Politico: ‘The Opposite of Politics’: A Conservative Legal Scholar Says Kicking Trump Off the Ballot Is ‘Unassailable’ – J. Michael Luttig explains why he thinks the 14th Amendment should prevent Trump from running for president again.
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The American Conservative: How Mass Mail-In Voting Changes Everything – A Republican-slanted article analyzing how mail-in voting affects Republican candidates. Quote: “Mass mail-in voting is not a voting rights matter. It is a matter of greatly expanding the power of leftist nonprofits and partisan election activists to manipulate elections and determine outcomes.”
Bolts Mag: Twelve Questions Shaping Democracy and Voting Rights in 2024 – A good overview of how local, county and state governments, state and federal courts, and legislatures could affect the 2024 elections.
OregonLive.com: Editorial: Fixing Oregon in 2024 – This editorial focuses on the issues of housing, homelessness, behaviorial health, K-12 education, political unity, and electing competent leaders.
Bix Frankonis: ActivityPub Is To The IndieWeb As A.I. Is To Silicon Valley? – Bix Frankonis shares his thoughts about the use of ActivityPub and how it may have unintended effects in propagation of comments on social media services to blogs.
The Federalist: Battle-Tested Trump Brings A New And Improved Ground Game To Iowa – A summary of how Trump’s campaign organization has built a strong network of caucus captains to get out the vote in the Iowa caucuses.
OregonLive.com: Gov. Tina Kotek delivers on promises in 1st year, earns mixed reviews
Washington Post: Why Trump is winning, as shown in Wednesday night’s dueling programming (Philip Bump). The key quotes: “Trump is famous and powerful and viewed by many Americans as the country’s salvation….[The caucus captain hat] was a symbol that Kim was part of Trump’s essential inner circle. Kim and her fellow caucus captains are, for the next week or so, some of the most important people in Trump’s world, and that hat proves it….This is what Trump gets about politics that his opponents don’t: Voters — and particularly his voters — want to be part of something outside of themselves. Trump has effectively commuted their frustrations about the world into a sense of optimism about how he’ll overcome or destroy those frustrations.”
James’ Coffee Blog: Advent of Technical Writing – a series of posts on the topic of technical writing, published in December 2023, lots of good nuts-and-bolts writing advice.
James’s Coffee Blog: The Web Is Yours – An overview of tools and techniques for getting started with a personal website – it’s a good read!