Two charts worth a thousand words about the contrast between establishment support + organic enthusiasm in the MI Senate Dem Primary from @kylewilsontharp.bsky.social 👇 His full post is (always) worth the read -- www.chaoticera.news/p/the-money-...
Kyle Tharp
@kylewilsontharp.bsky.social
Writer & researcher | Author of Chaotic Era, a newsletter about politics, media, and online influence | 15x ultramarathoner | Subscribe: www.chaoticera.news
📊 NEW: Progressives feared that TikTok's new ownership would suppress their views or skew content on the platform to the Right. Data shows that in the 6 months since the company's deal closed, there has been no significant shift in reach or engagement on political content 🧵
Some folks' predictions about what US conservatives might to do TikTok haven't yet come to pass (but nor has ours - that they'd immediately unban paid political ads).
Kyle Tharp@kylewilsontharp.bsky.social · 2w ago📊 NEW: Progressives feared that TikTok's new ownership would suppress their views or skew content on the platform to the Right. Data shows that in the 6 months since the company's deal closed, there has been no significant shift in reach or engagement on political content 🧵
I thought the Ellisons would immediately skew it but it appears that hasn’t come to pass. Should keep watching the data though.
Kyle Tharp@kylewilsontharp.bsky.social · 2w ago📊 NEW: Progressives feared that TikTok's new ownership would suppress their views or skew content on the platform to the Right. Data shows that in the 6 months since the company's deal closed, there has been no significant shift in reach or engagement on political content 🧵
📊 NEW: Progressives feared that TikTok's new ownership would suppress their views or skew content on the platform to the Right. Data shows that in the 6 months since the company's deal closed, there has been no significant shift in reach or engagement on political content 🧵
💡 FYI, here were the fastest growing partisan-ish political adjacent channels on YouTube last quarter www.chaoticera.news/p/liberals-a...
For twenty years, the party has been locked out of power in the states. Could this year’s midterms change that? www.chaoticera.news/p/with-congr...
With Congress on the line, Democrats hope for a state legislative blue wave
For twenty years, the party has been locked out of power in the states. Could this year’s midterms change that?
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Last night's results in #NY12 are inversely related to the number of social media followers the candidates have.
Jon Ossoff's presidential hype machine is mostly driven by 30 second clips featuring rehearsed lines from perfectly staged rallies. In other words, I'm a Jon Ossoff Rally Truther: www.chaoticera.news/p/i-m-a-jon-...
I’m a Jon Ossoff rally truther
The Georgia Senator’s online persona has been shaped by viral rally footage and soaring speeches.
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Jon Ossoff's presidential hype machine is mostly driven by 30 second clips featuring rehearsed lines from perfectly staged rallies. In other words, I'm a Jon Ossoff Rally Truther: www.chaoticera.news/p/i-m-a-jon-...
I’m a Jon Ossoff rally truther
The Georgia Senator’s online persona has been shaped by viral rally footage and soaring speeches.
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Democracy Docket is not on Substack, so it does not qualify for Kyle's excellent list. Sign up now to support the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
Kyle Tharp@kylewilsontharp.bsky.social · 2mo ago💡 I built a dashboard categorizing the largest U.S. Politics and News publications on Substack by total subscribers and partisan lean. Check it out: www.chaoticera.news/substack-data
NEW: Liberal opinionators and grassroots anti-Trump voices dominate Substack. Is that trend shifting? How much have publications grown over the past year? Are conservatives finally moving to Substack? I've got the data 📊 in this week's newsletter www.chaoticera.news/p/new-data-t...
New data: The biggest political & news publications on Substack
Liberal voices and anti-Trump opinion still rule the platform’s politics and news categories. Can conservatives catch up?
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💡 I built a dashboard categorizing the largest U.S. Politics and News publications on Substack by total subscribers and partisan lean. Check it out: www.chaoticera.news/substack-data
💡 I built a dashboard categorizing the largest U.S. Politics and News publications on Substack by total subscribers and partisan lean. Check it out: www.chaoticera.news/substack-data
NEW: Liberal opinionators and grassroots anti-Trump voices dominate Substack. Is that trend shifting? How much have publications grown over the past year? Are conservatives finally moving to Substack? I've got the data 📊 in this week's newsletter www.chaoticera.news/p/new-data-t...
