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Silent Type

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8. Apparently Jentleson worked with Fetterman most recently. That's enough right there for us to eat him.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 01:23 PM
Sep 17

Wikipedia:

Jentleson began his career as a policy researcher and speechwriter for the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign.[7] He then served as Manager of Congressional Affairs at the Center for American Progress, speechwriter for the 2008 presidential campaign of John Edwards.

Jentleson served as communications director and, later, deputy chief of staff for United States Senator Harry Reid from 2010 to 2016. The New York Times published his essay The Side of Harry Reid Most People Never Saw the day after Senator Reid's passing on December 28, 2021.

Jentleson is a columnist for GQ. Jentleson has also contributed commentary to Politico Magazine and The Washington Post. His 2021 debut book, Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy, provides an extensive critique of the United States Senate, particularly the rise of the filibuster during the 19th century and 20th century to slow the advancement of civil rights legislation for American minorities, particularly African Americans.

In 2021, Jentelson co-founded the political consultancy Battle Born Collective with Rebecca Kirzner Katz, also a former communications director for Reid. In 2022, Jentleson chaired a political action committee financed by Dustin Moskovitz in a failed attempt to oust Montgomery County executive Marc Elrich.

In mid-November 2022, Pennsylvania's newly elected U.S. Senator John Fetterman announced the appointment of Jentleson as transition committee co-chair and, a few weeks later, in early December, named Jentleson as his chief of staff.[8][16] Jentleson resigned from Sen. Fetterman's office in the spring of 2024 and wrote a letter expressing his concerns about Fetterman's mental health to Fetterman's doctor in May 2024. Jentleson has been described as a centrist and has stated that "The [liberal] backlash that happens online is actually the sign that you’re doing something right".

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'too much emphasis on climate change' SamuelTheThird Sep 17 #1
Unfortunately the humans and our political systems The Revolution Sep 17 #7
I know, right? -misanthroptimist Sep 17 #10
Not the Pitchbot musette_sf Sep 17 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Lovie777 Sep 17 #3
Will they replace it with Wages Healthcare Housing? leftstreet Sep 17 #4
Have the maga and the Republican light party. Klarkashton Sep 17 #5
Mr. Jentleson is a white man with all the associated privileges. spooky3 Sep 17 #6
Apparently Jentleson worked with Fetterman most recently. That's enough right there for us to eat him. Silent Type Sep 17 #8
So, it's a Republican "think tank" Bettie Sep 17 #9
And who don't want to share power over the party nt lostnfound Sep 17 #14
Oh great - another strategist trying to shape the Democratic party. yellow dahlia Sep 17 #11
So the problem, said the political operative, is that Democrats Buns_of_Fire Sep 17 #12
I'm a progressive and I don't like this very much, but at the same time, what is the alternative? W_HAMILTON Sep 17 #13
After reading about Jentleson I'll take a hard pass on his involvement MagickMuffin Sep 17 #15
These advisors are horrible. Cut them loose. travelingthrulife Sep 17 #16
Really? ananda Sep 17 #17
Yeah, f*ck this crap. intheflow Sep 17 #18
"Hey, we can win elections by alienating whole swaths of our base." 4th Sep 17 #20
Culture war shit is divisive, it plays right into the hands of the fascists. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 17 #19
non paywalled link Celerity Sep 22 #21
I really need to see a list of all these "liberal" or "left-leaning" groups everyone keeps talking about Iris Sep 22 #22
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