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Repost from @nytimes
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As an angry mob stormed the heart of the world’s most powerful democracy, the rest of the world watched the once-unimaginable scenes unfolding in Washington with dismay and disbelief.

There is deep concern about what the turmoil could mean as authoritarian forces gain strength around the globe. Many of those following live broadcasts of armed rioters forcing their way into the Capitol saw it as a stark and disturbing warning for all the world’s democracies: If this can happen in the United States, it can happen anywhere.

“We currently witness an attack on the very fundaments of democratic structures and institutions,” said Peter Beyer, the German government’s coordinator for trans-Atlantic affairs. “This is not merely a U.S. national issue, but it shakes the world, at least all democracies.”

One by one, officials around the globe responded with the sort of statements previously issued by the United States when political violence consumed other countries. “These pictures made me angry and sad,” Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said on Thursday. “I deeply regret that since November, President Trump has not accepted that he lost, and did not do so again yesterday.”

Even some of Trump’s most vocal admirers distanced themselves from the violence that unfolded. Matteo Salvini, the leader of the nationalist League party in Italy, wrote on Twitter, “Violence is never the solution, ever,” while Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India called for an “orderly and peaceful transfer of power.”

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Repost from @guardian • What differences do you

Repost from @guardian
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What differences do you see?

Last night in Washington DC, there was a thin deployment of officers as pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol. In June, a starkly different scene unfolded in the same city as Black Lives Matter protesters marched against racism and police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

The Black Lives Matter demonstrators crowd outside the White House on 1 June was a block away from the building and made no attempt to breach its security. It was a mostly Black crowd, and it was charged by a force made up of Washington police, US Park police, over 5,000 national guard troops and federal agencies like the bureau of prisons. An army helicopter swooped low over the heads of the protesters. Teargas, batons and horses were used to clear a block so that Donald Trump could stage a photo op outside a church across the road. A national guard commander later admitted there had been “excessive use of force”.

The mob that stormed the seat of US democracy on Wednesday had openly talked about such a plan, were explicitly intent on overturning a fair election, and some had hinted they might be carrying guns. They were almost all white. Many were openly white supremacists, and yet the thin Capitol police collapsed in their path. The DC and Virginia national guard were only deployed in significant numbers after the Capitol had been breached.

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Georgia on my mind. 🙏🏼Repost from @michelleo

Georgia on my mind. 🙏🏼Repost from @michelleobama
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Your vote is your voice. It’s your power. And right now, from the President of the United States on down, we’re seeing and hearing just how desperate some are to take that power away. They want us to believe that their titles, their offices, and their egos are more important than our democracy—more important than our voices. And this is just unconscionable at a time when a staggering number of Americans are dying every day from a virus that was downplayed for far too long. It’s unconscionable to focus on overturning an election rather than helping struggling families or distributing a vaccine.

This is why we can’t just vote for President and think that our job is done. Tomorrow’s runoffs in Georgia will decide whether the U.S. Senate is run by those who’ve shown their willingness to tear down our democracy—or whether it’ll be run by those who will actually get to work on the monumental challenges before us. These runoffs will decide whether President-Elect Biden has a Senate that will work with him rather than just obstruct him at every turn.

So if Georgians elect @RaphaelWarnock and @JonOssoff, we’ll take another step toward cleaning up the mess of the past four years. And we’ll send a message to any politician who puts themselves and their ambition above our system of self-government. If you live in Georgia, make sure you vote for @RaphaelWarnock and @JonOssoff in tomorrow’s U.S. Senate runoffs—and make sure everybody you know does the same. If you’ve already received a mail-in ballot, take it to a drop-box or vote in person at your polling place tomorrow. Because in America, everyone’s voice matters. And that’s still the truth, no matter what some folks want you to believe.

The snow on his antlers... #elk

The snow on his antlers...
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Today is brought to you by the letter M. #morning

Today is brought to you by the letter M.
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Onward we go into 2021. #staysafeeveryone

Onward we go into 2021. #staysafeeveryone

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