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...
by jpitney | Oct 2, 2022 | Congress, Violence
Stephanie Lai, Luke Broadwater and Carl Hulse at NYT: Members of Congress in both parties are experiencing a surge in threats and confrontations as a rise in violent political speech has increasingly crossed over into the realm of in-person intimidation and...
by jpitney | Sep 6, 2022 | Civility, Elections, Public Service, Violence
Neil Vigdor at NYT: In Wisconsin, one of the nation’s key swing states, cameras and plexiglass now fortify the reception area of a county election office in Madison, the capital, after a man wearing camouflage and a mask tried to open locked doors during an election...
by jpitney | Aug 25, 2022 | Elections, Public Service, Violence
Ryan Williamson at LegBranch.org: The Homeland Security Committee recently held a hearing on current and ongoing threats to elections. Much of the discussion centered on threats of violence against election workers, and there was considerable agreement from the...
