Democracy Nerd

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"Democracy Nerd" is a podcast that asks the question "How do we ensure a more perfect union?" This podcast shines a light on hidden and overt threats facing American democracy. Policy proposals and people-powered movements that help ensure a healthy democracy will be celebrated.

Listen to episodes on the website: https://democracynerd.us/

Watch videos of the interviews on Democracy Nerd's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1jINcwExCyEVhf1lVwA3ow

@motherjonesmag Here is the DN episode with @anelsona explaining more about the Council for National Policy, the shadowiest of cabals you've never heard of: https://democracynerd.us/episode/know-your-shadowy-cabal-the-council-for-national-policy-w-anne-nelson
Know Your Shadowy Cabal: The Council for National Policy w/ Anne Nelson | Democracy Nerd

Anne Nelson, an award-winning journalist, author, and playwright, joins Democracy Nerd to discuss the Council for National Policy, which she initially featured...

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via @motherjonesmag: Former 'Democracy Nerd' guest @anelsona's book "Shadow Money: Media, Money & the Secret Hub of the Radical Right" serves as the inspiration for "Bad Faith" documentary

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/bad-faith-christian-nationalism-documentary/

A new documentary goes behind the scenes of Christian nationalism

“Bad Faith” traces the origins of January 6 back to the Moral Majority of the 1980s.

Mother Jones

New episode!

In this episode Jefferson is joined by Andrea Grimes, an independent journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Texas Observer, and DAME Magazine, for an in-depth discussion about the current state of American media and its role in safeguarding democracy, sparked by New York Times' Executive Editor Joe Kahn, who asserted that threats to #democracy are "one" of the issues the Times will cover, though "not the only one."

#media

https://democracynerd.us/episode/how-the-american-media-has-failed-democracy-w-andrea-grimes

How the American Media Has Failed Democracy w/ Andrea Grimes | Democracy Nerd

In this episode of "Democracy Nerd," Jefferson is joined by Andrea Grimes, an independent journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, the...

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via @DavidCorn @motherjonesmag: Director of National Intelligence Avirl Haines testified to the Senate two weeks ago about current Russian #disinformation campaigns currently under way
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/here-come-the-russians-again/
Here come the Russians, again

The director of national intelligence recently warned that Russia remains “the most active foreign threat to our elections.”

Mother Jones

#disinformation appears to be the theme of the week!

To follow up from the suggestions from the @BrennanCenter about how to spot disinfo, here's the latest episode of the #DEmocracyNerd podcast, featuring a discussion with @WIRED's @[email protected] who explains the template he uses to double-check and ensure information is accurate & isn't susceptible to disinfo.

Important to consider as disinfo campaigns ramp up the closer we get to Election Day!
https://democracynerd.us/episode/disinformation-and-the-2024-presidential-election-w-david-gilbert

Disinformation and the 2024 Presidential Election w/ David Gilbert | Democracy Nerd

In this episode of "Democracy Nerd," host Jefferson Smith is joined by David Gilbert, a senior reporter for WIRED magazine specializing in disinformation and...

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How to Detect and Guard Against Deceptive AI-Generated Election Information

Time-tested fact-checking practices will help limit the effectiveness and spread of misleading election information.

Brennan Center for Justice

via @BrennanCenter: "Thanks to loopholes & lax enforcement, former president Trump is using campaign funds to pay almost all of his legal bills."

#moneyinpolitics #reform #democracy #legal #corruption

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/trumps-use-campaign-funds-pay-legal-bills

Trump’s Use of Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills

Thanks to loopholes and lax enforcement, former president Trump is using campaign funds to pay almost all of his legal bills.

Brennan Center for Justice

New episode!

In this episode of the #DemocracyNerd podcast, host Jefferson Smith discusses the intersection of insurance, entrepreneurship, and the American founding with guest Hannah Farber, a history professor at Columbia University and author of the book "Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding."

#democracy #history #UShistory #insurance #HannahFarber #democracynerd

https://democracynerd.us/episode/how-insurers-helped-build-america-w-hannah-farber

How Insurers Helped Build America w/ Hannah Farber | Democracy Nerd

In this episode of "Democracy Nerd," host Jefferson Smith discuses the intersection of insurance, entrepreneurship, and the American founding with guest Hannah...

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Via David Dayen:

#Republicans are now saying "shut down the border or we'll shut down the government." Republicans always lose shutdown fights. But the point of this is not to win, it's to sustain the image of an #immigration crisis https://prospect.org/politics/2024-01-05-republicans-immigration-policy-fight/

Republicans Don’t Want to Win an Immigration Policy Fight

They just want to sustain the image of an immigration crisis.

The American Prospect