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The DNC is getting a lot of coverage right now, but much of it is missing the bigger picture. Fundraising numbers are being treated as the whole story. They’re not.

Yes, Republicans raised about 16% more in 2025. But that number gets reported without context: They control the White House and are operating with a corrupt, transactional politics where donors fear Trump's retribution. That’s not a model Democrats want to replicate.

Meanwhile, what’s actually happening on the ground? Under @kenmartin.bsky.social, @democrats.org are overperforming in ~90% of elections. And we’ve flipped 30 state legislative seats. Republicans? 0. That’s not theory. That’s results -- and it’s why the old model is pushing back.

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Look at where those wins are happening: @iowademocrats.bsky.social: broke a GOP supermajority @nebraskadems.bsky.social: flipped Omaha mayor @msdems.bsky.social: broke a supermajority @texasdemocrats.bsky.social: 31-point swing in a Trump district @fladems.bsky.social: flipped Mar-a-Lago seat

@peterprinciple.bsky.social

These wins are the result of a strategic shift by @kenmartin.bsky.social to invest in: ☑️state parties ☑️candidate recruitment ☑️organizers on the ground Moving us away from the short-term, consultant-driven spending model -- and toward building real, durable Democratic Party infrastructure.

Peter Principle

Wasn't this Howard Dean's mantra 20 years ago? And didn't it quickly yield positive results? So what happened? Consultant class sank its fangs in it?

Yes and yes. But then Obama won and diverted the DNC's/state parties' resources to OFA for eight years. We won the WH twice but also lost 1,000+ statehouse seats as a result of the unilateral disarmament at the state party level.