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A Super PAC spent $7M on a media placement during the Super Bowl, but only 36 hours to produce the spot. And they were able to run it with no input or approvals from the client. Who does that? Answer: American Values Super PAC. https://youtu.be/nvXJJRjGVT4?si=sefH83sXfG7iLW2D The spot contains no original thinking. It's merely a clumsy recreation of an earlier commercial that ran 64 years ago. This lost …
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It's an election year and the campaign is now in full swing. While former President Donald Trump appears to be headed for his third consecutive Republican nomination, current President Joe Biden is focusing on getting the facts straight about January 6th and delivering a message about how much worse it will be for everyone if Trump is reelected to a second term. Susan B. Glasser of The New Yorker notes that …
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The truly odd thing about ageism is how every single living creature on this planet is aging. We're all aging right now, as we do each and every moment of our lives. Ultimately, this means our bias against aging people is discrimination against the self, and that ageism is a brutal form of self-hatred. As we know, ageism is also bad for business. This new 45-minute documentary film, directed by Scott Haper, …
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his radical conservative peers on the nation's top bench did not consult the public when they overturned Roe earlier this year. They did what they were put there to do, with no last-minute polling or significant weighing of consequences needed. Now, there are early signs that this Judicial power grab which denies basic human rights to women could prove to be the GOP's …
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JD Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is running for Senate in Ohio. He's a Republican, and like so many of his peers on the right, his language is vile. https://youtu.be/K3qYJoSV0lI "Joe Biden's open border is killing Ohioans with more illegal drugs and more Democrat (sic) voters pouring into this country," he says in the ad above. "This issue is personal. I nearly …
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has promised to spend $100M to defeat Beto O'Rourke, his Democratic opponent this November. That's plenty of money to paint yourself and your record as governor in white light while diminishing your opponent at every turn. The Texas GOP has zero qualms about going negative. For the GOP, making attack ads is simply what you do, without hesitation. https://youtu.be/84Nu9QC2m8I In …
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In a new campaign video, Eric Greitens, the former governor of Missouri who is now running for U.S. Senate, asks Missouri voters to "Get a RINO hunting permit. There's no bagging limit, no tagging limit, and it doesn't expire until we save our country." That's right, he wants to kill people in his own party who are not ideologically pure, a.k.a. people who've been ruined by their blind allegiance to the Great …
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David Esrati is the owner of The Next Wave, an ad agency in Dayton, Ohio. He’s also currently the Democratic nominee for Congress in Ohio’s 10th District. Dan Goldgeier talks with David about the intersection of politics and marketing, along with: How military experience relates to an advertising careerThe commercialization of Memorial Day and other holidaysThe message voters deserve to hear from candidatesHow …
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