A Data-Driven Framework for Coding the Intent and Extent of Political Tweeting, Disinformation, and Extremism
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What Is the Green New Deal?
What is the Green New Deal? • The Green New Deal (GND) is a Democratic proposal to address climate change by transitioning the country to 100% renewable electric generation and providing green jobs for unemployed people • Climate-related legislation is unlikely to pass the Republican-held Senate, but supporters argue it will give Democrats legislation to pass if they win the White House and Senate in 2020 • Initial conversations included a proposal to create a Select Committee devoted to fleshing out the plan Infrastructure Green technology • A major policy plank of the Green New Deal relates • The Green New Deal would encourage investment in to investment in sustainable infrastructure green technology, as well as related products, • The plan proposes the construction of infrastructure services, and expertise in coastal communities to mitigate the effects of • The plan’s aspiration is to make green technology a climate change, extreme temperature and natural core part of the American economy disasters • Supporters frame the Green New Deal as a poverty- • It would also repair and improve existing reduction measure that will help resolve transportation infrastructure socioeconomic and racial inequalities Sources: Suzane Gamboa, “Ocasio-Cortez, diverse lawmakers priorities climate change with ‘Green New Deal’,” NBC News, Nov. 30, 2018; Timothy Cama, “Dems rally for Green New Deal,” The Hill, Nov. 30, 2018; Press Release, Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex, “Select Committee for a Green New Deal.” Presentation Center | Slide last updated on: March 22, 2019 1 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) unveiled a Green New Deal (GND) resolution on February 7, 2019 The nonbinding resolution envisions an expanded federal role in cutting emissions and providing economic support Provisions include: Achieving net-zero US greenhouse gas Decarbonizing major segments of the 1. -
Covid-19 Disinformation Briefing No.1 27Th March 2020
Briefing paper Covid-19 Disinformation Briefing No.1 27th March 2020 Covid-19 Disinformation Briefing No.1 This is the first in a series of briefings from ISD’s Digital Research Unit on the information ecosystem around Covid-19. This first briefing compiles research from ISD’s own analysis of online platforms, as well as summarising recent investigations and research on the state of play of disinformation around Covid-19. Briefing paper Covid-19 Disinformation Briefing No.1 27th March 2020 Top Lines • Both state-sponsored media and extremist movements are exploiting the Covid-19 situation to spread harmful and hateful messaging on social media; • Anti-migrant and far-right networks are exploiting the Covid-19 situation to spread disinformation targeting migrants, refugees and other vulnerable populations on- and offline, as well as explicit threats of violence/harm to non-white populations from white supremacist groups online; • Crisis points like Covid-19 are playing into “accelerationism” on the extreme right, which promotes the idea that democracy is a failure and that groups should accelerate its end through mobilising social conflict and violence; • Misinformation about cures or treatments for coronavirus continue to circulate widely on Twitter and Facebook, often amplified by politicians and news media, and has contributed to fatal offline incidents; • Notwithstanding technology platforms’ efforts to address disinformation on Covid-19, we are still seeing platforms both large and small are hosting conspiracy theories that could undermine efforts to deal with the crisis and its growth, including those disputing the reality of the virus and its impacts on health and life, which are particularly prevalent in closed groups and chat channels; • There are some attempts to profiteer off the coronavirus pandemic through online platforms and advertising, despite platforms banning such practices. -
Post-Truth Politics and Richard Rorty's Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberalism
Ash Center Occasional Papers Tony Saich, Series Editor Something Has Cracked: Post-Truth Politics and Richard Rorty’s Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberalism Joshua Forstenzer University of Sheffield (UK) July 2018 Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Occasional Papers Series Series Editor Tony Saich Deputy Editor Jessica Engelman The Roy and Lila Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation advances excellence and innovation in governance and public policy through research, education, and public discussion. By training the very best leaders, developing powerful new ideas, and disseminating innovative solutions and institutional reforms, the Center’s goal is to meet the profound challenges facing the world’s citizens. The Ford Foundation is a founding donor of the Center. Additional information about the Ash Center is available at ash.harvard.edu. This research paper is one in a series funded by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The views expressed in the Ash Center Occasional Papers Series are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the John F. Kennedy School of Government or of Harvard University. The papers in this series are intended to elicit feedback and to encourage debate on important public policy challenges. This paper is copyrighted by the author(s). It cannot be reproduced or reused without permission. Ash Center Occasional Papers Tony Saich, Series Editor Something Has Cracked: Post-Truth Politics and Richard Rorty’s Postmodernist Bourgeois Liberalism Joshua Forstenzer University of Sheffield (UK) July 2018 Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Harvard Kennedy School Letter from the Editor The Roy and Lila Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation advances excellence and innovation in governance and public policy through research, education, and public discussion. -
