Month: August 2020

The Chinese App We Should Really Be Talking About

August 31, 2020 | Jordan McGillis

While TikTok is taking up much oxygen in our media ecosystem, another Chinese app provides a more interesting point of departure from which to discuss Sino-American relations. That app is Xuexi Qiangguo. “Study Xi, Strong Nation” Xuexi Qiangguo, or “Study Xi, Strong Nation” is an app produced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to instruct

August 31, 2020 | Dan Lips

13 States Have No Laws Addressing Who Can Deliver Absentee Ballots The November election is less than 100 days away. In most states, voters will soon be able to cast their ballots due to new rules allowing no-excuse absentee balloting. In a recent Lincoln Network working paper, Sean Roberts and Alexiaa Jordan discuss the tradeoffs

Lincoln Shorts Promo Episode 0

August 19, 2020 | Sean Roberts

Lincoln shorts is really simple idea. Brief discussions on a single topic with a really interesting person. We’ll be focusing on the intersection of government and technology, left coast and right coast. Subscribe now! Contributors: Sean Roberts https://www.facebook.com/pg/joinlincoln/videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6YY9V_lm612BovC8QtL4cpPPd85bJpUc https://lincolnshorts.simplecast.com

August 10, 2020 | Dan Lips

Congress must refocus DHS’s missions and address dysfunctional oversight The following article was co-authored by Keith Ashdown and Dan Lips. The Trump Administration’s decision to send hundreds of federal law enforcement officers to Portland to protect federal buildings and confront (and beat up) protesters and rioters highlights longstanding problems with the Department of Homeland

August 7, 2020 | Dan Lips

The Hill By Elise Bean and Dan Lips Click here to read the full article on the case for IG independence. The balance of power may soon shift in Washington, followed by a realignment in Congress on oversight. Republicans who, under the Trump administration, have resisted investigating executive branch actions may feel differently about a

August 7, 2020 | Zach Graves

Click here to download a PDF of the letter. The Honorable Richard Shelby Chair, Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Chairman Shelby and Ranking Member Leahy: We write to respectfully request that video of Senate Appropriations Committee legislative mark-ups be broadcast online

Solutions for Fighting Voting Fraud

August 7, 2020 | Sean Roberts

Election oversight is critical bulwark protecting the republic from election crimes Publicly elected officers wield power over decision making. The temptation to cheat, lie, and steal to get into public office is too great for some. Strong election oversight is a requirement for a society governed by the rule of law. We have many historical

Policy Update for May-July 2020

August 4, 2020 | Zach Graves

The following post was originally set as an email newsletter to our friends and supporters. Re: Lincoln Policy Team Activities for May-July 2020 Dear friends and supporters of Lincoln: Thank you for staying in the loop with our work. In the past few months, we’ve worked hard to shift our outputs to virtual. This includes our

August 3, 2020 | Peter Blair

This paper is part of Lincoln’s Technology Assessment Symposium, which was made possible with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The paper was authored by Peter D. Blair. Blair is a distinguished senior fellow in the Schar School of Policy and Government of George Mason University. He was previously the executive director for