Donald Trump is trying to change America. In the process, is he changing political Twitter? News coverage of the social media platform itself often focuses on its financial woes, but in the political and cultural worlds, it reigns supreme as a tool to inject an idea or phrase into the public...
Read More »Republican lawmakers intent on dismantling Obamacare face some serious hurdles, among them their own constituents angry at the thought of losing coverage and the difficult balancing act party leaders have created for themselves. With the House repeal plan a mystery revealed only to a few, and...
Read More »Congressional town hall meetings under siege about healthcare? It could be 2009, but it’s not — and the Congressmembers in question are Republicans, not Democrats. Like their Left-leaning colleauges eight years ago, some Republicans are having a hard time accepting that their...
Read More »â€œShe was warned…she was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.†That’s what Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday when the Senate censured Elizabeth Warren. Her crime: reading aloud a letter from Coretta Scott King criticizing sitting senator and Attorney...
Read More »Donald Trump’s nomination of billionaire school-choice advocate Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary does not sit right with many Americans. They’re not being shy about it, either: they’ve jammed the Capitol switchboard trying to reach their Senators on the phone, and...
Read More »First things first: Periscope may be just over a year old, but live-streaming video isn’t exactly new: I remember being at events broadcast via (now-defunct) Qik more than half a decade ago. And, we first explored the basics of using Periscope and Meerkat for politics and advocacy here at...
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