New data: The biggest political & news publications on Substack
Liberal voices and anti-Trump opinion still rule the platform’s politics and news categories. Can conservatives catch up?
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Was on Offline with @jonfavs.bsky.social this week to talk about everything from political influencer marketing to partisan media! 🇺🇸 🔗 Watch the full ep on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEXO...
Crooked Media @crooked.com · 2mo agoAI has a physical footprint and voters are pushing back.
Right-wing influencers fuel lawmaker’s scrolling habits on social media.
Was on Offline with @jonfavs.bsky.social this week to talk about everything from political influencer marketing to partisan media! 🇺🇸 🔗 Watch the full ep on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEXO...
Crooked Media @crooked.com · 2mo agoAI has a physical footprint and voters are pushing back.
Interesting - @repmarktakano.bsky.social wants political influencers include disclosure in their content and I strongly agree with him. PS: @kylewilsontharp.bsky.social please include bluesky link in your great newsletter. Ty.
Who's really paying your favorite political creator? This Congressman wants to know.
Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) saw undisclosed political influencer spending in his home state elections, and wants Congress to do something about it.
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NEW: @repmarktakano.bsky.social saw undisclosed political influencer spending in California's gubernatorial election last week, and wants Congress to do something about it. I spoke with Takano about his P.A.I.D. Act and how Congress + the FEC can start to fix the industry.👇👇👇
Who's really paying your favorite political creator? This Congressman wants to know.
Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) saw undisclosed political influencer spending in his home state elections, and wants Congress to do something about it.
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NEW: @repmarktakano.bsky.social saw undisclosed political influencer spending in California's gubernatorial election last week, and wants Congress to do something about it. I spoke with Takano about his P.A.I.D. Act and how Congress + the FEC can start to fix the industry.👇👇👇
Who's really paying your favorite political creator? This Congressman wants to know.
Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) saw undisclosed political influencer spending in his home state elections, and wants Congress to do something about it.
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Another fun Kyle collab! Give this one a read!
Kyle Tharp@kylewilsontharp.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW 📊: Data centers are becoming a kitchen table issue poised to upend the midterms, and content opposing the construction boom is flooding Americans' feeds on social media. Read all about it: www.chaoticera.news/p/the-data-c...
NEW 📊: Data centers are becoming a kitchen table issue poised to upend the midterms, and content opposing the construction boom is flooding Americans' feeds on social media. Read all about it: www.chaoticera.news/p/the-data-c...
The data center backlash crashes into the midterms
Online and off, Americans are pissed about the massive projects in their communities. Are campaigns listening?
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NEW: Fox News (and other conservative outlets) were never really a thing on TikTok. But over the past year, the conservative media giant has surged on the platform, adding millions of followers and getting 1B views/month.
💡 The DNC released its half-finished 2024 autopsy today. It's not that helpful. BUT over the past year, various groups and individuals who are probably smarter than the DNC released their own autopsies of what happened in 2024. Here's a thread with all of them. 🧵
Kyle Tharp’s newsletter: “One of the biggest vectors of anti-Harris conspiracy theories in 2024 was an anonymous X account called Black Insurrectionist, which turned out to be run by a White guy in Upstate New York. The account had spread fabricated documents …” @kylewilsontharp.bsky.social
Everyone's running anonymous political accounts now
Operatives on both sides of the aisle are using anonymous social media brands to boost their preferred candidates, drop opposition research, and amplify messaging.
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NEW: As the midterms near, operatives on both sides of the political aisle are using anonymous social media accounts to drop opposition research and amplify messaging. www.chaoticera.news/p/everyone-s...
Everyone's running anonymous political accounts now
Operatives on both sides of the aisle are using anonymous social media brands to boost their preferred candidates, drop opposition research, and amplify messaging.
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"We've lost a whole group of people just like me over the last few elections where they drifted to the right because they felt left behind," Bob Brooks told me. "I think it's time we pull 'em back in." www.chaoticera.news/p/the-two-ca...
The two candidates uniting the Democratic Party
What happens when Bernie Sanders and the Blue Dogs agree?
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