In this episode, Logan and Matt dive into one of Logan's favorite catch phrases, "Incentives matter." They explore the topics of how much effect public wishes have on policy via a Princeton study, Fox News, Tucker Carlson and the Dominion lawsuit, plus an exploratory conversation about direct vs representative democracy.
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Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig
https://represent.us/the-strategy-to-end-corruption/
https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf
https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1633249870684336129/photo/3
https://www.businessinsider.com/read-fox-news-dominion-defamation-lawsuit-2020-biden-2023-3?op=1
https://www.businessinsider.com/sidney-powell-voter-fraud-claims-headless-time-travel-dominion-fox-2023-2
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-laughed-at-sidney-powell-voter-fraud-claims-2022-12
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/01/federal-lobbying-spending-reaches-4-1-billion-in-2022-the-highest-since-2010/
https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2022:_Incumbent_win_rates_by_state
https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/incumbent-advantage
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/01/federal-lobbying-spending-reaches-4-1-billion-in-2022-the-highest-since-2010/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/257372/top-lobbying-firms-in-the-us-by-expenses/
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/rupert-murdoch-did-not-say-it-is-not-red-or-blue-it-is-green/
https://www.businessinsider.com/sidney-powell-voter-fraud-claims-headless-time-travel-dominion-fox-2023-2
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fox-dominion-voting-systems-reach-settlement-over-false-election-claims
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/18/business/fox-news-dominion-trial-settlement
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1158223099/fox-news-dominion-wackadoodle-election-fraud-claim
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/media/dominion-fox-news-allegations/index.html
https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/889/actual-malice
