Andy Hoover
@andyhoover.bsky.social
comms pro, recovering lobbyist, alum ACLU-PA | Need comms help to achieve your organization's goals? Let's talk!
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"The evidence is overwhelming: what we make people do in these wars destroys them. And destroyed people do violence. Doesn’t matter if they were born in Kandahar or Kentucky—the damage is the same." @corbintrent.bsky.social
www.americasundoing.com/p/a-hard-tru...
www.americasundoing.com/p/a-hard-tru...
A Hard Truth About the DC Shooting
Wednesday: CIA asset shoots two soldiers in DC. Friday: Trump moves to pardon a man who trafficked 400 tons of cocaine. Saturday: Trump gets us closer to war with Venezuela over “drugs.”
www.americasundoing.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"The evidence is overwhelming: what we make people do in these wars destroys them. And destroyed people do violence. Doesn’t matter if they were born in Kandahar or Kentucky—the damage is the same." @corbintrent.bsky.social
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A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.
www.inquirer.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
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The Democratic Party has a plan to prevent the next Mamdani by running a new type of candidate: the national security mom
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
National Security Moms Are Here
Trump's call for arresting Democrats targets new political bloc, foreshadowing what's to come
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Democratic Party has a plan to prevent the next Mamdani by running a new type of candidate: the national security mom
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
On Monday and Tuesday, some members of Congress and the media had a lot to say about subverting democracy. On Wednesday, they were silent or even supportive of the House voting to overturn local DC law passed by the District council. Funny how that works... 😒
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
On Monday and Tuesday, some members of Congress and the media had a lot to say about subverting democracy. On Wednesday, they were silent or even supportive of the House voting to overturn local DC law passed by the District council. Funny how that works... 😒
This Norway win over Italy is why I love sports. The feelgood drama was intoxicating. And I'm a neutral. Their first World Cup in 28 years! 🇳🇴
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This Norway win over Italy is why I love sports. The feelgood drama was intoxicating. And I'm a neutral. Their first World Cup in 28 years! 🇳🇴
40 members of Congress have sent a letter to Josh Shapiro (and a bunch of other Dem governors, including Wes Moore and Gretchen Whitmer), alerting them that they are allowing ICE to have unfettered, self-service access to our DMV data.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
40 members of Congress have sent a letter to Josh Shapiro (and a bunch of other Dem governors, including Wes Moore and Gretchen Whitmer), alerting them that they are allowing ICE to have unfettered, self-service access to our DMV data.
www.reuters.com/world/democr...
www.reuters.com/world/democr...
“Other political parties have gone one step further, seeking to copy the hardline agenda of the far right, even as research suggests that doing so drives voters to cast their ballot for the far right."
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“Other political parties have gone one step further, seeking to copy the hardline agenda of the far right, even as research suggests that doing so drives voters to cast their ballot for the far right."
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Hey, what’s happening in game sev…omfg….
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Hey, what’s happening in game sev…omfg….
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"The people in those boats may or may not have been criminals. The people ordering the strikes are." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-targ...
Trump’s Targeting of ‘Narcoterrorists’ Is a Crime in Itself
Shoot first, ask questions when?
www.thebulwark.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"The people in those boats may or may not have been criminals. The people ordering the strikes are." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-targ...
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Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
Imagine seeing 7 million people in the streets in opposition to DJT and then having the nerve to say, "You're doing it wrong." An effective organizer advises, coaches, and brings people in. Scolding, mocking, and shaming people ain't it.
It takes all of us doing all of the things.
It takes all of us doing all of the things.
October 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Imagine seeing 7 million people in the streets in opposition to DJT and then having the nerve to say, "You're doing it wrong." An effective organizer advises, coaches, and brings people in. Scolding, mocking, and shaming people ain't it.
It takes all of us doing all of the things.
It takes all of us doing all of the things.
Penn State will pay James Franklin nearly $50 million not to work. Meanwhile, the university shut down WPSU, which had an annual operating cost of $7 million, half of which was paid by the university.
October 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Penn State will pay James Franklin nearly $50 million not to work. Meanwhile, the university shut down WPSU, which had an annual operating cost of $7 million, half of which was paid by the university.
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Dan Pfeiffer
For the life of me, I cannot figure out what the hell the Senate Democrats are doing in Maine — the most important Senate race in the country. Their decision to back Janet Mills suggests they have learned no lessons from our loss in 2024.
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For the life of me, I cannot figure out what the hell the Senate Democrats are doing in Maine — the most important Senate race in the country. Their decision to back Janet Mills suggests they have learned no lessons from our loss in 2024.
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Are Democrats About to Blow It in Maine?
