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Claire Sandberg
@clairesandberg
I help candidates and organizations create strategy and build programs. previously: national organizing director for Bernie Sanders
Aug 4, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Always expect the establishment to consolidate and fight dirty.
Don’t get caught flat-footed. Don’t spend down all your cash early—anticipate an air war at the end and be ready to go point for point. Invest in experienced local organizers, not $$$ subpar consultant paid field. Also: it’s not either/or with persuasion and turnout, or TV and field.

Outsider primary campaigns need to both inspire unlikely voters to turn out (and invest in turnout) AND win over enough normie partisan Dems. Need to be competitive on TV & have a strong ground game.
Dec 19, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
One of the most depressing things about the debate over tactics this week has been how the people ceaselessly berating AOC seem to have no interest whatsoever in what it will take to actually build support for Medicare for All at the district level. There is no moonshot tactic that can compensate for a huge imbalance in political power.
Sep 22, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
If McConnell actually feared @SenSchumer would pack the court, eliminate the filibuster, and add new states, he wouldn't ram a justice through.

He's calling Schumer's bluff because he doesn't believe Schumer will have the votes—or the nerve—to do those things. McConnell understands that vague threats about every option being "on the table" are completely toothless as long as the Senate Democratic caucus is full of relics like @SenFeinstein who stubbornly refuse to exercise their power, no matter what the stakes.
Jul 24, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Bernie 2020 alums are up to great things! Short thread signal boosting several great efforts that have recently launched: 1) Many key staff who ran large innovative programs on the Bernie organizing, comms, data, and tech teams have put together a set of resources and a support community for left campaigns and organizations. See @LatchmiGopal's thread for info!
Jun 28, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@TheDuhalde with some thoughts on Super Pacs and campaign finance challenges for the left.

jacobinmag.com/2020/06/social… One thing to reiterate here that tends to get lost in talk about Super Pacs: just because they allow unlimited contributions and spending does not mean that they are always operating on a large scale.
Jun 24, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Following Bowman's victory, which was aided by independent spending, and in light of Warren's bullshit attack earlier this year on DSA/Sunrise/Dream Defenders/MTR/CPD/PA/PDA/OR, I hope the left can move beyond simplistic ideas about certain legal structures being inherently evil. We see confusion and charges of hypocrisy on Twitter every time a left-wing group forms any kind of campaign spending entity.
May 15, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
This medium post, written by the architects of the Bernie distributed events, relational, victory captain, texting, and student programs, is a must-read for any campaign or organization that wants to scale up their organizing program—especially in a pandemic. So grateful for the vision and dedication of @emily_isaac_ @ClaireWyatt_ @sophielasoff @shanag888 Kohlee Kennedy, Hannah Bauman, and all the other amazing staff and volunteers who worked around the clock ceaselessly for a year to build these innovative systems.
May 13, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Bailouts for debt collectors, lobbyists, landlords, and big oil, but no paycheck guarantee, monthly cash payments, merger moratorium, or plan to make sure everyone has healthcare during a pandemic.

How can a starting offer "messaging bill" fall so far below the mark? A true "Rooseveltian" relief package would end mass unemployment, give people ongoing cash assistance—and allow the jobless to enroll in Medicare.

Instead they offered funding for health insurance monopolies and this gift allowing Cuomo to cut Medicaid:
Apr 28, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Now is the time to deal with the ramifications of Tara Reade's accusations, not this fall. There is simply no moral justification for Biden to continue as the presumptive nominee. Out of respect for survivors and for the good of the country, he should withdraw from the race. This does not mean that Bernie should become the nominee by default. I agree with @peterdaou that the primary should resume somehow, and other candidates who dropped out should be able to get back in the race as well. Obviously, this means primaries should not be cancelled.
Feb 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 New Yorkers! FRIDAY is the deadline to change your party registration if you are not a registered Democrat and want to vote for Bernie on April 28th. 🚨

