A clip of Bernie Sanders talking about China sparked an internet debate about Chinese democracy that ended, somewhat miraculously, on a positive note. The clip has Sanders saying: “China is an authoritarian country, becoming more and more authoritarian. But can anyone deny — I mean the facts are clear, that they have taken more people …
That Chinese authorities are not particularly interested in the truth is no secret. But is their disregard so total, and so cynical, that they’d corrupt one of the most basic and universal forms of political expression–the public protest–by using paid actors? That is the question at the heart of the mystery of who paid the …
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Today, every Republican senator aside from Mitt Romney decided that Trump either didn’t solicit foreign interference in the upcoming election, to the detriment of the national interest, and for his personal benefit, or that he did, but should be allowed to remain in office anyway. I could not abide this body blow to democracy without …
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