Obsessed with this — put in your zip code and get an excellent data visualization/story about the 311 calls your neighbors made this year. www.311wrapped.com

This week’s @runforsomething.net feel-good update: Get inspired - meet some of our newest endorsed candidates. rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-g...

My very offline in-laws have this art up in their house. I laughed.

Really proud of @runforsomething.net’s work in NC as part of the recruitment effort there - @abreezeclayton.bsky.social set the tone from the top and the entire ecosystem followed thru. Winning big starts with running everywhere 😎

Stefanik’s humiliation feels something akin to cruel at this point - but I will say, it is nice to see that being a calculating soulless monster doesn’t always end well!

A true & earnest thing: Despite the fact that I live & breathe politics professionally, voted in two elections, subscribe to lots of media, engage in political discourse, and gave to campaigns, I think our weekly dinners may have been my most meaningful political act of the year.

In my personal newsletter: A look back at our 2025 resolution to host dinner every single Saturday. Great news: We did it! amandalitman.substack.com/p/our-year-o...

She has served honorably and well, but DC needs - and DESERVES- a representative that is up to the task.

Stories like this are why we can’t stop having a public conversation about the gerontocracy. It may be painful but to let this kind of ego-centric leadership continue is actively harmful to democracy & trust in institutions. Norton had to go. nymag.com/intelligence...

Interesting nugget: The experimental "treatment" tested having pepople follow progressive influencers. But the control group (who didn't add these influencers as follows) didn't stay the same; instead, it drifted right. Meaning, social media naturally pushed people rightward during the study window.

I get that the autopsy would've kicked off a shitshow of a conversation that would have been deeply exhausting -- but transparency builds trust, & especially going into the year when the DNC will shape the presidential primary process, it *matters* that people trust it.

I was absolutely a hater but my husband made us pickle latkes last night for our Hanukkah celebration with our neighbors and I must say: They ruled. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...

If you're looking to do end-of-year giving, consider Run for Something Civics, our 501c3 that brings young people into leadership in order to end the gerontocracy. You can give online or DM me for how to give thru a DAF or get matching funds from your employer. panoramagroup.tfaforms.net/f/rfsc

Biden was the kind of old where you take away the car keys. Trump is the kind of old where you don't let him near the grandchildren

Fun @runforsomething.net fact: In all of 2025, we elected 166 new people to state & local offices across 21 states. This was not an off year!

I unironically and wholeheartedly agree. The boomers cannot handle AI.

Know a young progressive candidate running for state or local office in 2026? @runforsomething.net is accepting endorsement applications. The full process & criteria is online here. Share this far & wide! runforsomething.net/run/candidat...

Heads up: @runforsomething.net is hiring a new Senior Technical Lead. Full JD & salary here, including how to apply! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

Run for something (cc: @amandalitman.bsky.social) youtube.com/shorts/Z0eP6taJFl4?si=7Mx4sJG3c0876Jo-

5 new recurring donors signed up yesterday - that's a start! 61 to go. secure.actblue.com/donate/rfs?r...

Was just checking our @runforsomething.net dashboard & wow oh wow I would *love* to hit 1,000 new recurring donors in 2025. That's 15 days to find 66 people to commit to longterm giving to build sustainable power. Will you be one of them? secure.actblue.com/donate/rfs?r...

INCREDIBLE STORY: Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold. thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/15/a...

I know it and I feel it and still, this stat blows my mind: Childcare is unaffordable for 80% of New Yorkers. www.thecut.com/article/dayc...

This week's @runforsomething.net feel-good update: This weekend we had our last election day of the year - and we won! A little spot of light amidst the darkness. rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-g...

i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting

An amazing @runforsomething.net win in TX yesterday -- capping off our best year yet.

