If Congress won't protect democracy, Americans must
As the world marks the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, it's clear that what should have been a wakeup call about extremism and illiberalism in the United States instead showed that not even a violent attack on Congress could reorient the right away from radicalism. Rather, it seemed to reinforce the idea that there are no more guardrails on US politics, and that the future of democratic governance has become only more imperiled in the last year. [Source]
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Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/opinions/protecting-democracy-after-january-6-hemmer/index.html