tara mcgowan
@taraemcg.bsky.social
founder + publisher of @couriernewsroom.bsky.social 🔊 civic media + democracy evangelist 🇺🇸 speaking for myself 💁🏻♀️
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ICYMI Gloves Off, my @couriernewsroom.bsky.social series with the leaders who are actually rising to this moment in the fight against the cruel + corrupt administration is now live! Pls give my first episode with @jasmineforus.bsky.social a watch + hit subscribe! 🥊🎙️🙏 couriernewsroom.com/gloves-off/
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“Democrats have built their entire party structure on polite deference, seniority, and chasing bipartisanship as an outcome, as opposed to elevating the most talented and passionate politicians into roles in which they can make impact..." @meredithshiner.com newrepublic.com/article/1909...
“The authoritarian faction seeks to pick off dissenting voices one at a time, and cross-sector solidarity is the only bulwark against that tactic.” Collective action also requires media like COURIER that reaches Americans who arent reading substacks to engage🇺🇸 www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-white-...
One of the most important lessons I hope Democrats/progressives/people who care about democracy learn in the fallout of the election is the urgent, critical need to invest in owning + scaling our own media ecosystem to reach Americans with factual, values-driven, civic news + information.
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📣 New (amazing!) Job Alert 📣 @couriernewsroom.bsky.social is hiring a VP of Social for COURIER National - one of the biggest + fastest-growing news brands online 🚀 Pls share with your most creative, data-driven digital content producer/strategist friends! 🙏 couriernewsroom.bamboohr.com/careers/320
Platner should step down immediately and let someone else get on the ballot to defeat Collins. The movement he was riding to popularity was never his and absolutely cannot be represented by someone riddled with this many scandals + horrific allegations. The trust is gone- get out.
As the NY-12 primary approaches, I sat down with two of the top candidates running with different visions for the future- @alexbores.nyc + @jackschlossberg.bsky.social. Both conversations are worth a listen + together, shed light on the debates that are shaping the future of the Democratic Party 🥊🧵👇
If you're following the Epstein cover-up happening in real time by our government (and you should be!), check out COURIER's skimmable weekly roundup of the top breaking news + updates pertaining to the investigations👇 And if we've missed a big story or new lede, please send them our way! 🔬