Comms consultant. Reluctant Substacker. Former Spox for @WhiteHouse46, @SpeakerPelosi, @Commerce46 @DCCC, @BetoORourke
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I’m launching a substack on how Dems fix our communications problems.
Quick interviews with smart communicators across our party on what’s working, what isn’t, and what comes next.
Hope you’ll read the first edition and my convo with @AndrewBatesNC.
open.substack.com/pub/onback…
I started a Substack to talk with smart Dems. And I plan to use the rest of the year to talk to folks who helped us win back Congress, governors' mansions, and a bunch of statehouses.
I hope you'll subscribe and more importantly learn stuff w/me along the way.
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It was fun to answer @RM_Patterson's smart questions about comms, 2026, and what comes next...
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There was a lot of noise about candidate social media posts that “didn’t appeal to voters.” But some things are aimed at shaping the bubbles reporters and activists live in.
h/t @JoshuaKarp
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. @AnnieAndrewsMD’s victory was supposed to surprise you. But more importantly, it was supposed to surprise national Republicans.
Smart insight from @JoshuaKarp on how his team advised the campaign on managing the attention economy.
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Pre-Election Day reminder to not forget about the campaign staffers working their asses off to win key races but who might not have health insurance next month!
h/t @chelseapeterson
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Dems can’t just combat online misinformation with more online information.
Smart take from @chelseapeterson on why AI slop and deepfakes make year-round organizing more important than ever.
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I’d pay money to see whatever internal polling inspired this ad
With 3 days left to #ElectionDay, here’s part of the closing argument from @RogerMarshallMD.
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Vivek Ramaswamy called Medicare a mistake and got rich off a fake Alzheimer's drug.
The gross ad just confirms that he is exactly who Ohioans always thought he was.
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Senate Majority PACs’ @laurennfrench on a Senate map that’s extending into states Trump won by double digits
Why Senate Dems are focusing on costs AND corruption in their closing arguments.
h/t @laurennfrench
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Pretty striking contrast with Josh Turek
#KansasSenate
Adam Hamilton on transgender rights:
“I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself.”
“I’m gonna love the trans person as well as the straight person, male or female. We have to do better than picking on small groups. What’s happened is we’ve turned a group of people into a campaign issue because it polls well.”
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This is the most effective version of I’ve seen of the ‘cost of corruption” messaging Dems are running on across the country.
Democrats are running ads in #NC11 treating Republican Jennifer Balkcom like a 1980s company.
"At Balkcom's energy division, we've partnered with Duke Energy to create what we call 'profit synergy.' Duke donates to Jennifer Balkcom, she protects Duke's profits, you pay more."
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.@MikeRogersForMI is desperately trying to distract voters from rising gas and health care costs. Unfortunately for him, it’s not working.
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Focus on the tangible!
Smart take from @patdennis on connecting abstract themes like “democracy” and “corruption” to the real world cost and safety issues that actually move votes.
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