On July 11 at 10 AM Eastern, I'll be answering questions from readers for about an hour. Ask me about corporate power, Alex Acosta, the 2020 campaign, or whatever is on your mind.
Other than subscribing and sharing your reporting, is there anyway we can help with such things like Facebook advertising or corporate financing for/against LGBTQ? I think you're doing an amazing job and wish I could do more to help out
Why doesn’t your *excellent* reporting on, for example, Trump ads on Facebook get more traction and faster so they have to ACT and be accountable in the most minimal of ways (sorry to insert my emotions about one of the many villains, but serious question).
Happy subscriber to your daily Popular Information here--what's your take on the back and forth between Pelosi and the 4 freshmen/women congresspeople? is it a media-created thing, or is it real, and to what extent could it fracture the Democratic Party?
You talked about election security a bit, below, but I'm wondering if you have a take on the controversy over hackable bar-code voting machines versus un-hackable paper ballots? (to me there's a fairly unseemly rush on the part of local officials to purchase voting equipment that can be hacked with ease. I'm not worried about the Russians here, rather about local county and state-level Republicans!)
Have you seen any of the posts about epstein & trump on the @iansmadrig twitter account? It’s very substantial, disturbing & credible, including heartbreaking video of Katie Johnson, the woman who said trump raped her at 13, and who reminded him of his daughter.
What advice would you give progressive/traditional political parties to be as effective as populists on social media? Is it even possible knowing that divisive and simplistic (or even fake) content performs better?
Will you please consider setting up a Mastodon account and building an IFTTT bridge to just auto-post your tweets to there to help build it as an alternative to Twitter?
Don't you think things HAD to happen this way? I mean, if Hillary or Bernie had won, we would have had impeachment hearings and gridlock, 2018 would NOT have been a big blue wave, 4 years of Trump building his support for being robbed and 2020 would have been a huge red wave in a redistricting year that would have cemented blue doom forever. Change HAD to come but there had to be a reckoning/bottoming out and this has been it.
Do you have concerns about the affordable care act litigation. As a senior who purchases an advantage plan, I am terrified that I could be dropped due to preexisting conditions or the price sky rocket.
Where do you see media companies in the next couple of years (i.e. following 2020)? Do you think there will be more "pivots," more consolidations, etc? Companies like BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed, NowThis, HuffPost.
Everyone is calling Biden a closet republican, thoughts on the 2020 democratic candidate & who is most likely to beat out Trump in the next Presidential election?
Thanks everyone! I'm going to wrap this up for now. Let me know what you thought about this Q&A. If people like it, I'll schedule another one soon.
I just wanted to say how terrific your work is.
Other than subscribing and sharing your reporting, is there anyway we can help with such things like Facebook advertising or corporate financing for/against LGBTQ? I think you're doing an amazing job and wish I could do more to help out
Why doesn’t your *excellent* reporting on, for example, Trump ads on Facebook get more traction and faster so they have to ACT and be accountable in the most minimal of ways (sorry to insert my emotions about one of the many villains, but serious question).
What are your thoughts about Trumps repeated 'joking' about being in power past 2024?
What are the legal implications for refusing to participate in the 2020 census if the citizenship question is included?
As many have said already. Great work Judd - thanks for this newsletter!
Happy subscriber to your daily Popular Information here--what's your take on the back and forth between Pelosi and the 4 freshmen/women congresspeople? is it a media-created thing, or is it real, and to what extent could it fracture the Democratic Party?
Your work is inspiring and makes me want to leave film for news. It's such a privilege to see research and wisdom come together.
Have you written about the Queens DA race and the recount? Thoughts on this?
I’m grateful for your journalist efforts!
i know you prefer to cover stories where you have something to add to the topic. i saw this one today, and it addresses a huge crisis with a treatment, if not a solution. I am bumping it on all my social media. 100,000+ deaths per year means we are truly losing the war on drugs. When law enforcement confiscates enough fentanyl to kill the whole country in a single shipment, it is everyone's problem. This is chemical warfare. This article offers a treatment in the trenches. It deserves a whole lot of distribution. Now the families and partners and friends of addicts have something they can do. It buys time. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/29/1166750095/narcan-fda-approval-naloxone-over-the-counter-otc?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20230329&utm_term=8181843&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_id=30191832&orgid=148&utm_att1=
thanks, Judd, this has been terrific! Look forward to the next one!
Thanks a million Judd!
I look forward to reading your work all the time!
You talked about election security a bit, below, but I'm wondering if you have a take on the controversy over hackable bar-code voting machines versus un-hackable paper ballots? (to me there's a fairly unseemly rush on the part of local officials to purchase voting equipment that can be hacked with ease. I'm not worried about the Russians here, rather about local county and state-level Republicans!)
Have you seen any of the posts about epstein & trump on the @iansmadrig twitter account? It’s very substantial, disturbing & credible, including heartbreaking video of Katie Johnson, the woman who said trump raped her at 13, and who reminded him of his daughter.
More outside the box stuff. Favorite books? Thanks for all that you do. I look forward to reading every morning
Who are other journalists/writers that you read often? Or are you typically following coverage by topic
Do you ever find yourself getting burned out with all that's going on? If so, how do you work through it?
Do you know how many counts for abuse are against Epstein?
I’m confused how Fogle got 15 years & Epstein only got 18 months-
What advice would you give progressive/traditional political parties to be as effective as populists on social media? Is it even possible knowing that divisive and simplistic (or even fake) content performs better?
Will you please consider setting up a Mastodon account and building an IFTTT bridge to just auto-post your tweets to there to help build it as an alternative to Twitter?
Is there anything actually being done to prevent foreign interference in the 2020 election?
sex with minors & age of consent varies by state, what are the boundaries in the US territories of Virgin Islands?
Do you think it would help if the Dems called out Trump on his repeated lies - specifically and strongly?
What is your morning routine?
Which candidate from outside the current big 4 (Biden, Harris, Sanders, Warren) do you think is most likely to break through and challenge?
Don't you think things HAD to happen this way? I mean, if Hillary or Bernie had won, we would have had impeachment hearings and gridlock, 2018 would NOT have been a big blue wave, 4 years of Trump building his support for being robbed and 2020 would have been a huge red wave in a redistricting year that would have cemented blue doom forever. Change HAD to come but there had to be a reckoning/bottoming out and this has been it.
What else could Facebook/Google/Twitter do with their ads libraries? Should more targeting information be disclosed?
Do you have concerns about the affordable care act litigation. As a senior who purchases an advantage plan, I am terrified that I could be dropped due to preexisting conditions or the price sky rocket.
Acosta is bad but could his replacement be worse for unions and other labor protections?
Will the dam break for impeachment if trump defies the supreme court on the census?
Where do you see media companies in the next couple of years (i.e. following 2020)? Do you think there will be more "pivots," more consolidations, etc? Companies like BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed, NowThis, HuffPost.
What's 2 or 3 things that governments could do to regulate political advertising on social media? Fixed CPMs for all?
Do you think the early intense coverage of the 2020 presidential race hurts or helps Trump? Thanks!
How big should a bank be so that it is not too big to fail? Meaning if we were to break up the $40B Chase, how many banks would result?
Everyone is calling Biden a closet republican, thoughts on the 2020 democratic candidate & who is most likely to beat out Trump in the next Presidential election?
Do you have an opinion on Tom Steyer's entry into the Democratic presidential race?