NYT:
The responses, which took a matter of minutes to generate, suggested how easily feeds on X, Facebook and online forums could be inundated with posts like these from accounts posing as real users.
False and manipulated information online is… Continue reading
NYT:
I can’t watch a basketball game on TV without seeing ads urging me to place a bet on one app or another.
I can’t walk down the street in New York City without seeing ads about the latest lottery… Continue reading
NYT:
Two groups on the left with differing missions are joining forces to bolster their preferred candidates in state supreme court races in November, as such elections grow increasingly expensive and politically polarizing.
The two organizations — the National Democratic… Continue reading
New York goes deep:
Money to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Money to the Zionist Organization of America. Money to the Republican Jewish Committee. So much money up and down the ballot and across the globe that a candidate’s… Continue reading
Hampton Dellinger for Politico:
Since the Hatch Act was passed in 1939, government workers have faced strict limits on their political activity. And rightly so. Federal employees should be on the job for the public good, not partisan ends. Violators… Continue reading
Politico:
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday floated the idea of a third term if he wins in November.
“You know, FDR 16 years — almost 16 years — he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to… Continue reading
Justin Grimmer, Michael Herron and Michael Tyler in ELJ. Abstract:
In the wake of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a cottage industry of conspiracy theorists has advanced ever more expansive claims of vote manipulation, going… Continue reading
New Jersey Globe:
Eugene Mazo, a Rutgers law professor with a penchant for filing for political office in order to test out state election laws, has just barely survived a challenge to his nominating petitions for the special election… Continue reading
Jodi Kantor for the NYT:
After the 2020 presidential election, as some Trump supporters falsely claimed that President Biden had stolen the office, many of them displayed a startling symbol outside their homes, on their cars and in online posts:… Continue reading