Rob Flaherty
@robflaherty.bsky.social
Was: Deputy CM for Harris for President, Digital Director for WH and Biden '20
Now: Poster
Now: Poster
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Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
in retrospect, they probably should have made this a key fob
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
in retrospect, they probably should have made this a key fob
Wrote about Democrats, the media environment, culture, and authenticity for the @nytimes.com
Our problem is bigger than an election: it's that we lack the tools to communicate the vast majority of the electorate who get their information through culture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Our problem is bigger than an election: it's that we lack the tools to communicate the vast majority of the electorate who get their information through culture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Opinion | If You’re a Voter Reading This, This Essay Is Not About You
Opt-out voters don’t buy what we’re selling — and even if they did, we’d have a hard time reaching them.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Wrote about Democrats, the media environment, culture, and authenticity for the @nytimes.com
Our problem is bigger than an election: it's that we lack the tools to communicate the vast majority of the electorate who get their information through culture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Our problem is bigger than an election: it's that we lack the tools to communicate the vast majority of the electorate who get their information through culture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Sorry we cooked your retirement savings. We were hoping to make inflation worse and slow down the economy.
April 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sorry we cooked your retirement savings. We were hoping to make inflation worse and slow down the economy.
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“The truth is that a tattoo identifying Tren de Aragua does not exist,” she told me. “Tren de Aragua does not use any tattoos as a form of gang identification; no Venezuelan gang does.”
April 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“The truth is that a tattoo identifying Tren de Aragua does not exist,” she told me. “Tren de Aragua does not use any tattoos as a form of gang identification; no Venezuelan gang does.”
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JPM calls it “the fastest Momentum unwind in 40 years .. erased 2 years’ worth of gains and accelerated investors’ late-cycle positioning into Defensive / Low Vol ..”
March 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
JPM calls it “the fastest Momentum unwind in 40 years .. erased 2 years’ worth of gains and accelerated investors’ late-cycle positioning into Defensive / Low Vol ..”
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Just think it’s important to look at the politics of a moment for how they are and how you can change them, versus learning lessons from an era that’s passed.
March 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Just think it’s important to look at the politics of a moment for how they are and how you can change them, versus learning lessons from an era that’s passed.
"a little disturbance but we'll be okay with that" is gonna be around for a while, I think
March 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"a little disturbance but we'll be okay with that" is gonna be around for a while, I think
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Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.
February 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
This all gets harder for them once the (already low) honeymoon polling comes down to earth.
The polling comes down because the unpopular stuff they're doing breaks through.
The unpopular stuff they're doing breaks through because people with megaphones sharply oppose it in ways people can hear.
The polling comes down because the unpopular stuff they're doing breaks through.
The unpopular stuff they're doing breaks through because people with megaphones sharply oppose it in ways people can hear.
February 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This all gets harder for them once the (already low) honeymoon polling comes down to earth.
The polling comes down because the unpopular stuff they're doing breaks through.
The unpopular stuff they're doing breaks through because people with megaphones sharply oppose it in ways people can hear.
The polling comes down because the unpopular stuff they're doing breaks through.
The unpopular stuff they're doing breaks through because people with megaphones sharply oppose it in ways people can hear.
I have found @chrismurphyct.bsky.social ‘s email stuff to be a real highlight of late. Sorta lives in the space between a substack and a fundraising program.
February 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I have found @chrismurphyct.bsky.social ‘s email stuff to be a real highlight of late. Sorta lives in the space between a substack and a fundraising program.
I'm not sure where it sits on my list of "shit the last year pretty clearly revealed to me" but "conflict drives attention drives outcomes" is pretty high up there!
bsky.app/profile/jame...
bsky.app/profile/jame...
this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
February 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I'm not sure where it sits on my list of "shit the last year pretty clearly revealed to me" but "conflict drives attention drives outcomes" is pretty high up there!
bsky.app/profile/jame...
bsky.app/profile/jame...
Your "doing massive amounts of unchecked corruption won't lower egg prices" post is currently being reviewed by the DOJ and really, quite frankly, making them rethink their position.
February 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Your "doing massive amounts of unchecked corruption won't lower egg prices" post is currently being reviewed by the DOJ and really, quite frankly, making them rethink their position.
Fundamentally agree with this. A few points I'll add:
1. Imo there's another category: People who don't care about the news at all who sort of loosely hear about politics through culture, who A) were the cohort who swung the election and B) Democrats have a hard time reaching
1. Imo there's another category: People who don't care about the news at all who sort of loosely hear about politics through culture, who A) were the cohort who swung the election and B) Democrats have a hard time reaching
The secret political turning point, clear only in retrospect, was when we shifted from turning on the TV or opening a paper and hearing the news, to turning on your computer or phone and being delivered whatever version of the news someone like you would find most engaging.
February 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Fundamentally agree with this. A few points I'll add:
1. Imo there's another category: People who don't care about the news at all who sort of loosely hear about politics through culture, who A) were the cohort who swung the election and B) Democrats have a hard time reaching
1. Imo there's another category: People who don't care about the news at all who sort of loosely hear about politics through culture, who A) were the cohort who swung the election and B) Democrats have a hard time reaching
Two random thoughts:
1. Obviously, they’re paving the way for unprecedented levels of grift, self-dealing, and corruption.
2. The amount of work the next Democrat is going to have to do to unfuck the Government is going to be staggering.
1. Obviously, they’re paving the way for unprecedented levels of grift, self-dealing, and corruption.
2. The amount of work the next Democrat is going to have to do to unfuck the Government is going to be staggering.
President Trump fired 17 inspectors general, the internal watchdogs who monitor federal agencies, on Friday night, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of the federal bureaucracy with a focus on loyalty to the president. (NYT confirming WashPost) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Two random thoughts:
1. Obviously, they’re paving the way for unprecedented levels of grift, self-dealing, and corruption.
2. The amount of work the next Democrat is going to have to do to unfuck the Government is going to be staggering.
1. Obviously, they’re paving the way for unprecedented levels of grift, self-dealing, and corruption.
2. The amount of work the next Democrat is going to have to do to unfuck the Government is going to be staggering.
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This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Tech is obviously stealing the show but I do think the traditional media companies handing Trump cash settlements is really its own scandal.
deadline.com/2025/01/para...
deadline.com/2025/01/para...
Paramount Global Discusses Settling Donald Trump Lawsuit Against CBS News As Media Companies Look To President’s Next Term
Paramount Global executives have held internal, informal discussions about what it might take to settle a lawsuit by incoming President Donald Trump against CBS News.
deadline.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tech is obviously stealing the show but I do think the traditional media companies handing Trump cash settlements is really its own scandal.
deadline.com/2025/01/para...
deadline.com/2025/01/para...
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Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
January 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
Look: there’s going to be a lot for post-mortems, but for now I’ll just say this: one thing you can do to help right now is by having a convo with a soon-to-be unemployed Harris digital staffer. Here’s a form you can fill out so they can get in touch with you.
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Help Harris Digital Staff Find Jobs
Help hire some very talented, very tired, very sad digital marketing staff.
In general, we have folks with skills in the following:
Social Media
Email/SMS/CRM Strategy
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November 11, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Look: there’s going to be a lot for post-mortems, but for now I’ll just say this: one thing you can do to help right now is by having a convo with a soon-to-be unemployed Harris digital staffer. Here’s a form you can fill out so they can get in touch with you.
forms.gle/YiZiwwky9uwp...
forms.gle/YiZiwwky9uwp...