Henry can’t vote, but he also can’t take a picture of me with my sticker. So, compromise. #lavote (for @ericgarcetti)
One of these people is Tumblr-famous and it’s not me.
Getting ready for the Correspondents’ Dinner.
Watch it live tonight at 10 p.m. ET on http://wh.gov/live
The White House is doing it right.
POTUS making history by speaking to Planned Parenthood. Being a woman is no longer a pre existing condition.
“This is Tumblr’s moment. It’s almost equivalent to when Truman realized that he could address the nation directly on television to make a presidential address – here’s a new form of media to reach an audience.
Gregory Galant, as quoted in For pols, Tumblr is trending - Kevin Cirilli - POLITICO.com
OK this may be a bit of an overstatement but it’s nice to see Tumblr’s significance in the political space acknowledged outside of the election media frenzy. Watch this space, more good things to come!
@ethanz on “how do we teach digital civics”, from this year’s Digital Media & Learning conference.
This is pretty much exactly my theory of digital civics/activism, in MIT-academic-keynote form. Worth investing an hour to watch if you care about this stuff!
David Bianculli on the new Netflix series House of Cards:
It is, to Netflix, what The Sopranos was to HBO, what The Shield was to FX, what Mad Men was to AMC. It’s an identity-maker, and a game-changer.
He also says it’s “the best TV series about American politics since The West Wing.” The trailer did not get me excited but now MY EXPECTATIONS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF. I hope you’re not lying to me, Bianculli.
Will Obama’s Second Cabinet Be Less Diverse Than His First?
Will President Obama’s second cabinet have less women and minorities than his first one? That’s becoming increasingly more likely with this week’s selection of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department.
Does Obama need us to send him a binder full of women? For a team that’s already been criticized as being too insular - not to mention an administration that put women’s issues and immigration at the top of its reelection agenda - the exodus of women from the cabinet and the influx of white male insiders is discouraging, to say the least.
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