This is my collection of articles, resources, and advice to assist Democratic candidates.
Like any 'Toolbox' you may not need all the tools it contains, but hopefully, when you need it, you will find what you need here.
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"[...] When a person looks at the world, he sees it filtered through a screen of his words, and this process is as invisible to him as water is to a fish. We see our words and our world in one impression. [...]" ---- Tribal Leadership, Logan, King, & Fisher-Wright
"Every creature lives within it's own sensory bubble, but only humans have the capacity to appreciate the experiences of other species."
-- How Animals Perceive the World, Ed Yong
Dear Candidate
Will You Slay My Dragon?
The Importance of Finding Your Purpose
Supply The NEED, or Don't PlayWhat We Already Know That Doesn't Work
A New Voice For Winning Back Lost Democratic Voters
Win or Learn
7 Lessons to Help You Find The Work You Are Supposed To Do
How To Find Hidden Opportunities
Forbes' Guide to Influencing Decisions
Your Guide to Becoming a Better Persuader
Is Doorknocking The Future of Campaigning?
The Bill Farmers Need Was Killed By Senators -- Rural Opportunity
Rural Growth = Boomtowns
Disturbing World of the New GOP
Truth Takes A Vacation
Trumpism Was Born In The 90s
Is Liberalism Worth Saving
The French Panic Over Woke Is Me
Democrats' Long Goodbye To The Working Class
Why Democrats Are Losing Hispanic Voters
Seven Books That Explain American Politics
The Day That Protected Democracy
How American Politics Turned Deadly
Democrat's All-Out Culture War
Political Messaging Tutorial 2022
Starter Questions
Messaging Huddle #1 Slides
Messaging Huddle #2 Slides
Culture Checklist
Performance Culture eBook
Where Do Democrats Find These Guys
What Americans Don't Understand About Teachers
Today's Library Goes Beyond Books
Robbing From The Poor To Educate The Rich
What Idaho Could Learn From Other Rural States' Experience With Vouchers
How the Federal Reserve Protects the Top One Percent
America and the Heathen
LA's Grand Experiment With UBI
Lead Yourself First
Books That Taught Debaters To Win
Inspire Like A 'TED' Talk
How To Write a Great Speech
Learn Better Communications Methods
How to do Persuasion Speaking
How to Persuade People You Don't Agree WithThe Left and the Right Literally Speak Different Languages
Political Rossetta-Stone
Red And Blue Brains' Evaluative Processes Differ
Health Departments Shocked by Red/Blue State Rift
People Care About What They Already Care About
He Raised and Spent Millions Running Against Marjorie Taylor Greene
Campaign Planning Advice
Recon By Fire
Blue Ocean Competitive StrategyLincoln Project - an Idaho Progressive Campaign Tutorial
Idaho Democrats -- The Family Party!
How Has Racial Make-Up Of Your Location Changed?
What The Critical Race Theory Panic Was All About
Geo Washington's Introductory Letter on the Constitution
Rise of the Liberal LDS
Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights
The Framers Were Fans of Liberty
What Caused The Crime Spike
Taxonomy of Right-Wing Dog Whistles
The GOP's REAL 11 Point Agenda Finally Unmasked
Rancher Leads "Take Back Idaho"
Idaho Freedom Foundation Objects to the Take-Back Idaho Movement
Exploitation of Freedom
IFF Targeting Liberal Democracy as its Enemy
Hoffman Won This Election
Idaho Extremists Doxing Court, Child Protection Officers, Medical Personnel
Cancel Culture is REAL -- Only, It's The Right-Wing That Is Advancing It
Democracy is at RISK -- Why Isn't it THE Issue?
The Fracture in the Idaho GOP
Pandemic Decision Making Fatigue
Authoritarians At The Gate
Breaking Out Of The Moral Matrix
Our Constitutional Crisis Is Already Here
Masks, Vaccines, Religion and The Other Usual Suspects
The Liberal Attack on Government
2020 Census data shows why the GOP is at war with Democracy
Idaho Legislative Session 2019 Tracker - Download
Idaho Legislative Session 2020 Tracker - Download
BSU's Idaho Demographic Data Dashboard
Live Your Dreams!The Democratic Brand is Broken
Bannon Predicts Sweeping MAGA Policies 22--24
Democrats Could Be Our Of Power For A Decade
The rise of America's nationalized political structure
Critical Race Theory and Why Republicans Want To Ban It In Schools
The Real Problem With Globalism
Protecting Dynastic Wealth
The Real Origins of the Religious Right
Rightward Shift of Latino Men
Winning Message For Democrats on Racism
21st Century -- End Game of the Reagan Revolution
Why White Evangelicals Fear The Vaccine
Breaking Down the "Minimum Wage Work Ethic"
Does Liberalism Have A Future?
Why I'm a Liberal
Progressive Conservatism
The Old Rift Within Idaho's GOP
GOP Explained
America Is Done!
Get Her Elected
Generation Omega
• Achieving Our Country• Fighting the War of Ideas Like a Real War
• Don't Underestimate Trump - George Lakoff
• Modern Evangelical Authoritarianism
• The End of Identity Liberalism
• Debunking the "Myth" of Identity Politics
• Modern conservatism is a reactionary project
• Your "Financial Shock" Wealth
• Money Isn't Money
• How Red State Tax Strategies Are Killing America's Future
• How Economics Failed The Economy
• Corporate Taxation in a Modern Monetary Economy
• The Nationalist's Delusion
• Sam Harris Podcast -- "What Happened to Liberalism?"
• The Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory
• The Real Impact of Automation on Employment
How America Ends
Welfare Bashing -- An American Hobby
4 Laws That Could Help Prevent Shootings
How Democrats Can Fight Back Against Republicans' Rigged Democracy
How Political Corruption Is Underwriting America's Gun Control Nightmare
What is Nazi-ism?
North Idaho Wackadoodles
BuildYour Campaign Team on Trust
The Memorable Elevator Pitch
Google's Team Effectiveness Research
Three Survival Skills for Candidates
The Cure for "Executive Overload"
How to Change People's Minds
Make Your Best Defense a Strong Offense
5 Powerful Habits That Will Make You a Better Communicator
Best Salesperson Qualities
Basic Leadership Tips
Basic Elements of a Campaign