Federal judge rules Georgia’s political district maps must be redrawn before 2024 elections

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/26/georgia-election-maps-redrawn/

India uses widespread internet blackouts to mask domestic turmoil

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/18/india-internet-blackouts/

Despite Fox News’s pre-midterm obsession, violent crime was down in 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/16/fox-news-violent-crime/

Biden team launches organizing pilot project in Wisconsin and Arizona

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/13/biden-organizing-campaign-election/

True confession: I’m loving Bluesky, so I’ll be more active there while also posting here and across all the less-evil platforms. @NathanKalmoe…

Ohio’s GOP supermajority tests limits of democracy before abortion vote

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/06/ohio-abortion-gerrymandering-republicans-supermajority/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/republican-politics-south-midwest-life-expectancy/

Texas woman charged with threatening to kill judge on Trump election case

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/17/texas-woman-arrested-abigail-shry-threaten-judge/

WaPo: "Biden delivers unusually sharp rebuke of Trump on democracy" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/28/biden-mccain-library-arizona-democracy/

The partisan gap on vaccines isn’t limited to covid

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/27/covid-vaccine-skepticism-republicans/

Under India’s pressure, Facebook let propaganda and hate speech thrive

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/26/india-facebook-propaganda-hate-speech/

How we achieve a multiracial democracy.

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/how_we_achieve_a_multiracial_democracy

Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/26/hindu-nationalist-social-media-hate-campaign/

#TurboTax Parent Company's Latest Argument Against Free Tax Filing: It Will Harm #Black Taxpayers
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Articles published around the country repeat Intuit’s assertion — sometimes almost word for word — that the upcoming #IRS pilot program would hurt Black Americans.

A researcher whose work is cited by #Intuit says the company is misstating her findings.

#Taxes #TaxPrep #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-intuit-black-taxpayers-irs-free-file-marketing?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

North Carolina's GOP legislature on Friday passed a bill to upend election admin.

It takes away Dem majorities on election boards; lets GOP to oust elections director; & creates a structure more prone to gridlock.

Gov will veto but GOP has supermajority. https://boltsmag.org/north-carolina-state-elections-board-tie-votes-gridlock/

Fascinating story about the assassination of Shinzo Abe and the political tentacles of the Moonies, a right wing religious cult. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/10/shinzo-abe-assassination-japan-unification-church-moonies/675114/

I appreciate the WA Post drawing attention to attacks on researchers in the field of online misinformation, but there a few pieces of this story (e.g. about researchers "buckling") that just aren't accurate, at least not from my perspective at UW. I'm going to post (below) my full comment here to the Post (sent weeks ago), most of which was excluded in this piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/23/online-misinformation-jim-jordan/

Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/23/online-misinformation-jim-jordan/

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🧵 Political thread.

1 in 5 Americans supports the concept of secession.

In a related study, 20 percent of Americans have no clue what kind of violence this would invite/entail.

They imagine it’s like changing a name tag, when really it’s like pulling an impacted tooth.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/21/secession-red-states-blue-states/