Update: As I was writing this piece, ANOTHER Emily’s List email hit my inbox…supporter-mobilization in action. Some of those crazy kids on the Right have been having fun lately…at least, what THEY consider fun. First up:...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle. CODEPINK (145x) I Heart Climate Scientists (62x) Human Rights Campaign (57x) Media Matters for America (51x)...
The Hill reported this morning on a fascinating development in the internal Republican war over the strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Democrats won’t agree to “defund” Obamacare: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio...
Yay, August in DC! Congress is home, the streets are quiet, and we’re even enjoying a burst of Spring-like weather. But if you’re a political advocate, your life probably isn’t as slow as it would have been in past years: At town...
Last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 500 progressive groups followed by CrowdTangle: Forecast the Facts (1131x) Chesapeake Climate Action Network (86x) Americans Against Fracking (70x) Indiana AFL-CIO (65x)...
Howdy folks, Wednesday morning I’ll be venturing out of the e.politics bunker for a trip down to Capitol Hill for a panel discussion, part of the new Conncected Congress series. I’m on-stage with friends Serenety Hanley and Lorelei...
Just a day after celebrating our own first seven years online, it’s time to welcome a new website to the digital politics beat. Joe Fuld has been running a political consulting firm called The Campaign Workshop for a while now, and he’s...
A small milestone slipped by unnoticed a week or two back: the seven-year anniversary of the launch of Epolitics.com. Wow! In that long-ago summer of 2006, George W. Bush was President, the Republicans controlled Congress, YouTube was a year old...
New feature! Our friends over at CrowdTangle have started collecting a list of “over-performing” nonprofit Facebook posts every week, and we’ll be publishing them on Epolitics.com henceforth. What’s an over-performing post...
So, here’s one way Organizing for America (which runs the former Obama campaign supporter list) is going to use its grassroots base: pressuring Congressmembers in their districts during the August recess. From OFA’s Jon Carson: Friend...