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First POST: The Omnipresent Walker; Courts and the 'Net

BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, June 5 2012

A deeply divided Wisconsin chooses its next governor today. Photo: WisPolitics.com

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: A blitz of paid search advertising powers the run-up to today's recall election; Justice Stephen Breyer on the founding fathers and the Internet; truth and spin in online ads; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Recall Watch; Debating Cyberwar

BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, June 4 2012

Former President Bill Clinton at a rally in Wisconsin on June 1. Photo: Marc Tasman

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Online ads in the run-up to tomorrow's Wisconsin recall; from the judiciary and from Congress, concern about executive-branch cyberwar power; Facebook's governance vote; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Hashtag Hecklers; Obama's Cyberwar?

BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, June 1 2012

The U.S. used cyberattacks instead of air strikes on Iran's nuclear program. Photo via Flickr

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: A roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web, including: The New York Times reports President Obama accelerated the U.S.'s plans for offensive maneuvers against Iran's nuclear ambitions — using the Internet; BuzzFeed on Sen. Marco Rubio, who surprised observers by switching to oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act; and more. Read More

First POST: Targets; Coming to "Amercia"

BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, May 31 2012

Is someone finally going to do something about the Acela's sluggish wifi? Photo: Ryan Stavely

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Trying to figure out how presidential campaigns target their messaging; catching the tweets politicians delete; and the Romney campaign online in a post-"Amercia" America in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Return of the Donald; Assange Loses Appeal

BY Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, May 30 2012

Donald Trump, seen here in 2011, spurred new controversy yesterday. Photo: Gage Skidmore

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: The Obama campaign seizes on The Donald's new TV appearances in a web video; a spell-checking blunder in Mitt Romney's new campaign app; Julian Assange loses his extradition appeal; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Eyes of the World; A New Way to Manage Spectrum?

BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, May 29 2012

Is a new way to manage wireless spectrum on the horizon? Illustration: Shutterstock

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: How citizen journalists documented the latest deaths from political upheaval in Syria; how the Federal Communications Commission hopes to manage spectrum in a new way; a new computer virus is discovered in the Middle East; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the world. Read More

First POST: Changing Headlines; #SurpriseItsthePresident

BY Miranda Neubauer | Friday, May 25 2012

President Barack Obama answering questions on Twitter. Pete Souza / White House photo

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: The president's hastily announced Twitter Q&A; a Pentagon contractor admits to trying to discredit USA Today journalists investigating his company; the State Department didn't "hack" forums supporting Al Qaeda so much as troll them; and more in our daily roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: The Future of Digital Government; OfA's Tech Holdouts

BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, May 24 2012

Top U.S. tech officials Steven VanRoekel and Todd Park speaking May 23. Photo: TechCrunch

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: More on how the White House digital government plan released yesterday fits with past efforts; how some OfA volunteers who were active in the 2008 effort are happy with their old listserv even as the campaign rolls out new tools; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: White House Tech On Stage; Disclosure Goes to Court

BY Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, May 23 2012

White House CTO Todd Park in April. Photo: Daniel X. O'Neil

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: A federal rule mandating online disclosure of political TV ad purchases goes to court; a new service to provide gigabit Internet in six towns is expected to launch today; and more in today's roundup of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

First POST: Booker's Brain; The Kremlin on the Internet

BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, May 22 2012

A people power demonstration in Moscow on May 13. Photo: Evgeniy Isaev

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Republicans are trying to capitalize on Democrat Cory Booker's criticism of the president's campaign line on private equity; to the concern of activists, Russian President Vladimir Putin names a minister of communications who is Internet savvy; Joe Biden joins Pinterest; and more in our daily roundup of the news worth knowing about technology and politics from around the web. Read More