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November 8, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Paul G Buchanan Surveying the wreckage of the US elections, here are some observations that have emerged: Campaigns based on hope do not always defeat campaigns based on fear. Having dozens of retired high ranking military and diplomatic officials warn against the danger Donald Trump poses to democracy (including people who worked for ... <a title="Paul Buchanan: All in all, Trump’s election is a calamity in the making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/08/paul-buchanan-all-in-all-trumps-election-is-a-calamity-in-the-making/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Buchanan: All in all, Trump’s election is a calamity in the making">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Julie Posetti, City St George’s, University of London and Waqas Ejaz, University of Oxford Press freedom is a pillar of American democracy. But political attacks on US-based journalists and news organisations pose an unprecedented threat to their safety and the integrity of information. Less than 48 hours before election day, Donald Trump, now ... <a title="New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press in the US – particularly among white, Republican men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/new-survey-finds-an-alarming-tolerance-for-attacks-on-the-press-in-the-us-particularly-among-white-republican-men/" aria-label="Read more about New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press in the US – particularly among white, Republican men">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis This morning, I am afraid. I am very afraid. I fear that by the time I go to bed democracy in the United States will be imperilled by a man, the nature of which the Founding Fathers could never envisage when creating the protective elements of the constitution. The risks will ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/gavin-ellis-a-day-to-be-gripped-by-fear-freedom-will-lose-its-true-meaning/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
RNZ Pacific The Tongan and Fijian prime ministers are among the first Pacific Island leaders to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, 78, returned to the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, according to Edison Research projections. Tonga’s Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, who is ... <a title="Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/pacific-nation-leaders-look-forward-to-strengthened-us-relations-with-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2024
By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News The leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group says that if Donald Trump wins the United States elections — and he seemed to be on target to succeed as results were rolling in tonight — he will push back on climate change negotiations made since he was last ... <a title="US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if Trump wins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/06/us-elections-cook-islands-group-warns-of-climate-crisis-pushback-if-trump-wins/" aria-label="Read more about US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if Trump wins">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2024
PMN Pacific Mornings With Election Day for one of the most consequential United States presidential races in recent history underway, Pasifika communities on both sides of the Pacific Ocean are considering how a new administration could impact US-Pacific relations. Roy Tongilava, a public policy professional and Pacific community advocate in the United States, hopes to ... <a title="US presidential election holds high stakes for Pacific relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/06/us-presidential-election-holds-high-stakes-for-pacific-relations/" aria-label="Read more about US presidential election holds high stakes for Pacific relations">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Donald Earl Collins She made it clear in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in August, again at her televised debate with Donald Trump a few weeks later, and in all her interviews since. Vice-President Kamala Harris, if or when elected the 47th United States president, will continue the centre-right policies ... <a title="Harris will not be a president for marginalised people – in the US or abroad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/06/harris-will-not-be-a-president-for-marginalised-people-in-the-us-or-abroad/" aria-label="Read more about Harris will not be a president for marginalised people – in the US or abroad">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The editorial board of The New York Times has demolished Donald Trump in a single paragraph calling on readers to vote for Vice-President Kamala Harris in today’s US elections. The editorial, published on Saturday, was only the Times’ latest attack on the former president in the run-up to the election, but the ... <a title="Donald Trump ‘unfit to lead’ – vote for Harris, warns New York Times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/05/donald-trump-unfit-to-lead-vote-for-harris-warns-new-york-times/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump ‘unfit to lead’ – vote for Harris, warns New York Times">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As the US election unfolds, American territories such as the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, along with the broader Pacific region, will be watching the developments. As the question hangs in the balance of whether the White House remains blue with Kamala Harris or turns red under ... <a title="How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/how-the-us-election-may-affect-pacific-island-nations/" aria-label="Read more about How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2024
Democracy Now! This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I am Amy Goodman, with Juan González: The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post newspapers are facing mounting backlash after the papers’ publishers announced no presidential endorsements would be made this year. The LA Times is owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, and The ... <a title="US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block Kamala Harris endorsements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/30/us-elections-editorial-writers-at-la-times-washington-post-resign-after-billionaire-owners-block-kamala-harris-endorsements/" aria-label="Read more about US elections: Editorial writers at LA Times, Washington Post resign after billionaire owners block Kamala Harris endorsements">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its 140-year history: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. How ironic, then, that it should now be helping to extinguish the flame of American democracy by refusing to endorse a candidate for the ... <a title="Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/two-of-the-uss-biggest-newspapers-have-refused-to-endorse-a-presidential-candidate-this-is-how-democracy-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2024
Building upon recent episodes of A View from Afar, Political Scientist Paul G Buchanan and journalist Selwyn Manning discuss The Politics of Desperation. This episode flows on from our discussions about long transitions and the moment of friction.
