#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog: FiveThirtyEight analyzed all 2023 House votes and identified eight #QuietCaucuses that explain why reaching #consensus is complicated, especially for sharply divided House #Republicans . cfmadvocates.com/538-reveals-qu…

#cfmadvocates Blog Digest: The #Spokesperson is key to building public #trust ; Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez pushes for operational control of #SouthernBorder ; writing #fast with a #purpose and a #plan ; flood of new #FederalRules released in election season. mailchi.mp/cfmpdx/cfm-wee…

#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: They may not be household names, but the #Spokesperson is critical to building #PublicTrust and preserving a #reputation . It's not the easiest job. cfmadvocates.com/the-spokespers…

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog: Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez leading a handful of House moderate Democrats in urging #PresidentBiden to take #ExecutiveAction to restore operational order of #SouthernBorder . cfmadvocates.com/washington-rep…

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog: #Biden administration unleashes pre-election surge of rules including #Overtime pay, #NursingHome staffing, #AlaskaOil drilling, #SchoolLunches , #AirlineFees and #NonCompete agreements. Republicans question their costs. cfmadvocates.com/biden-pushes-n…

#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: #WritingFast is an acquired skill. It requires writing with a #purpose and a #plan . A side benefit of writing fast is leaving time to #copyedit , making something good even better. cfmadvocates.com/how-to-write-f…

The invitation was intriguing: Become a coach for an #AIBot to produce #GreatWriting . It made me wonder what is great writing. Then I wondered great writing for what? wp.me/p3vuOO-3ar

#cfmadvocates Blog Digest: #Humor is serious business; how three separate articles may touch on a #CommonStory ; political formula by #SpeakerJohnson cleared way for passage of #NationalSecurity package. mailchi.mp/cfmpdx/cfm-wee…

#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: #Humor is like a #SwissArmyKnife . It can cut audience tension or gently carve out a serious point. Or it can produce an embarrassing self-inflicted wound. Humor is #SeriousBusiness . cfmadvocates.com/using-humor-li…

#cfmadvocates Oregon Insider Blog: Oregon's #workforce participation is up, #unemployment is higher because of new workers looking for jobs and the state's school #ChronicAbsenteeism remains high. There could be a link. cfmadvocates.com/three-articles…

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog: #SpeakerJohnson earned praise and opprobrium for masterminding passage of aid to #Ukraine , #Israel and #Taiwan along with a #TikTok ban and extension of #FISA . cfmadvocates.com/house-passes-9…

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog: Classified document reveals #Russian #disinformation campaign aimed at undermining U.S. global leadership. It reads like a real-life version of #SpyVersusSpy from #Mad magazine. cfmadvocates.com/?p=21270&previ…

#cfmadvocates Blog Digest: Becoming a #ConfidentSpeaker is no accident; #PresidentBiden may need to take on #government to win; #NCAAWBB scores big while #Ducks and #Beavers lose key players; #FactChecking in Spanish informs ranks of #Latino voters. mailchi.mp/cfmpdx/cfm-wee…

#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: Speaker #confidently is no accident. It requires #SelfAwareness , #SelfDiscipline and relentless #practice . It also requires listening to yourself and willingness to #improve . cfmadvocates.com/becoming-a-con…

Oregon passed legislation to get #DrugUse rs off our streets. But issuing #misdemeanors won't stop #DrugUse . That will require an all-hands-on-deck approach, including using #PeerCounselors who can speak from experience about how to escape #addiction . wp.me/p3vuOO-3al

#cfmadvocates Oregon Insider Blog: #CaitlinClark and her long-distance three-point shots helped NCAA March Madness score big with audiences. Local star #CameronBrink is drafted by WNBA next after Clark. #Duck , #Beaver teams face major rebuilding. cfmadvocates.com/propelled-by-c…

#cfmadvocates Under the Dome Blog; Analysis: To win re-election this year, #PresidentBiden must confront deep voter #discontent . Touting his legislative #achivements isn't scoring enough #PoliticalPoints . cfmadvocates.com/to-win-biden-m…

Monday will be a banner day in U.S. history as Donald Trump becomes the first president to stand trial on a felony charge. He spent millions on lawyers to delay his criminal reckoning. Now there may only be one way out: Embracing the lunacy. wp.me/p3vuOO-39W

#cfmadvocates Managing Issues Blog: As #Latino voter eligibility grows, Latinos become targets of #disinformation campaigns. Now there is a Spanish-language #FactChecker to spot and debunk those false claims. cfmadvocates.com/factchecking-i…

#cfmadvocates Blog Digest: #SupplyChains and their link to #inflation ; big investment needed for #ElectionSecurity to deal with physical and #cyber threats; knowing the tools for #StrategicAnalysis ; Wash. lawmakers unveil federal #DataPrivacy legislation. mailchi.mp/cfmpdx/cfm-wee…