Trump dismantled foreign election interference monitors – NY1

When a suspicious video of ballots being ripped up in Pennsylvania gained attention on social media last October, federal agencies responded quickly and called it out as Russian disinformation.
On Election Day in November, bomb threats to polling places in numerous states caused relatively few disruptions to voting. It’s one of the many scenarios covered by the nation’s cybersecurity agency in its outreach to state and local officials.
The future of that assistance is […]
Trump dismantled foreign election interference monitors – NY1

How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail – Spectrum Networks

NORFOLK, Va. — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.
And yet the United States will once again commemorate its first president on Monday, 293 years after he was born.
The meaning of Presidents Day has changed dramatically, from being mostly unremarkable and filled with work for Washington in the 1700s to the bonanza of consumerism it has become today. For some […]
How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail – Spectrum Networks