The fury around Donna Brazile is symptomatic of our times 0
Originally posted: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/20/fury-donna-brazile-hacked-book-thomas-frank Donna Brazile has spent most of her life as a good soldier of the Democratic party, managing presidential campaigns, supporting the Clinton family, and (last year) stepping in to take over the Democratic National Committee after its chair was felled by scandal. But with the publication of her campaign memoir Hacks, this […]
Read MoreNPC Book Rap: Donna Brazile & “Hacks” 0
Donna Brazile appeared at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on December 12, 2017 to discuss her book, Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House. (Run time: 87 minutes)
Read MoreInside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC 0
Originally posted here: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774 ### Before I called Bernie Sanders, I lit a candle in my living room and put on some gospel music. I wanted to center myself for what I knew would be an emotional phone call. I had promised Bernie when I took the helm of the Democratic National Committee after the […]
Read MoreTo rebuild, Trump must show civility after the storm 0
Originally published here: http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/353501-to-rebuild-trump-must-show-civility-after-the-storm ### Leave it to President Trump to pick the worst time to show his worst self. Over the weekend, while San Juan’s Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz was busy trying to bring more attention to the people still suffering after Hurricane Maria, Trump took to Twitter to personally criticize her. Mr. President, […]
Read MoreRap star LL Cool J, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile to be honored with Du Bois medal at Harvard 0
By Travis Andersen | Originally posted here Rap icon LL Cool J, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, and artist Kara Walker are among those who will be celebrated next month during an annual ceremony at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. They’ll receive the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal at the […]
Read MoreThe way forward for Democrats? Hope in change. 0
Remember “hope and change”? It would be wise for Democrats going forward to remember that Obama mantra. Even after all we’ve gone through in the past year—from the Russian hacking to the subsequent Trump victory—we’ve still got hope and change. In fact, you might say it’s all we’ve got. So now hope rests on change. […]
Read MoreShorenstein Center Announces Fall 2017 Fellows and Visiting Faculty 0
CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, based at Harvard Kennedy School, is pleased to announce the appointment of fall 2017 fellows and visiting faculty. “I am delighted to welcome a stellar group of scholars, journalists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to join the Shorenstein Center this fall,” said Center Director Nicco […]
Read MoreThe Russian Investigations Are a Joke 0
What if they gave a probe, and nobody probed? During the 2016 elections, America was subjected to the most serious cyberattack in our nation’s history: a methodical assault by a hostile foreign power on the legitimacy of our elections, our government, our institutions and even the very concept of Western democracy. And the attacks have […]
Read MoreRussia Is Still Hacking Our Political System 0
“They’ll be back,” said FBI Director James Comey to the House Intelligence Committee about Russian hacking. “They’ll be back in 2020. They may be back in 2018.” During the 2016 presidential election, I was the interim head of the Democratic Party. Based on the intelligence briefings and the things I experienced at that time, I […]
Read MoreDonna Brazile: Russian DNC Narrative Out Exactly As They Hoped 0
For weeks now, we’ve seen a steady stream — not just leaks — of information about possible contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russians. This is after the F.B.I. and our intelligence community determined that Russia interfered in the United States election with the aim of electing Donald Trump president. For the sake of […]
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