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  1. When a citizen points to their country's constitution as evidence that their government's actions are unlawful, that apparently renders the citizen a foreign agent. The message should be clear to all those even considering lending the country the benefit of the doubt: "Freedom has no place in Russia!" (reason.com/2026/07/22/russia-l)
    #Russia #freeSpeech #VladimirPutin #authoritarianism #democraticBacksliding #anarchism #liberalism #libertarianism

  2. When a citizen points to their country's constitution as evidence that their government's actions are unlawful, that apparently renders the citizen a foreign agent. The message should be clear to all those even considering lending the country the benefit of the doubt: "Freedom has no place in Russia!" (reason.com/2026/07/22/russia-l)
    #Russia #freeSpeech #VladimirPutin #authoritarianism #democraticBacksliding #anarchism #liberalism #libertarianism

  3. When a citizen points to their country's constitution as evidence that their government's actions are unlawful, that apparently renders the citizen a foreign agent. The message should be clear to all those even considering lending the country the benefit of the doubt: "Freedom has no place in Russia!" (reason.com/2026/07/22/russia-l)
    #Russia #freeSpeech #VladimirPutin #authoritarianism #democraticBacksliding #anarchism #liberalism #libertarianism

  4. When a citizen points to their country's constitution as evidence that their government's actions are unlawful, that apparently renders the citizen a foreign agent. The message should be clear to all those even considering lending the country the benefit of the doubt: "Freedom has no place in Russia!" (reason.com/2026/07/22/russia-l)
    #Russia #freeSpeech #VladimirPutin #authoritarianism #democraticBacksliding #anarchism #liberalism #libertarianism

  5. @Walrus @henryk

    Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.

    [1] idea.int/sites/default/files/2

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat

  6. @Walrus @henryk

    Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.

    [1] idea.int/sites/default/files/2

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat

  7. @Walrus @henryk

    Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.

    [1] idea.int/sites/default/files/2

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat

  8. @Walrus @henryk

    Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.

    [1] idea.int/sites/default/files/2

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat

  9. @Walrus @henryk

    Per #MadeleineRogers [1], the abuse of procedures like fast-tracking is a component of #DemocraticBacksliding that is "buried in confusing complexities that are difficult for non-experts to disentangle,... outside of the attention of the general public". Rogers gives an analysis + specific suggestions [1] of how to improve #DemocraticResilience [2] before it's too late. Not easy because of the complexity, but doable.

    [1] idea.int/sites/default/files/2

    [2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat

  10. Backsliding by Procedure: Lessons from Israel and the Role of Courts

    —Gonen Ilan, PhD Candidate in Law, Bar-Ilan University; General Secretary of the Israeli Chapter of ICON-S, focuses on…
    #Israel #News #democraticbacksliding #Israeliconstitutionallaw #judicialindependence
    europesays.com/3109330/

  11. EU Heavyweights Push Enlargement Reform to Prevent Another ‘Orbán Scenario’

    A joint proposal by Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg advocates stronger safeguards enabling the European Union…
    #Europe #EU #accession #Article7 #DemocraticBacksliding #Enlargement #EUtreaties #Euronews #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #fundamentalvalues #Hungary #Hungarynews #nuclearoption #proposal #reform #RuleofLaw #safeguards #veto #ViktorOrbán
    europesays.com/europe/66695/

  12. Ah, the sweet smell of liberty in the morning. Or is that gunpowder and our freshly-shot dog?

  13. Ah, the sweet smell of liberty in the morning. Or is that gunpowder and our freshly-shot dog?

  14. Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.

    thehill.com/homenews/campaign/

    #democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
    #USPolitics

  15. Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.

    thehill.com/homenews/campaign/

    #democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
    #USPolitics

  16. Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.

    thehill.com/homenews/campaign/

    #democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
    #USPolitics

  17. Gerrymandering or not, however you slice it, this does not change my view that drawing districts ought to be a process left to independent commissions based on as transparent and nonpartisan a methodology as possible. The United Kingdom knows better than to have politicians pick voters, as does even Brazil.

    thehill.com/homenews/campaign/

    #democraticBacksliding #democracy #electionReform #elections #gerrymandering #partisanship #redistricting #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #voterSuppression
    #USPolitics