Thailand to the US and Argentina, hard-right, anti-immigrant, anti-globalisation parties like his are also ahead in the opinion polls. In last Saturday's Czech elections, the rightwing, pro-Putin populist Andrej Babis toppled prime minister Petr Fiala.
Right-wing politics
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