by jpitney | Jun 1, 2024 | Public Service, Terrorism, Violence
From the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point: Rising Threats to Public Officials: A Review of 10 Years of Federal Data, by PETE SIMI, GINA LIGON, SEAMUS HUGHES, NATALIE STANDRIDGE: Abstract: A review of federal charges for the past decade highlights that the...
by jpitney | May 28, 2024 | Public Service, Terrorism, Violence
Graig Graziosi at The Independent: Four secretaries of state said they’ve received death threats for doing their jobs — namely overseeing elections — since Donald Trump left office in 2021. During an interview on Meet the Press on Sunday, Arizona Secretary of...
by jpitney | Apr 18, 2024 | Congress, House of Representatives, Public Service
A number of posts have discussed a trend that discourages public service: death threats against public officials. Emily Matesic at WLUK-TV: With just days until he leaves his seat in Congress, U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher could be shedding some light on the reasoning...
by jpitney | Feb 21, 2024 | California Politics, Congress, Public Service
Democratic congressional candidate Aditya Pai has released a new documentary on his campaign for U.S. Congress to represent Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, and north Orange County. Pai’s candidacy focuses on a need for more public service and less politics in...
by jpitney | Feb 18, 2024 | California Politics, China, Journalism, Journalists, Public Service
DRT panel on student journalism, February 22 lunch Join the Dreier Roundtable for a panel centering the role of student journalism on college campuses. In today’s political and social climate where free speech is under scrutiny, student newspapers play a critical role...
by jpitney | Jan 9, 2024 | Public Service, State Government, Violence
Sarah Ellison, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Patrick Marley at WP: On Wednesday, bomb threats forced evacuations, closures or stepped-up security measures at more than a dozen state capitols,in...
