hack the vote Researchers say Voatz voting app has big security flaws, 4 states using it for 2020 elections anyway Xeni Jardin

#BloombergIsRacist In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza

foreign active measures Disinformation 2020: FBI warns of ongoing Russian 'information warfare' Xeni Jardin

corporate lobbying Google spent ~$150 million on US lobbying over last decade, followed by Facebook at ~$81M, Amazon almost $80M: Federal filings Xeni Jardin

OK BLOOMER On 'The View,' Mike Bloomberg says he regrets telling 'bawdy' jokes (WTAF?) Xeni Jardin

youthquake Bernie Sanders is the most popular candidate among young people, who could determine the outcome of the 2020 election Cory Doctorow

bernie Bernie Sanders leads Iowa Poll for the first time, just weeks before Iowa Caucus Xeni Jardin

michael moore Michael Moore just launched a new podcast and it's great, full of hope and anger Cory Doctorow

20/20 Supercut of Barbara Walters saying, "This is 2020" Rusty Blazenhoff

pink slime A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow

blind trusts Citing the Panama Papers, Elizabeth Warren proposes sweeping anti-financial-secrecy rules Cory Doctorow

profiles in courage Pete Buttigieg's prizewinning high-school essay praising Bernie Sanders: "the power to win back the faith of a voting public weary and wary of political opportunism" Cory Doctorow

bernie blackout One upside of the Bernie Blackout: Sanders is not facing a frontrunner's backlash Cory Doctorow

structured organizing conversations This Thanksgiving, don't have a political argument, have a "structured organizing conversation" Cory Doctorow

kochanomics Bloomberg's $34m presidential campaign ad-buy is 1.1% of the taxes Bernie, Warren and Steyer want him to pay Cory Doctorow

mayor pete Mayor Pete: Obama should have left Chelsea Manning to rot in prison for 35 years Cory Doctorow

email Joe Biden campaign emails a post-debate 'did I make you proud?'… hours before start time Xeni Jardin

how will you pay for the wall? When Republicans say "How will you pay for Medicare for All?" Democrats should answer: "Mexico will pay for it" Cory Doctorow

denazification Elizabeth Warren's plan to denazify America Cory Doctorow

mike resnick Crowdfunding to help science fiction great Mike Resnick pay off the medical bills from a near-death experience Cory Doctorow