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Parker Butler
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Democracy and digital strategy. Former director of @KamalaHQ

https://linktr.ee/parkerpbutler
Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Democrats at all levels would benefit by not assuming that normal people care what you have to say by default.

Everything you post should be designed to *earn* attention
August 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The social media strategies behind Brat Summer, Mamdani-mania, and Newsom trollery have more in common than you might think.

Wrote about the internet and attention: www.fwiw.news/p/one-thing-...
August 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
She was right. The campaign was right.

It’s worth pointing this out. Not to have an “I told you so” moment, but so we can learn to believe people when they tell you that things are going to be really, really bad if you elect the guy who promises to do really, really bad things.
August 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When we posted this last year, MAGA called us “fear mongers” and “liars”

Now it’s happening and MAGA is clapping like seals
August 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Two years apart
August 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The White House’s digital strategy is unoriginal AI slop that’s almost as tacky, hateful, and poisonous as their boss is.

It’s bad and they should feel bad.
July 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Democrats are a big tent party -- that’s a good thing!

But part of being a big tent is being willing to learn from each other.
July 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
One reason Democratic campaigns often struggle with authenticity is that many communications strategies are still designed for the media environment of 20 years ago.
July 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This from @ezraklein.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social is exactly right. You can’t just throw wads of cash to reach voters in the attention economy

Dems must recruit for, invest in, and empower creative digital talent. There’s no shortcut around that
June 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just incredible
April 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Since this tweet, the Dow is down, the Nasdaq is down, and the S&P 500 is down.

Grocery prices are up and thousands of Americans have lost their jobs.
March 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
There’s been a lot written about how evil they are, but lest we forget that they are also just really, really stupid
February 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Two of the most successful viral moments from elected Dems in the past couple days involve calling Elon a “dick boss” and calling Trump’s Deputy Chief “stupid.”

There is a huge appetite among voters to see Democrats get in the mud and bring the fight to this admin. Lean into it.
February 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Trump before the election: “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down starting on day one.”

Trump tonight: “Inflation is back.”
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
During the campaign, Trump promised to “end inflation” starting “on day one.”

Now he’s saying his tariffs are going to raise prices and cause Americans “pain.”
February 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump’s top pollster Tony Fabrizio says “the digital stuff [the Harris campaign] was doing with Project 2025 was amazing” and had them very “alarmed.”

Now we’re seeing why they were so worried about their plans being exposed.
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Trump: “Starting on day one of my new administration, we will end inflation.”

Now egg prices are up, gas prices are up, and he revoked an executive order to lower prescription drug prices.
January 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump promised lower costs and lower crime and all we’ve gotten so far are soaring egg prices and 1,500 criminals let out of jail
January 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Bluesky is great, but if we’re not also spreading the word on other platforms, a lot of people are going to be left in the dark.

Starting a TikTok page to do just that: www.tiktok.com/@parkerpbutler
December 1, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Trump’s FBI Director nominee Kash Patel said he will prosecute and jail Americans who Trump deems “the enemy”: “We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media”
December 1, 2024 at 12:04 AM