Authoritarians attack doctors who know the facts, clergy who answer to conscience, and academics who remember the history—because each represents an authority beyond the leader’s control.
Will Robinson
@willrobinson1776.bsky.social
Will is a progressive writer and media producer. He's trying to be a better Ancestor. He/Him
Republicans are outraising the Democratic party committees, but individual candidates are raising big bucks. The difference? Grassroots fundraising. epolitics.substack.com/p/will-grass...
Will Grassroots Democrats Save Us from the DNC?
Small donors to the rescue?
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I watched a show on Pompeii and learned about alarm fatigue: repeated warnings teach us not to react as danger grows. Pompeii’s residents lived with tremors until they no longer felt like warnings. That’s the authoritarian strategy. Don't get used to the tremors. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
The Authoritarian Advantage of Exhaustion
How alarm fatigue becomes democratic disaster fatigue - and turns attacks on rights into background noise
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I am not a native Mainer - I am "from away" - but I know the real deal when I see it. National Democrats need to understand that Troy is what an authentic Mainer looks like and acts like. Opportunities like this don't come along often, and we cannot afford to let this one slip away.
Some interesting provocations here...
Tim Chambers @timothychambers.net · 2w ago"The Next Information War Is Already Here" - check out this article I co-wrote with @willrobinson1776.bsky.social ... we work to frame very big changes coming to the political digital landscape faster than most think. Up for any thoughts, notes, and appreciate all... substack.com/@willrobinso...
Tim is an amazing thought partner. Please read and share
Tim Chambers @timothychambers.net · 2w ago"The Next Information War Is Already Here" - check out this article I co-wrote with @willrobinson1776.bsky.social ... we work to frame very big changes coming to the political digital landscape faster than most think. Up for any thoughts, notes, and appreciate all... substack.com/@willrobinso...
If someone handed me $100 million, I wouldn’t burn most of it in the final 3 weeks before Election Day. I’d build permanent local media, trusted messengers, organizing, and AI information infrastructure. The right never stops campaigning. We keep starting over. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
If I Had $100 Million, I Wouldn’t Spend It on Campaigns
The infrastructure progressives need is not the infrastructure we fund.
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Worth a close read
Tim Chambers @timothychambers.net · 2w agoMy team's work is this article on #AI in the @nytimes.com this morning: “Disinformation actors are, by definition, early adopters — they will use every technique and every technology they can,” said Tim Chambers, who runs the digital and social media arm of Dewey Square Group..." (1 of N)
This Fourth of July, I went back to the Journals of the Continental Congress - the daily record where independence moved from argument to action - behind those minutes was extraordinary courage in the face of war and personal danger. (Substack Below) open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
The Courage of the Founders
Reading the actual Journals of The Continental Congress for July 2nd and 4th, 1776
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First Amendment Alert: While we are all paying attention to Trump’s antics at the Kennedy Center and the DC Mall, the FCC is threatening eight ABC affiliates. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
First Amendment Alert:
While we are all paying attention to Trump’s antics at the Kennedy Center and the DC Mall, the FCC is threatening eight ABC affiliates.
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The New York primary is being treated as another chapter in the endless left-versus-right debate. I agree 100% that's the wrong story. The bigger story is that voters are increasingly looking for candidates who take on concentrated corporate economic power... subs.tack.com/home/post/p-...
Bad News for Trump
New York primary results indicate deep public distrust of the corporate establishment
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A lesson and warning from the Scottish elections
Johannes Ernst@j12t.org · 2mo agoI've long thought #chatbots are the perfect #disinformation delivery vehicle. Tim Chambers and Will Robinson have the proof that this is so, based on a recent election. This may not even be intentional at this point, but it's bad enough already, and once this is weaponized... Scary times!
A lesson and warning from the Scottish elections.
Tim Chambers @timothychambers.net · 2mo agoI co-wrote this with @willrobinson1776.bsky.social ... highlighting the recent Scottish election as a sign of what is coming our way: “The next generation of election disinformation may not come from a social media post at all. It may come from the answer.” substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Internet Has Crossed a Line For the history of the internet, there was an assumption hiding beneath everything: There were people on the other side. Bots account for between 51% - 57% of all internet activity. Humans are no longer the majority users of the web. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
The Internet Has Crossed a Line
For most of the history of the internet, there was an assumption hiding beneath everything: There were people on the other side.
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I know there were huge mistakes made by Democrats in 2024, starting with age… but I just wrote a Substack on the leaked DNC autopsy, and the bigger structural communication problems Democrats still haven’t solved. willrobinson.substack.com/p/the-dnc-au... open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
The DNC Autopsy Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
The leaked DNC autopsy is messy, unfinished, and in places factually shaky. But buried inside it is a truth many of us have been saying for years.
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Democrats are making the same mistake again: Assuming Republicans will collapse on their own. The pendulum swing to the Democrats isn't automatic. The Republicans and Right Wing are pushing back. The election is already happening. Democrats need to start NOW! open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
Losing Elections Has Consequences.
But Some Democrats Still Believe 2026 Will Take Care of Itself.
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Divine Intervention in AI This is another must read from Reid Hoffman. open.substack.com/pub/reidhoff...
Divine Intervention in AI
President Trump calls the Pope "weak", but the truth is, Pope Leo is asking the right questions about AI.
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The Democratic Party Is Falling Behind Because It Refuses to Change. If you agree, please read and share... open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
The Democratic Party Is Falling Behind Because It Refuses to Change
The Democratic Party is built to operate in a world that no longer exists.
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AI isn’t rewriting political persuasion—it’s exposing who actually built power and who didn’t. If you’ve built trust, audiences, and a system that shows up consistently, AI will make you stronger. If you haven’t, it won’t save you—it’ll just make you lose faster. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
AI Isn't Rewriting Politics
It’s Exposing What Already Matters.
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Are you going to America Votes next week in DC? I'm not speaking, but I have a few things to share, and I have ears to hear. Please find me or DM me here. Will
Ohio Is the Test - Not the Exception There’s a tendency in Democratic politics right now to treat places like Ohio as gone. Too red. Too far gone. Not worth the investment. That’s not strategy. That’s retreat. That’s why Mike Lux and I wrote the Substack below. open.substack.com/pub/soulofth...
The central importance of Ohio in the 2026 election cycle
Yes because of Sherrod Brown, but for other big reasons as well
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After No Kings: What Comes Next Is the Real Test The march is the signal - but what you do after is what builds power. Please share with people who are figuring out what to do next. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
After No Kings: What Comes Next Is the Real Test
The march is the signal - but what you do after is what builds power.
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After the march is what matters. If it’s a moment, it fades. If it’s a practice, it builds power. “In America, the law is king.” — Thomas Paine open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
No Kings Is Not a Moment. It’s a Practice
“In America, the law is king.” - Thomas Paine
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Don't Wait for the Next Protest - The Most Powerful Conversations Are Closer Than You Think open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
Don't Wait for the Next Protest - The Most Powerful Conversations Are Closer Than You Think
Real influence doesn't start with strangers - it starts with the people who already trust you.
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More News Desert Bad News: CBS News Radio To Shutter Amid News Division Cuts - Over 700 stations across the US will lose the top of the hour news feed. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
CBS News Radio To Shutter Amid News Division Cuts
For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered straight, fact-based reporting to more than 700 stations across the country
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Democrats Are Fighting the Next US House Election With a 1995 Media Strategy open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...
Democrats Are Fighting the Next US House Election With a 1995 Media Strategy
In the districts that will decide control of Congress, local news has collapsed — and a new disinformation battlefield has taken its place.
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Happy Pi Day! The day we all pretend to understand math.
