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Clinton is under fire for the discovery that she used private servers for classified government business as secretary of state, and that she destroyed thousands of emails that had been subpoenaed. Clinton aide Cheryl Mills emails colleagues the following optional scenarios to use the media to spin Hillary’s email controversy:
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
In the final days before the election, the Democratic Party aired a national ad accusing “Bush cronies,” Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove, and “shills for big business” of “stealing our democracy.” The spot depicted an old woman getting mugged. The image, though, was hackneyed, and the message simplistic. It was almost impossible to explain to the public
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From the beginning, Kennedy was never unmindful of the larger political resonance of the arts, particularly as a foreign policy tool to promote a better understanding and display of American culture abroad.
Doris Kearns Goodwin • An Unfinished Love Story
But Obama admired an idealized Israel—not
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
As Jake Arvey, the man behind Adlai Stevenson’s political career, defined politics: “politics is the art of putting people under obligation to you.”
Lawrence Lessig • Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It
While Howe and Farley busied themselves launching a letter-writing campaign on FDR’s behalf, Roosevelt focused on the economic crisis.
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
The Urban League, however, was advocacy-which meant action-constituency-based services to black people.