If It's Broke, Fix It: Restoring Federal Government Ethics and Rule Of
If it’s Broke, Fix it Restoring Federal Government Ethics and Rule of Law Edited by Norman Eisen The editor and authors of this report are deeply grateful to several indi- viduals who were indispensable in its research and production. Colby Galliher is a Project and Research Assistant in the Governance Studies program of the Brookings Institution. Maya Gros and Kate Tandberg both worked as Interns in the Governance Studies program at Brookings. All three of them conducted essential fact-checking and proofreading of the text, standardized the citations, and managed the report’s production by coordinating with the authors and editor. IF IT’S BROKE, FIX IT 1 Table of Contents Editor’s Note: A New Day Dawns ................................................................................. 3 By Norman Eisen Introduction ........................................................................................................ 7 President Trump’s Profiteering .................................................................................. 10 By Virginia Canter Conflicts of Interest ............................................................................................... 12 By Walter Shaub Mandatory Divestitures ...................................................................................... 12 Blind-Managed Accounts .................................................................................... 12 Notification of Divestitures .................................................................................. 13 Discretionary Trusts -
UNITED STATES of AMERICA, ) ) V
Case 1:19-cr-00018-ABJ Document 362 Filed 04/16/20 Page 1 of 81 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) v. ) Crim. Action No. 19-0018 (ABJ) ) ROGER J. STONE, JR., ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) MEMORANDUMOPINION INTRODUCTION On November 15, 2019, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in the case of United States v. Roger J. Stone. It found the defendant guilty of seven crimes: one count of obstructing a Congressional investigation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1505; five separate counts of making a false statement to the government in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001; and tampering with a witness, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1). Once the verdict had been returned,the jurors were officially released from the prohibition against discussing the case that had beenin effect during the trial. A week later, one of the jurors published a column in the Washington Post describing his experience. Likejurors everywhere,none of us asked for thisresponsibilitybut each of usacceptedit willingly. We served the propositionthat everyoneisentitled to a fair trial and that everyoneis innocentuntilprovenguilty. * * * The evidence in this case was substantialand almost entirely uncontested. We listened carefully to the testimony of a series of witnesses and carefullyexaminedevery element of every charge and its defense,and we unanimouslyagreedthat each had been provedbeyonda reasonabledoubt. * * * 1 Case 1:19-cr-00018-ABJ Document 362 Filed 04/16/20 Page 2 of 81 I am proud of our democratic institutions; their value was reaffirmed for me because of the process we went through and the respect we accorded it. -
Contempt of Courts? President Trump's
CONTEMPT OF COURTS? PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRANSFORMATION OF THE JUDICIARY Brendan Williams* Faced with a letter from the American Bar Association (ABA) assessing him as “arrogant, lazy, an ideologue, and lacking in knowledge of the day-to-day practice,” Lawrence VanDyke, nominated by President Trump to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, cried during an October 2019 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.1 Republican senators dutifully attacked the ABA as liberally-biased.2 In a Wall Street Journal column, a defender of VanDyke assailed what he called a “smear campaign” and wrote that “[t]he ABA’s aggressive politicization is especially frustrating for someone like me, an active member of the ABA[.]”3 VanDyke was confirmed anyway.4 Contrary to Republican protestations, the ABA has deemed 97% of President Trump’s nominees to be “well qualified” or “qualified.”5 Indeed, in the most polarizing judicial nomination of the Trump Administration, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh’s defenders pointed to the ABA having rated him “well qualified” despite the association having once, in 2006, dropped his rating to “qualified” due to concerns about his temperament.6 *Attorney Brendan Williams is the author of over 30 law review articles, predominantly on civil rights and health care issues. A former Washington Supreme Court judicial clerk, Brendan is a New Hampshire long-term care advocate. This article is dedicated to his father Wayne Williams, admitted to the Washington bar in 1970. 1Hannah Knowles, Trump Judicial Nominee Cries over Scathing Letter from the American Bar Association, WASH. POST (Oct. 30, 2015). 2Id. -
