by Joe Mandese on Mar 11, 11:19 AM
Nearly a quarter of every dollar raised by the Big 4 super PACs in 2025 came from anonymous "dark money" groups - up 65% from 2024, according to new data released this week.
by Joe Mandese on Mar 2, 8:51 AM
Trump already accounts for a third of all unilateral military strikes, more than a quarter of all "emergency" declarations, and two-thirds of all SCOTUS "emergency docket" rulings. Why the bum-rush?
by Joe Mandese on Feb 26, 5:41 PM
Based on final estimate, Trump's SOTU audience has fallen 56% from his first address in 2017 while the bloviating duration of his speeches has risen 53%.
by Joe Mandese on Feb 26, 10:05 AM
In my last post I focused on the quants of Trump's address. In this one, I use a keyword index to examine the quals. Hint: It's not exactly the "Golden Age" of the Union.
by Joe Mandese on Feb 25, 1:10 PM
From one chief to another, maybe you'd want to consider a less-is-more strategy for future addresses, because your media metrics indicate you're wearing out.
by Joe Mandese on Feb 24, 9:17 AM
If democracy actually dies in darkness, the influence of "dark money" in political media and marketing will be some of the nails in its coffin. Thankfully, some sources have been trying to shed some light on it.
by Joe Mandese on Feb 20, 11:45 AM
Once again, Adam Buckman has raised an excellent question in today's "TV Blog." Here's the answer.
by Joe Mandese on Feb 18, 12:11 PM
Just be thankful I didn't go with my first choice: FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONSCENTiPAD.
by Joe Mandese on Feb 11, 4:56 PM
There's a reason why music is referred to as the "universal language," and Bad Bunny proved it by singing in Spanish. Because we're all still talking about it today.
by Joe Mandese on Feb 6, 9:50 AM
Since "The Washington Post" is no longer tracking Trump's lies as POTUS, I asked some LLMs to estimate how many he made during Year One of 2.0. Take if for what it's worth.