“The U.S. isn’t prepared to fend off foreign meddling in 2020. We need a national strategy”
Casey Corcoran, Bo Julie Crowley and Raina Davis LAT oped.
Category Archives: campaigns
“California is moving to ban deepfakes. What are they, anyway?”
The SacBee reports.
“No One Picks Up the Phone, but Are Online Polls the Answer?”
NYT’s The Upshot:
The transition away from live interview telephone polling is well underway, and online polls now make up the principal source of data on national public opinion.But the alternatives to traditional polling are not fully mature, and the… Continue reading
“Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn’t Biden’s”
NYT:
From top to bottom, the website, JoeBiden.info, breezily mocks the candidate in terms that would warm the heart of any Bernie Sanders supporter: There are GIFs of Mr. Biden touching women and girls, and blurbs about his less-than-liberal… Continue reading
The Reverse Stormy Daniels: Rep. Duncan Hunter Claims Money Spent on Affairs Mixed Business and Pleasure and Were Campaign Related
Brad Heath:
Lawyers for Rep. Duncan Hunter say his affairs with three lobbyists and two congressional staffers "often served an overtly political purpose" and suggests he was simply a "married man mixing business with pleasure." pic.twitter.com/aTiu8AJRyw— Brad Heath (@bradheath)… Continue reading
“GOP to launch new fundraising site as Dems crush the online money game”
“Want to See How Disinformation Could Play Out in 2020? Just Look Overseas.”
I Testified at House Judiciary Committee on Foreign Interference in the 2016 and 2020 Elections, and the Implications of the Mueller Report and President Trump’s Statements Welcoming 2020 Foreign Help
My Written Testimony begins:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to speak about a matter that is among the greatest concerns I have had in twenty-five years of researching and teaching about American election law and… Continue reading
“Russia’s election interference is no longer a surprise. It should still infuriate.”
“We still have questions about whether Russia meddled in N.C. That’s a bad sign.”
Watch Trevor Potter and Shan Wu Talk About the Illegality of Accepting Foreign Government Assistance in American Campaigns
Here on the News Hour (beginning around the 11 minute mark).
“‘Let me make something 100% clear’: FEC chair lays down the law on foreign help”
Politico:
The head of the Federal Election Commission released a statement on Thursday evening reiterating, emphatically, that foreign assistance is illegal in U.S. elections.“Let me make something 100% clear to the American public and anyone running for public office:… Continue reading
“The Technology 202: It’s time for Congress to address deepfakes, experts say”
Trump Says He Would Accept Foreign Government In-Kind Contributions of Opposition Research in the 2020 Elections, in Violation of American Law
Watch the clip:
EXCLUSIVE: Pres. Trump tells @GStephanopoulos he wouldn't necessarily alert the FBI if approached by foreign figures with information on his 2020 opponent: "It’s not an interference. They have information. I think I’d take it." https://t.co/7gvoAViw9r pic.twitter.com/k5Yqd9YxdC… Continue reading