Steve Pierce
@stevepiercedc.bsky.social
Message + strategy for campaigns, causes + brands. Senior Director, Bully Pulpit International. Contributing Writer, Deseret News. Basketball junkie + tennis obsessive. Emo kid at heart.
If Democrats want to return from the wilderness, we're going to have to start competing and winning in places where we haven't in a while.
There's one under-the-radar target that could surprise you: UTAH.
Learn why — and how we can do it — here: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
There's one under-the-radar target that could surprise you: UTAH.
Learn why — and how we can do it — here: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Perspective: 'Blutah' is a long shot, but here's how Democrats could succeed in Utah
Here's what it would take for the reliably red state to turn blue.
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August 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If Democrats want to return from the wilderness, we're going to have to start competing and winning in places where we haven't in a while.
There's one under-the-radar target that could surprise you: UTAH.
Learn why — and how we can do it — here: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
There's one under-the-radar target that could surprise you: UTAH.
Learn why — and how we can do it — here: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Reposted by Steve Pierce
This is a great piece by @stevepiercedc.bsky.social on the shifts that give Utah potential as a political battleground and the investments and work needed to make it happen. #Blutah #utpol
Perspective: 'Blutah' is a long shot, but here's how Democrats could succeed in Utah
Here's what it would take for the reliably red state to turn blue.
www.deseret.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is a great piece by @stevepiercedc.bsky.social on the shifts that give Utah potential as a political battleground and the investments and work needed to make it happen. #Blutah #utpol
"America is a little like a mosh pit right now—loud, chaotic, full of people crashing into each other. We’d all do well to remember the first rule of the pit: When someone falls, pick them up."
Read my latest on what America can learn from @VansWarpedTour: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Read my latest on what America can learn from @VansWarpedTour: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Perspective: Lessons from the mosh pit for a fractured America
I was at D.C.’s most raucous weekend gathering. It wasn’t the military parade — it was the Vans Warped Tour.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"America is a little like a mosh pit right now—loud, chaotic, full of people crashing into each other. We’d all do well to remember the first rule of the pit: When someone falls, pick them up."
Read my latest on what America can learn from @VansWarpedTour: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Read my latest on what America can learn from @VansWarpedTour: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Donald Trump makes Neville Chamberlain look like Winston Churchill.
February 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Donald Trump makes Neville Chamberlain look like Winston Churchill.
Tremendous Edward R. Murrow energy here from @jimacosta.bsky.social
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tremendous Edward R. Murrow energy here from @jimacosta.bsky.social
With just hours remaining in his presidency, I took a look back at Joe Biden's complex legacy — marked by many significant successes, and at least one major miscalculation.
Regardless of what the polls say, history will remember him more kindly than voters do today. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Regardless of what the polls say, history will remember him more kindly than voters do today. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Perspective: History will treat Joe Biden better than voters
The impact of many of Biden's achievements won't be felt for years.
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January 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
With just hours remaining in his presidency, I took a look back at Joe Biden's complex legacy — marked by many significant successes, and at least one major miscalculation.
Regardless of what the polls say, history will remember him more kindly than voters do today. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Regardless of what the polls say, history will remember him more kindly than voters do today. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
As he prepares to exit the White House tomorrow, Joe Biden leaves a complicated legacy. But when all is said and done, I believe history will remember his presidency more fondly than voters do today.
Read more in my latest column for the Deseret News: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Read more in my latest column for the Deseret News: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Perspective: History will treat Joe Biden better than voters
The impact of many of Biden's achievements won't be felt for years.
www.deseret.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As he prepares to exit the White House tomorrow, Joe Biden leaves a complicated legacy. But when all is said and done, I believe history will remember his presidency more fondly than voters do today.
Read more in my latest column for the Deseret News: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Read more in my latest column for the Deseret News: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Despite all his macho, strongman rhetoric, Trump remains a colossal wimp.
Trump's inauguration will be held indoors due to frigid weather forecast www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump's inauguration will be held indoors due to frigid weather forecast
The last time a swearing-in was held indoors was Ronald Reagan's second inauguration.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Despite all his macho, strongman rhetoric, Trump remains a colossal wimp.
You will never find a better cultural commentary of the 2024 presidential election than the voting scene in episode 3 of Squid Game 2. Pitch perfect.
