“Grassroots Money Beats Amazon in Seattle; ‘Democracy dollars’ and an influx of small donations powered progressive city council members to victory over corporate money.”
Nick Nyhart and Adam Eichen at TAP.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Democrats Look to Build Case That Trump Tried to Bribe or Extort Ukraine”
NYT:
A top Democratic official said the witnesses — William B. Taylor Jr., the top diplomat in Ukraine, and George P. Kent, a senior State Department official — would lay out a timeline of serious misconduct by Mr. Trump and… Continue reading
“Tech industry should not be deciding on political advertising”
Marietje Schaake oped in FT.
Today’s Must-Read; “Close Election in Kentucky Was Ripe for Twitter, and an Omen for 2020”
NYT:
A few hours after polls closed in Kentucky last Tuesday, a Twitter user writing under the handle @Overlordkraken1 posted a message to his 19 followers saying he had “just shredded a box of Republican mail-in ballots.”It was clear that… Continue reading
“Intelligence community unveils plans for disclosing foreign electoral interference; promises no ‘partisan politics'”
“Should Facebook run political adverts containing lies?”
Kentucky: “Republican lawmakers: Bevin can’t turn election dispute into ‘fishing expedition'”
Courier-Journal:
Republicans in Kentucky’s legislature have expressed skepticism about Gov. Matt Bevin’s dispute with Tuesday night’s election results, saying the governor should back up his claims of “irregularities” and not drag the outcome beyond next week’s recanvass.“If there… Continue reading
“AP Exclusive: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements”
AP:
A top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer in Iowa privately offered campaign contributions to local politicians in exchange for endorsing his White House bid, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the conversations.The overtures from Pat… Continue reading
California Supreme Court Likely to Strike Candidate Tax Return Law as Unconstitutional Under the State Constitution
“New report: Digital Disaster — The failures of Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s political ad transparency policies”
Issue One:
Issue One’s latest report, “Digital Disaster: The failures of Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s political ad transparency policies,” reveals how piecemeal, voluntary approaches by the largest social media platforms to stop disinformation campaigns fail to protect our political system… Continue reading
“‘Deep fake’ videos could upend an election — but Silicon Valley may have a way to combat them”
LAT:
Election officials and social media firms already flummoxed by hackers, trolls and bots are bracing for a potentially more potent weapon of disinformation as the 2020 election approaches — doctored videos, known as “deep fakes,” that can be nearly… Continue reading
“Amid troubles, Trump has huge cash advantage for 2020; But Democrats have already raised $700 million from small-dollar donors giving $200 or less”
Kate Ackley for Roll Call.
“Are you supporting Trump with that underwear purchase?”
“Democratic Strategists Set Up $75 Million Digital Campaign to Counter Trump”
NYT:
A progressive organization is plunging itself into the presidential campaign, unveiling plans to spend $75 million on digital advertising to counter President Trump’s early spending advantage in key 2020 battleground states.The effort, by a nonprofit group called Acronym and… Continue reading