V-Dem report finds global democracy is back at 1978 levels V-Dem’s 2026 assessment finds that autocracies outnumber democracies by 92 to 87. With 44 countries worsening and 18 improving, the current wave of autocratization is continuing.

Democracy matters. The US is backsliding dramatically—from liberal democracy to electoral democracy. www.democracywithoutborders.org/41651/v-dem-...

Sure. We need to stand together for human rights, democracy, and decency and against disinformation, bigotry, and human rights abuses.

I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

EPSTEIN SPECIAL: TWO FBI TIPS CLAIM GIRLS MURDERED AND BURIED AT TRUMP GOLF COURSE Two Separate Complainants Report Same Allegation to Bureau

In the face of disinformation, we need independent journalism. This is important to watch: open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...

Our organization is officially nonpartisan and stands for democracy & human rights for all & against bigotry of all kinds & disinformation. Always glad to work together.

Feds Knew Who Alex Pretti Was—and Broke His Rib in Earlier Fight A chilling report raises new questions about why federal agents killed Alex Pretti.

They share responsibility with Bovino, and also with Homan: Note Homan’s role in policies connected to legal observers, including Alex Pretti: newrepublic.com/post/205769/...

Feds Knew Who Alex Pretti Was—and Broke His Rib in Earlier Fight A chilling report raises new questions about why federal agents killed Alex Pretti.

Note Homan’s role in policies connected to legal observers, including Alex Pretti: newrepublic.com/post/205769/...

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Watch this.

Then share it to confront the disinformation that McLaughlin and DHS are spreading.

Kudos to @ahylton26.bsky.social for stellar reporting.

Arnoldo and his family need their dad. All human beings deserve decent and humane treatment.

Thank you for your work.

SEEING IS BELIEVING

DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.

📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.

DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.

Nonpartisanship becomes/seems complicated when one party engages in disinformation, going far beyond campaigning, and also in opposition to democracy and to internationally recognized human rights. We are nonpartisan. We stand for human rights & democracy & against disinformation & bigotry.

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.

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“I Didn’t Know” No Longer Cuts It Post #1 in the 12-part “Less Cringe, More Change: Allyship Moves That Might Actually Build Trust” series from Brave Sis Project

We all need to keep educating ourselves in many ways, including examples of resistance & the history that we haven’t yet learned. Most of us don’t know enough about BIPOC history. A great place to start is open.substack.com/pub/rozellak...

Sure! Our organization is officially non-partisan but 💯% pro-democracy, pro-human rights, anti-bigotry, and anti-disinformation.

At this point, we have to use counterspeech against state-sponsored disinformation as well as against the misinformation that it causes. There’s lots of dis/misinformation about the murder of Renee Nicole Good. ICE killed her for no reason and lied to cover up the murder. Join our counterspeech work

Accuracy matters. In the face of state disinformation, we respond with facts and fact-based, strategic counterspeech.

X just unveiled a new feature, letting users know which country an account is being managed from.

Unsurprisingly, many large accounts (MAGA or otherwise) don't appear to match their self-description 🤔

A bit of transphobia has crept in as well, because apparently some phobic folks just can’t manage without it.

“The power of NATO”?? The power of NATO is in the alliance itself, which includes Denmark.

No one in their right mind should want to see whether NATO without the US or the US without NATO is stronger.

We stand on the side of international law, & against disinformation, misinformation, & bigotry.

The WH FB page has a post about the new vaccine recommendations supposedly intended to “align” us with the “developed” world—meaning the global north. Lots of disinformation in the post, lots of misinformation in the feed. We’re there with counterspeech, offering facts instead. Wanna join us?

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If you support the idea that nations should have territorial integrity and sovereignty, you should oppose this attack on Venezuela.That idea is the bedrock of the international world order. That’s why it’s enshrined in the UN Charter. It’s key to preventing endless wars.

4/ 🧵 Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution states: “The Congress shall have Power to declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water.”

3/🧵Article 2(4) of the UN Charter states that all members “shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.”

2/🧵If you join our FB group, please answer all the questions and also please make your profile info visible until we have a chance to vet.👇

1/🧵To say that there’s misinformation in public feeds about the attack on Venezuela is a gross understatement. One might even conclude that many people have no clue about international law, the UN Charter, or the US Constitution.

We’re out there talking on the misinformation. Please join us! 👇

Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.