19 May

THE BUZZ: ‘Rising star‘ Lanhee Chen eyeing Controller? High profile political commentator and policy analyst Lanhee Chen, 42, a star at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, tells POLITICO he is “seriously considering” throwing his hat into the 2022 race for California State Controller. With Democratic Controller Betty Yee termed out, the open seat has already drawn a host of Democratic interest...

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19 May

Since the founding of this great nation, anonymous speech has allowed even the most vulnerable of voices to participate in debate in the public square. Our Founding Fathers used pseudonyms to help ensure that readers focused on the arguments presented instead of the personality of the author.Source: Anonymous Speech Must Be Protected...

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19 May

The small but growing number of candidates who have reported child care expenses during their campaigns represents a shift in the way candidates — especially women — with small children are treated on the trail, said Liuba Grechen Shirley, founder of the Vote Mama Foundation and a 2018 congressiSource: Campaign spending on child care growing steadily since FEC allowed it...

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