🔒 Trump's actions threaten democracy - Francis Wilkinson

🔒 Trump's actions threaten democracy - Francis Wilkinson

Key topics: Trump’s actions challenge democratic norms and threaten US checks and balances. GOP’s passivity and Trump’s control over media embolden authoritarianism. Courts and citizens may be the last defence against Trump’s unchecked power. By Francis Wilkinson ___STEADY_PAYWALL___ Is Donald Trump’s rampage through the US Government, including those parts outsourced to Elon Musk in open contempt of the law, evidence that the president is weak…

WACC | Eroding communication rights threatens democracy

Politics-informed developments in the United States of America this year so far confirm that rights and entitlements can be rolled back with the stroke of a pen. And there is a significant segment of society that is happy to cheer on a blanket erasure of constitutional and decades-old internationally recognized rights. There is more than a real risk of a return to times when freedom of expression was restricted to the elite classes and dissent w…