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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Colin Delany has watched campaigns chase every shiny tool since the '90s. His warning: "you can microtarget yourself to death." New Campaign Strategist, on AI, TV money and infrastructure. thecampaignstrategist.substack.com/p/colin-delany-microtarget-yourself-to-death #DigitalPolitics #Organizing
Pete Altman and Colin Delany talking together, with the headline 'Microtarget yourself to death'.
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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW Columbia University study finds that cleaner air and climate policies that reduce local air pollutants make kids smarter. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is working to rollback clean air protections! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/c...
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Cleaner Air, Smarter Toddlers
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
VICTORY: a judge just SHUT DOWN Trump's illegal mail voting rule Seniors, veterans & military families keep their ballots. NO CHAOS before Nov 3 His order was illegal--The court's isn't @campaignlegal.org & @democracydefendersfund.org are proud to have filed a brief for LULAC in this win 👇 -TN
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Anyone else think Trump is sitting on his PAC $ is so he can threaten Rs who might support impeachment? From WP: Republicans fear Trump will keep super PAC money and not spend on the midterms www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Republicans fear Trump will keep super PAC money and not spend on the midterms
President Donald Trump has kept most of his super PAC money on the sidelines and been reticent on his spending plans, worrying Republicans ahead of this fall’s elections.
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Joseph Laycock @josephlaycock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dallas Morning News reported that Texas has suspended 6% of registered voters without telling them Texans can use this link to check their voting status: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/... People who have been purged can still register before October 5. Tell everyone you know.
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Alito earned millions from fossil fuels but will soon hear an oil-company case arguing that states shouldn't be allowed to sue for climate damages. How can he not be conflicted? h/t to Court Accountability. #climate #scotus #recusal www.democracynow.org/2026/8/13/he...
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Earned Up to $2.9M from Fossil Fuel Interests
A review of financial disclosures from the nonprofit advocacy group Court Accountability finds that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9 million from his fossil fuel interests between ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 11/08/2026
#NOAA data shows that July 2026 was the hottest month on record, going back to 1895. 🥵
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Assessing the U.S. Temperature and Precipitation in July 2026
The average temperature for the CONUS in July was 76.9°F, 3.3°F above the 20th-century average.
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Trump is trying to sue @americanprogress.bsky.social for publishing inconvenient facts about immigrants and crime, but they are pushing back...
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Amanda Brink of The Empower Project on why your perfect message isn't landing. 47,000 volunteers. 9 million friend-to-friend conversations. A blueprint for organizing in 2026. 🎧 substack.tcspod.com #Organizing #Advocacy- 🎧 substack.tcspod.com
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
American Flag...grey? thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Drained Reflecting Pool shows liner more gray than blue
The bottom surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has faded to look more gray than blue after a renovation project concluded last month.  The new liner is grayer than when the recipie…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
David Axelrod: All the signals are flashing red, the latest being POTUS's summary dismissal of the remaining Federal Election Assistance Commission members.

Put that together with political hack Pulte's odious appt as DNI; election deniers in the most sensitive oversight positions; Trump's exec order on mail-in voting, and potential use of the Postal Service as a weapon of subversion; his pathological prioritization of the SAVE act, which would be the most powerful voter suppression tool in generations; and his persistent, unfounded claims of election fraud, which he uses to justify extraordinary federal interventions.
On the square, the GOP would take a beating this fall, largely because of Trump's unpopularity.

So he's setting up Plan B--do whatever you need to do to win.  Anything.
Anyone who says "Well, he wouldn't do THAT" hasn't paid attention.  He's already proven he will!

So the period AFTER the Midterms may be even more turbulent than the run up to them.

