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Florida Man. Professional Hack. Frankly I’d probably rather be in SE Asia.
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People should listen to @steveschale.bsky.social
The road to Democratic exile in Florida can be measured in multiple factors:
1. Inward migration of Republican-leaning voters from blue states
2. Outward migration from left-leaning voters
3. Nominating Gillum, who loses to DeSantis in a close election
4. Latinos
www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...
1. Inward migration of Republican-leaning voters from blue states
2. Outward migration from left-leaning voters
3. Nominating Gillum, who loses to DeSantis in a close election
4. Latinos
www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic...
I Watched the Democratic Collapse in Florida. I Fear It’s Happening Nationally.
It’s time for real structural changes in the party, not quick fixes. Here are a few.
www.thebulwark.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
People should listen to @steveschale.bsky.social
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really grateful to be able to publish this piece on Biden, written by a man who knows him, loves him, worked for him, but wants to see things go differently now
www.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-...
I Worked for Joe Biden. I Love Joe Biden. He Must Rethink His Post-Presidency.
I understand his desire to defend his legacy. But he needs to do it differently.
www.thebulwark.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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How do you nail a post-presidency if you're Joe Biden? Solid ideas from @steveschale.bsky.social, who worked for him and loves him: Lean in to decency, empathy and the stories of everyday folks, and leave the legacy litigating to others. www.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-...
I Worked for Joe Biden. I Love Joe Biden. He Must Rethink His Post-Presidency.
I understand his desire to defend his legacy. But he needs to do it differently.
www.thebulwark.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
How do you nail a post-presidency if you're Joe Biden? Solid ideas from @steveschale.bsky.social, who worked for him and loves him: Lean in to decency, empathy and the stories of everyday folks, and leave the legacy litigating to others. www.thebulwark.com/p/joe-biden-...
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I Worked for Joe Biden. I Love Joe Biden. He Must Rethink His Post-Presidency.
A must read this morning from @steveschale.bsky.social
A must read this morning from @steveschale.bsky.social
I Worked for Joe Biden. I Love Joe Biden. He Must Rethink His Post-Presidency.
I understand his desire to defend his legacy. But he needs to do it differently.
www.thebulwark.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I Worked for Joe Biden. I Love Joe Biden. He Must Rethink His Post-Presidency.
A must read this morning from @steveschale.bsky.social
A must read this morning from @steveschale.bsky.social
This has been the choice for far too long…
But what if -- and hear me out, @steveschale.bsky.social -- FDP chooses the third option: "neither". www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This has been the choice for far too long…
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Champion your friends and colleagues. Few things feel better; and it returns to you ten fold every time. 💙
May 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Champion your friends and colleagues. Few things feel better; and it returns to you ten fold every time. 💙
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When someone in your foursome says he made bogey when he took two swipes in a penalty area and three-putted.
April 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
When someone in your foursome says he made bogey when he took two swipes in a penalty area and three-putted.
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Gotta agree with @steveschale.bsky.social on this: focus on beating Republicans, not on intra-Democratic civil war. bluevirginia.us/2025/04/wedn...
April 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Gotta agree with @steveschale.bsky.social on this: focus on beating Republicans, not on intra-Democratic civil war. bluevirginia.us/2025/04/wedn...
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The latest edition of The Home Front Podcast is up now! Join me and @steveschale.bsky.social for a discussion on why the Democrats' super pac set up sucks, how FL went so red so fast, and why the 2030 census matters so much. Watch, like, and subscribe! youtu.be/TiKlKO-Kd8c?...
Who Deputized These **Holes, Anyway?
YouTube video by The Home Front
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April 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The latest edition of The Home Front Podcast is up now! Join me and @steveschale.bsky.social for a discussion on why the Democrats' super pac set up sucks, how FL went so red so fast, and why the 2030 census matters so much. Watch, like, and subscribe! youtu.be/TiKlKO-Kd8c?...
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Such a brilliant discussion of the modern tension in this moment of political fundraising and organizing in the party.
April 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Such a brilliant discussion of the modern tension in this moment of political fundraising and organizing in the party.
I don’t believe in moral victories or participation trophies. There is no glory in the battle fought, but lost.
But mostly, I wish we could find away to harness the enthusiasm to support necessary organizing, and not just races we were never going to win.
manofflorida.substack.com/p/we-have-to...
But mostly, I wish we could find away to harness the enthusiasm to support necessary organizing, and not just races we were never going to win.
manofflorida.substack.com/p/we-have-to...
April 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I don’t believe in moral victories or participation trophies. There is no glory in the battle fought, but lost.
But mostly, I wish we could find away to harness the enthusiasm to support necessary organizing, and not just races we were never going to win.
manofflorida.substack.com/p/we-have-to...
