We’ve come a long way since Mark Zuckerberg famously said that it was “crazy” to think fake news on Facebook influenced the 2016 election. How far? Not long ago, Facebook said it had identified only a few thousands suspicious accounts on its service that might have been linked to Russia. [Keep reading]
The most important thing about today’s Russia probe news is this: Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos tested out every defense you’ve been hearing from those involved in the campaign: It’s a nothing….it happened before he was part of the campaign…it was just chatter. And none of those defenses [Keep reading]
Instead of demanding that presidents produce their tax returns, maybe we need to be asking for their credit reports instead. After all, it’s not what a person has, or what a person earns, that creates a real conflict of interest. It’s what — or who — that person owes. Debt [Keep reading]
The world is full of stories we never hear about. The car crash that was narrowly averted. The oven fire that was doused in the nick of time. The credit card database that wasn’t stolen because intrusion detection systems alerted the firm about the presence of a hacker. The [Keep reading]
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Keep that in mind as you read stories about possible hacking in this year’s presidential election. They have reached a fever pitch as deadlines for recounts are fast approaching. The facts are these: Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump by a relatively small [Keep reading]
Since the day it was created, Republicans have talked about dismantling or defanging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). With the surprise election of Donald Trump as the next president, and continued Republican control of Congress, the GOP will certainly have that chance. It won’t be easy, however. The brainchild [Keep reading]
Sometimes, it’s easy to miss the forest through the trees, and it’s easy to miss the big picture through the data analysis. The story of the 2016 Presidential election is a simple one — Democrats somehow lost 10 million voters between 2008 and 2016. Contrary to the popular narrative du [Keep reading]
In case you haven’t noticed, polls are in trouble. They missed Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican presidential nomination. They missed Brexit. They badly missed the 2014 Congressional elections. And so on. Gone are the glory days — during the first Clinton era – when the science of polling was [Keep reading]
Click the map to create your own at 270toWin.com Here is your every-four-year reminder that most of what you hear from the chattering class about the Presidential election is misdirection. The next president will be chosen by a handful of voters in a handful of states: Florida, Ohio, Virginia, and perhaps [Keep reading]
It’s the pay, stupid. Bill Clinton was elected in 1992 on a simple, perceptive platform: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Well, the U.S. unemployment rate is remarkably low, but everyone seems remarkably unimpressed. Why? Because a job isn’t a good job. America has about 100 million problems right now, and no one’s [Keep reading]
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