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The Left’s “Secret Science”: Winning Ugly
"The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns" by journalist Sasha Issenberg describes the evolution of voter microtargeting and behavioral science research tactics, and the arms race between high-level…
by Ken Braun on July 23, 2021

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The Left’s “Secret Science”: Victory on the Margins
As pure entertainment, Victory Lab is a well written and fascinating history of the get-out-the-vote (GOTV) and messaging innovations developed by partisan Democrats, partisan Republicans, and academic researchers. On a…
by Ken Braun on July 23, 2021

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The Left’s “Secret Science”: Breaking the Law?
During the Obama administration the IRS discriminated against right-of-center organizations, such as local Tea Party groups, that were seeking nonprofit status. During a 27-month stretch, according to USA Today, “perhaps…
by Ken Braun on July 23, 2021

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The Left’s “Secret Science”: The Mystery of the Rio Grande
Even as Victory Lab portrays the advantage that sketchy partisan turnout machines operating as nonpartisan nonprofits might give to the Democratic Left, the book is not a relentless ride into…
by Ken Braun on July 23, 2021

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Texas Takes a Baby Step Toward Election Integrity
Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 2283 on June 12, 2021. The bill prohibits the joint elections commission, county elections commissions, and county elections boards from accepting private donations of $1,000…
by Victoria Ydens on July 19, 2021

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The Big Tech Companies’ Censorship
James Bowers, senior vice president at Berman and Company, discusses the recent avalanche of censorship from Big Tech companies on Freedom & Prosperity Radio with Joe Thomas. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,…
by James Bowers on July 16, 2021

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Supreme Court Rules Against Forced Donor Disclosure—and Intimidating “Cancel Culture”
In February 2020, Capital Research Center (CRC) president Scott Walter testified at an Internal Revenue Service public hearing on a then-proposed regulation that would permanently force nonprofits to disclose their…
by Michael E. Hartmann on July 9, 2021

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Can “Woke” Boardroom Culture Be Broken?
Hollywood has been at the vanguard of a new push from corporate America—including sports leagues, retail products and platforms, and even shareholders—to ignore that pithy truth: Adopt political positions and…
by Sarah Lee on July 7, 2021

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Billionaires’ Galaxy-Brain Voting System Meets Real-World Politics
New York City Democratic primary elections that were held on June 22 should have been the top-level demonstration of the superiority of liberal and left-progressive election administration. As of Wednesday,…
by Michael Watson on July 1, 2021

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Eric Holder’s Gerrymandering Machine Lost Big in 2020
Eric Holder must have a tough time convincing his donors they got much “bang” for their bucks in 2020. The ultra-partisan attorney general-turned-redistricting litigator leads a set of three groups,…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 29, 2021