Josh Klemons 💪💙💪
@jlemonsk.bsky.social
I post about politics, social media & where they intersect. Also WI. And... you know... other stuff. Helping progressive campaigns and orgs win the internet.
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Josh Klemons 💪💙💪
@jlemonsk.bsky.social
· Nov 13
The idea that Wisconsin Democrats rigged the election for Baldwin, but NOT for Harris is just next-level brain rot.
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Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
@katmabu.bsky.social REALLY hates call time y'all.
She's running one of the most innovative digital (and field) programs of the cycle imho. One of those innovations — replacing call time with livestreams.
And it's working!
She's running one of the most innovative digital (and field) programs of the cycle imho. One of those innovations — replacing call time with livestreams.
And it's working!
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@katmabu.bsky.social REALLY hates call time y'all.
She's running one of the most innovative digital (and field) programs of the cycle imho. One of those innovations — replacing call time with livestreams.
And it's working!
She's running one of the most innovative digital (and field) programs of the cycle imho. One of those innovations — replacing call time with livestreams.
And it's working!
Wow. Newsom and his team have been crushing it on TikTok, getting "more views and engagement than that of Mamdani, who has been widely heralded as a social media savant."
From @kylewilsontharp.bsky.social
From @kylewilsontharp.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Wow. Newsom and his team have been crushing it on TikTok, getting "more views and engagement than that of Mamdani, who has been widely heralded as a social media savant."
From @kylewilsontharp.bsky.social
From @kylewilsontharp.bsky.social
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
Please remember that Fox News is HQed in NYC and now Zohran will be their mayor and that is just delicious.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Please remember that Fox News is HQed in NYC and now Zohran will be their mayor and that is just delicious.
I met Mark Kendall and Bill Worley at Netroots this year and was super excited to invite them on the pod.
They’re doing something very unique in our space — using comedy, intentionally, to win hearts and change minds.
They’re doing something very unique in our space — using comedy, intentionally, to win hearts and change minds.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I met Mark Kendall and Bill Worley at Netroots this year and was super excited to invite them on the pod.
They’re doing something very unique in our space — using comedy, intentionally, to win hearts and change minds.
They’re doing something very unique in our space — using comedy, intentionally, to win hearts and change minds.
"Good stories, and bad ones, have characters and conflict. But what Democrats claim as stories are often more like grocery lists." - @anatosaurus.bsky.social
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
October 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Good stories, and bad ones, have characters and conflict. But what Democrats claim as stories are often more like grocery lists." - @anatosaurus.bsky.social
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
It's wild to me that every state in the union is gerrymandering themselves into oblivion and we STILL can't get fair congressional maps here in Wisconsin.
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's wild to me that every state in the union is gerrymandering themselves into oblivion and we STILL can't get fair congressional maps here in Wisconsin.
Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in Illinois’ 9th District.
I personally think she’s running one of the most innovative campaigns of the cycle, both from a digital and from a field perspective.
I personally think she’s running one of the most innovative campaigns of the cycle, both from a digital and from a field perspective.
October 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in Illinois’ 9th District.
I personally think she’s running one of the most innovative campaigns of the cycle, both from a digital and from a field perspective.
I personally think she’s running one of the most innovative campaigns of the cycle, both from a digital and from a field perspective.
“Instead of Noem courageously confronting the “Antifa army,” viewers saw her keeping a safe distance from a few people milling about —including the Portland Chicken.”
lol
lucid.substack.com/p/the-portla...
lol
lucid.substack.com/p/the-portla...
The Portland Chicken Has a Degree in Game Theory
Humor, Prep for No Kings, and Resistance Actions as “Coordination Games”
lucid.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Instead of Noem courageously confronting the “Antifa army,” viewers saw her keeping a safe distance from a few people milling about —including the Portland Chicken.”
lol
lucid.substack.com/p/the-portla...
lol
lucid.substack.com/p/the-portla...
