• Dickishness 2.0
    If there's one hallmark to Trump's presidency that we're finding most difficult it's that no matter what he does, it always comes with an extra layer of gleeful cruelty and dickishness.
  • Good Night CBS News, And Good Luck
    "No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices."
  • Marketing Mamdani
    Four Lessons for Democrats from the NYC mayoral primary.
  • Madison Avenue's Big Law Moment
    Omnicom's and Interpublic's capitulation comes just months after some of the nation's top law firms caved in and agreed to onerous, partisan terms to avoid oversight by the Trump Administration.
  • Democracy's Secret Weapon: Face-To-Face Media
    "The No Kings turnout was significant, even if it didn't reach a critical threshold," Scott Galloway writes, adding, "When at least 3.5% of a country's population actively engages in a peaceful protest movement, it has always resulted in political change, according to Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist and professor at Harvard. Chenoweth analyzed 323 nonviolent and violent mobilizations between 1900 and 2006, highlighting a range of campaigns, including the People Power movement against the Ferdinand Marcos regime in the Philippines in 1986; the Rose Revolution in 2003, in which the people of Georgia ousted Eduard Shevardnadze; and an uprising in …
  • Fear And Loathing In, Well, Just About Everywhere
    "The economic pressures force brands to keep their heads down and just scramble to execute," says a respondent to the WFA's just-released "Risk Barometer," speaking specifically about DEI and geopolitical concerns.
  • The Showrunner
    During a podcast interview Friday, actor Jason Bateman revealed Trump 2.0's antics have become an inside joke in Hollywood. But what if Bateman's "writers' room" quip wasn't a joke?
  • Partisan Pocketbooks: Dems Put Money Where Their Politics Are
    Many polls indicate Americans look askance at brands taking political and socially controversial positions, but this one reveals Democrats are much likely to back it up with their consumer purchasing power.
  • Exitus Acta Probat
    Fun fact: nearly half our presidents had a family coat of arms, including Donald Trump. The Trump family crest's motto, not surprisingly, is "Trump."
  • This Just In... America 2.0
    This morning, CivicScience released new data showing social media outlets now are the place a fifth of all Americans turn to first for breaking news. That trend coincides with a rollback in fact-checking moderation, which as been replaced by "community notes," and lord knows what algorithmic changes, among the major social media platforms.
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