Host Esty Dinur explores the implications of the recent Mexican presidential election of Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In the first half, she speaks with guest Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, DC and president of Just Foreign Policy. In the second part of the show, she […]
In-Depth Study of 2016 Election Online Issue Ads
This week, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before three U.S. Congressional Committees about the company’s data leak to political consultant Cambridge Analytica, involving personal data from as many as 87,000,000 Facebook users. Cambridge Analytica allegedly used the data to “micro-target” pro-Trump ads to swing voters. A new study suggests that the Cambridge […]
Recap of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary
Wisconsinites have voted to move Supreme Court candidates Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock to the general election in April. Rebecca Dallet is a Milwaukee County Judge and Michael Screnock is a Sauk County Judge. Wisconsin GOP and Governor Walker support Michael Screnock. A long list of local judges and elected officials are supporting Rebecca Dallet. […]
Wisconsin Election Commission Power Struggle
Last week was a tumultuous one for Wisconsin Election Commission Administrator Michael Haas. After months of Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald calling for Haas’s head, on January 23, the State Senate voted 18-13, along strict party lines, not to confirm Hass’s reappointment as WEC Administrator. Then, a day later, the Wisconsin Election Commission voted […]
Senate Doesn’t Confirm Elections, Ethics Board Leaders
The Senate voted not to confirm the leaders of the elections and elections commissions — Mike Haas and Brian Bell. But it’s not entirely clear if that means the two men are out of a job. The DOJ report recommended disciplinary action for some of the Government Accountability Board workers, who they consider responsible for […]
Systematic Election Tampering in Honduras
Hondura’s bitterly disputed Presidential election officially came to a close last week, when the Special Election Tribunal announced that incumbent National Party President Jose Orlando Hernandez had won reelection over his challenger Salvador Nasralla by a margin of only one and a half percent. The U.S., Canada and Mexico were quick to endorse the Tribunal’s […]
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