Cool free digital tool for folks looking to add anti-fascism yellow to their profile photo this week, heading into the No Kings rally.
www.resistanceyellow.com
www.resistanceyellow.com
Home | Resistance Yellow
www.resistanceyellow.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cool free digital tool for folks looking to add anti-fascism yellow to their profile photo this week, heading into the No Kings rally.
www.resistanceyellow.com
www.resistanceyellow.com
across social media. They shared their findings, recs for orgs looking to ramp up their relational organizing programs, how they think about walled gardens and more.
Find the ep, links, transcript and more at HelloMergeTag.com. You can also find it wherever you stream podcasts or on YouTube.
Find the ep, links, transcript and more at HelloMergeTag.com. You can also find it wherever you stream podcasts or on YouTube.
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
across social media. They shared their findings, recs for orgs looking to ramp up their relational organizing programs, how they think about walled gardens and more.
Find the ep, links, transcript and more at HelloMergeTag.com. You can also find it wherever you stream podcasts or on YouTube.
Find the ep, links, transcript and more at HelloMergeTag.com. You can also find it wherever you stream podcasts or on YouTube.
But so few campaigns are even thinking about them at all, much less developing strategies around them.
I hosted Amanda Brink of Empower Project and Tudor Mihailescu of SoSha to tell us about a Community Mobilizer program they ran that collectively earned 80 million organic impressions...
I hosted Amanda Brink of Empower Project and Tudor Mihailescu of SoSha to tell us about a Community Mobilizer program they ran that collectively earned 80 million organic impressions...
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
But so few campaigns are even thinking about them at all, much less developing strategies around them.
I hosted Amanda Brink of Empower Project and Tudor Mihailescu of SoSha to tell us about a Community Mobilizer program they ran that collectively earned 80 million organic impressions...
I hosted Amanda Brink of Empower Project and Tudor Mihailescu of SoSha to tell us about a Community Mobilizer program they ran that collectively earned 80 million organic impressions...
The platform generating the most clicks online probably isn't the one you'd expect. Or at least, it wasn't the one I expected!
WhatsApp, and other walled gardens, are doing a lot of heavy lifting in the digital organizing space. >>>
WhatsApp, and other walled gardens, are doing a lot of heavy lifting in the digital organizing space. >>>
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The platform generating the most clicks online probably isn't the one you'd expect. Or at least, it wasn't the one I expected!
WhatsApp, and other walled gardens, are doing a lot of heavy lifting in the digital organizing space. >>>
WhatsApp, and other walled gardens, are doing a lot of heavy lifting in the digital organizing space. >>>
What do Mission Impossible, black-ish, and Stacey Abrams have in common?
They all turned to Garima Verma to help craft a digital strategy.
Garima’s experience is wild—in Hollywood, in politics, and now in consulting.
They all turned to Garima Verma to help craft a digital strategy.
Garima’s experience is wild—in Hollywood, in politics, and now in consulting.
September 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What do Mission Impossible, black-ish, and Stacey Abrams have in common?
They all turned to Garima Verma to help craft a digital strategy.
Garima’s experience is wild—in Hollywood, in politics, and now in consulting.
They all turned to Garima Verma to help craft a digital strategy.
Garima’s experience is wild—in Hollywood, in politics, and now in consulting.
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I’m Francesca Hong, a single mom, service worker, and State Rep—now running for Governor of Wisconsin.
This campaign won’t be funded by billionaires or corporate PACs. It’s powered by working people.
If you’re ready to take back our state, chip in today:
secure.actblue.com/donate/fran-...
This campaign won’t be funded by billionaires or corporate PACs. It’s powered by working people.
If you’re ready to take back our state, chip in today:
secure.actblue.com/donate/fran-...
September 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I’m Francesca Hong, a single mom, service worker, and State Rep—now running for Governor of Wisconsin.
This campaign won’t be funded by billionaires or corporate PACs. It’s powered by working people.