165 young leaders across the country won their elections this year. That’s proof that the next generation is done waiting for permission. Ready to add your name to the 2026 scoreboard? bit.ly/Run4what 🎯

"We see it in the pipeline of folks signing up to run, quite a few are naming immigration as one of their top issues," @amandalitman.bsky.social of Run for Something told The Bulwark. That's because of Trump. ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4p29J7G

Hard agree, which is why @runforsomething.net is running a campaign to get renters to run for office.

Generations of renters have been left behind by the home shortage and skyrocketing costs we've inherited. Blue city and blue state electeds had better wake up and deliver results. If not, why would young people continue to have faith in Democrats—or democracy—as capable of solving problems?

Flagging this from the Douthat interview with Charlie Kirk’s confidant/podcast replacement. The right sees this too! And he gets: It’s both financial and psychological.

LOL that this is the first week I’ve lost subscribers. It’s my personal substack and I contain multitudes - you’re gonna get diatribes on political fundraising one week and romance novel recs the next! So be it!

I love love love romance novels without any shame or guilt. So this week in my personal newsletter, a guide on those new to the genre — where to start, a bunch of authors to look into, and why you shouldn’t ever feel guilty about finding joy. amandalitman.substack.com/p/romance-no...

Only 20 mins in to the first episode of the Taylor Swift documentary and I’m so moved. Watching people love something (both her fans loving her and her loving the work!) so purely and fully - and unapologetically - is so powerful.

Did a quick visit to NBC today to talk about the health care debacle - bad news for Trump, you can’t gaslight people about the economy. They have eyes and bank accounts!

Alas, it requires bravery for a Republican to be politically calculating right now! We’ve seen the GOP stand by Trump even when it dooms them politically (in a way that baffles, considering their ambition!). I don’t exactly ~hand it to them~ but I’m, I guess, relieved to see ambition win out.

This is bravery and an indication that the GOP is starting to see the writing on the wall: Trump is not all powerful, won’t be around forever, and they’ve got to plan beyond him.

Love love love seeing my book on @bookshop.org’s list of 100 best selling books of the year. Deciding you want to be a better leader and also supporting independent bookstores is a win/win. bookshop.org/a/100021/978...

Not gonna lie: Delighted to know I sold more first-week copies of WHEN WE'RE IN CHARGE than a book that got captured the discourse, got endless numbers of press write-ups, and triggered at least one NYT push alert. Not all press is good press, actually!

Nida is an *incredible* @runforsomething.net alum - can't wait to see her lead on the national stage.

“.. The swing is even stronger than in 2017, when Democrats flipped 20 percent of all GOP-held legislative seats up for election .. @taniel.bsky.social boltsmag.org/legislative-...

This deck is mandatory reading for anyone working in politics. It's long. It's worth it. docs.google.com/presentation...

If you want to get a signed copy of WHEN WE'RE IN CHARGE for someone as a holiday gift, place an order through @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social - I'll be stopping by later this month to fulfill orders & they'll ship it right out. greenlightbookstore.com/book/9781638...

We could use candidates for almost every Republican-held state House seat in Kansas, y'all. 2026 is gonna be a VERY favorable electorate for Kansas Democrats.

2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. It’s not too late in most places! runforwhat.net

Texas really said “double or nothing,” and our RFS alums took that personally. Now we’ve got two of them in the U.S. Senate race, showing exactly why building the bench matters. Tough moments don’t scare this crew. They dig in. They lead. They rise.

Democrats are contesting every single federal & state leg race in Texas. SO proud of the work @runforsomething.net & the entire recruitment network in TX (including Annie's List, TX Dems, & so many great partners on the ground) have done to make this possible. www.lonestarleft.com/p/we-did-it-...

This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.

Both @jamestalarico.bsky.social & @jasmineforus.bsky.social are @runforsomething.net alum - I don't know who will win the primary (or who can win the general) but I know both are powerful communicators & fighters for what's right, and I'm looking forward to seeing them make their case to Texans.

Formula is one of the many miracles of modern science that literally saves lives. Fuck this guy.