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- Harvard study: Political 'dysfunction' crippling U.S. economy – POLITICO [pdf] http://www.hbs.edu/competitiveness/Documents/problems-unsolved-and-a-nation-divided.pdf 2 comments
- Trump's team leads private talks with Zelensky's political rivals, Politico reports https://kyivindependent.com/trumps-team-leads-private-talks-with-zelenskys-political-rivals-politico-reports/ 332 comments europe
- China could blackmail Germany via wind turbines, report warns. Germany’s political system and social cohesion are at stake unless it restricts Chinese wind turbines in the country, a government-backed analysis seen by POLITICO warns https://www.politico.eu/article/china-could-blackmail-germany-via-wind-turbines-government-linked-report-warns/ 72 comments europe
- The deindustrialization of Germany: If Europe’s economic motor stalls, the Continent’s already polarized political landscape will shudder.| politico https://www.politico.eu/article/rust-belt-on-the-rhine-the-deindustrialization-of-germany/ 401 comments europe
- Abortion still dominates Democratic politics: 3 takeaways from Virginia’s primary night - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/20/virginia-primary-night-takeaways-00102813 137 comments moderatepolitics
- [Politico] Poland plays politics with German Patriot missile offer - With elections in sight, Warsaw’s nationalist government is scoring points off what seemed a straightforward offer from Berlin. https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-plays-politics-german-patriot-missile-offer/ 108 comments europe
- POLITICO Playbook: The politics of making history https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/08/07/the-politics-of-making-history-00050228 2 comments politics
- NFTS entering politics. From politico https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/08/campaign-fundraising-nft-526787 19 comments cryptocurrency
- Opinion | How the rise of Politico shifted political journalism off course https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/07/politico-rise-shifted-political-journalism-off-course/ 9 comments politics
- Let’s talk about Trump’s takeover of the GOP. I’m Tim Alberta, POLITICO’s chief political correspondent and author of NYT bestseller “American Carnage” – ask me anything. https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/dfz9cs/lets_talk_about_trumps_takeover_of_the_gop_im_tim/ 412 comments politics
- An Unexpected Current That's Remaking American Politics - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/04/29/trump-wrong-about-wind-power-electricity-battery-storage-226755 5 comments politics
- I’m Dan Diamond, POLITICO reporter tracking health care and politics. (And Arrested Development) http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-pulse 267 comments politics
- Politico’s Sanders postmortem is a symptom of the perverse incentives political operatives face. https://newrepublic.com/minutes/134087/politicos-sanders-postmortem-symptom-perverse-incentives-political-operatives-face 22 comments politics
- What little we know about those speeches? "Clinton offered a message that the collected plutocrats found reassuring, according to accounts offered by several attendees, declaring that the banker-bashing so popular within both political parties was unproductive and indeed foolish." -Politico 12/11/13 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/wall-street-white-house-republicans-lament-of-the-plutocrats-101047 3 comments politics
- Senate Republicans plan to insert a provision into a must-pass government funding bill that would vastly expand the amount of cash that political parties could spend on candidates, multiple sources tell POLITICO. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/congress-campaign-finance-cash-rider-216220#ixzz3sz4rzfy8 29 comments politics
- Elon Musk #20 on Politico guide to the thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics in 2015. http://www.politico.com/magazine/politico50/2015/elon-musk 3 comments spacex
- a top Koch aide revealed to POLITICO that Jeb Bush will be given a chance to audition for the brothers’ support, despite initial skepticism about him at the top of the Kochs’ growing political behemoth. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/koch-brothers-will-offer-audition-to-jeb-bush-117177.html 3 comments politics
- European Voice bought by US-based political news organisation Politico and Axel Springer http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/european-voice-bought-by-joint-venture/ 8 comments europe
- Media for Sale: Coal Lobby Buys Politico, Real Clear Politics Events. "... candidly called his opening remarks a “paid commercial” and asked the audience to respect his purchase by quieting down to listen carefully." http://www.republicreport.org/2014/media-sale-coal-lobby-buys-politico-real-clear-politics-events/ 11 comments politics
- Tom Mattzie, the former Washington director of MoveOn.org Political Action, eavesdrops on former NSA Director Michael Hayden as he gives "off record" quotes to the press, on the condition he be cited as a "former senior administration" official (Story break Via Politico) http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/10/danger-on-the-acela-175888.html 3 comments worldnews
- Another fumble for Mark Zuckerberg - Someone leaked his political plan to Politico. He came off looking like a fumbling neophyte with grandiose aspirations and ulterior motives. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-another-fumble-for-mark-zuckerberg-not-the-facebook-ipo-20130411,0,7172306.story 16 comments politics
- Nate Silver: ‘Politico’ covers politics like sports, but ‘not intelligently at all’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/01/nate-silver-politico-covers-politics-like-sports-but-not-intelligently-at-all/ 125 comments politics
- Politico posits that Obama is to blame for the toxic political environment in the south: "Far from being a transformational figure ... Obama has instead reinforced the region's oldest and sturdiest divide." http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79151.html 5 comments politics
- Politico: Obama's Murder Of Two U.S. Citizens May Bolster His Political Fortunes - “I don’t think a lot of folks would have thought three years ago that, at this point of the presidential race, President Obama would be sort of untouchable when it comes to national security.” http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64877.html 4 comments politics
- President Barack Obama is the biggest recipient of BP political action committee donations of any political candidate in the last 20 years, according to the Center for Responsive Politics and an analysis published Wednesday by Politico. http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0505/obama-biggest-recipient-bp-political-action-money-20-years/ 6 comments politics
- Politico: Palin 'most untrustworthy' figure in American politics http://rawstory.com/news/2008/politico_palin_most_untrustworthy_figure_in_0414.html 12 comments politics