Ryan Solsten
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@ryansolsten
midwest | cleveland always and forever | for-profit college dropout | creative direction + comms for progress.
🚨 JUST IN: Trump administration orders federal employees to remove pronouns from their email signatures by today at 5PM - ABC
AXIOS: Some top Democrats are quietly debating a fraught question: whether the party's best bet for winning back the presidency in 2028 is to nominate a man — perhaps a straight, White, Christian man. Former first lady Michelle Obama fueled such talk recently, saying the U.S. is "not ready for a woman." Democratic strategists have put it bluntly, with several saying a version of "It has to be a white guy." axios.com/2026/03/29/som…
I have canvassed in 4 statewide elections. There are ABSOLUTELY a decent size slew of voters who agree with Democrats on most issues but think they are absolute weirdos on this stuff. This IS salient because people assume it reflects on their judgement & basic adulting skills.
2026 Wisconsin Democratic Primary Francesca Hong — 27% Mandela Barnes — 18% Sara Rodriguez — 6% David Crowley — 6% --- Not sure/other: 43% @PatriotPolling | 3/10-16 | LV drive.google.com/file/d/1RPTJ7l…
Hmmm has anyone tried registering voters in the TSA line
This is hard for me because Francesca Hong is my state rep. I have met her; respect her immensely, very real. Vibes more PBR than craft cocktail. But she will be relentlessly targeted as a Madison leftist. Her digital footprint from the woke era is too far left to win statewide.
My brain is telling me that her house district is just super blue and high propensity and that’s why she’s doing so well. People like her because she’s their dem rep and they’re the type of people to be informed enough to have a candidate already in a primary this competitive.
hong is a socialist. which works perfectly fine in dane county, but not exactly statewide in trump x2 wisconsin
The most read article in the past 24 hours: Murphy’s Law: The Surprising Campaign of Rep. Francesca Hong urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/03/09/mur… @BruceMurphyMKE
I’ve really been struck by the difference in organization between the Talarico and Crockett campaigns. Talarico has been directing voters to a campaign tool that will send them to their county elections website with just two clicks. They’ve been promoting it across socials.
Right cause Nina Turner of all people knows well that all it takes to win a red state is to simply turn out the Dem base and you actually don’t need to win over any republicans!
