Monday’s Forum
Steven L. Taylor
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Monday, October 7, 2024
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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(Someone’s got to kick this open thread off!)
A couple of tangentially related items: ChatGPT may be selling transcripts of your interactions and, at the very least, they are under no legal obligation to keep it secure. And 23andMe’s business model didn’t work out so well, and now they may go bankrupt. Their biggest asset? Their customers specific DNA record. One potential buyer is insurance companies, who are constantly lobbying to be able to deny people coverage based on pre-existing conditions.
An interesting post on the changing media environment regarding politics, especially this year’s presidential election, and how the mainstream media are not getting it yet:
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-kamala-harris-went-on-call-her
“The media — and Politico Playbook in particular — are fuming over the Harris-Walz media strategy. However, Kamala Harris is adapting to the changing media environment and strategically targeting the voters they need.”
Let’s be clear here, the reason all these Republicans can’t or won’t say tfg lost the last election is because they literally are in fear of their own voting constitients, full stop. You know, actual death threats. Can you imagine that. It happened to my brother who’s high up in Wisconsin politics. It’s really scary. It actually led to the break up of his marriage. That’s how deranged that political party is. The the line or you will be threatened. Add in getting off the conservative gravy train of grift and political and personal favors, being put out into the political wilderness if you will, that’s what makes them the calculated cowards they are.