Download the BERN app today and make sure everyone you know can vote for Bernie in April: BernieSanders.app.link 1. Download BERN
2. Import your contacts (we will never contact them & don't even collect their contact info)
3. Actions > Tell us who is supporting Bernie
4. Actions > Look up your friends in the voter file
5. Actions > Make sure your friends in NY can vote for Bernie in April ImageImageImageImage
Feb 7, 2020 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
🚨🚨🚨Bernie won Iowa. What happens next?🚨🚨🚨

Billionaires and their candidates are going to throw everything at us to stop Bernie now. We have to step it up in New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and Super Tuesday all at once to make sure Bernie is our next president. MOST IMPORTANT: go to New Hampshire this weekend if you can. We have a goal of 3,000 out of state shifts into NH.

Go to Berniesanders.com/BernieJourney to find a bus, carpool, or plan your own trip.
Feb 6, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This is what expanding the electorate looks like. They say it can’t be done, that working class people who don’t usually vote won’t ever vote, and that it’s not worth the effort to try and change that. On Monday, many people who have never voted at all participated in an election for the first time by taking part in a time-consuming and arcane process that people like to brag is incomprehensible to outsiders.
Jan 3, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Things feel pretty damn bleak this morning, but something giving me hope in the face of this nightmare is the fact that every day thousands of volunteer leaders are putting in long hours organizing around a vision of a fundamentally transformed society. theintercept.com/2020/01/03/ber… I will add that usually process stories make me extremely nervous. There's always a danger things will be vastly oversimplified, and a pressure for the campaign to portray any tactic it's deploying as a magic bullet.
Dec 4, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Leaders needed in the political revolution!

Do you live in one of these states and can you devote 10 hours a week to organizing for Bernie?

AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, ID, ME, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NC, ND, OK, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA

Sign up for more info! berniesanders.com/supertuesday Other states may be added later. For now keep making those phone calls into early states! BernieSanders.com/call Or why not take a roadtrip to an early state to knock on doors? B-2020.com/oos
Nov 16, 2019 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
🚨🚨🚨Bernie 2020 is hiring! 🚨🚨🚨

We’re hiring many new staff in IA, NH, NV, SC, CA, and now hiring state field directors in AL, AR, CO, FL, ME, MN, MA, MI, MN, NC, OK, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WA. And many exciting national roles.

boards.greenhouse.io/bernie2020 Apply! Tell your friends! If you’re interested in organizing roles: apply again even if you applied already. Most people who applied a long time ago are no longer interested when we contact them, so if you want to be considered now make sure you submit a fresh application.
Sep 24, 2019 • 8 tweets • 10 min read
Loved reading this from @sarahljaffe about the brilliant work of @UKLabour's community organizing unit, which has quietly laid the groundwork for Labour to win the next general election. Read it and follow @LabourByTheMany if you want to be inspired! prospect.org/article/labour… @sarahljaffe @UKLabour @LabourByTheMany Imagine if between elections the Democratic Party did base building like this: holding listening sessions with people alienated from politics and dispatching organizers to embed in those communities and organize campaigns on issues that matter to working class people. Image
Apr 27, 2019 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
SO. MANY. EVENTS. #OrganizeWithBernie ImageImage Here are just the student events! ImageImage
Jul 20, 2018 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
People on this panel and on Facebook seem to like this Abdul guy. Image Current WDIV viewer Facebook poll results:

5148 Abdul El-Sayed
1738 Gretchen Whitmer
253 Shri Thanedar Image
Jul 16, 2017 • 12 tweets • 11 min read
Great piece from @KateAronoff on @JerryBrownGov's inadequate climate bill full of fossil fuel industry giveaways. inthesetimes.com/article/20331/… @KateAronoff @JerryBrownGov Also, good to see the @EnvDefenseFund/@NRDC playbook is still the same
May 23, 2017 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Well this is a particularly bad take. Though it’s only a difference of degree and not kind from what Establishment Dems frequently argue. 1/ ie there is no alternative to win over blue collar voters except through racism, xenophobia, or in this case, expanding the war machine 2/