The courts are going to be very busy this fall.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Lorenzo Salgado Araujo did not deserve to be killed by ICE agents. Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal did not deserve to die in ICE custody. These deaths—and many others—are a direct effect of mass deportation. That policy embodies the cruelty of the Trump administration." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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ICE Is Shooting People Again
Routinizing Trumpian cruelty.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
BREAKING: Trump has tried time & time again to tear down Americans' right to vote by mail. But today, the Supreme Court ruled against Trump & affirmed that states may continue to count late-arriving mail-in ballots. This win helps more Americans participate in democracy.
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RandyLand @randyland65.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Global warming is real .... just slow
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Let me be explicit. The massive heat waves we're seeing around the world more extreme and frequent due to human-caused #climatechange. And these heat waves are going to continue to worsen because of our failure to reduce carbon pollution. Just one of the many costs of #climate change.
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Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Something very dangerous happened last week, and it flew under the radar. Fox News is buying Roku, which will allow the Murdochs to control the home screens of 20% of the country's TVs. This has the potential to be very bad for democracy. Here's why: messagebox.substack.com/p/the-media-...
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The Media Merger that Should Really Scare Democrats
The Murdochs are about to have massive influence on what millions of Americans watch
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What if the loudest voice in the room isn't the majority — just the loudest? Strategist (and "kelp princess") Francesca Koe on how narratives actually shift, why rigor and resonance go together, and the Jaws example that'll change how you think about "deep stories." 🎧 #Advocacy #Narrative #Strategy
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Francesca Koe on Narrative vs. Messaging — and How Stories Shift Power
If you've ever used "narrative," "messaging," and "communication strategy" as if they meant the same thing, this episode sorts that out fast.
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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Then versus now. Same steps. Different Generation. #AllRoadsSouth #FreedomSummer2026 Credit: the.root
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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Civil rights activists have returned to Alabama today in the wake of SCOTUS gutting the Voting Rights Act and Confederate states rapidly gerrymandering to erase Black-majority districts. #AllRoadsSouth #FreedomSummer2026
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Barbara Gordon @thebookwizard.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
#AllRoadsSouth
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
“ Making sure that we have clear solutions and clear diagnoses of the problems is a really important first step.” Anna Aurilio from the @economicsecurityproject.org talks affordability, corporate power, and durable political change. Don't miss it! substack.tcspod.com #PoliticalStrategy #Advocacy
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The Campaign Strategist, hosted by Pete Altman | Substack
Dive into the art and science of advocacy. Click to read The Campaign Strategist, hosted by Pete Altman, by Peter Altman, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Yarwanaw @yarwanaw.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Rev Yearwood @revyearwood.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The fight for clean air and water isn't just about policy, it's about survival.✊🏾
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
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Dr. Art Garfunky @chimpvsdog.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Cartoonists are chronicling the madness of this moment in real time.
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New episode today, with @pete.lcv.org, President of @lcv.org, about 30+ years of building environmental power — and how the movement needs to think differently right now. "Everybody needs hope and heroes." A great conversation. Check out the full episode: bit.ly/4cfsz6P
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
ht: @stephenking.bsky.social
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
congratulations rev!
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Hope isn’t optimism. “It will work out” ≠ “We can make this work out.” In this episode, Kristen Grimm of Spitfire Strategies breaks down how advocacy campaigns can win in a fractured media environment — and why trust matters more than going viral. substack.tcspod.com #Advocacy #PoliticalStrategy
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
At least one Meta employee thinks it's a good time to add facial recognition technology to glasses because we're too distracted by fascism to effectively protest www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/01/2026
All regime mouthpieces who have lied about the murder of VA nurse Alex Pretti must resign immediately. All DHS officials and agents involved must be prosecuted.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE agents beat, shot & killed another person in Minneapolis. Masked ICE agents are attacking & executing people in broad daylight. DHS must get ICE off our streets & the Senate must immediately remove additional funding for DHS in the current spending bill.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The EPA has stopped using the number of lives saved as a benchmark for air pollution rules. Their new plan? Calculate the cost to INDUSTRY when setting pollution limits. Trump's EPA cares more about profits than human lives. This is repulsive.
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
What stops an anti-immigrant bill in its tracks? A fierce coalition, a powerful narrative, and a lot of phone calls. New TCS episode w/ Hamp Price (@tnimmigrant) & Anika Fassia (@wemakethefuture.us) on the inside story from Tennessee. 🎧 substack.tcspod.com #TheCampaignStrategist #Advocacy
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
“ICE is abducting people” is a message. A video of it happening? That’s narrative power. New pod w/ @jiggygero.bsky.social on messaging, emotions, fascism & how we fight back. substack.tcspod.com #NarrativeStrategy #Advocacy #TheCampaignStrategist
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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · 09/11/2025
Contact every Democratic US Senator. Make one thing clear: Accepting a "deal" to end the #shutdown that doesn't include saving the #ACA subsidies will be a career ending decision How to contact US Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 07/11/2025
A federal judge said the federal government blew its chance to pay partial SNAP benefits and now must pay them in full. "USDA refused to use the congressionally mandated contingency funds. USDA cannot now cry that it cannot get timely payments to beneficiaries." minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/06/r...
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Trump administration ordered to pay full $9B in November SNAP benefits amid shutdown • Minnesota Reformer
That means the maximum monthly benefit likely would be roughly two-thirds of the usual benefit flowing to recipients, rather than the half initially projected.
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
@jenancona.bsky.social joins me on The Campaign Strategist 🎙️to break down how progressives can win in the modern media age — merging organizing + media, trusting culture-makers, and telling stories that stick. 👉 substack.tcspod.com #NarrativePower #ModernMedia #WayToWin
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
How is any of this America First? It’s Donald First (and Only). wapo.st/42YdAKK
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Tracking Trump: The White House East Wing is demolished; Trump calls off San Francisco “surge”; Trump pardons a crypto CEO; and more
The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s second term.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#nokings rockin' it in Rockville MD! And our Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov spoke to the crowd.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Organizers have reported 7 million attendees at the No Kings events and we’re happy to confirm 7 million and counting! More events are still happening across the country today, so we’ll need additional time to fully certify the final numbers.
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Stand up for your rights, your freedoms, your community. Stand against Trump's authoritarianism. Join us on 10/18 - NoKings.org.
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campaignstrategist.bsky.social @campaignstrategist.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The climate movement isn’t funding narrative power—or frontline groups. New episode with @shilpichhotray.bsky.social on why she left the mainstream climate world and what it takes to win. 🎧 substack.tcspod.com #EnvironmentalJustice #NarrativeStrategy #TheCampaignStrategist
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility. Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply. They’re showing that he’s not only a liar, but Portland is still safe, still weird and still full of people resisting.
Three people in frog costumes stand outside the Portland ice facility at night. They’re holding a sign that says frog brigade
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prismaticpete.bsky.social @prismaticpete.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS North Bethesda” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS North Bethesda · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together. The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us. _A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events._
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