The Tap: Sunday, April 24, 2016

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The Tap covered election news, public policy, and other noteworthy events from February 2016 to February 2022.

Review of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #14 of The Tap, which was published on April 30, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

• Ted Cruz supporters won at least 65 of the 94 delegate slots decided over the weekend, including 19 of 20 in Maine and 36 of 37 in Utah. Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), a Trump supporter, condemned the result, accusing one Cruz operative of refusing to vote for a slate of delegates that reflected the results of Maine’s primary, as promised. LePage said in a statement, "Not only are Cruz’s national campaign operatives trying to suppress delegates for Trump and Kasich, but they are also besmirching the efforts of the many good Maine Republicans who are Cruz supporters. They, too, deserve better than these devious machinations by professional political operators from the Republican establishment who are scheming to stifle the voice of Mainer voters."

• President Barack Obama was in Germany to attend Hannover Messe, “the world’s largest industrial technology trade fair,” with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They spoke about the benefits of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a trade deal with the goal of encouraging global economic development by reducing the cost of exporting goods and encouraging investment between the United States and the European Union. In response to protesters who oppose TTIP, President Obama said, "People naturally are going to worry more about what's lost than what's gained in response to trade agreements. I think what you're seeing around the world is people are unsettled by globalization, although trade has brought enormous benefits to many of our countries that have been engaged in trade. People see a plant moving and jobs lost, and the narrative develops that this is weakening rather than strengthening the positions of workers."

• According to The New York Times, the U.S. military’s Cyber Command is engaging in computer-network attacks against the Islamic State for the first time. “The goal of the new campaign is to disrupt the ability of the Islamic State to spread its message, attract new adherents, circulate orders from commanders and carry out day-to-day functions, like paying its fighters.” Although military officials did not reveal the details of the campaign, they said that one of the goals of discussing their surveillance and attacks “is to rattle the Islamic State’s commanders, who have begun to realize that sophisticated hacking efforts are manipulating their data. Potential recruits may also be deterred if they come to worry about the security of their communications with the militant group.”

Preview of the day

There were no items for this day in issue #13 of The Tap, which was published on April 23, 2016. See the "Review of the day" tab for more information.