2025
What 'Weird' Reveals About the Democrats' Messaging Crisis
There are no magic words. But moral attacks your base loves are the core of a winning strategy.
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2025
What 'Weird' Reveals About the Democrats' Messaging Crisis
There are no magic words. But moral attacks your base loves are the core of a winning strategy.
How Framing Distorts Journalism and Empowers Authoritarians
You can’t cover fascism or authoritarianism objectively as a journalist—because you don’t get to exist in the world where those things prevail
Freedom
Harnessing Collective Power to Overcome Trump’s Fear Tactics
Power in numbers to defeat Trump's strategy of fear
Breaking Frames
Gavin Newsom’s Podcast Is a Political Disaster
The Art of the Flail: A big lesson for Democrats
Elon Musk
Book Club! Plus: New Yorker interview
FrameLab book club members: Please scroll to the bottom for an update. Over the past year, I have written a
Breaking Frames
Gavin Newsom and the MAGA Democrat Trap
Why the California governor's MAGA pivot won't work
Freedom
Trump Fears Protest Power. Here’s Why He Can’t Stop It
3.5%: The Power of Small but Mighty Movements
Metaphors
Trump & Vance’s Power Play Backfires—Weakness Exposed
Trump stacks the deck for Putin, and against democracy
Carville's 'play dead' plan: A death knell for democracy
There comes a time in every political strategist’s career when they should recognize their analytical compass has lost its
Here's what you said. Plus: Book Club update
For those participating in the FrameLab Book Club today at 11 a.m. PST today, here is the Zoom link.
2025
The CEO-Dictator Playbook
Musk's attack on the United States government is strategic and systematic.
2025
MAGA’s Daddy Crisis: Why Is Trump Bowing to Elon Musk?
How Elon Musk dominates Trump and undermines his Strict Father credibility