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"A coalition of global civil society organizations has downgraded the United States’ civic health rating from 'narrowed' to 'obstructed.'

In a report released on Tuesday, Civicus, a non-profit that monitors civic freedoms in 198 countries, placed the US in its 'obstructed' category."

~ Maya Yang

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US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions

Civicus, a non-profit that monitors global civic freedoms, moved the US from the ‘narrowed’ to ‘obstructed’ category
Maya Yang (The Guardian)
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"The group cited a 'sharp deterioration of fundamental freedoms in the country … following a year of sweeping executive actions, restrictive laws and aggressive crackdowns on free speech and dissent.'”

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"We are in the midst of a full-blown effort to execute an anti-democracy project that seeks to nullify the legal, social, economic and educational apparatus designed to undergird the foundation of a multiracial democracy. …

What makes this moment particularly dangerous is that all of the stars have aligned."

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~ Sherrilyn Ifill

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Is It Too Late?

No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle
Sherrilyn Ifill (Sherrilyn’s Newsletter)
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"The white supremacist, anti-14th Amendment, post-Brown movement has the complicity or active engagement of all three branches of government as it works to undo the constitutional infrastructure of Reconstruction and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.

And so here we are. The agenda has been laid bare for any sentient person to see."

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"It is a the literal hijacking of our democracy. The truth of this project and its danger have been the clanging bells that could easily have been heard by those best-positioned to derail it. But it so happens that those most positioned to have headed off this moment of Constitution-defying, democracy-defying, collapse have refused to believe it."

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even a couple of years ago, just before Trumps second term a friend from NC said that he thought USA was going back to pre-1960s social and political attitudes..
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