A political party that has made undermining the right to vote a fundamental tenet of its platform is a threat to democracy.
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Political parties threaten democracy no less when they attack journalists, or prosecute publishers.
We can’t pretend that the threats confronting our democracy are partisan.
This is a thoroughly bipartisan crisis requiring accountability for everyone in Washington.
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DOJ prosecuting Assange, like DHS investigating journalists, threatens more than freedom of the press.
At stake is your right to know about government secrets, crimes, and cover ups (many of which continue), and the constitutional role of the press as a 4th branch of government. twitter.com/FreedomofPress…
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Call me old fashioned, but I have a certain nostalgia for political parties that believe in a peaceful transfer of power (and not insurrections).
--Dan Rather
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* correction: undermining the right to vote AND count every vote that was cast.
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Today's Republicans believe in autocracy, not democracy. Read Nancy MacLean's excellent 2017 book, "Democracy in Chains"
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