DJ Koessler
@djkoessler.bsky.social
Democratic strategist | Founder, @KoesslerStrategies.bsky.social | Associate Faculty, Columbia | Alum of Clinton 2016, Buttigieg 2020 & more
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Donald Trump and Republicans are fighting to raise health care premiums.
Democrats are fighting for...what exactly?
Senate Dems, vote no on this CR. Americans expect and deserve real results.
Democrats are fighting for...what exactly?
Senate Dems, vote no on this CR. Americans expect and deserve real results.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Donald Trump and Republicans are fighting to raise health care premiums.
Democrats are fighting for...what exactly?
Senate Dems, vote no on this CR. Americans expect and deserve real results.
Democrats are fighting for...what exactly?
Senate Dems, vote no on this CR. Americans expect and deserve real results.
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I'm Assemblymember Alex Bores. I'm running for Congress to protect our democracy and deliver real results for New York families.
That fight starts now. Are you with me? → alexbores.nyc
That fight starts now. Are you with me? → alexbores.nyc
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I'm Assemblymember Alex Bores. I'm running for Congress to protect our democracy and deliver real results for New York families.
That fight starts now. Are you with me? → alexbores.nyc
That fight starts now. Are you with me? → alexbores.nyc
Friday's job numbers showed the highest unemployment rate in 4 years.
How did Trump spend the weekend? Golfing in Virginia, partying in the Rose Garden, threatening war on Chicago, and attending the US Open.
The man will find anything to do but make your life better.
How did Trump spend the weekend? Golfing in Virginia, partying in the Rose Garden, threatening war on Chicago, and attending the US Open.
The man will find anything to do but make your life better.
September 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Friday's job numbers showed the highest unemployment rate in 4 years.
How did Trump spend the weekend? Golfing in Virginia, partying in the Rose Garden, threatening war on Chicago, and attending the US Open.
The man will find anything to do but make your life better.
How did Trump spend the weekend? Golfing in Virginia, partying in the Rose Garden, threatening war on Chicago, and attending the US Open.
The man will find anything to do but make your life better.
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4 out of 5 Americans believe in school vaccine mandates. Support for an aggressive vaccine regime in America is broad and bi-partisan. Kennedy is an extremist.
September 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
4 out of 5 Americans believe in school vaccine mandates. Support for an aggressive vaccine regime in America is broad and bi-partisan. Kennedy is an extremist.
Third *first day* as faculty at my Alma Mater 📚
Good luck to everyone heading back to school!
Good luck to everyone heading back to school!
September 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Third *first day* as faculty at my Alma Mater 📚
Good luck to everyone heading back to school!
Good luck to everyone heading back to school!
With Congress back in session, students back in school, and redistricting battles dominating headlines, the School Board Integrity Project's @kyrsielaine.bsky.social explains how school board races are quietly shaping America's future.
Must-read for progressives: couriernewsroom.com/news/kyrstin...
Must-read for progressives: couriernewsroom.com/news/kyrstin...
Kyrstin Schuette: The Overlooked Frontline of Democracy
While redistricting dominates headlines, school board elections are quietly shaping America’s future.
couriernewsroom.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
With Congress back in session, students back in school, and redistricting battles dominating headlines, the School Board Integrity Project's @kyrsielaine.bsky.social explains how school board races are quietly shaping America's future.
Must-read for progressives: couriernewsroom.com/news/kyrstin...
Must-read for progressives: couriernewsroom.com/news/kyrstin...
"I always thought that the Republican Party was the one who always talked about how let's get big government out of our lives. We have never seen such a such an outreach of big government like we are seeing with the Trump administration."
— @govwesmoore.bsky.social on Morning Joe
— @govwesmoore.bsky.social on Morning Joe
August 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"I always thought that the Republican Party was the one who always talked about how let's get big government out of our lives. We have never seen such a such an outreach of big government like we are seeing with the Trump administration."
— @govwesmoore.bsky.social on Morning Joe
— @govwesmoore.bsky.social on Morning Joe
"Trump really cares only about retribution for himself, and it will consume much of a second term."
—John Bolton in the foreword to his memoir
—John Bolton in the foreword to his memoir
August 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"Trump really cares only about retribution for himself, and it will consume much of a second term."
—John Bolton in the foreword to his memoir
—John Bolton in the foreword to his memoir
What happened to conservatives who claimed to care about privacy rights? States' rights? Business?
August 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What happened to conservatives who claimed to care about privacy rights? States' rights? Business?
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Cutting off mRNA research because the first mRNA vaccines weren't good enough - *even if that were true, which it really isn't* - is like if we banned personal computers in 1981 because the IBM PC was too expensive
How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science—and Screwed Us in the Process
He’s Making America Great Again—for lethal pathogens.
www.thebulwark.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Cutting off mRNA research because the first mRNA vaccines weren't good enough - *even if that were true, which it really isn't* - is like if we banned personal computers in 1981 because the IBM PC was too expensive
He tried to overturn the 2020 election, telling Georgia he just needed "11,780 votes."
He's directing Texas to redraw its congressional maps because he's "entitled to 5 more seats."
Now he's lying about mail-in ballots and voting machines. Ask yourself why.
He's directing Texas to redraw its congressional maps because he's "entitled to 5 more seats."
Now he's lying about mail-in ballots and voting machines. Ask yourself why.
in crazed early morning screed, the president announces "I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly “Inaccurate,” Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES"
August 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
He tried to overturn the 2020 election, telling Georgia he just needed "11,780 votes."
He's directing Texas to redraw its congressional maps because he's "entitled to 5 more seats."
Now he's lying about mail-in ballots and voting machines. Ask yourself why.