By backing Janet Mills over a grassroots outsider, party leaders may be repeating the same mistakes from 2024
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October 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dan Pfeiffer
For the life of me, I cannot figure out what the hell the Senate Democrats are doing in Maine — the most important Senate race in the country. Their decision to back Janet Mills suggests they have learned no lessons from our loss in 2024.
messagebox.substack.com/p/are-democr...
For the life of me, I cannot figure out what the hell the Senate Democrats are doing in Maine — the most important Senate race in the country. Their decision to back Janet Mills suggests they have learned no lessons from our loss in 2024.
messagebox.substack.com/p/are-democr...
@upenn.edu caved to a bully and the bully came back for more. There’s nothing shocking about this.
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Trump seeks influence over hiring and admissions at Penn in exchange for federal funding
The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would give Trump wide-ranging influence over hiring, admissions, tuition pricing, and even curriculum. Nine colleges were asked to sign on.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@upenn.edu caved to a bully and the bully came back for more. There’s nothing shocking about this.
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BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration on behalf of four D.C. residents for its practice of illegal arrests of immigrants in the District. Since August, federal agents in D.C. have arrested hundreds of immigrants with no warrants and no legal justification. 1/ 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration on behalf of four D.C. residents for its practice of illegal arrests of immigrants in the District. Since August, federal agents in D.C. have arrested hundreds of immigrants with no warrants and no legal justification. 1/ 🧵
This is what a governor should be saying to unequivocally oppose the deployment of National Guard troops in their state. This is no time to be mealy mouthed.
September 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is what a governor should be saying to unequivocally oppose the deployment of National Guard troops in their state. This is no time to be mealy mouthed.
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Yes, it's true. Someone did take your job. And your healthcare, pension, wage hikes and life off a single income.
It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions.
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions.
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
August 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Yes, it's true. Someone did take your job. And your healthcare, pension, wage hikes and life off a single income.
It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions.
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
It just wasn't immigrants, welfare recipients, queer people or women having abortions.
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
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National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
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Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
August 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
A lot of Elite Dems need to get familiar with the playbook for toppling an authoritarian. Mockery is one of the tactics. Tim Walz was onto it by calling them weird, until Beltway strategists talked him out of it.
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social
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Why Everyone Should Stop Freaking Out About Gavin Newsom's Social Media
If his goal was to get people talking, Gavin Newsom has succeeded with his new pugnacious, Trump-like approach to social media.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A lot of Elite Dems need to get familiar with the playbook for toppling an authoritarian. Mockery is one of the tactics. Tim Walz was onto it by calling them weird, until Beltway strategists talked him out of it.
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social
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@danpfeiffer.bsky.social
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"Dems can turn things around by holding up people who are working hard on this issue & succeeding. Brandon Scott talking about how he actually brought down crime in Baltimore is more effective than the blathering of 'strategists' whose answer to everything is that Dems should act like Republicans."
Don't listen to centrist Democrats about crime
They're wrong on the policy and wrong on the politics.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Democrats can overcome "soft-on-crime" attacks—not by tacking to the right or dodging the issue altogether—but by proudly owning safety and justice by focusing on what is working in places like Baltimore, Chicago, and Detroit to make communities safer.
August 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Democrats can overcome "soft-on-crime" attacks—not by tacking to the right or dodging the issue altogether—but by proudly owning safety and justice by focusing on what is working in places like Baltimore, Chicago, and Detroit to make communities safer.
I received texts today from a former Navy pilot and a former prosecutor running for Congress as Democrats. They just can’t quit this candidate profile, can they? 😑
August 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I received texts today from a former Navy pilot and a former prosecutor running for Congress as Democrats. They just can’t quit this candidate profile, can they? 😑
Important lessons from Poland for Democrats in the US: running the same tired establishment candidates doesn’t work. And simply being “not the other guy” isn’t an inspiring enough message to defeat right wing populism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Poland is sliding back towards populism. Democrats elsewhere should heed our mistakes | Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz
Donald Tusk has failed to offer a positive vision for the future. Without one, liberals will just be an interval between populist acts, say historian Karolina Wigura and journalist Jarosław Kuisz
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Important lessons from Poland for Democrats in the US: running the same tired establishment candidates doesn’t work. And simply being “not the other guy” isn’t an inspiring enough message to defeat right wing populism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We were at the same town hall
At a town hall in PA-10 and I’ve never heard people so angry. Our Rep is the worm Scott Perry who deserves a dump truck of shit on him. But the people here are also furious that the Dem currently running against him is Janelle Stelson — seen as a worthless pawn of the rich.
August 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We were at the same town hall