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Democracy, the sacred right of every person to make their voice heard through free, fair, and secure elections. we should be making it easy for people to vote, not harder. thats going to remain a priority for my administration until we get it done. inaction is not an option. >> but the uncomfortable reality facing the president is that theres one party that seems willing to pull out all the stops when it comes to the issue of the u.s. democracy, and it isnt his. as mark gelman put it in the tlig...

Nazlan Ertan NEW DELHI, India, Feb 8 2021 (IPS) - Over the years, Turkey has survived three Coup d’état in which its military forces took power, in 1960, 1971 and 1980. The coup in 1997, was carried out in a “post-modern way”, where generals sat down with the then prime minister, Necmettin Erbakan and forced him to resign. However the turning point in Turkey has been the failed coup attempt in July 2016, which has till date been one of the bloodiest coup attempts in its political histor...

From berlin, amy kellogg is there. i cant believe its been 30 years, i guess im revealing my age. man, oh, man, it seems like yesterday. >> i know, neil and actually the berlin wall has now been down longer than it was ever up. if you can believe that. the 30 years is a special anniversary. and chancellor angela merkel and president bush pointed out that democracy cannot sit on their laurels. theres plenty of dictatorships and repression around the world that need to be stood up to. the fall of ...

Division and governing takes unity. and were not going the governing party. were doing election, election, election, divide, divide, divide. democracy cannot work like that. >> i know that youre reluctant to criticize the current president, but a lot of people point out that his campaigns seems like in a lot of ways of dividing the country, especially on issues related to race? >> the problems of division in this country go back decades right now. clearly, they go back -- they didnt start with o...

Missi missing? a more moderate voice? >> i think we have tremendous candidates out there. we have to focus as a laser beam an our lack of economic mobility. we accepted the idea that we with live with income and equality. everybody in america with rise. the last 50 years, americans have not gotten a benefit of economic growth. thats a challenge that we have to look at. democracy cannot survive without broad-based economic growth. >> dana: would you agree -- the president is overseeing an economy...

Morning is certainly on my vice list. >> well -- >> i would say, though, that this attack, this daily attack on edited content, on curated content by the american president is something the american people cannot stand for. the democracy cannot work with people lose faith in journalism, and the president knows that which is why he starts every day attacking leading journalists in this country. we cant stand for it. >> before we let you guys -- >> he, of course, i want to thank you for being with...

Elected. you know what? hes a decent guy. i think the country will be fine. we have a great system of government. and i believed it. i dont want these elections to be about character in a way, you know? i want to be able to assume. >> about tax rates? >> yes! >> good character. >> take character off the table. but if its going to be about character, this is the race that its going to be. and its not a close one, you know? i mean, like, yes, we have, there are problems with hillary, we all know t...

Function. it is a product of civic ignorance. what i worry about is a remark that benjamin frankn made and susan leahy quoted jefferson at the beginning about how an ignorant people can never remain a free people. democracy cannot survive too much ignorance. franklin had a comment to which the jefferson comment is an answer or a response. and i, youve probably heard this, but it bears repeating. franklin was asked by someone i think on the streets of philadelphia shortly after the 1787 conventio...

Government can and should function. it is a product of civic ignorance. what i worry about is a remark that benjamin franklin made and susan leahy quoted jefferson at the beginning about how an ignorant people can never remain a free people. democracy cannot survive too much ignorance. franklin had a comment to which the jefferson comment is an answer or a response. and i, youve probably heard this, but it bears repeating. franklin was asked by someone i think on the streets of philadelphia shor...

What i worry about is a remark that benjamin franklin made and susan leahy quoted jefferson at the beginning about how an ignorant people can never remain a free people. democracy cannot survive too much ignorance. franklin had a comment to which the jefferson comment is an answer or a response. and i, youve probably heard this, but it bears repeating. franklin was asked by someone i think on the streets of philadelphia shortly after the 1787 convention adjourned, what kind of government constit...