Ian Koski
@iankoski.com
Democratic comms strategist leading Quorum Creative, formerly of the U.S. Senate and the ONE Campaign. Called a "terrible campaign manager" by a candidate we beat by 51 pts. Former GWU prof. Villanova grad. Dad and woodworker.
Hearing RFK Jr.'s crazily heavy breathing through the microphone sends such an interesting message about this administration's view of public health.
September 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hearing RFK Jr.'s crazily heavy breathing through the microphone sends such an interesting message about this administration's view of public health.
Ticketmaster sending an email with new terms of service at 6:50 on the Friday night of Labor Day weekend can’t be good.
August 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Ticketmaster sending an email with new terms of service at 6:50 on the Friday night of Labor Day weekend can’t be good.
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Super super smart (per usual) by @espiers.bsky.social, per usual on the problem with Democratic media efforts. www.elizabethspiers.com/why-dems-kee...
August 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Super super smart (per usual) by @espiers.bsky.social, per usual on the problem with Democratic media efforts. www.elizabethspiers.com/why-dems-kee...
Massive win for Democrats in Utah today.
BREAKING NEWS: A judge has THROWN OUT Utah's congressional maps in the League of Women Voter and Mormon Women for Ethical Government's gerrymandering lawsuit against the Utah legislature: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
Judge makes ruling in gerrymandering lawsuit over Utah's redistricting
A judge has issued a ruling in a lawsuit accusing the Utah state legislature of illegally gerrymandering congressional districts to benefit Republicans.
www.fox13now.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Massive win for Democrats in Utah today.
I wonder how he felt about this idea when it came from Hillary Clinton. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
August 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I wonder how he felt about this idea when it came from Hillary Clinton. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...
From everything I've read, Mothership is a disgustingly scammy company. At best, it makes its money from fear-mongering; at worst, it makes its money from grifting senile people who want to do the right thing.
#mepolitics
#mepolitics
These data from @adambonica.bsky.social are shocking. Scam PACs and the deluge of fundraising texts are an absolute cancer on the Democratic Party, and it ought to excised with extreme prejudice.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Is Senator Collins really saying here that because Republicans didn't vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, the Trump Admin shouldn't have to continue executing the law? This is stunning. Especially from a "moderate." Especially from an appropriator. #MEpolitics
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August 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Is Senator Collins really saying here that because Republicans didn't vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, the Trump Admin shouldn't have to continue executing the law? This is stunning. Especially from a "moderate." Especially from an appropriator. #MEpolitics
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Any reporter who publishes future data without noting this obvious pledge by the president to manipulate future data should surrender their press credential. This is insane.
August 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Any reporter who publishes future data without noting this obvious pledge by the president to manipulate future data should surrender their press credential. This is insane.
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Five straight years of Monica Lewinsky jokes didn’t alienate anyone at all
Jay Leno thinks his former fellow late-night show hosts are alienating audiences with their barbs and jabs against the Trump administration.
Leno Calls for Late Night to Drop Partisan Politics: ‘Why Shoot for Just Half an Audience?’
“I love political humor, don’t get me wrong,” the veteran comedian told the Ronald Reagan Foundation.
trib.al
July 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Five straight years of Monica Lewinsky jokes didn’t alienate anyone at all
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PPH rewards Susan Collins for her complicity in the withholding of this $$ -- e.g. thru Trump nominee votes -- by slapping her photo next to this article instead of Mills or Pingree who also called for the funds to be released but were not similarly complicit.
Absolute propaganda move. #MEpolitics
Absolute propaganda move. #MEpolitics
July 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
PPH rewards Susan Collins for her complicity in the withholding of this $$ -- e.g. thru Trump nominee votes -- by slapping her photo next to this article instead of Mills or Pingree who also called for the funds to be released but were not similarly complicit.
Absolute propaganda move. #MEpolitics
Absolute propaganda move. #MEpolitics
Maine media: Stop crediting Susan Collins for getting Maine's education funding released. Every state's withheld money was released! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07... #MEpolitics
July 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Maine media: Stop crediting Susan Collins for getting Maine's education funding released. Every state's withheld money was released! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07... #MEpolitics
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The Democratic party needs fresh faces and fresh voices.
by Rahm Emanuel, James Carville, and David Axelrod
by Rahm Emanuel, James Carville, and David Axelrod
July 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Democratic party needs fresh faces and fresh voices.
by Rahm Emanuel, James Carville, and David Axelrod
by Rahm Emanuel, James Carville, and David Axelrod
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Wow. Puck reports that Susan Collins pulled her amendment to make rescissions smaller after MAGA Senators pressured her, not Democrats like she claimed.
