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MagickMuffin

(17,925 posts)
15. After reading about Jentleson I'll take a hard pass on his involvement
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 04:04 PM
Sep 17


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".

We've been there and done that and it only drove Democrats further to the right. No Thanks Adam.

The Democratic Party is a democracy and each state gets to provide the Party's platform. Then that platform gets debated and voted on at the Democratic National Conventions. No one group should believe they can take control of the Party. Especially someone on the far right side of things.

Climate change and L.G.B.T.Q. rights, are issues most younger people care deeply about. The only reason it has any issues is the lobbyist who attack anyone threatening their agenda and bottom line.

Adam worked on John Kerry's campaign and John Edwards.

As a policy researcher and speechwriter for the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign He then served as Manager of Congressional Affairs at the Center for American Progress, speechwriter for the 2008 presidential campaign of John Edwards.


So as policy advisor to John Kerry perhaps he can wet our appetite of that winning policy he advised Sen. Kerry on. I'm all ears.

Perhaps we should join his group to find out what he is up to.


As a sidenote: yesterday I was made aware that there used to be a group of liberals in CA that were called the Malibu Mafia. Apparently they met regularly at one of the main players. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malibu_Mafia

We NEED more Malibu Mafia types of Think Tanks.



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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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