Climategate Was an Early Prototype for Russia’s Campaign Hacking in 2016
The Heads of State Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I see that our story about Climategate is now online. You should read it! Here’s why Climategate is worth revisiting: “If you were a Russian operative [and] pitching influence ops for the DNC, and somebody’s like, ‘Eh, I don’t know about…
Trump Judicial Nominee Who Starred in That Embarrassing Viral Video Drops Out
/C-SPAN Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Matthew Spencer Petersen, a member of the Federal Election Commission who President Donald Trump had nominated to the US District Court for D.C., has withdrawn his name from consideration. Petersen’s nomination came under scrutiny last week, after a video of his confirmation hearing—during which…
Meet the Latest in Cryptocurrency Technology
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I am, obviously, out of touch with the bold new world of cryptocurrencies. According to the Wall Street Journal today, the biggest initial coin offering of the year is for EOS, which, it turns out, is not a coin at all. It’s not clear if…
The Republican Tax Bill Will Send More Jobs Overseas
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember Donald Trump’s promise to keep American jobs in America? Of course you do. No longer will we tolerate American companies sending jobs offshore thanks to stupid tax laws and unfair competition. Not on Trump’s watch, anyway. Funny thing about that. According to the Washington…
Donald Trump’s Victory Probably Wasn’t Uniquely Driven by Racial Resentment
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. German Lopez channels the conventional wisdom: The past year of research has made it very clear: Trump won because of racial resentment https://t.co/ozBxkOmT7S — Vox (@voxdotcom) December 15, 2017 Technically, this is true. A number of different studies have shown that the strongest predictor of…
Stolen Emails. Wikileaks. White Supremacists. Donald Trump. It All Happened in 2009.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Heads of StateWhat does a 2009 controversy involving climate scientists have in common with Russia’s cyberattacks during the 2016 election? Quite a lot, actually. Both incidents featured stolen emails, WikiLeaks, Donald Trump, and day after day of breathless, often inaccurate, media coverage. Eight years…