Sorry to be the skunk at the garden party... but when you don't live in a shared world, you can't laugh at a shared truth. My latest in POLITICO Magazine
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“At this year’s Correspondents Dinner, there will still be jokes – but under that laughter will be the realization that very little about America today is a laughing matter.”

BPI's Jeffrey Nussbaum unpacks the evolution of DC's silly season from har de har to cri de coeur.

📍 Institute for Public Relations Bridge Conference | Washington, DC

Last week, BPI’s Bradley Akubuiro + Jeffrey Nussbaum were joined by Axios’s Eleanor Hawkins in a conversation moderated by Tina McCorkindale.

This is really well done:

As Tucker Carlson calls it: a day which will live in infamy.

I read some wonderful (and terrible) annual report letters to bring you this:

Two different commercials reference Flashdance! (First R movie I ever saw.)

Honestly, this is Nancy Pelosi's fault. She made running the House and actually passing bills look easy all those years. They thought they could do it too.

Check your quotes!

Would people have gotten it if I sent belated holiday cards captioned: “DeJoy to the World” #usps

Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative -- the origin story from Jim Puzzanghera

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Amen

“In the age of AI, nobody has the luxury of being a blank canvas. If you’re not filling a news void, somebody — or AI — will.” 🤖

BPI’s Robert Gibbs and Jeffrey Nussbaum share their expert insights on what AI means for communicators in @MarketingDive. 🎙️ bit.ly/3sbZMgv

Before #Mahomes vs #Hurts , there was Dennis Coleman vs Martin Vaughn! brownbears.com/news/2023/10/2…

Shocking that Jim Jordan wouldn’t understand that no means no.

⚖️ Today marks the end of the ACLU's years long fight on behalf of the children and families who were separated at the border under the Trump administration. cnn.com/2023/10/16/pol…

republican 1: I’m going to take down the speaker!

speaker: no you’re not, bitch

republicans 2-8: yes we are

dems: do you want to talk about how we could save you

speaker: no you fucking commie slut idiot

*LATER THAT DAY*

conservatives: how dare the democrats do this

Hard to find a quote that better summarizes how Obamanomics =/= Bidenomics

We are delighted to have Jeffrey Nussbaum, author of 'Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches that Would Have Rewritten History' join us next month at our National Celebration of Reading. Read more about our featured authors and this special event here: rb.gy/z72q1

This must be so triggering, given his experience in the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888.