This Week that Was 03 November 2018

The past week's political events that help shape American politics. Políticos de la sem Hiroshimaana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.Democracy Dies in Darkness Washington PostStetson Kennedy Foundation http://www.stetsonkennedy.comNotes:A new research paper from the Institute for New Economic Thinking released today makes the case that Trump artfully exploited long-term economic distress to clinch the 2016 presidential election.The paper challenges the popular conventional wisdom embraced by many pundits that the 62.9 million Americans who cast a vote for Trump were simply one-dimensional “deplorables” — troglodytes motivated narrowly by racist, sexist, and xenophobic rhetoric and little else. https://www.ineteconomics.org/research/research-papers/the-economic-and-social-roots-of-populist-rebellion-support-for-donald-trump-in-2016Emerson Polls: Tight Governor Races in Georgia, Wisconsin and Iowa. Democrats look to pick up two House seats in Iowa https://www.emerson.edu/news-events/emerson-college-today/emerson-polls-tight-governor-races-georgia-wisconsin-iowa-democrats-look-pick-two-house-seats-iowa#.W9yj8TFReM-A publicly available tools known as “Hoaxley” and “Botometer” developed by University of Indiana computer researchers. They allow a user to identify automated accounts, also known as bots, and analyze how they spread information on specific topics. “We made Hoaxley and Botometer free for anyone to use because people deserve to know what’s a bot and what’s not,” said Filippo Menczer, professor of informatics and computer science at the University of Indiana. http://www.virusremovalguidelines.com/news/hoaxy-fakey-and-botometer-counter-attack-tools-on-online-misinformation-and-manipulation