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“How can we tell a loyal democrat from a semi-loyal one? A litmus test is how politicians respond to violent or antidemocratic behavior *on their own flank.*”
— Jun 10, 2024 06:25PM
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“The United States, once a democratic pioneer and model for other nations, has now become a democratic laggard.”
— Jun 15, 2024 07:24PM
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“Many of America’s venerated political institutions are not very democratic. . . . Five unelected Supreme Court justices dismantled an unmistakably democratizing law. . . . In January 2022, when majorities in both houses of Congress—and more than 60 percent of Americans—backed voting rights legislation, it was blocked by a minority in the Senate.”
— Jun 13, 2024 11:46AM
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Three basic things politicians who are committed to democracy must do.
— Jun 10, 2024 06:22PM
