🎈#RepresentativeDisconnect No.5
@suleyaylaci.bsky.social, Edana Beauvais & Mark E. Warren show how #DemocraticInnovations help elites tackle inclusion gaps, agenda-setting dilemmas and decision-making deadlocks.
The authors also highlight the risks of co-optation & #DemocracyWashing
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Hi @emptywheel.bsky.social exactly. News orgs continue to cover his "tariffs" and "deals" as economic objectives and his shredding the Constitution as "politics".
By doing so they are also #DemocracyWashing his fascist tactics and objectives.
Extortion of Brazil...
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front pages local papers w/large area and huge headlines "I don't know about oath" "trump says he doesn't know if he's required to uphold oath"
Editors at smaller outlets using the same copy as NYT WaPO have been more effective at sounding the alarm and avoiding #DemocracyWashing American fascism.
Support local outlets (and the @apnews.com who has been the most consistent with its coverage of American democracy under siege).
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Front pages of NYT WaPo WSJ with minimal real estate dedicated to Trump refusal to affirm Constitutional oath/ Due process to all persons May2025
Editors at leading news orgs are #DemocracyWashing in addition to #SaneWashing what's happening.
These are choices and decisions at the highest level. Cumulatively this enables American fascism.
This also undermines trust in these institutions journalism and credibility.
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It’s stunning and an indictment of Big Media that its leaders refuse to adapt to a constitutional crisis.
They are now #DemocracyWashing (which is late-stage #SaneWashing )
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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Key takeaway: NbS have great potential to tackle biodiversity, climate & well-being issues, but current governance approaches risk undermining the transformative change we need.
#AcademicSky #NatureBasedSolutions #NatureRecovery #Transformation #Participation #NaturalCapital #DemocracyWashing
Our best strategy will be to emphasise what we will vote for. These measures are a form of dodgy #DemocracyWashing from the party who have also #Greenwashed their #ClimateAction in the face of a global #emergency. #auspol