Embarrassing but par for the course.
Shady Susan liar.
#mesen #mepolitics
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Embarrassing but par for the course.
Shady Susan liar.
#mesen #mepolitics
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July 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wow. Puck reports that Susan Collins pulled her amendment to make rescissions smaller after MAGA Senators pressured her, not Democrats like she claimed.
Embarrassing but par for the course.
Shady Susan liar.
#mesen #mepolitics
puck.news/collins-back...
Embarrassing but par for the course.
Shady Susan liar.
#mesen #mepolitics
puck.news/collins-back...
"Purely financial decision" feels... unlikely.
July 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Purely financial decision" feels... unlikely.
Billionaires get cancer too. I hope some step up where Trump has surrendered.
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
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What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Billionaires get cancer too. I hope some step up where Trump has surrendered.
Was just texted this completely bananas Maine Senate Democratic Primary poll. It’s not restricted to a single respondent. It would be terrible if people spammed it. bit.ly/me-primary-p... #MEpolitics
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July 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Was just texted this completely bananas Maine Senate Democratic Primary poll. It’s not restricted to a single respondent. It would be terrible if people spammed it. bit.ly/me-primary-p... #MEpolitics
Amazing quote. Payroll in freefall since the World Series? That’s on the Lerners.
“The sun will come up tomorrow,” Mike Rizzo wrote in a text message to Barry Svrluga. “That’s the job. I had a great run. Navigated that ownership group for almost 20 years.” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Last-place Nationals fire manager Dave Martinez and GM Mike Rizzo
Washington’s lengthy rebuild has cost its manager and its general manager their jobs.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Amazing quote. Payroll in freefall since the World Series? That’s on the Lerners.
Now fire the cheapskate owners.
Can confirm that the Nationals have fired GM Mike Rizzo and Manager Dave Martinez.
July 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Now fire the cheapskate owners.
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She already supported this by voting yes in debate. Even if she casts a symbolic no vote for the actual bill, she gave up opposing it at the only time it would've mattered.
#mepolitics
#mepolitics
Susan Collins tells me her stance hasn’t changed, i.e. still leaning no on the OBBB without revisions. She cites Medicaid cuts and extension of tax rates for upper earners as “two of the most important” concerns she has. “There are going to be a gazillion more amendments tonight.”
June 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
She already supported this by voting yes in debate. Even if she casts a symbolic no vote for the actual bill, she gave up opposing it at the only time it would've mattered.
#mepolitics
#mepolitics
Senator Collins has demonstrated again that she no longer knows how (or does not care to) to use the power she has to effect meaningful change in the modern Congress. #MEpolitics
Susan Collins voted aye after a conversation with Thune. She said she is leaning against the bill on final passage, but passed up a chance to hold it hostage tonight.
June 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Senator Collins has demonstrated again that she no longer knows how (or does not care to) to use the power she has to effect meaningful change in the modern Congress. #MEpolitics
How do you know your senator doesn't care what her constituents think? When the staff assistant doesn't even ask where you live, let alone your name, when you call to urge the senator to vote against the GOP budget bill. #MEpolitics
June 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
How do you know your senator doesn't care what her constituents think? When the staff assistant doesn't even ask where you live, let alone your name, when you call to urge the senator to vote against the GOP budget bill. #MEpolitics
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No joke, Trump has to fire all of them now. They're a sabotage risk to the administration.
I wouldn't want to be a DOGE kid right now
June 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
No joke, Trump has to fire all of them now. They're a sabotage risk to the administration.
Ignore this Pan-Atlantic poll of Maine gubernatorial candidates. Only 11% of Mainers saying they're unfamiliar with Angust King III (not SENATOR King... his son who's never run for anything) is the way you know it's preposterous. panatlanticresearch.com/omnibus #mepolitics
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ignore this Pan-Atlantic poll of Maine gubernatorial candidates. Only 11% of Mainers saying they're unfamiliar with Angust King III (not SENATOR King... his son who's never run for anything) is the way you know it's preposterous. panatlanticresearch.com/omnibus #mepolitics