by jpitney | Aug 31, 2020 | Russia
Craig Timberg and Isaac Stanley-Becker at WP: Four years after Russian operatives used social media in a bid to exacerbate racial divisions in the United States and suppress Black voter turnout, such tactics have spread across a wide range of deceptive online...
by jpitney | Aug 30, 2020 | Civility
In a 1951 TV appearance, Frank Sinatra reprised his 1945 Oscar-winning short.
by jpitney | Aug 29, 2020 | Deliberation, Senate
James Wallner at LegBranch.org: Today’s opponents of the filibuster share a distorted view of the Senate. They see it as a factory whose purpose is to produce legislative widgets. Senators become, in their minds, craftsmen who apply technical knowledge to make those...
by jpitney | Aug 28, 2020 | Ethics
An advisory from the office of Special Counsel, August 9, 2004: The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) recently has received various complaints concerning the granting of requests from candidates and/or their campaigns to visit federal agencies. Therefore, OSC, pursuant...
by jpitney | Aug 27, 2020 | Congress, Coronavirus, Debate, Deliberation, House of Representatives
Susan Ferrechio at The Washington Examiner: New House rules permitting lawmakers to vote both by proxy and remotely, without ever coming to the Capitol, were intended to allow Congress to function more safely during the coronavirus outbreak. But some lawmakers have...
