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The Smoking Man Ad & Herman Cain’s Unconventional Run

How a pizza CEO, a viral cigarette, and a strategist named Mark Block helped preview the era of influencer politics.

Bernie Kane & the ActBlue Scandal: Smurfing, Spoofing, and the New Frontiers of Campaign Laundering

One Republican strategist’s discovery of fraudulent donations opened the door to a deeper crisis in digital campaign...

Mark Block Lawfare & a Supreme Court Race That Started in Political Exile and Ended in Redemption

Modern campaigning saw early "lawfare" lead to a Supreme Court race, beginning with the exile of a strategist and...

How the Privatization of the Republican Party Reshaped Wisconsin Politics

Mark Block’s strategy of decentralization, media amplification, and parallel infrastructure turned Wisconsin from a...

Learning About How Campaigns Were Ran in the 1970s and 80s from Mark Block

Before digital targeting and data mining defined modern politics, campaigns were built on hard ground, human instinct,...

Arizona US House Race Becomes a Blueprint for Dem Infighting

What a special election in Southern Arizona tells us about generational change, ideological tensions, and what lies...

Mamdani’s Free Childcare Plan Is the New Progressive Test Case

Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for universal childcare is taking center stage in the NYC mayoral race, as Andrew Cuomo...

Cuomo’s Comeback Bid Could Shatter NYC's Political Order

Cuomo's independent bid, after losing the primary to socialist Zohran Mamdani, could split the anti-Mamdani vote,...

The Voter Outreach Collapse Is Already Here

2024 saw 1.9 billion campaign contact attempts, but key voters were still missed. Without swift adaptation, 2026 will...

Senate Changes to Trump’s Bill Could Undercut His Economic Narrative

The Senate rewrites stripped Trump’s flagship bill of its boldest promises, risking backlash from the very voters who...

From Nixon Dorm Room Chair to CBD: Inside the Wild Career of Mark Block

A new podcast chronicles GOP strategist Mark Block's journey through five decades of political upheaval, encompassing...

Elon Musk: Forming a Political Party or Just Trending on X?

Musk's America Party may be more spectacle than substance, but its emergence threatens to fracture the GOP coalition...