January 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
You will never find a better cultural commentary of the 2024 presidential election than the voting scene in episode 3 of Squid Game 2. Pitch perfect.
As Jimmy Carter is laid to rest today, take a minute to read my latest column on his real legacy: not as a one-term president, but as the ultimate example of what true faith looks like when put whole-heartedly into action.
He was the very best of us. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
He was the very best of us. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Perspective: Jimmy Carter and the purpose of power
Carter gave us an example of what a life informed by faith looks like.
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January 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
As Jimmy Carter is laid to rest today, take a minute to read my latest column on his real legacy: not as a one-term president, but as the ultimate example of what true faith looks like when put whole-heartedly into action.
He was the very best of us. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
He was the very best of us. www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Grifters gonna grift.
How does an enthusiastic online attack dog for Democrats suddenly become a FOX News darling?
I wrote about the curious politics of Lindy Li for @thebulwark.bsky.social
I wrote about the curious politics of Lindy Li for @thebulwark.bsky.social
The Curious Case of Lindy Li
How did a “Blue MAGA” influencer and fundraiser turn on Democrats so fast?
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January 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Grifters gonna grift.
Millennials are an inherently optimistic generation because we spent our youth with Jimmy Eat World telling us that “everything everything will be just fine, everything everything will be alright.”
Turns out, they were… incorrect.
Turns out, they were… incorrect.
January 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Millennials are an inherently optimistic generation because we spent our youth with Jimmy Eat World telling us that “everything everything will be just fine, everything everything will be alright.”
Turns out, they were… incorrect.
Turns out, they were… incorrect.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a more insane brand partnership than Dominos doing a Squid Game-themed ad campaign.
“If you were trapped in a sadistic scheme and forced to play children’s games for your life, we’d deliver you free pizza to temporarily stave off your demise!” is a WILD message.
“If you were trapped in a sadistic scheme and forced to play children’s games for your life, we’d deliver you free pizza to temporarily stave off your demise!” is a WILD message.
January 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a more insane brand partnership than Dominos doing a Squid Game-themed ad campaign.
“If you were trapped in a sadistic scheme and forced to play children’s games for your life, we’d deliver you free pizza to temporarily stave off your demise!” is a WILD message.
“If you were trapped in a sadistic scheme and forced to play children’s games for your life, we’d deliver you free pizza to temporarily stave off your demise!” is a WILD message.
You know you have 3 boys when you've developed an intensely competitive version of "keepy-uppy," complete with an elaborate rules and scoring system, and someone has nearly injured themselves on the coffee table on multiple occasions.
Bluey is spinning in her animated grave.
Bluey is spinning in her animated grave.
January 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You know you have 3 boys when you've developed an intensely competitive version of "keepy-uppy," complete with an elaborate rules and scoring system, and someone has nearly injured themselves on the coffee table on multiple occasions.
Bluey is spinning in her animated grave.
Bluey is spinning in her animated grave.
Jimmy Carter won a Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in helping to eliminate a deadly disease that impacted millions of people worldwide, among many other accomplishments. He was a giant —and yet, this is how NYT chooses to memorialize him. Sad.
Breaking News: Jimmy Carter has died at 100. A one-term president and peacemaker from Georgia’s farmland, he was beset by crises in office. nyti.ms/49WdF3G
December 29, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Jimmy Carter won a Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in helping to eliminate a deadly disease that impacted millions of people worldwide, among many other accomplishments. He was a giant —and yet, this is how NYT chooses to memorialize him. Sad.
Jimmy Carter was the very best of us. Losing him at this moment, when we’re about to hand the reins back to the very worst this country has to offer, is truly tragic.
Jimmy Carter, 39th president, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Baptist Sunday school teacher, has died at age 100 https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/12/29/jimmy-carter-president-dead/
December 29, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Jimmy Carter was the very best of us. Losing him at this moment, when we’re about to hand the reins back to the very worst this country has to offer, is truly tragic.
You know you’re old when you take your kids to look at tacky Christmas light houses and your first thought is “I wonder what these people’s electric bills look like?”
December 21, 2024 at 11:17 PM
You know you’re old when you take your kids to look at tacky Christmas light houses and your first thought is “I wonder what these people’s electric bills look like?”
