Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War

People for the American Way senior fellow Peter Montgomery: Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War 

Extinction Rebellion co-founder Christina See: Extinction Rebellion Uses Nonviolent Resistance to Demand Urgent Action on the Climate Crisis

FreePress.net senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Billionaire Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter Another Symptom of Social Media's Failure

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Dozens of Russian organizations hacked
• Can Venezuela help the West drop Russian oil?
• No-knock raids sometimes fatal with little accountability

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