On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” writer Andrew Sullivan stated that it’s clear 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump “does not respect democratic norms,” and has questioned just about every election he didn’t like the results of
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) — who has endorsed Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) in the race for Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) seat — criticized the system in that primary as “really not true democracy”
Donald Trump’s decisive victory in Iowa was a victory for the American people and for democracy, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich declares.
Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is taking heat online for criticizing “election denial” after many accused him and other Democrats of doing just that for years.
A record low percentage of Americans are satisfied with the “way democracy is working” during Joe Biden’s presidency, a Gallup poll found.
If Democrat-controlled states are ultimately able to remove Trump from ballots, such as in Colorado and Maine, it would bar voters from deciding the presidential election.
Freedom House marked the 50th anniversary of its “Freedom in the World” report with the 2023 edition, which offered the grim observation that “global freedom declined for the 17th consecutive year,” and warned, “the struggle for democracy may be approaching a turning point.”
Former President Donald Trump and MAGA ideology are corrupting family values and posing an existential threat to American democracy, according to a Salon piece published Wednesday that accuses Trump of unapologetically echoing fascist and Nazi rhetoric.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Washington Post Associate Editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart stated that American voters in the 2022 midterm elections “showed us that they are nuanced and sophisticated and can walk and chew gum at the same time.
It is perfectly fine to compare former President Donald J. Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, according to the creator of “Godwin’s Law,” which suggests that as a debate progresses the mention of Hitler is almost certain and the first to do so loses the argument.
Ten Catholic bishops have called for the immediate and unconditional release of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, provoking the ire of Beijing-backed officials.
Today’s Republicans, as well as Christian nationalism, are a greater threat to the United States than the Hamas terrorist organization, which is responsible for scores of terror attacks including the most recent massacre of over 1,000 civilians — according to a recent Salon piece that is drawing fierce backlash for the “gross” assertion.
China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday celebrated the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as further evidence of American democracy’s inferiority to Chinese fascism. A handy “Chinese expert” was quoted to describe the state of U.S. politics as “a host of demons dancing in riotous revelry.”
Tulsi Gabbard warned of “an extremely dangerous precedent” being set by the Democrat “elite,” whom she accuses of “abusing our justice system and the rule of law to go after their political opponents.”
Former President Donald Trump “must die in prison” to “protect the Democratic Republic,” according to MSNBC Columnist Dean Obeidallah.
Popular liberal pundits are facing significant backlash after commemorating the 9/11 terror attacks by equating the deadly 2001 attacks with the January 6 Capitol Hill riots.
David J. Kramer, the executive director of the George W. Bush Institute, organized a joint statement from 13 presidential libraries expressing concern about the state of democracy in the United States.
David Brooks stated that while sometimes content has to be removed from social media, he doesn’t trust big tech or government working with big tech behind closed doors to be in charge of this.
A prominent Iranian opposition group expressed outrage over a “disgraceful act against democracy” and “succumbing” to Iranian pressure after the French government decided to ban a rally in support of the current uprising in Iran.
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard slammed the recent indictment of former President Donald Trump, claiming the move is “not something that should happen” in the U.S., while warning it may be the “final nail in the coffin of our democracy.”
The German state could successfully defeat the surging right-wing AfD party by simply banning it, a government-funded agency has said.
Indicting Trump over petty allegations in a selective prosecution will destroy public faith in the rule of law and voters’ trust in democracy.
City Journal reported on Thursday that surrogates for the Chinese government are allegedly pressuring the city of San Francisco to remove the Tiananmen Square memorial in Portsmouth Square Park, which is due to undergo renovations in the near future.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Thursday, commemorating the 70th anniversary of his country’s alliance with America.
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) slammed Democrat President Joe Biden’s “hostile comments” toward “our ally Israel,” as the president continues to denigrate the Jewish State in light of the country’s proposed judicial reforms.
The unrest in Israel is a “revolt” by “elites who want to maintain their control over the country,” according to conservative American-Israeli columnist Caroline Glick who lauded the “tactical retreat” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he declared pausing the judicial reform legislation to allow for negotiation amid large public protests.
The human rights organization Freedom House documented the smallest decline in number of countries becoming more authoritarian in 17 years in its 2023 report, a sign to be “optimistic” that a “turning point” has arrived in global liberty, report co-author Yana Gorokhovskaia told Breitbart News.
Republicans are in the midst of waging a “fascist war” against freedom and democracy, according to a recent Salon piece that criticizes the use of the term “culture wars” to mask the supposedly true intentions of the “evil forces” on the right.
The 50th edition of the annual global survey by Freedom House found freedom declining again worldwide for the 17th year in a row, driven by events such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, coups, and attacks on “democratic institutions.”
Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have warned that the nation could plunge into “an avoidable crisis” if trust in the electoral process is not restored after this week’s dubious election.
Warning of a “major threat to democracy,” Republican Reps. Mike Waltz (R-FL) and Jim Banks (R-IN) are demanding “transparency” regarding the effects of the Department of Defense’s “wokeness” — which they blame for undermining the military’s apolitical character and harming recruitment, which is at a “historic” low.
Cancel culture is both “good for democracy” and a “way for a new generation of people to practice free speech,” according to a recent Rolling Stone piece celebrating the ostracization of those “guilty” of holding controversial positions, while assuring the practice is “here to stay.”
The British people are more united on immigration being “too high” than on any other issue, polls suggest – but their political class are continuing to give them more and more of it.
President Joe Biden alleged in his annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday that “democracies have become stronger” — and authoritarian states “weaker, not stronger” — in the two years since he took office.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” former Attorney General Bill Barr stated that “the main danger to our democracy, frankly, is the sort of radical progressive movement” and that free public discourse is under attack in a way that
Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler Texas has blasted the Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) as an unelected power with a “Godless” agenda.
China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday jumped into President Joe Biden’s classified document scandal by pointing to the difference in how Biden and former President Donald Trump were treated as proof that “justice, fairness, and the rule of law are worthless in U.S. politics.”
A campaign to restore Conservative (Tory) Party democracy including a top donor and former Cabinet minister has been launched following the coup that installed tax-hiking Rishi Sunak as premier without consulting members.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) issued a report on Wednesday that found democracy in retreat around the world, with twice as many nations moving toward authoritarianism as those which sought to become more democratic.
To the left, “democracy” means that the left, and only the left, is allowed to win. Anything else is an attack on democracy.
