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Martin McSweeney
- Nov 10, 2021
- 6 min
Building momentum
Creating a cohesive narrative in a chaotic media environment is never easy. The 3d chess game that is modern politics is a complex and...
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Martin McSweeney
- Nov 9, 2021
- 6 min
The big picture
Given all the chaos, obstruction and disinformation the right wing media has pumped out since Joe Biden was elected, it's not surprising...
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Martin McSweeney
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
Let's get this party started
As expected, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill passed the House and was sent to the President's desk late on Friday. It didn't happen...
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Martin McSweeney
- Nov 5, 2021
- 7 min
Progress, what progress?
After a long big tent discussion within the Democratic Party, it would appear at the time of writing, the bipartisan infrastructure bill...
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Martin McSweeney
- Nov 4, 2021
- 6 min
Stuck in the mud
As expected, yesterday there was much talk about what the loss in Virginia meant for Democrats. The reality is, that no amount of...
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Martin McSweeney
- Nov 3, 2021
- 6 min
So what now?
After discussing at some length the Manchin problem, I said yesterday that I had reservations about the McCauliffe campaign. Today will...
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Martin McSweeney
- Nov 2, 2021
- 7 min
Really? I mean Really?
I rarely sit down to write the night before a blog post is due, but Joe Manchin has lit a fuse under my outrage gene, to a point where I...
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Martin McSweeney
- Nov 1, 2021
- 5 min
Finding sanity in a sea of nonsense
After a long long weekend producing ads, it's a pleasant treat to sit down and pour out a few thoughts I have. Democrats are rightly...
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Martin McSweeney
- Oct 29, 2021
- 6 min
Where do we go from here?
Yesterday President Biden took the biggest gamble of his political career. He clearly needed to have something to take to Europe to COP26...
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Martin McSweeney
- Oct 28, 2021
- 5 min
Nobody said it would be easy
Now don't get me wrong, I know democracy can be ugly and we here in the UK know that only too well at times. We have had our share of...
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Martin McSweeney
- Oct 27, 2021
- 6 min
Authoritarianism is knocking on the door
At the heart of a democracy is a battle of ideas. Political parties make their case to the electorate, who then make an informed choice...
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Martin McSweeney
- Oct 26, 2021
- 5 min
So where do we begin?
It was never going to be easy for the Biden Administration. Divisive politics in the US is nothing new, but it appears to me that since...
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Martin McSweeney
- Oct 25, 2021
- 5 min
It's good to be back
Hello friends, it's been a while. Just after my last post on July 16, I lost my @politicsrus4 Twitter account. When I first arrived on...
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Calico Jack
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
The Problem with McCarthy's Joke about Hitting Pelosi with the Speaker's Gavel
What's wrong with telling a joke? When it disparages a group or individual, a lot.
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Martin McSweeney
- Jul 16, 2021
- 5 min
We can do this, if we recognise the danger
My new found freedom from the prison that has been javascript coding, has at long last allowed me to sit back and reflect on the current...
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Martin McSweeney
- Jul 15, 2021
- 4 min
Returning to the warm embrace
After my long absence building my new geo-visual messaging system, it's great to be able to return to what I love doing, creating...
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Martin McSweeney
- Apr 30, 2021
- 7 min
Ever considered participating in collective good?
For a couple of months now, my colleagues and I have been putting together a framework to potentially marshal the awesome power that...
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Martin McSweeney
- Apr 28, 2021
- 5 min
Quick update on where I am
Hello my friends, many apologies for the lack of a thought of the day for the past few days. After a month of hard work in the background...
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Martin McSweeney
- Apr 25, 2021
- 6 min
Be afraid, be very afraid
Today I begin with this statement. "Politics should be about a coherent policy offering to the electorate, in search of a mandate to...
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