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DemPartners.com is a team of veteran political pros with decades of experience working with every ethnic group in suburbs, urban centers, small towns, and rural areas in all corners of the U.S. Our work is creative and effective. Please follow!
#DemocracyPartners’ co-founder #MikeLux offers his take on next steps that NY Dems should take after their divide split wide open in last week’s primaries. open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
What Both Sides of the Democratic Party Divide Need to Do Now
We can and should have a debate about what path the Democratic Party should follow while staying unified in the fight against fascism.
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Confused about the status of war in Iran, or diplomacy, or whatever Trump pronounces it to be? You’re not the only one. Here’s one take by #DemocracyPartners’ #JoelRubin on #MSNow. www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
'It's Total Confusion': MS NOW Analyst Argues Trump 'Kneecapping' Any Actual Strategy to End Iran War
Joel Rubin, a former deputy assistant Secretary of State under Barack Obama, tore into President Donald Trump’s strategy in the war with Iran on Thursday in a panel discussion led by MS NOW anchor Ana...
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Four years after U.S. Supreme Court overturned reproductive rights, spurring voter anger in the 2022 midterm elections, advocates say the issue remains critical for voters this November. It also is important for future voters +1 open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Four years after U.S. Supreme Court overturned reproductive rights, spurring voter anger in the 2022 midterm elections, advocates say the issue remains critical for voters this November.
Women's rights also concerns future voters like Merin Kolodner a New Hampshire 8th grader who interviewed rights leader & #DemocracyPartners' co-founder Heather Booth for National History Day project.
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There’s some great stuff we found re how students actually voted, differences between college and non-college youth, and recommendations for how to improve programs going forward. If folks are interested in the full report and work in the space, reach out!
Not going to add to the discourse on the autopsy™️ but while we’re thinking about 2024, wanted to reshare the lessons learned in the report I had the pleasure of working of last year that has insight from: - 100+ staff - precinct and voter file analysis - 36k student survey responses ⬇️👀🗳️
The College Vote 2024 Toplines - Flytedesk
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MUST READ: New report from @laurenwindsor and @OklahomaWatch on how the "biblical finance" is increasing its influence, in this case, in OK.
Lauren Windsor@laurenwindsor.bsky.social · 3mo agoRead my latest investigative piece in @OklahomaWatch on how 'biblical finance' is shaping state politics: a GOP state treasurer steered a $2B board consultant contract to a Christian finance firm oklahomawatch.org/2026/05/19/t...
In TX Senate race, Democratic nominee #JamesTalarico says it doesn't matter which GOP candidate is endorsed since they are both not good for TX:
It's no surprise Trump has endorsed #Paxton for GOP nomination for the Senate seat now occupied by Sen. John Cornyn, who faces Paxton in the upcoming #GOPrunoff election. Paxton and Trump have much in common, including long histories of corruption. Cornyn tried to win Trump's backing, but couldn't +
URGENT: Join "ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE SOUTH NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION" this Saturday, May 16, IN PERSON IN ALABAMA OR VIRTUALLY, & reclaim our voting rights! Buses to Montgomery & Selma will transport rally goers. Can't attend? Share this info & support on social media. allroadsleadtothesouth.com
All Roads Lead to the South — National Day of Action for Voting Rights
The voting rights they marched for are being stripped away right now. We're going back. Are you coming?
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BREAKING: #DemPartners' #LaurenWindsor (@Lawindsor) & @AlaskaCurrent report on a free glacier cruise for state treasurers that led to $80M+ in public contracts to firms tied to a data infrastructure investor building the most ambitious natural gas plant in the world, in the Arctic.
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DemPartners@dempartners.bsky.social · 3mo ago. @DemPartners salutes partner @JoelMartinRubin on his book: “Saving Democratic Foreign Policy: How Democrats Can Earn the American People’s Trust to Lead the World Once Again." He calls for "robust international engagement" to ensure global stability, U.S. prosperity & security.
. @DemPartners salutes partner @JoelMartinRubin on his book: “Saving Democratic Foreign Policy: How Democrats Can Earn the American People’s Trust to Lead the World Once Again." He calls for "robust international engagement" to ensure global stability, U.S. prosperity & security.
