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jonikletter.bsky.social
Consultant, strategist & lawyer/litigator. NYC politics. Former OATH Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office
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Imagine being a multi-billionaire and choosing to spend your days trolling, firing and deporting people. It’s a pretty dark worldview.

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Art imitating life imitating art: “Murdoch’s children started secretly discussing the PR strategy for their father’s death in 2023. Setting off these discussions was the episode of…’Succession,’ where the patriarch…dies, leaving his family & business in chaos” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...

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In Dec 2023, on Steve Bannon’s "War Room" podcast, Kash Patel said: "We will go out and find the conspirators-not just in govt ...we're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections ...We're going to come after you.”

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Apparently the move to broadcast the National Dog show, which draws about 20 million viewers, was inspired by the “Best in Show,” mockumentary. A classic! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Latino neighborhoods accounted for nearly half of Mr. Trump’s total gains in NYC compared with 2020. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky has to improve on helping people find who they want to follow and help people get more followers (encourage most popular users to follow more people) if it’s going to succeed.

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

While advocacy orgs play an essential role in shaping policy & holding leaders accountable, their growing influence over the Dems has led to an environment where compromise is increasingly viewed as a weakness rather than a necessary tool of governance. Balance bold ideas w/pragmatism so we can win

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Obama understood that progress comes not from ideological purity but from the messy imperfect process of governing. The Dems are increasingly falling into a pattern of demanding ideological purity from leaders. This limits policy progress & weakens the party’s broad appeal. Let's stop w/litmus tests

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

Gaetz is out. That was fast! www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

“In politics, winning elections is the moral imperative…Those who would rather lose elections so that they can feel better about themselves leave the real suffering to the people they claim to fight for.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/o...

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments