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Want to know the real state of the union? Read this new report on how U.S. democracy is in decline

The Freedom House report shows a dangerous shift in the United States — one that is amplified under the Trump presidency.

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With the State of the Union Speech on Tuesday night, the nation is braced to hear President Donald Trump’s take on the state of affairs in the country.

There will likely be talk of political unity and rifts, witch hunts, a booming economy, and, of course, the border wall without which we’re led to believe the United States will turn into a movie version of a narco-cartel-infested Central American country.

But another — perhaps more tangible — way to measure the country’s state of affairs is by gauging how the United States is faring as a democracy. And according to Freedom House’s Freedom in the World report, released late Monday night, things are definitely going in the wrong direction.

View the complete February 5 article by D. Parvaz on the Think Progress website here.

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