Category Archives: campaigns
Alaska: “Lawmakers consider protecting ‘ballot selfies’ as part of free speech”
“McCrory didn’t hand over social media keys to Cooper”
WRAL:
When former Gov. Pat McCrory turned over the keys to North Carolina’s Executive Mansion to Gov. Roy Cooper on Jan. 1, his staff didn’t include the keys to the social media accounts used by the Governor’s Office.
The Republican’s… Continue reading
Trump: Super PACs Need to be “Straightened Out”
Maggie Haberman for the NYT:
President-elect Donald J. Trump, in a free-flowing speech Wednesday night at a dinner honoring his running mate, Mike Pence, jabbed at his new Republican allies and his critics alike, questioned the ethics of “… Continue reading
“Corporations Open the Cash Spigot for Trump’s Inauguration”
NYT:
When Donald J. Trump strides onto the inaugural ballroom floor this week amid the sprawling celebration of his swearing-in, he will have corporate America and many of its titans to thank for the rapturous greeting.
Chevron, the oil giant,… Continue reading
“‘All Talk, No Action,’ Says Trump, in Twitter Attack on a Civil Rights Icon”
NYT:
On Friday, Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, declared that he did not view Donald J. Trump as a “legitimate president.” Mr. Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement, said he planned to boycott the inauguration, the first… Continue reading
“Republican group makes record $5 million bet on Virginia governor’s race”
WaPo:
The Republican Governors Association just wrote a $5 million check — the largest single political donation in Virginia’s history — with the goal of putting a Republican in the governor’s mansion.
The whopping contribution suggests Republicans like their odds… Continue reading
Ned Foley Comes Out Big for Instant Runoff Voting in Presidential Elections
New column:
It is greatly regrettable that states did not adopt this electoral change previously. But as there is no constitutional obstacle to their doing so, we can only hope that they muster the political will to make this change… Continue reading
“Trump Tweet About L. L. Bean Underscores Potential Danger for Brands”
NYT:
With a single tweet on Thursday, President-elect Donald J. Trump pulled L. L. Bean, the Maine retailer known for its boots, jackets and preppy New England aesthetic, back into a political crossfire.
The company was already facing a boycott… Continue reading
“American Employers as Political Machines”
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez has written this article for the Journal of Politics. Here is the abstract:
American employers are increasingly engaging their workers in the political process. Drawing on original surveys of firms and workers, this paper examines the extent to… Continue reading
“Trump Shows That Money in Politics Still Counts”
“Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Education Pick, Plays Hardball With Her Wealth”
NYT:
Like the Kochs, the DeVoses are generous supporters of think tanks that evangelize for unrestrained capitalism, like Michigan’s Acton Institute, and that rail against unions and back privatizing public services, like the Mackinac Center.
They have also funded national… Continue reading
FCC Issues Orders Related to Broadcasters’ Obligations to Disclose Information About Political Advertising
#DemocracyRIP: Russians Sought to Undermine Legitimacy of a Clinton Presidency in Social Media Campaign
From the joint intelligence report at page 2:
We assess the influence campaign aspired to help President-elect Trump’s chances of victory when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to the President-elect. When it appeared to Moscow… Continue reading