The New York Times has carried two pieces in the last days on the Internet politics, each making a case for its contribution to degraded democracy. Michael Birnbaum writes about the influence of rightist websites in Europe as both the Netherlands and France head into national elections.Source: Internet Politics-Is the Problem the Politics or the Internet? -...
I think people here probably can't wait that long before solving the air pollution problem, so I think the domestic pressure itself is already large enough for China to take action.Source: What exactly was Watergate and is it happening again?...
Supporters of greater campaign finance regulation often claim that their issue is of paramount importance to voters. Their evidence is often biased polling.Source: Gallup Poll Shows Less Than 0.5% of Americans Think Campaign Finance “Reform” is Top Problem Facing the Country...
Donald Rumsfeld once famously said, “There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns.”Source: The Worst $1 Million Trump Ever Saved...
Social media gives us ways to nurture ever more elaborate online communities, but is it friendly to the kind of democracy diverse societies need? In #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media, Cass Sunstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to StarSource: Cass Sunstein on the echo chamber and his new book,...
In an overwhelming show of support, California Republicans re-elected their party chairman Jim Brulte to his third term Sunday. Brulte said headed into 2018, the Republican Party is focused on adding Republicans to state and federal office, but the top priority is electing a Republican governor.Source: Jim Brulte easily re-elected California GOP boss...
During last year’s campaign, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer labeled fellow Republican Donald Trump’s rhetoric as divisive and unacceptable and criticized his border wall, suggesting it’s an economic strength for his city to be located so close to Mexico.Source: Kevin Faulconer says he isn’t running for California governor. Republicans hope he will anyway....
Tech entrepreneur Joseph N. Sanberg talks about the importance of the state Earned Income Tax Credit to low-income Californians. "It means more food for their kids. It means more clothing on their kids' backs," he said. Video courtesy CalEITC 4 ME.Source: Jim Brulte: Senate scuffle shows Democratic hypocrisy...
Sen. Jeff Stone’s annual trip to the governor’s mansion for dinner felt different this year.Source: California Republicans see a way out of irrelevance in the era of Trump...
Jim Brulte hopes to keep a job few would envy: As chairman of the California Republican Party, he’s tasked with trying to steer his party out of the wilderness in one of the bluest states in the nation.Source: Can the Calif. Republican Party bounce back in 2018? Here's the chairman's game plan...
