Ilpo Murtovaara
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This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
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"Every time we go to the polls, politicians will say that every election matters and every vote counts. They will be right"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Every Election Is Now Existential
A nationalist’s narrow victory in Poland offers a preview of many knife-edge contests to come, all across the democratic world.
www.theatlantic.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Every time we go to the polls, politicians will say that every election matters and every vote counts. They will be right"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Why Trump's appeasement of Putin over Ukraine is both shameful and stupid. And how Europe must respond to Trump's 'Munich' this weekend in Munich @munsecconf.bsky.social @ecfr.eu @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash
As the US and its European allies head to the Munich security conference, Europe must learn from its tragic history and oppose appeasement, writes Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why Trump's appeasement of Putin over Ukraine is both shameful and stupid. And how Europe must respond to Trump's 'Munich' this weekend in Munich @munsecconf.bsky.social @ecfr.eu @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Donald Trump increases pressure on Egypt and Jordan to accept Gaza ‘clean out’ plan
https://www.ft.com/content/45aeb5db-d1e3-46f5-bee6-029a30e19bf6
https://www.ft.com/content/45aeb5db-d1e3-46f5-bee6-029a30e19bf6
Donald Trump increases pressure on Egypt and Jordan to accept Gaza ‘clean out’ plan
US president could use aid as leverage to ensure countries back his idea of relocating people from enclave
www.ft.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Donald Trump increases pressure on Egypt and Jordan to accept Gaza ‘clean out’ plan
https://www.ft.com/content/45aeb5db-d1e3-46f5-bee6-029a30e19bf6
https://www.ft.com/content/45aeb5db-d1e3-46f5-bee6-029a30e19bf6