Measuring the News and Its Impact on Democracy COLLOQUIUM PAPER Duncan J
Measuring the news and its impact on democracy COLLOQUIUM PAPER Duncan J. Wattsa,b,c,1, David M. Rothschildd, and Markus Mobiuse aDepartment of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; bThe Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; cOperations, Information, and Decisions Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; dMicrosoft Research, New York, NY 10012; and eMicrosoft Research, Cambridge, MA 02142 Edited by Dietram A. Scheufele, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Susan T. Fiske February 21, 2021 (received for review November 8, 2019) Since the 2016 US presidential election, the deliberate spread of pro-Clinton articles.” In turn, they estimated that “if one fake misinformation online, and on social media in particular, has news article were about as persuasive as one TV campaign ad, generated extraordinary concern, in large part because of its the fake news in our database would have changed vote shares by potential effects on public opinion, political polarization, and an amount on the order of hundredths of a percentage point,” ultimately democratic decision making. Recently, however, a roughly two orders of magnitude less than needed to influence handful of papers have argued that both the prevalence and the election outcome. Subsequent studies have found similarly consumption of “fake news” per se is extremely low compared with other types of news and news-relevant content. -
Health Care Reform, Rhetoric, Ethics and Economics at the End of Life
Mississippi College Law Review Volume 29 Issue 2 Vol. 29 Iss. 2 Article 7 2010 A Missed Opportunity: Health Care Reform, Rhetoric, Ethics and Economics at the End of Life Joshua E. Perry Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.law.mc.edu/lawreview Part of the Law Commons Custom Citation 29 Miss. C. L. Rev. 409 (2010) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by MC Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mississippi College Law Review by an authorized editor of MC Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A MISSED OPPORTUNITY: HEALTH CARE REFORM, RHETORIC, ETHICS AND ECONOMICS AT THE END OF LIFE Joshua E. Perry* [T]he chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80 percent of the total health care bill . .. [T]here is going to have to be a conversation that is guided by doctors, scientists, ethicists. And then there is going to have to be a very difficult democratic conversation that takes place. It is very difficult to imagine the country making those decisions just through the normal political channels. And that's part of why you have to have some in- dependent group that can give you guidance. It's not deter- minative, but I think [it] has to be able to give you some guidance. - Barack Obama, President of the United States' I. INTRODUCTION On January 24, 2010, my grandmother, June Fuqua Walker, did some- thing that we will all one day do. -
Articles & Reports
1 Reading & Resource List on Information Literacy Articles & Reports Adegoke, Yemisi. "Like. Share. Kill.: Nigerian police say false information on Facebook is killing people." BBC News. Accessed November 21, 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt- sh/nigeria_fake_news. See how Facebook posts are fueling ethnic violence. ALA Public Programs Office. “News: Fake News: A Library Resource Round-Up.” American Library Association. February 23, 2017. http://www.programminglibrarian.org/articles/fake-news-library-round. ALA Public Programs Office. “Post-Truth: Fake News and a New Era of Information Literacy.” American Library Association. Accessed March 2, 2017. http://www.programminglibrarian.org/learn/post-truth- fake-news-and-new-era-information-literacy. This has a 45-minute webinar by Dr. Nicole A. Cook, University of Illinois School of Information Sciences, which is intended for librarians but is an excellent introduction to fake news. Albright, Jonathan. “The Micro-Propaganda Machine.” Medium. November 4, 2018. https://medium.com/s/the-micro-propaganda-machine/. In a three-part series, Albright critically examines the role of Facebook in spreading lies and propaganda. Allen, Mike. “Machine learning can’g flag false news, new studies show.” Axios. October 15, 2019. ios.com/machine-learning-cant-flag-false-news-55aeb82e-bcbb-4d5c-bfda-1af84c77003b.html. Allsop, Jon. "After 10,000 'false or misleading claims,' are we any better at calling out Trump's lies?" Columbia Journalism Review. April 30, 2019. https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump_fact- check_washington_post.php. Allsop, Jon. “Our polluted information ecosystem.” Columbia Journalism Review. December 11, 2019. https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/cjr_disinformation_conference.php. Amazeen, Michelle A. -
NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health
Topline NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Survey on the Role of Health Care Interest Groups September 2009 Methodology The NPR/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Survey on the Role of Health Care Interest Groups is part of a series of projects about health-related issues by NPR (National Public Radio), the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health. Representatives of the three organizations worked together to develop the survey questionnaire and to analyze the results, with NPR maintaining sole editorial control over its broadcasts relating to the survey results. The survey research team included Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., Liz Hamel, and Sasha Buscho from the Kaiser Family Foundation; Professor Robert Blendon, Sc.D., and John Benson, M.A. of the Harvard School of Public Health; and Anne Gudenkauf, Joe Neel, Beth Donovan, Julie Rovner, and April Fulton from NPR. The survey was conducted August 27 through September 13, 2009, among a nationally representative random sample of 1,278 adults ages 18 and older. Telephone interviews conducted by landline (858) and cell phone (420, including 154 who had no landline telephone) were carried out in English and Spanish by Social Science Research Solutions. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. For results based on smaller subsets of respondents the margin of sampling error is somewhat higher. Please note: (1) Table percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. (2) Values less than 0.5% are indicated by an asterisk (*). -
The Fascist Theory Behind Mark Penn
Click here for Full Issue of EIR Volume 35, Number 16, April 18, 2008 perfected the manipulation of mass psychology, or “group dy- told Clinton that he must become a “fiscal conservative,” and namics,” in affiliation with the British Royal Family’s Tavis- move against the “entitlements” such as Social Security, or he tock Institute. Adolf Hitler, in Mein Kampf, among others, would not be re-elected. drew upon the Bernays and le Bon work for much of the fas- On April 4, 2008, Penn apologized for “an error in judg- cist theory of crowd control. ment,” after being publicly exposed for working, as CEO of It was David Ogilvy’s WPP, through its subsidiary Hill & WPP’s Burson-Marsteller, on contract with the Colombian Knowlton, that in 1991 ran the “Iraqis kill Kuwaiti babies” government to promote George Bush’s Colombia-U.S.A. free campaign of deceit, to soften opposition to the invasion of Iraq trade treaty. Hillary Clinton was then in the closing weeks of that Thatcher had urged on President George H.W. Bush. the crucial Pennsylvania primary race, in which her stand In 2003, it was WPP, through its subsidiary BKSH—Rog- against free trade had become the central issue. er Stone’s old firm—that managed the Iraqi National Con- Two days later, on April 6, 2008, the London Daily Mail gress/Ahmed Chalabi campaign of lies behind British Prime disclosed that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown “is secret- Minister Tony Blair’s push for a new Iraq war. ly planning to headhunt the world’s most expensive polling ex- By this time, Mark Penn was chief executive of WPP’s pert in an attempt to revive his political fortunes.” The Daily worldwide subsidiary Burson-Marsteller, of which the old Mail commented that “Mr. -
Wave 42 Topline
TOPLINE AND METHODOLOGY Axios/Ipsos Poll – Wave 42 Conducted by Ipsos using KnowledgePanel® A survey of the American general population (ages 18+) Wave: Interview dates: Interviews: Wave 42 March 19-22, 2021 995 Wave 41 March 5-8, 2021 1,001 Wave 40 February 26-March 1, 2021 1,088 Wave 39 February 19-22, 2021 1,029 Wave 38 February 5-8, 2021 1,030 Wave 37 January 29-February 1, 2021 1,038 Wave 36 January 22-25, 2021 1,112 Wave 35 January 8-11, 2021 1,038 Wave 34 December 18-21, 2020 1,003 Wave 33 December 11-14, 2020 1,009 Wave 32 December 4-7, 2020 1,101 Wave 31 November 20-23, 2020 1,002 Wave 30 November 13-16, 2020 1,092 Wave 29 October 23-26, 2020 1,079 Wave 28 October 16-19, 2020 1,001 Wave 27 October 1-5, 2020 1,004 Wave 26 September 24-27, 2020 1,075 Wave 25 September 18-21, 2020 1,008 Wave 24 September 11-14, 2020 1,019 Wave 23 August 28-31, 2020 1,100 Wave 22 August 21-24, 2020 1,084 Wave 21 August 14-17, 2020 1,141 Wave 20 August 7-10, 2020 1,076 Wave 19 July 31-August 3, 2020 1,129 Wave 18 July 24-27, 2020 1,076 Wave 17 July 17-20, 2020 1,037 Wave 16 July 10-13, 2020 1,063 Wave 15 June 26-29, 2020 1,065 Wave 14 June 19-22, 2020 1,023 Wave 13 June 12-15, 2020 1,022 Wave 12 June 5-8, 2020 1,006 Wave 11 May 29-June 1, 2020 1,033 Wave 10 May 15-18, 2020 1,009 Wave 9 May 8-11, 2020 980 Wave 8 May 1-4, 2020 1,012 Wave 7 April 24-27, 2020 1,021 Wave 6 April 17-20, 2020 1,021 Wave 5 April 10-13, 2020 1,098 Wave 4 April 3-6, 2020 1,136 Wave 3 March 27-30, 2020 1,355 Wave 2 March 20-23, 2020 998 Wave 1 March 13-16, 2020 1,092 Margin of error for the total Wave 42 sample: +/-3.3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level 2020 K Street, NW, Suite 410 Contact: Chris Jackson Washington DC 20006 Senior Vice President, US, Public Affairs, Ipsos +1 202 463-7300 Email: [email protected] Tel: +1 202 420-2025 TOPLINE AND METHODOLOGY NOTE: All results show percentages among all respondents, unless otherwise labeled.