Weekend Reads
Using data to get creative. Google launches Keep after killing Reader. A cheat sheet for Author Rank. Who is Organizing for Action hiring? Here’s a few weekend reads for March 22, 2013.
Obama’s ‘Snowflake’: Distributed Campaigning
While the Obama campaign’s technology has been widely credited for their win, it may be their adaptation of tech-related theories that was their ultimate innovation. Bryan Cutsinger explains the ‘Snowflake’ model.
5 Reasons Business Catalyst Is Perfect for Political Campaigns
Adobe’s Business Catalyst is the best CMS for campaigns you’ve never heard of. Here’s 5 reasons to take a look at the system before the next cycle.
How to Conduct a basic A/B email test
Getting started with analytics means running tests. Here’s a poor man’s guide to creating a quick A/B email test and ideas for things to test.
GOP says commitment to digital “critical”
Early Monday morning, the RNC released the report of the Growth & Opportunity Project, which contains a lot of great news for digital operatives and activists.
Weekend Reads
R.I.P. Google Reader. How about Google Hangouts? Rand Paul and Twitter reinvent the Filibuster. Here’s a few weekend reads for March 16, 2013.
#CPAC2013 Tweets
Check out the latest tweets from CPAC, and join the conversation.
3 Steps to a Culture of Innovation
Conservative leaders are talking about creating a culture of innovation. What does that look like? This video interview with author John M. Bernard might have a couple of answers.
RNC gets ready to remodel
The RNC is set to undergo a major overhaul that will re-focus the committee’s operations around digital, data, and technology. Will it be enough?
Don’t be a Troll: 3 ways to make your voice heard at the state capitol
Trying to have a direct conversation with your Congressman can be almost impossible. Reaching a state legislator, however, is another matter.
Headlines
71% Want Disney to Return to Family-Friendly Entertainment
While LGBTQ activists are happy with Disney’s gay “inclusion” agenda, most Americans wish the entertainment giant would go back to it’s family-friendly roots.
DEI’s Demise: University of North Florida Closes Divisive Department
The University of North Florida closed its diversity, equity, and inclusion office on Wednesday, but DEI personnel were given new job titles, rather than being fired.
The former chief diversity officer, Richmond Wynn, was not fired, but given a new title—vice president of community engagement and partnerships.
Over 24,000 Migrant Children Released to Unrelated Sponsors
From January 2015 through May 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released tens of thousands of minors who crossed the border illegally to sponsors who weren’t an immediate or distant relative, raising concerns about human trafficking and forced labor.
Lives Cut Short: A Project to Document Child Maltreatment Fatalities
On May 2, AEI hosted the launch of Lives Cut Short, a project of AEI and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) dedicated to documenting child fatalities from maltreatment in the US and understanding the circumstances and policy failures that led to them.
Let’s Stop Romanticizing the Cult of Protest
The current campus demonstrations are a reminder that of all the mossy clichés and puffed-up pieties of polite (and impolite) American discourse, the sanctity of protest is the hardest to question.
Doubting the loftiness of protest invites elite scorn more than any other skepticism about a constitutional right. Proposing limits on free speech, for example, attracts far less outrage. Indeed, people question free speech all the time: in debates about “hate speech,” campaign finance, social media, and more. (Let’s not even get into the fashionableness of questioning Second Amendment rights.)
High Court’s 9-0 Ruling Lowers Bar for Filing Anti-DEI Discrimination Lawsuits
A low-profile case decided Wednesday by the Supreme Court could have big implications for employers’ diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
US employers must accommodate abortions, birth control, agency says
U.S. employers’ obligation to accommodate workers’ pregnancies also extends to abortions and the use of contraception, the U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Monday.
Denver’s Neighbors Rebel against Open-Arms Approach to Migrants: ‘We Do Not Want That’
In February 2018, Denver city leaders sent a valentine to foreigners interested in relocating to the progressive mountain city and a message to any elected officials looking to stop them.
Journalist Says CBS News Crossed ‘Red Line,’ Calls on Congress to Protect First Amendment
CBS News “crossed a red line” when it seized her reporting records, veteran investigative journalist Catherine Herridge says.
Denver Set to Defund Police, Firefighters to Pay for Illegal Aliens
Colorado’s capital, commonly referred to as a “sanctuary city,” announced Wednesday that it will spend $89.9 million on services for incoming illegal migrants, pulling some funding from roughly $45 million in public programs and services. The Denver Police Department will be hit with a reduction of $8.4 million— about 1.9% of its total operating budget, the city confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Biden’s latest effort makes Project 2025 an imperative for the next Republican Administration
The Biden administration’s proposed rule to entrench these bureaucrats raises concerns about accountability and the ability of future presidents to enact their policies effectively. In this context, The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 gains immense importance as a strategic response to these challenges.