Austin Clark
@aclark27.bsky.social
Political Hack. Founder of BlueWave Campaigns
If you want to read about why Democratic campaign operations get campaigns wrong and what we should be doing (in my opinion) this is a good one.
For too long we have relied on trying to find measurable metrics to prove why "we" are right even in losses:
willrobinson.substack.com/p/stop-shami...
For too long we have relied on trying to find measurable metrics to prove why "we" are right even in losses:
willrobinson.substack.com/p/stop-shami...
How Charts and Graphs Replaced Common Sense in GOTV
Another case of charts-and-graphs politics winning out over common sense.
willrobinson.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you want to read about why Democratic campaign operations get campaigns wrong and what we should be doing (in my opinion) this is a good one.
For too long we have relied on trying to find measurable metrics to prove why "we" are right even in losses:
willrobinson.substack.com/p/stop-shami...
For too long we have relied on trying to find measurable metrics to prove why "we" are right even in losses:
willrobinson.substack.com/p/stop-shami...
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As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
This is why local journalism is so important. Journalism should be informed and legitimately sourced. Not driven by profit, clicks, and eyes for ads.
Support your local journalists! If you can give them tips for stories, do it. Give them real info!
Support your local journalists! If you can give them tips for stories, do it. Give them real info!
I know other media outlets around the country are running with "diseased monkeys with COVID, herpes and hepatitis are loose in Mississippi!"
And yes, it makes great clickbait. Those posts have thousands of RTs.
But it's just not accurate. Our factual report by @nickjudin.bsky.social:
And yes, it makes great clickbait. Those posts have thousands of RTs.
But it's just not accurate. Our factual report by @nickjudin.bsky.social:
Lab monkeys from Tulane University have escaped an overturned truck north of the town of Heidelberg, Mississippi.
Despite initial claims by local law enforcement, the monkeys are not carrying COVID-19, herpes or hepatitis C.
buff.ly/16gTRJa
Despite initial claims by local law enforcement, the monkeys are not carrying COVID-19, herpes or hepatitis C.
buff.ly/16gTRJa
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is why local journalism is so important. Journalism should be informed and legitimately sourced. Not driven by profit, clicks, and eyes for ads.
Support your local journalists! If you can give them tips for stories, do it. Give them real info!
Support your local journalists! If you can give them tips for stories, do it. Give them real info!
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This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
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Our next financial deadline is tomorrow, and I need your support to "Gho Fund Me."
✅ I am the only candidate in the race not accepting any money from Corporate PACs.
✅ I am committed to not taking any donations from utility companies
✅ I am the only candidate endorsed by ECU.
Link in comments
✅ I am the only candidate in the race not accepting any money from Corporate PACs.
✅ I am committed to not taking any donations from utility companies
✅ I am the only candidate endorsed by ECU.
Link in comments
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Our next financial deadline is tomorrow, and I need your support to "Gho Fund Me."
✅ I am the only candidate in the race not accepting any money from Corporate PACs.
✅ I am committed to not taking any donations from utility companies
✅ I am the only candidate endorsed by ECU.
Link in comments
✅ I am the only candidate in the race not accepting any money from Corporate PACs.
✅ I am committed to not taking any donations from utility companies
✅ I am the only candidate endorsed by ECU.
Link in comments
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Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
I know we are focusing on Healthcare for the shutdown and think that's a winning issue. But I think we can walk and chew gum at the same time.
ICE's actions and lack of oversight should 100% be part of the deal Dems make if R's want our votes to reopen the government.
ICE's actions and lack of oversight should 100% be part of the deal Dems make if R's want our votes to reopen the government.
Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
October 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I know we are focusing on Healthcare for the shutdown and think that's a winning issue. But I think we can walk and chew gum at the same time.
ICE's actions and lack of oversight should 100% be part of the deal Dems make if R's want our votes to reopen the government.
ICE's actions and lack of oversight should 100% be part of the deal Dems make if R's want our votes to reopen the government.
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BREAKING: Philadelphia workers have won the first Whole Foods union under Amazon with UFCW.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will be the first of many.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will be the first of many.
January 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
BREAKING: Philadelphia workers have won the first Whole Foods union under Amazon with UFCW.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will be the first of many.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will be the first of many.
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I’m Aghogho Edevbie and I'm running for Sec of State here in MI. Voting is our collective duty, and when it comes to defending our Democracy – it’s time to get to work. Join our team ➡️ aghogho.com #MIGOV #MIPOL
It's Go Time!
YouTube video by Aghogho Edevbie
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January 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I’m Aghogho Edevbie and I'm running for Sec of State here in MI. Voting is our collective duty, and when it comes to defending our Democracy – it’s time to get to work. Join our team ➡️ aghogho.com #MIGOV #MIPOL
This along with the Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban under the guise of National Security are all dangerous precedents being set.
Having shut down TikTok for a few hours and replaced it with pro-MAGA propaganda, TikTok is announces it is restoring service, including more pro-MAGA propaganda in the announcement
January 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This along with the Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban under the guise of National Security are all dangerous precedents being set.
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The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the young people who sued the state in a landmark climate change lawsuit have a constitutional right to “a clean and healthful environment.”
grist.org/regulation/h...
grist.org/regulation/h...
‘We have been heard’: Montana youth score a major climate victory in court
In a 6-1 ruling, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment” in a key climate case.
grist.org
January 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the young people who sued the state in a landmark climate change lawsuit have a constitutional right to “a clean and healthful environment.”
grist.org/regulation/h...
grist.org/regulation/h...
