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At donor retreats and in pitch documents seen by The New York Times, liberal strategists are pushing the party’s rich backers to reopen their wallets for a cavalcade of projects to help Democrats, as the cliché now goes, “find the next Joe Rogan.”

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The first out of the gate has been Chorus, a well-publicized liberal nonprofit group co-founded by the Democratic influencer Brian Tyler Cohen.

But others have stayed under wraps until now. In November, Ms. McBride and other liberal operatives gathered in Washington for a series of meetings to survey the election wreckage. At the headquarters of American Bridge, one of the largest Democratic donor networks, they eventually hatched a plan for a for-profit media company called AND Media, which stands for “Achieve Narrative Dominance.”

The company, incorporated in March, says it is aiming to raise $45 million over the next four years. The group hopes to have a $70 million budget over that time frame based on predictions of $25 million in revenue. It says it has raised $7 million so far. Ms. McBride and Christian Tom, who led digital strategy for the Biden White House, have pitched the company to American Bridge donors as a broad cultural project.

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[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 48 points 11 hours ago

They already have these people. It's Bill Maher, John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, etc. They're just on cable TV which nobody under 50 watches anymore. Not to mention, they're insufferable to everyone except establishment dems.

Republicans realized this a decade ago, so they gave Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro, etc. large online platforms in addition to their cable appearances. Then, they had a slew of talking heads like Candice Owens and Milo Yiannopoulos branch out further into online spaces while the original grifters kept their distance. People like Kirk maintain plausible deniability if they need to burn anyone who steps out of line or becomes too controversial (as was the case with Milo).

It's why the conservative outrage machine grows and keeps its momentum going, while dems sit around with their thumbs up their asses wondering if some D-list celebrity can topple Joe Rogan.

[-] duderium@hexbear.net 20 points 11 hours ago

I think the lib characters you mention also have online presences, but they don’t really appeal to anyone under the age of fifty.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 5 points 10 hours ago

Yeah the lib boomers I know love Kimmel and watch him on YouTube TV. Don’t know anyone younger than them who watches him.

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