He's directing Texas to redraw its congressional maps because he's "entitled to 5 more seats."
Now he's lying about mail-in ballots and voting machines. Ask yourself why.
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
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USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
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The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.
August 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.
He was unprepared, out of his depth, and impaired by his own ego.
He sold us out and he still walked away without a deal.
The presidency has never looked so small.
He sold us out and he still walked away without a deal.
The presidency has never looked so small.
August 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
He was unprepared, out of his depth, and impaired by his own ego.
He sold us out and he still walked away without a deal.
The presidency has never looked so small.
He sold us out and he still walked away without a deal.
The presidency has never looked so small.
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“This is exactly the moment Putin has been craving. He was received on American soil as an equal for a meeting of great powers. The red carpet, the handshake, the flyover of planes—only North Korea could have arranged such a welcome for someone accused of war crimes.” Sky News’ Ivor Bennett.
August 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“This is exactly the moment Putin has been craving. He was received on American soil as an equal for a meeting of great powers. The red carpet, the handshake, the flyover of planes—only North Korea could have arranged such a welcome for someone accused of war crimes.” Sky News’ Ivor Bennett.
If the U.S. servicemen who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy were alive today to see the commander in chief roll out the red carpet for a tyrant invading Europe, an enemy of Western democracy, on U.S. soil, what would they say?
August 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If the U.S. servicemen who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy were alive today to see the commander in chief roll out the red carpet for a tyrant invading Europe, an enemy of Western democracy, on U.S. soil, what would they say?
"The fight to protect public education—and the democracy it underpins—is happening right now, in school board races across the country."
Great new @ajc.com piece from Buttigieg alum @kyrsielaine.bsky.social on the GOP's attacks on public ed and how to fight back: www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...
Great new @ajc.com piece from Buttigieg alum @kyrsielaine.bsky.social on the GOP's attacks on public ed and how to fight back: www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...
Public education is under attack under Trump. School boards must fight back.
Opinion: School boards have become the center of the culture wars in America, pitting anti-public education against those seeking to defend the system.
www.ajc.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"The fight to protect public education—and the democracy it underpins—is happening right now, in school board races across the country."
Great new @ajc.com piece from Buttigieg alum @kyrsielaine.bsky.social on the GOP's attacks on public ed and how to fight back: www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...
Great new @ajc.com piece from Buttigieg alum @kyrsielaine.bsky.social on the GOP's attacks on public ed and how to fight back: www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...
Ahead of tomorrow's Alaska summit with Putin, @pewresearch.org is out with this new poll finding:
Confidence in Trump to make wise decisions about the war between Ukraine and Russia is now lower than it was before he took office.
Confidence in Trump to make wise decisions about the war between Ukraine and Russia is now lower than it was before he took office.
Trump's Tariffs and 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips
Six months into his term, far more say President Trump is making the way the federal government works worse than making it better.
www.pewresearch.org
August 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's Alaska summit with Putin, @pewresearch.org is out with this new poll finding:
Confidence in Trump to make wise decisions about the war between Ukraine and Russia is now lower than it was before he took office.
Confidence in Trump to make wise decisions about the war between Ukraine and Russia is now lower than it was before he took office.
"'At the end of the day, elections are binary choices,' says DJ Koessler, a Democratic strategist who worked on Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign…To effectively convey their message, he and others add, Democrats will need to build a new media ecosystem." www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
As Trump’s approval ratings fall, Democrats are doing even worse. Why?
Frustrated Democratic voters describe their party as “weak” and “tepid.” As Democrats try to regain their footing ahead of next year’s midterm elections, some call for fresh faces and fresh thinking.
www.csmonitor.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"'At the end of the day, elections are binary choices,' says DJ Koessler, a Democratic strategist who worked on Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign…To effectively convey their message, he and others add, Democrats will need to build a new media ecosystem." www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
You cannot support this administration *and* claim to support the Constitution.
Six months into Donald Trump’s second term, his administration is at war with the federal judiciary, evading court orders blocking its agenda, suing judges for alleged misconduct, and veering toward what multiple current and former federal judges say could be a constitutional crisis: cnn.it/41vcFR2
‘The courts are helpless’: Inside the Trump administration’s steady erosion of judicial power | CNN Politics
Six months into Donald Trump’s second term, his administration is at war with the federal judiciary, evading court orders blocking its agenda, suing judges for alleged misconduct, and veering toward w...
cnn.it
August 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
You cannot support this administration *and* claim to support the Constitution.
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You lose your health care. He gets a ballroom.
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this coming September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
Trump's dream of building a ballroom at the White House is becoming a reality
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
n.pr
July 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You lose your health care. He gets a ballroom.
You lose your health care. He gets a ballroom.
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this coming September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
Trump's dream of building a ballroom at the White House is becoming a reality
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
n.pr
July 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You lose your health care. He gets a ballroom.
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The purge at the State Department means fewer people investigating passport fraud, fewer experts to help Americans in crises abroad, and fewer intelligence analysts to stop the next attack. Hollowing out our diplomatic readiness makes us all less safe.
State Department firings will hit Trump admin’s ability to tackle its own priorities, sources say | CNN Politics
The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the priorities it has said it values, multiple former and current department offi...
www.cnn.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The purge at the State Department means fewer people investigating passport fraud, fewer experts to help Americans in crises abroad, and fewer intelligence analysts to stop the next attack. Hollowing out our diplomatic readiness makes us all less safe.
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This is a meaningless trick. A court cannot violate rule 6(e), which prohibits public disclosure.
July 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a meaningless trick. A court cannot violate rule 6(e), which prohibits public disclosure.