Release of Select Committee Materials Dec 21, 2022 Washington: “Today, the Select Committee had made public 34 transcripts [with redactions] of witness testimony that was gathered over the course of the Select Committee’s investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. These 34 records can be found on the Select Committee’s website.” Continue Reading
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What’s next for crypto in 2023
MIT Technology Review: “Last month’s sudden implosion of the popular cryptocurrency exchange FTX has intensified a political war for the soul of crypto that was already raging. In the coming year, we are likely to see that fight come to a head in US courtrooms and in Congress. The future of finance hangs in the… Continue Reading
Summary of Trump Taxes Released
Axios: “House Ways and Means Committee Democrats voted Tuesday to release to the public several years worth of Donal Trump’s tax returns in the days ahead, ending the long-running battle over the documents’ secrecy. “Lawmakers said it would take some time to first redact sensitive information from the documents, such as Trump’s Social Security number… Continue Reading
New Senate Appropriations Bill Includes Reform to Electoral Count Act
$75 Million for Election Security: Brennan Center Reacts – “The Senate just released an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023. It includes the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act and $75 million in funding for election security and infrastructure. Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, had the following reaction:… Continue Reading
First installment of Jan 6th Committee Report
WaPo has the 154 page document titled – Introductory Material to the Final Report of the Select Committee #Insurrection #Jan6th #PeacefulTransitionofPower #Jan6thAttack Continue Reading
The Politics of Loneliness
The Bulwark – Social, economic, and technological trends contribute to widespread feelings of isolation—and there’s a role for policy in making things better. by Chris Murphy: “Today’s Americans should be the least lonely in our nation’s history: More of us than ever before live in densely populated parts of the country, and technology offers us more… Continue Reading
Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination
ProPublica – “Newly obtained records show how Leonard Leo, an architect of the right-wing takeover of the courts, has been funding groups pushing to change elections and anti-discrimination laws. Flush with money after receiving the largest-known political advocacy donation in U.S. history, conservative activist Leonard Leo and his associates are spending millions of dollars to… Continue Reading
3 Takeaways About Abortion Litigation Since Dobbs
Brennan Center: “In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and held that there is no federal constitutional right to an abortion. This shifted the battle for reproductive rights primarily to the states. Dozens of lawsuits have since been filed under state constitutions and statutes challenging abortion bans, many… Continue Reading
Rebound in Confidence: American Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections
Bright Line Watch November 2022 surveys – “The November 2022 midterm elections narrowly returned the United States to divided government. From the perspective of American democracy, the most noteworthy result was the under performance of election denier candidates allied with former President Trump and their acceptance of the results (with only one prominent exception –… Continue Reading
CRS Video Seminars on Disruptive Technologies
CRS Seminars on Disruptive Technologies: Videos – Updated December 8, 2022: CRS Seminars on Disruptive Technologies: Videos – “New technologies, and those that represent an evolutionary improvement of an existing tool or process, that exhibit the potential to have large-scale effects on social and economic activity are often referred to as “disruptive” technologies. They can… Continue Reading
What Happened at FTX and What Does It Mean for Crypto?
CRS Insight – What Happened at FTX and What Does It Mean for Crypto? – Updated November 29, 2022: “On Friday, November 11, FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX)—one of the world’s largest and most well-known cryptocurrency exchanges—announced that it had “commenced voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code” in Delaware. Included in… Continue Reading
National Constitution Center Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
Amendments to the U.S. Constitution proposed at a convention of libertarian, progressive, and conservative professors and scholars on August 29 and 31, 2022: “When the National Constitution Center asked three teams to come up with constitutional amendments based on commonalities among our draft constitutions…The Progressive Team came to the convention with high hopes for some… Continue Reading
