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- BBC - Turning democracy into a game (4 min)
With Owen Bennett Jones, BBC Newshour Extra, 8 July 2016 Cliff Harris has developed a popular computer game called Democracy, in which players act like politicians - they have to get re-elected and keep their citizens happy. (http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy3/)
- Chicago Story: Trump sends GOP donors spinning
Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press, Aug. 25, 2016
- Cruz presidential bid aided by billionaire donors
Cruz presidential bid aided by billionaire donors Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press, Jan. 25, 2016 3:45 AM EST "Four of America's wealthiest businessmen laid the foundation for Ted Cruz's now-surging Republican presidential campaign and have redefined the role of political donors."
- Faith and Power PAC
McConnell-linked group funds ads helping N Carolina Democrat
- GOP race shifts California's political fault lines
Nicholas Riccardi and Michael R. Blood, Associated Press, The Washington Times, April 30, 2016 BURLINGAME, Calif. (AP) — The Republican Party in California has been riven for decades between those who want to tack to the ideological center to expand its diminishing appeal and those who want it to enforce conservative purity. But the prospect of Donald Trump clinching the nomination in the Golden State has scrambled the party's political fault lines in advance of its pivotal June primary, forging unexpected alliances that blur those longstanding divisions.
- Group backing Clinton gets untraceable $1M
Julie Bykowicz, Tulsa World, 11 Aug 2015
- Inside the Republicans Opposition Research Machine
Inside the Republicans Opposition Research Machine Elizabeth Williamson, NY Times, Nov. 27, 2015
- Journalist Charts The 'Bizarre Twists And Turns' Of The Trump-Russia Dossier
Fresh Air, with Terry Gross. March 6, 2018 As the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election continues, more and more attention has focused on the infamous Russia dossier on Donald Trump compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. NPR has not detailed the contents of the dossier because it remains unverified, but journalist Jane Mayer has written a cover story about its origins for The New Yorker.
- North Carolina Republican Party chairman removed from post
Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press, Greensboro News and Record, May 1, 2016 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Republican Party's first black state chairman was removed from his post Saturday, the climax of months of conflict with other party leaders who recently reprimanded him after deciding he exceeded his authority and tried to crash a GOP website.
- NPR - How To Ace A Debate? Ask The Pros Behind The Politicians
Tamara Keith, NPR, 12/20/2015 "On this week's For the Record, NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with O'Donnell and Chris Jahnke, who works with female Democratic candidates at all levels, to find out a few debate do's and dont's . . ."
- On the Media - Dark Arts: Political Dirt Digging; Howard Dean's screem, revisited
NPR On The Media, 2/5/2016 Dark Arts, NPR On The Media, 2/5/2016 "Isn't it incredible how political dirt tends to materialize at exactly the worst possible time for a candidate? Actually, not at all. A look into the dark art of opposition research." "A 'Dean Scream' is shorthand for a campaign disaster. But did Howard Dean's 2004 shriek even happen the way it's remembered? And did it really doom him? FiveThirtyEight investigates."
- Pro-Republican Ads Funded by Group With Untraceable Donors
Pro-Republican Ads Funded by Group With Untraceable Donors Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press Aug 14, 2015, ABC News