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The Happy Warriors of “The Meidas Touch”

The Happy Warriors of “The Meidas Touch”

Released Wednesday, 21st April 2021
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The Happy Warriors of “The Meidas Touch”

The Happy Warriors of “The Meidas Touch”

The Happy Warriors of “The Meidas Touch”

The Happy Warriors of “The Meidas Touch”

Wednesday, 21st April 2021
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Brett, Ben and Jordan Meiselas: "The Meidas Touch"

The three brothers who created the Meidas Touch PAC are the new happy warriors of politics. They gleefully donate their time and talents to skewering MAGA-preaching politicians. Their fast-response videos have generated millions of hits, and led to a burgeoning grassroots movement that supports a growing multimedia structure and an ever-increasing number of local Meidas Touch chapters.Jeff Timmer and Mark Brewer talk about one of the most improbable stories of the 2020 campaign cycle with Meidas Touch creators Brett, Jordan and Ben Meilesas.

Ben Meiselas is a Partner at Geragos & Geragos, where he focuses on civil litigation and civil rights law. Most notably, Ben represented Colin Kaepernick in his highly-publicized lawsuit against the NFL and led a class action lawsuit against Billy MacFarland and FYRE festival. He put together the Kaepernick NIKE endorsement deal, widely regarded as one of the top marketing campaigns in history. Ben is also the co-founder of Kaepernick publishing, where he recently inked a deal with Amazon for distribution. Ben was Variety’s 2019 Power of Law award recipient.

Bret Meiselas is a two-time Emmy award winning video editor and digital media strategist. He was a video editor for the Ellen DeGeneres show for over five years and ran digital media for a major sports organization, in addition to working as a creative executive for a mainstream film & TV production company.

Jordan Meiselas is a Marketing Account Supervisor based in New York City. He has been responsible for running campaigns and activations for some of the world’s top brands including HBO, the NFL and AT&T.Transcript

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A Republic, If You Can Keep It

JEFF TIMMER, former Executive Director of the Michigan Republican Party, is a political, public affairs and communications strategist who has spent 30 years in the trenches of Michigan and national politics. He has advised and directed hundreds of legislative, congressional, statewide political and ballot issue campaigns. He was an advisor to Ohio Governor John Kasich's 2016 presidential campaign.Jeff is a leading redistricting expert and has been an advisor to Speakers of the Michigan House, Michigan Senate Majority Leaders, the Michigan House and Senate Republican campaign committees, and the Michigan Republican Party.He is co-founder of Republicans and Independents for Biden, and is a senior advisor to the Lincoln Project.MARK BREWER served for 18 years as chair or executive chair of the Michigan Democratic Party and as a member of the Democratic National Committee. He's been a delegate to 5 Democratic National Conventions. He has been involved in a wide variety of election cases since the 1980s including county, legislative and congressional redistricting, presidential primaries/caucuses, recalls, recounts, ballot access, voter protection on Election Day and the protection of the right to vote a straight party ticket. Mark’s ballot question work ranges from city to county to statewide on topics from the minimum wage, earned sick leave and community benefits to straight party voting, tax reform, redistricting, campaign finance and ethics reform, and county charter government.

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