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A post Lame Duck 2024🧵:
An open letter to the IrREParable Karen Quitsett (Whitsett):
Cue the slow clap.
👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Congratulations on being the individual who (by your dereliction of duty) prevented the people of Michigan from having the following things sooner rather than later:
(1/17)
An open letter to the IrREParable Karen Quitsett (Whitsett):
Cue the slow clap.
👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Congratulations on being the individual who (by your dereliction of duty) prevented the people of Michigan from having the following things sooner rather than later:
(1/17)
December 21, 2024 at 11:21 PM
A post Lame Duck 2024🧵:
An open letter to the IrREParable Karen Quitsett (Whitsett):
Cue the slow clap.
👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Congratulations on being the individual who (by your dereliction of duty) prevented the people of Michigan from having the following things sooner rather than later:
(1/17)
An open letter to the IrREParable Karen Quitsett (Whitsett):
Cue the slow clap.
👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Congratulations on being the individual who (by your dereliction of duty) prevented the people of Michigan from having the following things sooner rather than later:
(1/17)
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It's time to pass the BRITE Act in the Michigan House of Representatives!
"The people of Michigan deserve a government that works for them...The Legislature must pass substantial ethics reforms before they adjourn this year."
"The people of Michigan deserve a government that works for them...The Legislature must pass substantial ethics reforms before they adjourn this year."
December 12, 2024 at 2:16 AM
It's time to pass the BRITE Act in the Michigan House of Representatives!
"The people of Michigan deserve a government that works for them...The Legislature must pass substantial ethics reforms before they adjourn this year."
"The people of Michigan deserve a government that works for them...The Legislature must pass substantial ethics reforms before they adjourn this year."
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Workers at Amazon's largest air hub on the West Coast have announced that they have majority support for a union.
Inland Empire Amazon Workers United have declared that a majority of the workers in this crucial facility for the corporate giant are ready to join the Teamsters.
Inland Empire Amazon Workers United have declared that a majority of the workers in this crucial facility for the corporate giant are ready to join the Teamsters.
December 11, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Workers at Amazon's largest air hub on the West Coast have announced that they have majority support for a union.
Inland Empire Amazon Workers United have declared that a majority of the workers in this crucial facility for the corporate giant are ready to join the Teamsters.
Inland Empire Amazon Workers United have declared that a majority of the workers in this crucial facility for the corporate giant are ready to join the Teamsters.
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I just voted for SB 40 which expands the max weeks for unemployment from 20 to 26 weeks and increases the max weekly benefit from $362 to $614. My father was a hardworking laborer w/ @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 1098 & benefits were $362/wk 20 years ago. This is critical to support MI workers.
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM
I just voted for SB 40 which expands the max weeks for unemployment from 20 to 26 weeks and increases the max weekly benefit from $362 to $614. My father was a hardworking laborer w/ @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 1098 & benefits were $362/wk 20 years ago. This is critical to support MI workers.
Should have happened a long time ago. This should have been the standard from the beginning.
The FTC is investigating Uber over reports it signed users up for Uber One subscriptions without their permission and made it hard to cancel, Bloomberg reports.
Last month, the FTC finalized a "click to cancel" rule that bans arduous cancellation processes.
Last month, the FTC finalized a "click to cancel" rule that bans arduous cancellation processes.
November 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Should have happened a long time ago. This should have been the standard from the beginning.
This!
The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.
November 28, 2024 at 6:59 PM
This!
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I stand with the UAW. We have just 8 days of MI House legislative session left with a Democratic trifecta in Michigan.
We must pass big policies for the working class:
🔨 Increasing worker benefits
🧹 Holding corporate polluters accountable to clean up messes in working class communities (1/2)
We must pass big policies for the working class:
🔨 Increasing worker benefits
🧹 Holding corporate polluters accountable to clean up messes in working class communities (1/2)
NEW: UAW Calls on Michigan Legislature to Deliver for Working Class People in Lame Duck Session
The UAW issued the following statement today calling on the Michigan legislature to deliver for working class people in the upcoming lame duck session:
The UAW issued the following statement today calling on the Michigan legislature to deliver for working class people in the upcoming lame duck session:
November 23, 2024 at 7:44 PM
I stand with the UAW. We have just 8 days of MI House legislative session left with a Democratic trifecta in Michigan.
We must pass big policies for the working class:
🔨 Increasing worker benefits
🧹 Holding corporate polluters accountable to clean up messes in working class communities (1/2)
We must pass big policies for the working class:
🔨 Increasing worker benefits
🧹 Holding corporate polluters accountable to clean up messes in working class communities (1/2)
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This is basically how I feel now on this new platform.
So what happens now? We just do the thing we were doing on the other app but with fewer assholes?
November 20, 2024 at 6:51 PM
This is basically how I feel now on this new platform.
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Confused why so many GOP House members feel confident their Senate counterparts will vote against Trump Cabinet picks (Gaetz, Hegseth, etc) when most of these senators have never gone against Trump before— even after J6 when GOP Trump sentiment was lowest. What would make them start now?
November 18, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Confused why so many GOP House members feel confident their Senate counterparts will vote against Trump Cabinet picks (Gaetz, Hegseth, etc) when most of these senators have never gone against Trump before— even after J6 when GOP Trump sentiment was lowest. What would make them start now?