Category Archives: campaigns
“Real ‘Fake News’ and Fake ‘Fake News'”
Lili Levi has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, First Amendment Law Review). Here is the abstract:
“Fake news” has become the central inflammatory charge in media discourse in the United States since the 2016 presidential contest. In the political… Continue reading
“Russians got tens of thousands of Americans to RSVP for their phony political events on Facebook”
WaPo:
Russian operatives used Facebook to publicize 129 phony event announcements during the 2016 presidential campaign, drawing the attention of nearly 340,000 users — many of whom said they were planning to attend — according to a company document released… Continue reading
SCOTUSBlog Symposium on Minnesota Political Apparel at the Polls Case, Mansky
Symposium before the oral argument in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
Special Feature: Special Feature: Symposium before the oral argument in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
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01.24.18
Daniel I. Weiner and Christopher R. Deluzio
Symposium: Whose … Continue reading
“Trump Allies Are Profiting From Multiple Trump Groups, Testing Campaign Finance Laws”
BuzzFeed:
President Donald Trump’s close political advisers are making millions of dollars working for several different entities gearing up for Trump’s re-election campaign — raising questions about whether they are following campaign finance laws designed to keep campaigns from coordinating… Continue reading
From New Bauer, Ginsberg, Persily Report: “Fewer than 16,000 donors accounted for half the federal campaign contributions in 2016”
WaPo on the new Bauer, Ginsberg, Persily report, with a troubling trend I wrote about in my 2016 book, Plutocrats United:
More than 3.2 million Americans contributed to federal candidates in the 2016 elections, but fewer than 16,000 of… Continue reading
As Government May Shut Down, President to Headline $100,000-Per-Couple Fundraiser ($250K if you want to be at roundtable) at Mar-a-Lago Resort He Owns, Profiting from the Event Personally
Bloomberg:
President Donald Trump will mark the first anniversary of his inauguration on Saturday with a celebration at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, with tickets starting at $100,000 a pair.
That amount, according to the invitation, will pay for dinner… Continue reading
“‘Fake News’: Wide Reach but Little Impact, Study Suggests”
NYT:
But now the first hard data on fake-news consumption has arrived. Researchers last week posted an analysis of the browsing histories of thousands of adults during the run-up to the 2016 election — a real-time picture of who viewed… Continue reading
“There’s still little evidence that Russia’s 2016 social media efforts did much of anything”
Philip Bump for WaPo:
That idea was bolstered by a report from Yahoo News this week that investigators working with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III were talking to staffers for the Republican National Committee who worked with the Trump… Continue reading
“Democrats Struggle to Convert Voter Enthusiasm to Cash Contributions”
WSJ reports:
Democrats want to win back control of Congress and build up their presence in state capitals during next year’s elections, but they begin this ambitious mission with precious little cash to finance it.
The Democratic National Committee had… Continue reading
“Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options”
Washington Post:
The first email arrived in the inbox of CounterPunch, a left-leaning American news and opinion website, at 3:26 a.m. — the middle of the day in Moscow.
“Hello, my name is Alice Donovan and I’m a beginner… Continue reading
Doug Jones’ Alabama Senate Victory Should Be Certified Senate Winner on Dec. 28; What Options Will Roy Moore Have?
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced that the official certification of Doug Jones as the winner will be Dec. 28, allowing Jones to be sworn in when the Senate reconvenes on January 3.
Roy Moore has not yet conceded… Continue reading
“Russian trolls went on attack during key election moments”
NBC News:
Thousands of Russian trolls targeted national events during the 2016 U.S. presidential election to infiltrate the online conversations of millions of Americans, according to a new analysis of a database of recovered troll tweets by NBC News.
The… Continue reading
“Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Election Systems from Cyberattacks”
Release:
Lawmakers in the Senate introduced legislation today that would help states prevent cyberattacks on election infrastructure and enhance confidence in vote totals from electronic voting machines. The bill comes amid ongoing revelations about Russia’s unprecedented attempts to interfere in… Continue reading