Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday. From a report: The party noticed the suspicious activity on Oct. 22 and contacted the FBI on Friday, said Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt. Hitt said the…
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Who’s Behind the ‘Reopen’ Domain Surge?
Inspired by a thread on Reddit, KrebsOnSecurity has been investigating possible incidences of state-led astroturfing to put pressure on U.S. states to ease, end, or reduce the extent of coronavirus lockdowns. From the article: The Reddit discussion focused on a handful of new domains — including reopenmn.com, reopenpa.com, and reopenva.com — that appeared to be tied to various gun rights groups…
How To Talk To Coronavirus Skeptics
Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker interviews Naomi Oreskes, a professor of the history of science at Harvard who has focussed much of her career on examining distrust of science in the U.S.: Chotiner: This idea that we reject science because it clashes with our beliefs or experience — how does that explain why people in Miami, whose homes are going…
House Impeaches President Trump For Abuse of Power, Obstruction of Congress
The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, marking the third time in the nation’s history the House voted to impeach a sitting president. NBC News reports: Trump was impeached on two articles. The first vote, 230-197, was to impeach him for abuse of power and was almost entirely on party lines; it was followed quickly…
A New Bill Aims To Protect US Voters From the Next Cambridge Analytica
As the 2020 campaign season accelerates, a US lawmaker introduced a bill on Thursday that would regulate how political parties use voters’ data in federal elections. rrconan writes: Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein said the bill, the Voter Privacy Act, is the first to directly respond to Cambridge Analytica, which used Facebook to harvest the data of 87 million voters, often without…
Most Americans believe Trump lied to them, but think impeachment is a bad idea
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/27/18519806/poll-americans-trump-lied-impeachment-mueller-report…
White identity politics is about more than racism
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/26/18306125/white-identity-politics-trump-racism-ashley-jardina…
Evangelicals are now the key constituency in the Republican Party. They are reaping the benefits.
Source: https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2019/4/24/18513213/trump-evangelicals-gop…
Feature: Meet the Other Resistance: The Republican One
President Trump is overwhelmingly popular with his base, but a handful of dissident Republicans think they know how to defeat him in a primary contest. Are they wrong? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/magazine/republican-primary-trump-resistance.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? I asked 12 legal experts.
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18484731/mueller-report-trump-barr-obstruction-legal-experts…