DJ Koessler

Trump has systematically demolished federal guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 election. At least 75 career staff are gone. Two dozen appointees, including many from the election denial movement, have been hired. Ten helped try to overturn the 2020 vote. Once-fringe actors now have access to vast powers. propublica.org/article/trump-…

The Pride flag will fly over Stonewall—period. Proud to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community in defiance of the Trump regime. Resistance works and we will not cower to the bigots in the White House 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Cardinal Cupich on the White House's social media posts: We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people and the killing of children, and our own soldiers into entertainment. It is sickening to splice together movie cuts with actual bombing and targeting of people for entertainment. We're better than this

There's nothing despots like Orban and Trump fear more than citizens voting for and delivering change. Today, the Hungarian people delivered a clear message to the world: autocracy is not inevitable. Despots like Orban and Trump are not as powerful as they'd want you to believe. Trump's allies lost today in Hungary and, here at home, they will lose in November.

Bartiromo: Do you believe the price of oil and gas will be lower before the midterm elections? Trump: I hope so. I mean, I think so, it could be. It could be the same or maybe a little bit higher.

This attack on Sam Altman's home is unwarranted and unacceptable and the person responsible must be held accountable. Sam and I may disagree on many things but we are all human and we cannot allow ourselves to lose the humanity at the heart of the debate over the future of AI safety.

Democrats have two paths to take here: A. Quickly change their tune + use 2026 cycle to understand how AI should change our comms strategies (aka try new things, take risks, etc, etc) B. Walk into 2028 even further behind than when we swapped candidates 107 days out

.@AOC this would be iconic

NEW: U.S. soldiers who survived Iran's deadliest attack on American troops during the five-week war dispute the Pentagon's account of the incident. The truth, they say, is that they were left unprotected on a base that was a known target. w/@JonahPKaplan

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

Georgia Voter: It's giving war crime. You can't do that. We don't just annihilate people because we can and, you know, make a grab for the money and the oil. And that's what we've done in Venezuela. And that's what we're doing in Iran.

ROME (AP) — Pope says President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable,” as deadline approaches.

"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons." —Hillary

To be a politician is to be an influencer. If you’re not thinking of it that way, you’re missing how people connect in 2026.

4. @KoesslerStrat is here to help :)

1. Yes, we need to change how campaigns are staffed and structured in order to compete and win with digital-first scheduling and strategies 2. That won't change until candidates reject the old way & consultant market adapts 3. We need more candidates who get it/reflect the times

1. The staff structure to support this type of campaign MUST change 2. The playbook can be different based on each candidate's strengths. Our research from last fall showed voters weren't necessarily drawn to Mamdani's POLICIES but to the way he told other people's STORIES

WOW BIG IF TRUE

Give credit where it’s due, this is a proper headline.

These are the Twitter/X accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026. I suppose I had some intuition for how bad it was, but jeez, this is what you get when the ecosystem is broken.