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  • This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return

    11/15/2024 7:52:27 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 43 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Nov. 15, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET | M. Gessen
    For those bewildered by why so many Americans apparently voted against the values of liberal democracy, Balint Magyar has a useful formulation. “Liberal democracy,” he says, “offers moral constraints without problem-solving” — a lot of rules, not a lot of change — while “populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.” Magyar, a scholar of autocracy, isn’t interested in calling Donald Trump a fascist. He sees the president-elect’s appeal in terms of something more primal: “Trump promises that you don’t have to think about other people.” Around the world, populist autocrats have leveraged the thrilling power of that promise to transform their...
  • European Union bans four media outlets for peddling Russian propaganda

    05/18/2024 9:46:09 AM PDT · by MeganC · 71 replies
    Euronews ^ | Published on 17/05/2024 - 16:06 | Mared Gwyn Jones
    The outlets include Voice of Europe, which was foiled as a Russian influence operation by Czech secret services in March. The European Union has announced a ban on four media outlets accused of spreading pro-Kremlin propaganda and "destabilising" Ukraine's neighbouring countries. The four blacklisted outlets - Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta - are "under the permanent direct or indirect control" of Russia and have been "instrumental" in fostering support for its illegal invasion of Ukraine, the European Council said in a statement on Friday. "The Russian Federation has engaged in a systematic, international campaign of media...
  • Ministers assail AG at cabinet meeting, demand protest crackdown, urge her removal (Israel)

    07/09/2023 9:02:38 AM PDT · by Nextrush · 4 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 7/9/2023 | Jeremy Sharon
    Baharav-Miara castigated in raucous hours-long- debate as ministers allege soft approach to anti-overhaul demo; AG: I hope gov't isn't seeking to overrule police, set arrest quotas A succession of ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hardline government castigated Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara during a raucous, hours long cabinet meeting on Sunday, in which she was repeatedly attacked over authorities' handling of lawbreaking during demonstrations against the government. Several calls were made for her dismissal. Netanyahu started off what became an angry and tempestuous debate by telling Baharav-Miara that "selective enforcement is a fatal wound to democracy" and his ministers soon...