Civicist

CIVIC TECH NEWS & ANALYSIS

EFFECTIVENESS

A report on the booming govtech market; the internet is one of the causes of Trumpism; and more. Today’s civic tech must-read: The founder of …

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FEEDING

The new Huffington Post; the rebirth of Politwoops; inside Facebook’s News Feed (kinda); and more. News feeders: Politico’s Nancy Scola offers a smart look at why so …

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PROJECTIONS

Interpreting “schlonged”; calls for Clinton to stop “Hispandering”; and more. I don’t think I’ve read a more cogent analysis of just what irks Donald Trump …

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COOLING OFF

Sanders and Clinton campaigns still squabbling over data; Podemos rises higher in Spain; and more. Tech and the presidentials: Hillary Clinton’s campaign is still angry about …

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DRIVING THE VAN

More on the Sanders-Clinton data kerfuffle; questioning big data in politics; and more. System reboot: The first Democratic presidential primary data war ended quickly, with …

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DATA WARS

HRC campaign data briefly compromised; progressive’s PR co shuts down amid allegations of sexual harassment; and more. Welcome to the data-driven campaign: Bernie Sanders’ presidential …

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SUBJECTS OF INTEREST

WhatsApp suspended in Brazil; Facewatch, a crowdsourced watchlist in the U.K.; and more. The world is on fire: Five years ago today, a Tunisian vegetable …

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A FORCE AWAKENS

The U.S. Rebel Alliance is here; RepubliCATS; Sanders gained more Twitter followers than most Republican candidates last night; and more. Hacking Star Wars: We’re interrupting …

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CLAPPING DOWN

Government, accountability, and “covert propaganda,” sort of; Star Wars & the candidates; and more. Government as its own worst enemy: The Government Accountability Office has …

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