#ivoted concerts use data to identify artists who can bring out low-propensity voters—Emily White explaining strategy for using fan communities to drive voter engagement #USEP24

.Emily White "MIT has shown #iVoted Concerts increased voter turnout by 7% where as traditional get out the vote drives increase turnout by .5-1%" the strength lies in the data-driven approach to choosing artists.

Yesterday, Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist Anne Applebaum gave an incredible keynote highlighting the strength of democracy at #USEP24. Watch the full speech: youtube.com/watch?v=sa2IpQ…

Lots to be said for ranked choice voting and open primaries, but I have to admit to being baffled by the cherry iconography for DC’s Proposition 83

Election Day evening walk around MLK Library. DC is a beautiful city. Lucky to be living here.

All I want for Xmas is for one of the streaming services to release the Orson Welles version of The Man Who Came to Dinner wellesnet.com/recalling-the-…

"Be dedicated, be devoted for the cause of freedom." Giving the opening remarks of the 2025 #OsloFreedomForum is Human Rights Foundation (HRF)'s Founder and CEO Thor Halvorssen.

Standing room only at the Oslo Freedom Forum technology track. Amazing to see this level of energy + engagement on day three of this brilliant conference.

Streaming live: youtube.com/live/hmangS2Qu… #OsloFreedomForum #imagine

In jail for the crime of representing their client.

Rwanda targeted her family for her father’s truth-telling. Femi Long of Human Rights Foundation (HRF) speaking to Anaïse Kanimba about how they fought back after the regime kidnapped her father and the work she’s leading now on financial freedom in Africa — powerful conversation at PUBKEY.

Censored in Bangkok. The Chinese Communist Party pressured a gallery to alter works critical of the regime, art that uplifted Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hongkongers.

My thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival. officialdavidcross.com/blogs/press/my…

It's been a kick in the teeth this week seeing comedians I've admired participating in a Saudi comedy festival timed to the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder. But heartening to see people like david cross✍ and Atsuko Okatsuka showing some spine.

An American bank Chase closed my accounts after the Kremlin branded me & the Anti-Corruption Foundation The Anti-Corruption Foundation extremists/terrorists.” The entire world knows it’s politically motivated. Yet Chase is effectively enforcing Putin’s orders.

Sadly, Anna Chekhovich’s case marks another example of how the Bank Secrecy Act rarely catches criminals and has been increasingly abused by authoritarians.

Fear of law and lawyers, even within a co-opted judicial system, is a sign that autocrats know just how fragile their grip on power really is.