Prepared text of the statement that Rep. Schiff delivered in the video embedded above: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank Director Comey and Admiral Rogers for appearing before us today as the committee holds this first open hearing into the interference campaign waged against our 2016 Presidential election. Last summer, at the height…
Elections
Education, Elections, Politics
Wisconsin’s Best & Brightest Vie for Office
by JOHN ADAMS •
Molly Beck reports that two of the three candidates for state superintendent discussed an arrangement – not illegal yet astonishingly cynical – about one of them dropping out in exchange for a state job: A candidate for state superintendent offered an opponent a taxpayer-funded $150,000 job if he dropped out of the race and sought the…
Elections, Presidential race 2016, Putin, Trump
Intelligence community report on Russian activities in the 2016 election
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Espionage, Russia
Joint Report on Russian Hacking
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Authoritarianism, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Liberty, Putin, Russia
Garry Kasparov on Vladimir Putin’s Election Interference and America’s Response
by JOHN ADAMS •
Garry Kasparov‘s a great hero of mine (and of many millions across the world), not simply for his unquestioned understanding of chess, but even more for his commitment to human freedom and democratic institutions. In the audio interview below, Kasparov speaks about Putin’s manipulation of our recent election. (By the way, Kasparov’s excellent book, Winter…
America, Elections, Putin, Russia, Trump
Putin Revels in Victory Over America
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Law
Getting Protest Hashtags (#NotMyPresident) Half Right
by JOHN ADAMS •
Columnist Paula Dvorak, writing at the Washington Post, contends that saying “saying #notmypresident is the same as saying #notmyconstitution or #notmycountry or #notmyAmerica.” See, Stop protesting democracy. Saying #notmypresident is the same as saying #notmyconstitution. Dvorak is only right about the first two hashtag phrases – she overreaches on the others. It’s true that #notmypresident is…
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Unexpected and Expected
by JOHN ADAMS •
Last night’s election results are both unexpected (nationally) and expected (locally), I’d say. Few thought that Trump would win the presidency, but many of the other results for Wisconsin or Whitewater were easier to predict. Trump’s victory nationally will be the big topic for years, first about its cause and then about its effects. Because I believe…
Elections
Save the Day: Vote
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Poll, Presidential race 2016
Marquette Law Poll Results (Final 2016 Election Edition)
by JOHN ADAMS •
The final 2016 Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here key findings from the 10.26.16 to 10.31.16 poll (the full results are available online). Clinton-Trump, Among LV: New Marquette Law School Poll finds Clinton leading Trump among likely voters in WI 46% to 40%. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) November 2, 2016 Johnson-Stein, Among…
Elections, Presidential race 2016
Save the Day: Vote
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections
Needless Election Anxiety
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s a story over at Vox, from Brian Resnick, reporting that ‘Election anxiety is real. A majority of Americans report “significant stress” due to 2016.’ Resnick writes that [t]he American Psychological Association has released some preliminary data from its upcoming annual “Stress in America” report, on the nation’s level of anxiety specifically around this election.…
City, Elections, Law
Absentee Voting in the Whitewater Area
by JOHN ADAMS •
One often hears that a given election is important, and that each person’s vote matters. That’s been true so many times in our history, and it seems particularly so this year. Absentee voting – by mail or in person – is a part of our law, and the window for in-person voting will open soon. Immediately below readers…
Elections, Politics
Implications from the August 9th Wisconsin Primary
by JOHN ADAMS •
There were no surprises in any of the races in or near Whitewater last night. They all went as one might reasonably have predicted. One area race (and only one), however, might have national implications. Paul Ryan easily won his first congressional district primary over Paul Nehlen. See, Despite late drama, Ryan easily beats Nehlen…