But mostly, I wish we could find away to harness the enthusiasm to support necessary organizing, and not just races we were never going to win.
manofflorida.substack.com/p/we-have-to...
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There's a lot of complaining about "Dem consultants," often by the most progressive voices. It's really annoying when they don't go after shit like this, especially in context of @steveschale.bsky.social s point over at the bad place.
April 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
There's a lot of complaining about "Dem consultants," often by the most progressive voices. It's really annoying when they don't go after shit like this, especially in context of @steveschale.bsky.social s point over at the bad place.
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<grimaces in GQR alumnus>
Took a journey to snowy Macomb County, Michigan to try to understand what happened in a county that voted for Obama. Twice.
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Steve Schale on Substack
Only a handful of counties have moved more from Obama 12 to Trump than Macomb County, making it the logical place to start the journey to understand what happened. A cold Florida Man trudges to snowy...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
<grimaces in GQR alumnus>
Took a journey to snowy Macomb County, Michigan to try to understand what happened in a county that voted for Obama. Twice.
substack.com/@steveschale...
substack.com/@steveschale...
Steve Schale on Substack
Only a handful of counties have moved more from Obama 12 to Trump than Macomb County, making it the logical place to start the journey to understand what happened. A cold Florida Man trudges to snowy...
substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Took a journey to snowy Macomb County, Michigan to try to understand what happened in a county that voted for Obama. Twice.
substack.com/@steveschale...
substack.com/@steveschale...
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This piece in Puck, based on focus groups by @steveschale.bsky.social paints a picture in which many voters broadly think Trump is at least showing he's active, energized; they're think Musk is a destructive weirdo and are very worried about ... puck.news/what-swing-v...
Elon’s Icarus Moment
New focus groups of swing state voters found reserves of goodwill for Trump but deep distrust toward Musk, widely viewed as “weird,” “radical,” and “selfish.” Mostly, however, they just wanted to talk...
puck.news
February 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This piece in Puck, based on focus groups by @steveschale.bsky.social paints a picture in which many voters broadly think Trump is at least showing he's active, energized; they're think Musk is a destructive weirdo and are very worried about ... puck.news/what-swing-v...
My parents are in Indonesia where apparently people just drive around with generational wealth in their truck beds
February 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My parents are in Indonesia where apparently people just drive around with generational wealth in their truck beds
When people wonder where I went, you’ll find me on a quiet stretch of black sand beach next to a hut at the foot of Mayon Volcano watching the sunrise over the Pacific
February 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
When people wonder where I went, you’ll find me on a quiet stretch of black sand beach next to a hut at the foot of Mayon Volcano watching the sunrise over the Pacific
Full on national crisis
February 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Full on national crisis
Duuuuuuuuuuval!
I present: The Ultimate Florida Man
3D-printed cocaine bricks, a Breaking Bad cancer defense, and a drug-filled garage called “Gator’s Man Cave”
3D-printed cocaine bricks, a Breaking Bad cancer defense, and a drug-filled garage called “Gator’s Man Cave”
DEA Officer Who 3D-Printed Cocaine Gets 17 Years in Prison
The former Fed stole evidence and replaced it with a brick he made with a computer.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Duuuuuuuuuuval!
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Good piece today from @steveschale.bsky.social about last night’s DNC Chair forum and the electoral implications of this…
January 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Good piece today from @steveschale.bsky.social about last night’s DNC Chair forum and the electoral implications of this…
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“Just this week, data showed Republicans gained about 1,000 net voters in New Mexico in the last month, and flipped voter reg in Hillsborough County [Florida] from a Dem plurality edge to a GOP one.”
I watched the DNC Chair candidate forum and it drove me to write something (since it was too early for whiskey)
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I watched the DNC Forum Last Night
And now what I really want is a bottle of whiskey
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Just this week, data showed Republicans gained about 1,000 net voters in New Mexico in the last month, and flipped voter reg in Hillsborough County [Florida] from a Dem plurality edge to a GOP one.”
I watched the DNC Chair candidate forum and it drove me to write something (since it was too early for whiskey)
open.substack.com/pub/manofflo...
open.substack.com/pub/manofflo...
I watched the DNC Forum Last Night
And now what I really want is a bottle of whiskey
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I watched the DNC Chair candidate forum and it drove me to write something (since it was too early for whiskey)
open.substack.com/pub/manofflo...
open.substack.com/pub/manofflo...
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Barricaded in the bathroom with a bottle of wine. Well, me and my ghosts, we had a hell of a time.
No city in history has ever endured anything like Great Blizzard of The Seven Hills. Day 5 of digging out
January 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Barricaded in the bathroom with a bottle of wine. Well, me and my ghosts, we had a hell of a time.