The latest news from the US:
ЁЯУМ Four people have died in Washington after Trump protesters stormed the Capitol
ЁЯУМ 52 people have been arrested
ЁЯУМ Officials are discussing the 25th amendment to remove Donald
He joins two top aides to first lady Melania Trump who also resigned on Wednesday
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He added: "This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic"
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"It is clear that American democracy is limping on both feet.
The celebration of democracy has ended. It has, unfortunately, hit rock bottom.
America no longer charts the course and so has lost all right to set it"
"What we saw in the United States yesterday evening and today shows above all how fragile and vulnerable Western democracy is.
A populist man came and damaged the reputation of his country. [Trump] dealt severe blows to the American system"
тАЬ@SpeakerPelosi once referred to the Hong Kong riots as a тАШbeautiful sight to beholdтАЩ тАУ it remains yet to be seen whether she will say the same about the recent developments in Capitol Hill... US finally tasted тАШkarmaтАЩ of double standardsтАЭ
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"We will not yield to the violence of a few individuals who want to challenge that. I want to express our confidence in the strength of American democracy"
Journalists were sworn at, spat at and their equipment destroyed causing some to flee.
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ЁЯУ╕: Ting Shen/Bloomberg
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5/OK, now the bad news.
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To me, the most important aspect of the 2018 midterms wasn't even about partisan control, but about democracy and voting rights. That's the real battle.
2/The good news: It's now an issue that everyone's talking about, and that everyone cares about.
3/More good news: Florida's proposition to give felons voting rights won. But it didn't just win - it won with substantial support from Republican voters.
That suggests there is still SOME grassroots support for democracy that transcends
4/Yet more good news: Michigan made it easier to vote. Again, by plebiscite, showing broad support for voting rights as an
5/OK, now the bad news.
We seem to have accepted electoral dysfunction in Florida as a permanent thing. The 2000 election has never really
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