A hacked Twitter account won’t likely swing an election — but we should still act like it could. Not just campaigns, either: Facebook, Twitter and the other platforms need to prepare like the important infrastructure they’ve become...
I blew up Epolitics.com a couple of days ago, and I feel fine! Actually, I feel fine that real techies could step in and save the day — and the database. I’d put off essential website maintenance for way too long, in this case including...
On June 27th, President Donald Trump tweeted out a video: pic.twitter.com/nwAbhemhZf — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2020 Whew, the soundtrack alone raised my blood pressure. Plus, I didn’t realize that so many Democratic...
Sometimes digital politics practitioners are so close to the brushstrokes that we can miss the sweep of the full painting. What are the trends shaping our field? Let’s look at four of the big ones below, with five more in the next installment...
Some Friday fun for you: a few days ago, a McAfee security scan app flagged a link I’d recently clicked. Who owned the site that posed a danger? Newt Gingrich: I’ve been on Newt’s list since he ran for President in 2012, and...
Top photo: George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis. By via Wikipedia. Despite a pandemic, Americans gathered in vast numbers over the past few weeks to protest the deaths of George Floyd and other people of color at the hands of police. Without social...
Note: books are good for you. June 22nd may be a little early for fireworks, but it’s a great day for a celebration. The new 2020 edition of “How to Use the Internet to Change the World – and Win Elections” is ready to take...
News came late last week that Joe Biden would in fact rely on an in-house digital team rather than outsourcing his online outreach to Mike Bloomberg’s Hawkfish campaign startup. Many in the field thought that hiring a firm with little...
Facebook just announced that it will start allowing users to opt out of political advertising, though it hasn’t yet said when or how. Will this decision cripple digital campaigning in a presidential election year? First question: how many...
The official White House twitter account has already posted a campaign-style video of Donald Trump’s Bible-toting photo opportunity last night: pic.twitter.com/bKvTrqHomS — The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 2, 2020 To create this...