Bernie Sanders' Campaign Chief Is Running a New Media Startup Aimed at Pushing Biden to the Left |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=58626"><span class="small">Lachlan Markay, Axios</span></a> |
Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:21 |
Markay writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign manager is running a new media startup aiming to use ideologically driven storytelling to push the Biden administration to the left, the group tells Axios." Bernie Sanders' Campaign Chief Is Running a New Media Startup Aimed at Pushing Biden to the Left11 March 21
en. Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign manager is running a new media startup aiming to use ideologically driven storytelling to push the Biden administration to the left, the group tells Axios. Why it matters: Faiz Shakir's new venture, dubbed More Perfect Union, scored a win last week when White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain shared its video about efforts to unionize an Alabama Amazon warehouse. It was an early sign the administration is attuned to the priorities of its party's left flank.
What's happening: Shakir told Axios he remains a political adviser to Sanders (I-Vt.).
The backstory: Shakir said he modeled the new venture in part on ThinkProgress, the defunct news and opinion website he used to run for the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Between the lines: Shakir declined to identify his new venture's funders but said they are "mission-aligned."
|