Before Trump: How Palin Paved The Way For Outsider Candidates

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How Do We Push Back on Authoritarianism? (Crooked Con) – Crooked Media

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Live from Crooked Con, Jon Favreau is joined by Skye Perryman and Norm Eisen to hash out a strategy for the most effective ways to fight back against the Trump administration’s grave abuses of power.

Then, Tommy Vietor talks with Morris Katz, Samson Signori, and Alex Ball about the 2025 election campaigns and what they’ll mean for America and our politics.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: How Do We Push Back on Authoritarianism? (Crooked Con) | Crooked Media

#2026 #AlexBall #Authoritarianism #CrookedCon #CrookedMedia #ElectionCampaigns #ExceedsConstitutionAuthority #ExecutiveBranch #JonFavreau #MorrisKatz #NormEisen #PowerGrab #SamsonSignori #SkyePerryman #StrategiesToFight #TommyVietor #Trump

WHY DIGITAL RULES MATTER

IN A RAPID ONE-TWO PUNCH, British and Irish data protection regulators announced that Meta had paused its plans, within the U.K. and the EU, to use local users’ data to train its next-generation artificial intelligence models. That came after officials and privacy campaigners questioned the company’s legal right to carry out such data collection under each jurisdiction’s strict data protection rules.

No such pause will happen elsewhere. Meta will continue to build its AI models on user data outside the EU and the U.K. in what is quickly turning into a mad dash for data between OpenAI, Google and others. The lack of comprehensive privacy protections in the U.S. means that Americans don’t have a choice to opt out of such practices (if you’re in the U.K./EU, you were offered such an option).

It’s a personal choice whether you think Meta should be allowed to do this, or not. (Personally, I opted out as soon as I could.) But this is an example of why digital rules, especially around privacy, matter. European regulators acted, based on longstanding rules. Their American counterparts did not have that option.

AND other matters on #democracy and #electionCampaigns on #EU, #UK, #FR and #US. #AI #surveillance #France #data

https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/digital-bridge/the-us-is-walking-in-blind-into-november/

Voting in the Fedora Linux 39 elections is now open. Go to the Elections app to cast your vote. Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on Thursday 21 December, and don’t forget to claim your “I Voted” badge when you cast your ballot. Links to candidate interviews are below.

Fedora Council

There is one seat open on the Fedora Council.

• Akashdeep Dhar

Mindshare Committee

There is one seat open on the Mindshare Committee.

• Luis Bazan

Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo)

There are five seats open for the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo).

• Kevin Fenzi
• Josh Stone
• Michel Lind
• David Cantrell
• Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
• Jonathan Wright
• Tomas Hckra

https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f39-elections-voting-is-now-open/

#electionCampaigns #f39Elections

Today we are starting the nomination & campaign period during which we accept nominations to the “steering bodies” of the following teams:

• FESCo (Engineering) (5 seats)
• Fedora Council (1 seat)
• Mindshare (1 seat)

This period is open until 2023-11-27 at 23:59:59 UTC.

Candidates may self-nominate. If you nominate someone else, please check with them to ensure that they are willing to be nominated before submitting their name.

The steering bodies are currently selecting interview questions for the candidates.

Nominees submit their questionnaire answers via a private Pagure issue. The Election Wrangler or their backup will publish the interviews to the Community Blog before the start of the voting period.

Please note that the interview is mandatory for all nominees. Nominees not having their interview ready by end of the Interview period (2023-05-17) will be disqualified and removed from the election.

As part of the campaign people may also ask questions to specific candidates on the appropriate mailing list.

The full schedule of the elections is available on the Elections schedule. For more information about the elections, process see the Elections docs.

https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f39-elections-now-open/

#electionCampaigns #elections #FedoraCouncil #FedoraEngineeringSteeringCommitteeFESCo_ #FedoraMindshareCommittee

The Cost to the Nation of a Perpetually Campaigning Prime Minister

The Wire looks at the PM’s several inauguration sprees which have been twinned with party campaigns for state elections, since the 2022 Gujarat polls. Who benefits when the PM inaugurates a road bypass or does a ‘griha pravesh’ timed with polls in the area?

#NarendraModi #BJP #UnionGovt #ElectionCampaigns #elections #economy #karnataka #tripura #gujarat #meghalaya #nagaland #telangana #india

https://thewire.in/government/narendra-modi-inauguration-campaign-karnataka-election