Distinguished Professor of Democracy UofToronto. Fellow Royal Society; books: Revolution and Dictatorship; Pluralism by Default; Competitive Authoritarianism

Toronto, Canada
Joined February 2022
Talking about autocrats on IDEAS CBC cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2…
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"The United States descended into soft competitive authoritarianism during Donald Trump’s second presidency. Regime change occurred with striking speed. Immediately upon taking office in January 2025, Trump began to weaponize the state." @levitsky2 @LucanWay muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/1…
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Competitive Authoritarianism in America muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/1…
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It is simply outrageous that an editorial in a national paper in Canada is calling for violence against the Jewish leader of the NDP for his views on Gaza and there is hardly any reaction.nationalpost.com/opinion/yon…
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This endless destruction is why Netanyahu does not allow journalists into Gaza. If he actually believed that Israeli had shown great restraint and that public perceptions were mistaken, we'd all be invited in with cameras. But Bibi doesn't want the devastation documented or the survivors interviewed.
Google Earth updated the images of Gaza. It's devastating.
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Madelaine Dean would prefer Collins I guess?? Why is she a Dem?
NEW: Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean says Graham Platner "has disqualified himself" from Maine Senate race. "It's so distressing -- All of the stories that are coming out, and there are more and more, it seems, by the hour."
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I can't find anywhere where Garland actually says that "justice does not move at the pace of twitter". Where did Zeleny get that quote?
Merrick Garland draws upon a lifetime of experience in some of the nation's most important criminal cases, from the Oklahoma City bombing to the Capitol attack, as he explains justice does not move at the pace of Twitter. He asks for patience, indulgence so DOJ can do its job.
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This is a big deal:
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Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. Republicans have fought for partisan gerrymanders across the United States of America. And these are the rules that they have set. And so if the Republican Party wanted to start this, they did this in North Carolina. They drew out three Democratic members of Congress in North Carolina. They did it in Texas. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over, doesn’t fight, and takes everything sitting down. And what they’re mad at right now is that we are here in a new day. And we have been asking the Democratic Party to stand up and fight, and now they did—and now the Republican Party doesn’t like the fact that they are fighting against someone who actually will stand up for the American people. So if Republicans decide that they would like to revisit a ban on partisan gerrymandering, I welcome them. We have the bill right here to end this all today. But they don’t want to, because they like pursuing and continuing to enact an unfair electoral landscape. And so we have an obligation to defend ourselves.
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Long unofficially banned from appearing on state TV, incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar appears on a channel to which he was previously not allowed only to announce an end of "North Korean" style Orban media monopoly.
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I know that Bondi's replacement won't be any better. But the Schadenfreude is nice.
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Only someone without a brain would support U.S. invasion of Iran. Only someone without a heart wouldn't be happy to see Khamenei go down
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I was against this war against Iran. Now that it’s happening, I hope it leads to democratic regime change. I’m elated that Khamenei is gone. But the arrest of Maduro has not produced democratic regime change yet. The killing of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders did not end those terrorist groups. We have long ways to go before Iranians are free and living under democracy. Celebrate the end of Khamenei today. Worry about what comes next tomorrow.
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Looking forward to Brendan Carr's measures to ensure political balance on Fox News.
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Any effort to see Greenland as about security is pure sane washing
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