"What Maine — and every other thing happening in politics right now —teaches us," writes #DemocracyPartners co-founder #MikeLux. PS: "The DC Establishment really doesn't get it." open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
What Maine — and every other thing happening in politics right now —teaches us
The DC establishment really doesn’t get it
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#DemocracyPartners’ @MikeLux writes about a bad habit that is not worth repeating: “Pundits like to lump right-wing and left-wing populism together. Just stop.” open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
The Fear of Populism
Pundits like to lump right-wing and left-wing populism together. Just stop.
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#AGoodRead: "What If We Paid for Organizing?" is the title of this piece by #YoniLandau, CEO and Founder of #MovementLabs & #DemPartners member, and #MattSinger, founder of #Impactual. #FoodforThought www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/what-if...
What If We Paid for Organizing?
No one has funded a workable alternative to the traditional top-down funder-grantee dynamic in civic engagement philanthropy, Yoni Landau and Matt Singer write. But they argue there is one.
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Congratulations to #DemocracyPartners #ReneeSchaeffer, #JohnNeffinger, and #MacD'Alessandro, the political team for #DemocratShawnHarrisforCongress. Next up, the April 7 runoff.
Congrats to #DemPartners Renee Schaeffer, John Neffinger & Mac D’Alessandro, campaign team for #DemocratShawnHarrisforGeorgia, who came in 1st in #GA14 special election. Harris, a retd. US Army brig. gen., will face Trump-backed MAGA Clay Fuller in April 7 runoff for +
MUST READ: #DemocracyPartners' #LaurenWindsor, the force behind The Undercurrent's exposés, & #TheAlaskaCurrent, spotlight corruption in Alaska related to state's main rainy day fund, a risky, murky private equity deal, as administration tries to evade scrutiny. thealaskacurrent.com/2026/01/13/d...
Gov. Dunleavy Working with DigitalBridge to Build Data Centers in Alaska - The Alaska Current
Alaska’s former revenue commissioner and current gubernatorial candidate, Adam Crum, is under fire from lawmakers for committing up to $75 million of the state’s primary rainy day fund to a risky and ...
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We're attending Indivisible's event, “Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join us! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local and n...
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#DemPartners’ #MikeLux looks at the horrors that this year has brought, but also the hope created by voters’ pushback at the polls in off-year elections. open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
The Horror and the Hope
The worst of times bring out the best in people
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#DemocracyWeekender includes news from #DemocracyPartners on how to maintain campaign operational security and stay chill in the time of #MeanTrump open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Renowned Political Organizer Heather Booth Celebrates 80th Birthday With Key Message: "Get to work!"
Hundreds of progressive allies from various policy battles over six decades gathered this weekend to honor Booth, a founding member of Democracy Partners.
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#DemocracyPartners' #JoelRubin writes on #Substack: "American foreign policy is entering one of those defining moments...where law, alliances, and national security collide in ways that leave us little room for error." open.substack.com/pub/joelrubi...
Our Foreign Policy is at a Crossroads.
Legal, policy, and political issues on Ukraine, Venezuela, and the National Guard attack are all colliding right now.
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In these critical and dangerous times, #DemocracyPartners is lifting a column written last month by our co-founder, #RobertCreamer, titled, “Hope.” Please read and feel inspired by all the factors that can give Democrats hope for future wins. substack.com/profile/3552...
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In these critical and dangerous times, #DemocracyPartners is lifting up a column written last month by our co-founder, #RobertCreamer, titled, “Hope.” Please read and feel inspired by all the factors ...
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The Health Care Clusterfuck the Republicans Are in Right Now open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
The Health Care Clusterfuck the Republicans Are in Right Now
Whatever Republicans do on health care, they are seriously screwed
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No doubt, this last week was a really bad one for Trump (at least until Friday night when #MTG announced her departure from the House in January, because of Trump.) open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
DEMOCRACY WEEKENDER: Trump threatens 6 Dems with death penalty, then retracts the death part; he signs law he once opposed to release Epstein files; MTG to leave House after Trump calls her a traitor
Underscoring Trump's behavior this week, besides publicly criticizing women, is his penchant for authoritarianism that becomes increasingly obvious.
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A Latina makes history and changes Trump's mood! democracypartners.substack.com/p/democracy-...
DEMOCRACY WEEKENDER: Trump's bromance with pedophile Epstein & his indifference to consumers' anxieties about "affordability" sink his poll ratings; and Rep. Grijalva comes to Washington
Democrats's bad week saw infighting after eight senators caved and voted with GOP to end the longest-ever government shutdown. Democracy Partners' Mike Lux writes how "DC Moderate" may not be moderate
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