Category Archives: campaigns
“Political Donors Put Their Money Where the Memes Are”
NYT:
Imagine you’re a millionaire or billionaire with strong political views and a desire to spread those views to the masses. Do you start a think tank in Washington? Funnel millions to a shadowy “super PAC”? Bankroll the campaign of… Continue reading
CCP Files Brief in SCOTUS Travel Ban Case on Free Speech of Candidates
Interesting read.
You can find my contrary views in this Slate piece.
“Trump’s fundraising prowess keeps Republican Party close”
AP:
Trump’s fundraising prowess is the engine of the Republican National Committee and a lifeline for every Republican planning to rely on the party for financial help during next year’s congressional races. Leaning heavily on Trump’s appeal among small donors,… Continue reading
Must-Read: “Secret donations are helping to boost President Trump’s agenda, fights with investigators”
The great Fredreka Schouten of USA Today with this piece:
Groups spending millions in anonymous donations are leading the outside efforts to either defend President Trump or sell his agenda with voters and Congress, despite the president’s repeated calls to… Continue reading
“5 Ways to Interfere in American Elections—Without Breaking the Law”
Uri Friedman for The Atlantic.
Ronald Klain on Where Trump is Making His Mark: The Judiciary
Klain in WaPo:
What about Trump? He not only put Neil M. Gorsuch in the Supreme Court vacancy created by Merrick Garland’s blocked confirmation, but he also selected 27 lower-court judges as of mid-July. Twenty-seven! That’s three times Obama’s total… Continue reading
“Hill investigators, Trump staff look to Facebook for critical answers in Russia probe”
CNN:
There are two questions. One is: Was there coordination or collusion between the campaigns and these technology tools, which overwhelmed the search engine tools so that certain stories popped up at the top of your newsfeed. The second is,… Continue reading
Today’s Must Read: “Exclusive: Read the Previously Undisclosed Plan to Counter Russian Hacking on Election Day”
Quite a wow from Time:
President Obama’s White House quietly produced a plan in October to counter a possible Election Day cyber attack that included extraordinary measures like sending armed federal law enforcement agents to polling places, mobilizing components of… Continue reading
“Fake news microtargeting now part of Russia investigation”
KCRW- To the Point:
“Hillary Clinton is running a child sex ring out of a pizza shop.” “Democrats want to impose Sharia law in Florida” These are just some of the headlines you may have seen online last fall. Among… Continue reading
“Yes. Violating Certain Campaign Finance Laws Is a Criminal Offense”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for Bill Moyers.
“Trump Jr.’s Emails Gain Attention as FEC Eyes Foreign Influence Issue”
Ken Doyle reports for Bloomberg BNA.
Reuters: Trump Won’t Blame Trump Jr. For Taking Meeting with Russian Government for Supposed Dirt on Hillary
Reuters:
Trump Jr. eagerly agreed to meet the woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who might have damaging information about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as part of Moscow’s official support for his father’s presidential election campaign, according… Continue reading