Month: January 2016

Informed Weekend: 10 Links I Learned From This Week (Vol. 8)

Here are ten articles that I’ve learned from this week:

And just for fun – here is Mike Huckabee’s parody of “Hello” by Adele.

"Iowa Caucus - Illustration" by DonkeyHotey (CC BY 2.0)

“Iowa Caucus – Illustration” by DonkeyHotey (CC BY 2.0)

The Definitive Guide to the 2016 Primary & General Presidential Election Debates

Here’s the list of scheduled primary and general election debates. I’ll update this page weekly with more specific debate information, including start times, where to live-stream, as well as transcripts from the debates once they occur.

  1. Primary Debates
    1. Democratic Debates
      1. Iowa Democratic Town Hall: January 25th on CNN (9-11pm ET)
        1. More information here and here
        2. Live-stream it here (will need to log-in with a cable account)
        3. Watch: Bernie Sanders gave up the microphone so a woman could share her devastating ceremony
        4. Hillary Clinton’s Compromises
      2. New Hampshire Town Hall: February 3rd on CNN
        1. 5 things to watch in the Democratic town hall
        2. Clinton, Sanders clash over what it means to be progressive
        3. 6 takeaways from CNN’s Democratic town hall
      3. February 4th on MSNBC (9pm ET)
        1. What to expect
        2. Live stream here
        3. 2 winners and 3 losers from the Democratic debate
      4. February 11th on PBS
        1. What to Expect
        2. Live stream here
        3. 3 winners and 3 losers from Thursday night’s Democratic debate
      5. March 6th
        1. 3 winners and 2 losers from the Democratic debate in Flint
      6. March 9th on Univision (in conjunction with the Washington Post)
        1. 2 winners and 3 losers from the Univision Democratic debate
    2. Republican Debates
      1. January 28th on Fox News (9pm ET)
        1. Overview
        2. Live-stream here (free and available to all!)
        3. GOP candidates attack each other on policy positions
        4. Top 10 moments of the GOP debate
      2. February 6th on ABC News
        1. 2 winners and 3 losers from Saturday night’s Republican debate
      3. February 13th on CBS News
        1. Everything you need to know about the next Republican presidential debate
        2. Live stream here
        3. Winners and losers from the 8th Republican debate
      4. February 25th on CNN
        1. 3 winners and 2 losers in the CNN Republican debate
      5. March 3rd on Fox
        1. Watch here
        2. 3 winners and 2 losers from the Fox News debate
      6. March 10th
        1. 3 winners and 3 losers from Thursday night’s Republican debate
  2. General Election Debates
    1. September 26th (Presidential)
    2. October 4th (Vice Presidential)
    3. October 9th (Presidential)
    4. October 19th (Presidential)

Election Day: Tuesday, November 8th

What other information would be helpful to know more about during this election season? Have you been enjoying the debates so far?

Last updated: 03/9/2016

Informed Weekend: 10 Links I Learned From This Week (Vol. 7)

Here are ten articles that I’ve learned from this week:

"Trump and Palin at ISU - 1/19/2016" by Alex Hanson (CC BY 2.0)

“Trump and Palin at ISU – 1/19/2016” by Alex Hanson (CC BY 2.0)

Informed Weekend: 10 Links I Learned from this Week (Vol. 6)

After a (not so) brief hiatus from posting regularly on this site, I will once again be posting a collection of ten articles that I learned from every Friday. This season in American politics is just too important to not engage with it regularly.

Here are the ten articles that I’ve learned from this week:

  1. The Oregon standoff is far bigger than a group of armed men in a refuge (The Washington Post)
    1. Further Reading: It’s not just the Oregon militia: Why many Westerners get angry about federal land rights (Vox)
  2. A science-backed New Year’s resolution to help fix American politics (Vox)
  3. The transcript of President Obama’s final State of the Union: What he said, and what it meant (The Washington Post)
  4. Presidential debate schedule, 2016 (Vox)
  5. Video: Inside the Georgia Town Where Guns are the Law (The Atlantic)
  6. President Obama’s boldest action on guns yet, explained (Vox)
    1. Further Reading: Gun Control Around the World: A Primer (The Atlantic)
  7. Is Hillary Clinton “likable enough”? Science has an answer. (Vox)
  8. Economists savage Trump’s economic agenda (Politico)
  9. Bernie Sanders has a bold, simple idea for improving public education (Vox)
  10. The Supreme Court’s ruling against the Florida death penalty system, explained (Vox)

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