A year ago, we covered the debut of the Clinton campaign’s Twitter posse. Now that we’re in debate season, we get to watch her rally the troops. Pre-debate, her team sends out preparatory messages, like this one that arrived today...
The British are frantically Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it. So much for an informed electorate. Update: A post-referendum “Remain” petition apparently crashed the British Parliament’s petition site...
God is on the side of the big battalions, or so I hear. Photo via the National Archives. The announcement was essentially inevitable, but let’s still take note: Hillary Clinton can now tap the 20 million-odd supporter email addresses that...
Update: Orlando shooter inspired by Islamic extremist information shared online, President Barack Obama says. Update: Orlando shooting exposes Donald Trump’s biggest weakness: A total lack of empathy. Tweets from the Id. Update: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan...
Quick thought: when advocates, fundraisers and organizers talk about the “ladder of engagment”, we usually speak in terms of “moving people up.” I.e., we’re getting our supporters to take higher-value actions over time...
As reported in Gizmodo yesterday: Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending†news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project...
Hi folks, lots of good stuff coming soon, including e-book excerpts, a new edition of Technology Bytes and an entirely new publication! We’ve been busy down here in the bunker, and you’ll get to share in the fruits of our labors shortly...
With a potential Trump nomination making Democrats dream of taking back the Senate and even the House, let’s revisit a bit of wisdom first published on Epolitics.com way back in 2009. This lesson is even MORE important seven years later, since...
Clinton rules Twitter during Republican debate with these epic trolls of her rivals. ‘How to move to Canada’ trending after Trump win on Super Tuesday, via Laura Packard. Even as He Rises, Donald Trump Entertains Conspiracy Theories that...
Quick Hits is back! Let’s clear the queue and try to do these more regularly. Marco Rubio would like to sell you this broken watch. Note that that this went up during the Thursday debate, as he was launching his “selling watches”...