Early Voting In Texas’ Runoff Elections Starts Monday

Early voting in Texas’ runoff elections begins Monday, June 29. As a resident of Travis County, I will request the Democratic Party ballot and then vote in six runoffs. One of the runoff contenders is Chrysta Castañeda for Texas Railroad Commissioner. This is one of the most important statewide offices in Texas. I support Castañeda […]

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Another Group of Pissed Off Republicans Is Busy Ripping Presidential Flesh

The Lincoln Project has been hitting Don Trump hard. But there’s another attack group of former and current Republicans doing damage to Don. Republican Voters Against Trump is amplifying the voices of the millions of Republicans, former Republicans, and conservatives who simply cannot support Donald Trump this November. These people have a great diversity of […]

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When Texas Turns Blue, The Donnies Will Be Made To Take A Knee

Don and former Vice President Joe Biden are locked in a very tight race in Texas, with Trump receiving 44 percent of the potential vote and Biden receiving 43 percent in a general election matchup, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll released this week. Another way of stating this is Texans have the chance […]

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Proverbial Top Hats Off To The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project is a group of Republican operatives who shoot arrows into President Trump’s less than Teflon hide. The group’s mission is to defeat President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box this November. To do that, these media-savvy operatives and Beltway insiders have unleashed a torrent of anti-Trump ads. Let’s look… “Those who […]

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Money Can’t Buy (Mike) Electoral Love

R. O. I. When you’re managing an underperforming brand, these three letters will come to get you. They will haunt your nights and send shockwaves through your long days at the office. In Mike Bloomberg’s case, he chose to skip the first four races in the Democratic Primary, which cost him more than votes (BREAKING […]

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Big Mike, The Bern, and eWarren Emerge As Primary Contenders

Is Michael Bloomberg An Ad Professional’s Dream Client? Seattle-based copywriter, advertising educator and columnist, dog person, a longtime contributor to Adpulp.com, and personal friend, Dan Goldgeier, explores: The Bloomberg campaign is pumping out a massive and continuous stream of videos, messages, memes, and other bits of content. And they’re placing them everywhere. Is the Bloomberg […]

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Running for Office? M.M.LaFleur Will Help You Look Your Best

Brands that find a way to serve the people they hope to convert into customers are brands that people pay attention to, admire, and buy from. Service means finding something to offer other than a pitch to purchase. Something of value. Something of substance. Fashion brand M.M.LaFleur is offering women who are running for office […]

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Is Your Smart Phone Being Scraped for Personal Data While You Worship?

A smart phone’s “Airplane Mode” or “Ringer Off” setting does not protect people from privacy invasion. What’s worse, the privacy invaders are lurking in malls, at public events, even outside your place of worship. According to National Catholic Reporter, political marketers in support of Donald Trump are increasingly using cellphone data from churchgoers to target […]

Fearlessness Is HIGHLY Attractive In A Democratic Nominee for President

Ad legend, Bill Bernbach, said, “The most powerful element in advertising is the truth.” I get the feeling that Kamala Harris and her marketing team well understand this fundamental. What truths did we just hear in this spot-on political commercial? She prosecuted sex predators. He is one. She shut down for-profit scam colleges. He ran […]

Big Mike Bloomberg Is Going To Spend Whatever It Takes To Defeat Don

There are many maddening areas of public life, including “Pay to Play,” which rules American politics. To win a seat in the U.S. Congress, it takes about $3M every two years. We could opt to change the rules, but we’re nowhere near bringing this legislative change to the fore. In politics, as in so many […]

When Young People of Color Vote, Political Cretins Get Replaced

Hideous white men are not exclusive to America. Jolly old England has its fair share of bigots and sexists, many of whom have risen to political prominence. Thankfully, the retrograde pols don’t stand unchallenged. Operation Black Vote tackles the Black democratic deficit in the UK. The group has released a campaign that uses real quotes […]

You Can Relax Now. “The People Rule Again.”

Please stop thinking that Don is dumb. Don knows what he’s doing. Did you hear that? The people of America rule again. Not Russia Not the mob Not a made-for-TV casino king You and me. The people. We rule again. Historically speaking, we the people have never ruled America. Not even close. But facts are […]

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Twitter To World: Political Message Reach Should Be Earned, Not Bought

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of @Twitter, and founder and CEO of Square, made some interesting Tweets today to announce Twitter’s new policy that bans all political advertising from the platform. We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A […]

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Facebook’s Rogue Founder, Chris Hughes, Funds Anti-Monopoly Efforts

Do you know Mark? Mark knows you. Do you know who does know, Mark? Chris Hughes knows Mark. Hughes was there along with fellow Harvard undergrads Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, and Dustin Moskovitz when Facebook was founded in 2004. Incidentally, Adpulp was founded a few months later that same year. Because Hughes knows Mark, Hushes […]

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Democrats Need “A Competent Communications Strategist” (And A Kick in the Ass)

Jodi Jacobson is the editor-in-chief of Rewire.News. She has some advice for the Democratic Party. Message to @HouseDemocrats & @SenateDems: Please get a competent communications strategist. You have before you the SIMPLEST to explain of innumerable crimes committed by this president & this administration and yet STILL you are screwing it up. It is astounding. […]

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This Is Lipstick on the Pig

Yesterday, I published an article on LinkedIn called, “The Pursuit of Brand Truth Is The Real Work of Advertising Professionals.” This is how the article starts: Advertisers want to place their products and services in the best possible light. It’s a natural desire and a legitimate business concept. The problems start when brand managers think […]

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Playing the Plame Game in Northern New Mexico

Lady driving backwards through the desert in a Camaro. That’s American.  Lady intelligence officer dangerously outed in a political hit. Not American. Valeria Plame, the former undercover CIA agent, is now a candidate for Congress in New Mexico’s third district. The incumbent Congressman, Ben Ray Luján, is running for U.S. Senate. Plame was operations chief […]

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Not Just Another Acronym

Political advertising isn’t like other advertising. In many cases, it’s not nearly as good. There are copious reasons for this, ranging from minuscule budgets to the client’s hatred of marketing, and a widely held belief in political circles that a candidate’s positions and policies matter most. Thankfully, there are a few rays of sunshine bursting […]

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Conservative Democrats Will Be Primaried

Jessica Cisneros is running for Congress in south Texas. To win, she must first beat the Democratic Party incumbent, Rep. Henry Cuellar, in the primary election. Cuellar has been called “Trump’s favorite Democrat,” and he has an A-rating from the NRA. The Democrat in-name-only voted with Trump 67 percent of the time in the 115th […]

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Cornyn The Divider Has A Mountain of Cash, But No Clue

For the past 40 or more years, “Liberal” has been a bad word in Texas. Senator John Cornyn still lives in that throwback era, although time is now catching up to him and his kind. Let’s look at the last gasps of a desperate GOP, and the tired arguments they continue to rely on. Since […]

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