by jpitney | Dec 25, 2020 | Journalism
The Honorable David Dreier, Chairman of the Fallen Journalists Memorial (FJM) Foundation, issued the following statement today after President Trump signed legislation authorizing the Foundation to establish a Fallen Journalists Memorial on federal land in Washington,...
by jpitney | Dec 24, 2020 | Congress, Journalism
Brooks DuBose at The Capital Gazette: President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday a bipartisan bill authorizing a national monument to honor slain journalists, included the five people killed in the 2018 attack on the Capital Gazette newsroom. The Fallen...
by jpitney | Dec 22, 2020 | Journalism
From the Committee to Protect Journalists:
by jpitney | Dec 21, 2020 | Congress, Coronavirus, Deliberation, Economic Policy
First Branch Forecast: You gotta be kidding. We prep this newsletter during the week and finalize it over the weekend. Alas, there’s no way we could possibly evaluate what is in the appropriations + COVID bill(s) for you — and there’s no way most Members of Congress...
by jpitney | Dec 20, 2020 | Civility, Education, Polarization, Viewpoint Diversity, Volunteering
Samuel Abrams at AEI: This socio-political reality is dangerous for our polity, as it can lead to what the nation just witnessed around the 2020 elections: negative partisanship, the death of real debate, and further institutional polarization. Trust in government and...