Counterpoint: The person whose nametag on the Oversight dais says "ranking member" has had little to no impact on the larger trajectory of the Democratic Party whatsoever — and we do ourselves a disservice by fixating on it.
My god. Democrats refuse to do anything differently.
December 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Counterpoint: The person whose nametag on the Oversight dais says "ranking member" has had little to no impact on the larger trajectory of the Democratic Party whatsoever — and we do ourselves a disservice by fixating on it.
Reposted by Steve Pierce
The lesson of 2024 isn’t that the Democratic Party is fundamentally flawed. It’s that political fortunes are cyclical—and the pendulum always swings back. It's our job to be ready when it does.
Read my latest Deseret News column begging everyone to PLEASE CHILL OUT: www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...
Read my latest Deseret News column begging everyone to PLEASE CHILL OUT: www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...
Perspective: The path forward for Democrats after the 2024 election? Just wait
The Democrat Party doesn't need to make wholesale changes, but wait for the pendulum to swing back.
www.deseret.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The lesson of 2024 isn’t that the Democratic Party is fundamentally flawed. It’s that political fortunes are cyclical—and the pendulum always swings back. It's our job to be ready when it does.
Read my latest Deseret News column begging everyone to PLEASE CHILL OUT: www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...
Read my latest Deseret News column begging everyone to PLEASE CHILL OUT: www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...
The lesson of 2024 isn’t that the Democratic Party is fundamentally flawed. It’s that political fortunes are cyclical—and the pendulum always swings back. It's our job to be ready when it does.
Read my latest Deseret News column begging everyone to PLEASE CHILL OUT: www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...
Read my latest Deseret News column begging everyone to PLEASE CHILL OUT: www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...
Perspective: The path forward for Democrats after the 2024 election? Just wait
The Democrat Party doesn't need to make wholesale changes, but wait for the pendulum to swing back.
www.deseret.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The lesson of 2024 isn’t that the Democratic Party is fundamentally flawed. It’s that political fortunes are cyclical—and the pendulum always swings back. It's our job to be ready when it does.
Read my latest Deseret News column begging everyone to PLEASE CHILL OUT: www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...
Read my latest Deseret News column begging everyone to PLEASE CHILL OUT: www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...
This is what the internet was made for.
I will never forget the time someone bought the domain name of Guy Fieri’s failed restaurant and posted this fever dream of a menu.
December 7, 2024 at 1:53 PM
This is what the internet was made for.
Oh man, I hate seeing spoilers for the next season of “America” before it even starts.
South Korean lawmakers on Saturday failed to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, who briefly imposed martial law earlier this week. Follow live updates.
South Korea President Yoon Survives Impeachment Bid: Live Updates
Opposition lawmakers failed to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the political crisis he sparked by declaring martial law earlier this week. Tens of thousands of protesters had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Oh man, I hate seeing spoilers for the next season of “America” before it even starts.
"A hard-line critic of the bureau" is a really interesting way to say "a sycophant who will use the powers of the bureau to do whatever Trump asks, regardless of whether its legal or not."
President-elect Trump announced over the weekend that he wanted to replace the FBI director Christopher Wray with Kash Patel, a hard-line critic of the bureau. Here’s the latest on Trump’s cabinet picks.
Trump News and Live Updates: Some Republicans Back Kash Patel to Lead FBI
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December 2, 2024 at 4:19 PM
"A hard-line critic of the bureau" is a really interesting way to say "a sycophant who will use the powers of the bureau to do whatever Trump asks, regardless of whether its legal or not."
This makes nominating Gaetz to be AG look *almost* reasonable by comparison. Patel is certifiably insane. We are truly through the looking glass.
Trump just nominated Kash Patel — who lied about the 2020 election being stolen and lied about the existence of a "deep state" out to get Trump — to be his FBI director.
Reminder: The position requires Senate confirmation.
Reminder: The position requires Senate confirmation.
December 1, 2024 at 3:08 AM
This makes nominating Gaetz to be AG look *almost* reasonable by comparison. Patel is certifiably insane. We are truly through the looking glass.
Trump only chooses the best people.
"You are an abuser of women": The searing email that Pete Hegseth's own mother sent him in 2018 accusing him of sleeping around, cheating on his wife and debasing and belittling women. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him
Penelope Hegseth sent the email to her son in 2018 as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha.
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November 30, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Trump only chooses the best people.