Category: Advocacy Ecosystem

This week’s executive order instructing the Justice Department to take action against ActBlue, the payment-processing platform used by Democratic campaigns and progressive advocacy groups, is another example of the regime’s use of Federal power for partisan ends. After more than a decade in this field, working directly with campaigns that were raising money with ActBlue,…

As the election season continues to pick up, the flood of fundraising appeals has escalated. I understand that this is an inescapable part of our modern political system, but the frenzied tone and overlapping asks from multiple campaigns can be disheartening — it’s unfortunate that this is such a central part of the landscape. And…

Recently there was a distressing announcement that layoffs at Bonterra had resulted in deep cuts to the ActionKit staff roster. Given the significant place that ActionKit has in the world of Democratic campaigns and progressive advocacy, this was met with a fair amount of hand-wringing. (For examples, see LinkedIn, C&E, The Intercept, Politico.) Thankfully, news…