by jpitney | Nov 8, 2022 | Election Security, Elections, Public Service, Violence
Cat Zakrzewski at WP: Election officials who’ve been targeted online and law enforcement officials are bracing for another wave of threats on Election Day and its aftermath, when new claims of election fraud are expected to lead to more violent rhetoric online. The...
by jpitney | Nov 7, 2022 | Higher Education, Public Opinion, Violence
Samuel J. Abrams at Minding the Campus: [D]ata from the Future of Politics survey of over 1,500 currently enrolled students at 91 colleges and universities reveal that far too many students today believe that force may necessary to manage political or social...
by jpitney | Nov 5, 2022 | Elections, Insurrection, Violence
Odette Yousef & Miles Parks at NPR: As Election Day nears, the recent attack on Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home is increasing concerns over political violence around the midterms. Those concerns were further...
by jpitney | Nov 2, 2022 | Violence
Former RNC communications director Doug Heye at WP: More and more in our politics, the loudest, angriest, most divisive voices get the most attention (and money). Real solutions, and the politicians who put their heads down to do hard work, get short shrift....
by jpitney | Oct 29, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives, Violence
Nolan D. McCaskill at Yahoo: Political leaders from both parties condemned Friday’s attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, the latest in a string of incidents affecting members of Congress and their families this year. Though the...
by jpitney | Oct 28, 2022 | Election Security, Elections, Public Service, Violence
Sean Lyngaas at CNN: Millions in federal dollars could have gone to protect election workers and improve the physical security of their offices, but in a classic tale of bureaucratic red tape, most of it remains untapped less than two weeks before the midterm...
