Total Recall: California’s Political Circus

Total Recall: California's Political Circus

Podcast It reads like a movie script. The year? 2003. The mission? Defeat hundreds of challengers to save the state of California and become its leader. But this wasn’t a movie … it was a real gubernatorial election involving adult movie stars, sumo wrestlers, comedians and which ended with the election of action star Arnold … Read more

CNN Political Briefing – Podcast on CNN Audio

Political Briefing: The Covid bill's partisan lessons

“The war has changed” The CDC today released data warning that the Delta variant appears to spread as easily as chickenpox and cause more severe infection even in those who have been vaccinated. CNN Political Director David Chalian is breaking down President Biden’s new and more aggressive response to this sobering data. But the scientific … Read more

How to upgrade democracy: Former Microsoft executive Jon DeVaan’s primer on political reform

How to upgrade democracy: Former Microsoft executive Jon DeVaan’s primer on political reform

The January 6 rupture and riots in the U.S. Capitol and greater efforts to scrap the election results have drawn new attention to the greater need for political reform – the fixing of flaws in the democratic system, to use an offered metaphor by Jon DeVaan, former Microsoft technical director. Jon DeVaan, Former Microsoft Technician … Read more

Biden’s latest move confirms Microsoft avoided political nightmare when it lost TikTok deal

Biden’s latest move confirms Microsoft avoided political nightmare when it lost TikTok deal

“There is no God-given right for US tech companies to assume that there can be no other technical force,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Bloomberg TV in an interview that aired on Wednesday. (GeekWire Photo Illustration) The news this morning that the Biden administration has stopped selling TikTok’s U.S. operations further shows how extraordinary the … Read more