If you’re ready to take back our state, chip in today:
secure.actblue.com/donate/fran-...
This campaign won’t be funded by billionaires or corporate PACs. It’s powered by working people.
If you’re ready to take back our state, chip in today:
secure.actblue.com/donate/fran-...
If you know me and my work, you know I have a very different approach to Facebook Ads than most people in our industry.
I just gave a virtual session at Netroots called "We're Thinking About Facebook Ads Wrong." >>>
I just gave a virtual session at Netroots called "We're Thinking About Facebook Ads Wrong." >>>
August 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If you know me and my work, you know I have a very different approach to Facebook Ads than most people in our industry.
I just gave a virtual session at Netroots called "We're Thinking About Facebook Ads Wrong." >>>
I just gave a virtual session at Netroots called "We're Thinking About Facebook Ads Wrong." >>>
Forget about the garbage take. What is going on with this screenshot from Scott Walker?!
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Forget about the garbage take. What is going on with this screenshot from Scott Walker?!
You’re not a superhero, you’re a megaphone.
That’s the message I give every campaign I work with. It’s a hard truth for some to hear: no one cares about you — they care about themselves. >>>
That’s the message I give every campaign I work with. It’s a hard truth for some to hear: no one cares about you — they care about themselves. >>>
August 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
You’re not a superhero, you’re a megaphone.
That’s the message I give every campaign I work with. It’s a hard truth for some to hear: no one cares about you — they care about themselves. >>>
That’s the message I give every campaign I work with. It’s a hard truth for some to hear: no one cares about you — they care about themselves. >>>
“You don’t want to be caught in that high‑volume moment and not have a way to capture people…”
That’s exactly what Gabbi Zutrau built with the Zohran Mamdani campaign.
That’s exactly what Gabbi Zutrau built with the Zohran Mamdani campaign.
July 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“You don’t want to be caught in that high‑volume moment and not have a way to capture people…”
That’s exactly what Gabbi Zutrau built with the Zohran Mamdani campaign.
That’s exactly what Gabbi Zutrau built with the Zohran Mamdani campaign.
I keep getting new followers on this platform, but my content has almost no engagement. Just me? Very bizarre.
July 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I keep getting new followers on this platform, but my content has almost no engagement. Just me? Very bizarre.
We’re Thinking About Facebook Ads Wrong.
I’m doing a virtual session with @netrootsnation.bsky.social about how campaigns can get smarter—and more strategic—using Meta ads.
I’ve used FB ads to help some great candidates win their elections, and I’ll be sharing some of the lessons I’ve learned alon
I’m doing a virtual session with @netrootsnation.bsky.social about how campaigns can get smarter—and more strategic—using Meta ads.
I’ve used FB ads to help some great candidates win their elections, and I’ll be sharing some of the lessons I’ve learned alon
July 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We’re Thinking About Facebook Ads Wrong.
I’m doing a virtual session with @netrootsnation.bsky.social about how campaigns can get smarter—and more strategic—using Meta ads.
I’ve used FB ads to help some great candidates win their elections, and I’ll be sharing some of the lessons I’ve learned alon
I’m doing a virtual session with @netrootsnation.bsky.social about how campaigns can get smarter—and more strategic—using Meta ads.
I’ve used FB ads to help some great candidates win their elections, and I’ll be sharing some of the lessons I’ve learned alon
Forget chasing a “Joe Rogan of the left.” It’s a distraction. What our party really needs is to connect with people already building large audiences—and living their values.
July 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Forget chasing a “Joe Rogan of the left.” It’s a distraction. What our party really needs is to connect with people already building large audiences—and living their values.
SIRI: Define irony deficiency.
July 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
SIRI: Define irony deficiency.
It would be the funniest thing that ever happened if Trump vetoes this bill.
Just saying.
Just saying.
July 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It would be the funniest thing that ever happened if Trump vetoes this bill.
Just saying.
Just saying.