The past few weeks have felt more like months to many of us. Each day brings multiple, extraordinary headlines about the various impacts from and reactions to the spread of the coronavirus. Empty stadiums, shuttered museums, motionless cruise ships and now quarantined policymakers have jarred the public and laid a foundation for panic that will […]
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By Dave Adams Say what you will about President Trump using tariffs to leverage a non-economic dispute but he got the Mexican government to agree to more forceful measures on its southern border and to consider a soft version of, “safe third country” – referring to refugee claimants seeking entry to Canada or the United […]
This op-ed was published by the Washington Diplomat and authored by Cogent Strategies’ Will Bohlen. Every morning of the current administration, Washington wakes up to numerous tweets dashed off by President Trump in the pre-dawn hours and then scrambles to make sense of it all. Is he setting in motion a new policy? Did he just […]
Fun Fact: 236 people have filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run as Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. Bonus Fact: Cogent spared you a couple hundred candidates in our latest Guide to the 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates. In the May edition of the Guide, Cogent reviews first quarter fundraising numbers, provides an […]
By Mary Lieb When President Barack Obama was re-elected in 2012, one of the campaign’s hallmarks revolved around digital databases that helped streamline volunteers, donors and supporters. In doing so, the Obama campaign expanded its network across various social media platforms – mobilizing more supporters to register voters, spread the campaign’s message and aid fundraising […]
Read our 2020 Guide to the Democratic Presidential Candidates here: The 2020 Democratic presidential primary season is underway and the field of candidates is growing every week. Nearly a dozen candidates have already announced their intention or declared they are running. Up to 10 or 20 more candidates could join the race in the coming months. With such a large and diverse Democratic […]
By Missi Tessier Great things can happen in federal policy when fierce competitors come to the table to commit to working together toward a common goal. Successful coalition advocacy efforts over the years have strengthened our country’s commitment to biomedical and basic science research, informed consumers about threats to their privacy, kept new technologies affordable, […]