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As if polling isn't hard enough, the new Apple IOS is about to make it more difficult, if not impossible. Thanks Patrick Ruffini for taking the time to lay this out here. A new iPhone update threatens to upend public opinion research. wapo.st/4lmGV7V

An insightful read on how the GOP is closing small dollar fundraising gap.

.Jessica Dean reflects on her first year anchoring weekend primetime "CNN Newsroom" in a new feature with Forbes.  Read the full piece here: bit.ly/4fwUCj6

What if your campaign could turn pages of open-ended voter feedback into actionable insights in minutes instead of hours? In our latest podcast, Eric Wilson and Adam Belmar discuss findings from testing ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini in a battleground congressional

Today, as New York Post reported, we sent a memo to our clients alerting them to an urgent discovery around how GOP candidates raise money and reach voters. In short, Google has been labeling conservative fundraising links as “dangerous,” while Democratic links have no labels.

Introducing the Anduril 250. The first-ever NASCAR race on an active military base.

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Launching a campaign is one of the few moments you fully control. Get it right, and you set the tone for months ahead. Get it wrong, and you’ll spend weeks fixing mistakes. Here are 8 early digital pitfalls to avoid🧵

Something noteworthy about these scruffy Dem populist candidates (Platner, Sage, Osborn, El Sayed) they all have very detailed policy platforms. Meanwhile the DSCC's favorites - Cooper, Pappas, Stevens, Brown, Ossoff - don't have a single issue or policy page on their websites

Some important details about iOS26 and texting in this story: - Apple clarifies it's an update to an existing feature currently buried in settings. - It will still be OFF by default for all users. Seems like we are dodging the bullet.