Peter Loge

Virginia

A reminder to everyone covering or commenting on the Virginia governor's race: The election is not a bell weather or mandate on the president. The president's party has lost the Virginia governor's race all but once in least half a century.

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Thank you for posting this right before I go teach a graduate course on media effects. For your planning purposes, posting at about 5pm ET on Mondays would be ideal.

Virginia

Journalists and pundits: Please stop calling the Virginia governor's race a "bellweather." The president's party nearly always loses the Virginia governor's race. If anything, the US presidential election is a bellweather for Virgnia.

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The latest from colleague @davekarpf.bsky.social in The Atlantic. Dave is always worth reading.

The Power of AI is New, But It Raises Age Old Ethical Questions It can be tempting to believe that AI changes everything. But the nefarious uses of AI aren't nefarious because they use AI.

Irresponsible consultants will drop Venmo quarters into AI gumball machines and pitch whatever comes out to voters.

New tech, old questions.

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The Power of AI is New, But It Raises Age Old Ethical Questions It can be tempting to believe that AI changes everything. But the nefarious uses of AI aren't nefarious because they use AI.

So cool to be asked to contribute to a special issue of a magazine to which I subscribed. Huge thanks to Campaigns & Elections for indulging me. This may be the only time you read Clark's Dairy (RIP), AOL, Protagoras, Bierstadt, and AI in the same article.

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Opinion | What Will America’s Story Be After Trump?

For 250 years, the American story has been an optimistic one full of flawed carachters, broken promises, and false starts, but ultimately moving toward the promise of a more perfect union. What's our next chapter?

What Will America’s Story Be After Trump? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Recording and Notes - The ethics of talking about political violence. — Project on Ethics in Political Communication I recently talked to Kristen Grimm about the ethics of talking about political violence. You can watch a recording of our conversation here . Throughout the conversation, Kristen and I reinforced ...

A few days ago, Kristen Grimm and I talked about the ethics of talking about political violence. Everyone should reinforce is unacceptable, rare, and wildly unpopular.

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Recording and Notes - The ethics of talking about political violence. — Project on Ethics in Political Communication I recently talked to Kristen Grimm about the ethics of talking about political violence. You can watch a recording of our conversation here . Throughout the conversation, Kristen and I reinforced ...

Kristen Grimm and I talked about the ethics of talking about political violence. Everyone should reinforce that political violence is unacceptable, rare, and wildly unpopular, and that everyone needs to build community and build social trust.

www.ethicsinpoliticalcommunication.org/blog/recordi...

Event: The Ethics of Talking About Political Violence — Project on Ethics in Political Communication Kristen Grimm, founder of Spitfire Strategies joins Peter Loge, the director of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication on Thursday, September 18 at 1:00pm ET to talk about the et...

What are the ethics of talking about political violence?

Join Project director Peter Loge and communications leader Kristen Grimm tomorrow for a conversation about how to ensure political violence remains rare, condemned, and unpopular

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Event: The Ethics of Talking About Political Violence — Project on Ethics in Political Communication Kristen Grimm, founder of Spitfire Strategies joins Peter Loge, the director of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication on Thursday, September 18 at 1:00pm ET to talk about the et...

Join the Project on Ethics in Political Communication for a conversation with Kristen Grimm about the ethics of talking about political violence. Details and registration here:

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Journalists, pundits, and politicians: Political rhetoric matters and framing matters. Defining political violence as normal and acceptable makes it normal and acceptable. The result is a democratic death spiral.

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The Crisis Casebook: Lessons in Crisis Management from the World's Leading Brands Lessons in Crisis Management from the World's Leading Brands

Looking forward to diving into The Crisis Casebook by Edward Segal (not just because I'm quoted in it talking about soccer)

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Someone should be emphasizing that we know absolutely nothing about the person who murdered Charlie Kirk or why they did it.

Political violence is unacceptable.

The point of democracy is that we argue instead of shooting. Violence is, by definition, anti-democratic.

Do not promote, applaud, mock, or minimize political violence.

2 high schoolers want to heal the political divide David Chen and Calder Law are bringing their idea to other states.

Two high school friends, one a Democrat the other a Republican, started a national organization to fix politics. They are committed to principled partisanship and honest debate rather than partisan ranting and talking points. This is what politics should look like.

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My advice for students at the start of the fall 2025 semester: Be curious without preconceptions.

Come for the Socrates, Kropotkin, Zevon, and Lana Del Rey, stay for the marmots playing ping pong in a bouncy house.

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Miracle Mile (1988) ⭐ 7.0 | Action, Drama, Romance 1h 27m | R

A grad school obsession of mine. The films define that which is out of our control which has the effect of absolving us from blame.

War Games fits our AI moment, we put the machine back in control of our fate.

Two more for the list are Threads and Miracle Mile.
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Basque journalist denied US entry, misses Jaialdi festival return A Basque journalist was denied U.S. entry to cover the return of Jaialdi. He was turned away despite having a proper visa and no criminal record.

A Basque journalist was denied entry into the US to cover a Basque festival. The Basques helped shape American democracy, from John Adams borrowing ideas for America's founding to elected officials today with Basque roots.

Appalling begins to describe it.

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Updating a media effects syllabus for this fall - what recent work on the spiral of silence should I include?

I'm flattered, but probably would have gone with accordian.

"Legacy Night" was embarrasing. Why would anyone pay to sit in 90 degree heat to watch a profoundly terrible team while being reminded that the team hasn't been good since Clinton was President? (yes, I know, 2004, but that was still two decades ago in a league that's three decades old).

@dcunitedofficial.bsky.social is a bad soccer team that is getting worse. "Legacy Night" was embarassing reminders of a once proud franchise that is now more interested in p.r. stunts than players. I've had season tix since the start, for at least 10 years it's felt like a charitable contribution.

A good rule of thumb in politics is that if you're explaining, you're losing.

A line that didn't make Canadian news last night - The Epstein saga is the R-rated mash up of Real Staffers of Washington DC and Love Island that none of us wanted but we're all forced to watch.

How do you advocate for systemic change while still promoting the system? How do you make the need for change urgent enough for people to act without making them more cynical or tuning out entirely?

Watching Lauren James for England is like watching a random former pro who randomly shows up in a Sunday morning pickup game. So casually so good.

D.C. United fires Troy Lesesne as coach after U.S. Open Cup loss to Nashville The second-year coach was dismissed with the club mired in a five-game skid among all competitions and in danger of missing the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season.

A step in the right direction for @dcunitedofficial.bsky.social.

D.C. United fires Troy Lesesne as coach after U.S. Open Cup loss to Nashville

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Guest commentary: Basques contributed to American democracy Tens of thousands of people will soon gather in Boise for Jaialdi, one of the world’s largest celebrations of Basque culture. Basque contributions to the world extend beyond food, sports

In a few weeks tens of thousands of people will gather in Boise, Idaho to celebrate Basque culture - now is a good time to revisit the lessons they taught John Adams when he accidentally wound up in Bilbao in 1779.

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