Politics & Communication with Joshua Gee

Odd to find this kind of thing in TPM, but insightful regardless:

The instant truism about Internet commerce holds here: “If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.

• Boston City Council proposes licenses for 25 food trucks
  This is political reform I can get behind.

• New WBUR General Manager Announced | BU Today
  Seems like a good move. More Radio Boston!!
• Matt Bai's Post-Partisanship — RollingStone.com
  Matt Taibbi is so great.
• Taxes — Tough Pill To Swallow
  Kind of a tough read, but a good rundown of what the President lost — and gained — from the tax deal.

Sorry to be too slideshow-happy, but the White House email program is something that completely fascinates me. That is why I was pumped when Katelyn Sabochik, the Deputy Director of Online Programs and Email at The White House, drafted a blog post about the results from the inaugural survey of subscribers to the White House email lists.

I am mostly interested in the legality behind the White House email program and how it was driven internally and that isn’t really discussed here. However, I do have some thoughts on these results, which I posted after the jump.

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• Governor toughens talk on probation – The Boston Globe
  I know I am bias, but the Gov seems to be off to a great start.