“The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.” – Erich Fromm Danger? Or opportunity…. With that in mind, I offer you my look at the next ten years of digital politics and advocacy, now live on the Campaigns...
Read More »Hi folks, apologies for being awol for so long. After the book party, I was burned out and needed a break. Unfortunately, that turned into a spiral of procrastination, angst, wailing, moaning, gnashing of teeth and other fun times. Last week, I broke through the barrier and cranked out a...
Read More »Are we on the verge of the worst online political fight in the history of the medium? Certainly the nastiest one that has real consequences: in this case, the leadership of the most powerful country in the world. Donald Trump has already escalated his battle against a Democratic impeachment...
Read More »Top Photo: This time, precise targeting was just a test. Regular readers know that I’ve been advocating for Democrats to launch long-term persuasion campaigns to reach people inside the Fox/Limbaugh/Breitbart bubble. Absent field outreach, paid advertising or the intervention of a friend...
Read More »My Twitter feed sparkled today with tweets, retweets and comments about my latest column for Campaigns & Elections, which talked about a fundamental difference between the ways Democrats and Republicans have historically built their email lists. Pivoting off a comment by a younger Republican...
Read More »Hi folks, I’ve been exploring some easy livin’ post-Netroots, but even a fine summer slow must end sometime. Let’s start off running with an idea I wrote up for Campaigns & Elections a few weeks back: what new political tech firms are taking shape inside the plethora of...
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