Bluey: There may be something to ‘Moneyball for Politics’ after all
Rob Bluey attended the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference and came away with some ideas for political operations.
Behind the scenes with Obama’s technology team
Their job was not to innovate, it was to reelect the President. This was the message from four senior members of Barack Obama’s vaunted 2012 technology team, who recently spoke to a group of startups in Denver.
Conservative geeks moving ahead
A group of conservatives are coming out of the shadows in Silicon Valley, stepping up and getting organized to “save the party from the clutches of tech-phobic leaders.”
Mobile traffic is about to explode
We socialize with phones or tablets as we watch TV programs. We discover how much work can, after all, be accomplished on a tablet instead of a laptop.
Could today be a turning point for GOP tech?
If grieving is the first step of dealing with loss, that has been on full display over and over and over in the media over the past few months.
Congrats to the Top 50 in Digital Politics
For all of the talk about the GOP’s struggles with technology, several people have stood out and persevered through it all.
A Model for GOP Collaboration?
Much of the conversation around the GOP’s need to better adopt technology is not only about innovation but also involves a radical change in how we approach collaboration.
Why a mobile site is essential
In this day of smartphone ubiquity, your campaign, your organization and your business all need to have a mobile-friendly website.
Picking an Email Platform
To effectively build an email program, you will first need a platform that will do the actual sending.
Can Republicans win the tech arms race? Yes, if…
The Washington Examiner took a look at the biggest problem Republicans face — changing their culture.
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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.