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A few months ago, I researched how many state legislators had social media accounts and which social media platforms they were most likely to use. That post focused on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and found that 46% of all state legislators have an account on at least one of these platforms, with Facebook being the…
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube continue to become more and more integrated into the fabric of American culture. For many, they present a more convenient option for communication with friends, family, corporations, and political figures. It’s not unheard of for a tweet to a retail company to be more effective in…
The White House on Saturday unveiled the new college-information website that it developed once it abandoned its ill-fated plan to rate colleges. The new College Scorecard site, which replaces an older one of the same name, features a more modern and user-friendly design and some new information about colleges not previously available on the predecessor…
“Let me just say up front: I hope that this conversation can be as much about humanity and dignity as it is about politics and polling, because I want to try to better understand to the extent that I can…the motivation behind your rhetoric and that of Donald Trump and some others,” is how Tavis…
Tuesday night was the debut of the new “David Letterman Show, Starring Stephen Colbert!” and for a night of such fanfare, you’ve got to call Jeb! Bush, because he’s the only candidate with an exclamation point after his name. There was much to laugh about, like when Colbert told Jeb, “You are, with one exception…
The lady from Misery is having quite a month: Kim Davis has gone from your ordinary born-again, thrice-divorced civil servant to a media lightning rod to an anti-gay political martyr, all by doing absolutely nothing. (In case you’ve been away from the internet for a while, Davis rose to fame for refusing to issue marriage…
Brian Finke If you didn’t think the 2016 election season could get any more batshit crazy than it already is, now, John McAfee—the self-described “eccentric millionaire,” who founded the anti-virus software company McAfee, and who once played Russian roulette with a loaded gun while WIRED writer Joshua Davis stood by—says he is considering joining the…
Continue reading the main story Video Kim Davis Speaks After Release From Jail Ms. Davis, the Rowan County, Ky., clerk, spoke at a rally after she was ordered freed, saying: “I just want to give God the glory. His people have rallied, and you are a strong people.” By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date…
Scott Walker has told the world that the shooting deaths of police in the United States are a major problem and implied there is really only one cure: to return to the bygone era of his youth, when life was safer and more idyllic. His language was vague, incorrect, and most importantly stokes a fear…
Photo Credit Alex Nabaum The Republican Party and its acolytes in the news media are trying to demonize the protest movement that has sprung up in response to the all-too-common police killings of unarmed African-Americans across the country. The intent of the campaign — evident in comments by politicians like Gov. Nikki Haley of South…