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The on-again, off-again standoff between two famous Senate centrists and the Democratic coalition is back on. Take it from Bernie Sanders, who is watching in real time as Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) sink Sanders’ preferred pick for labor secretary. John LaBombard, Senior Vice President and a former top aide to Sinema, shared his insights in POLITICO about the impasse.

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Former President Trump is stepping up his war with Senate Republicans by calling for primary challenges next year against GOP incumbents who do not support investigating President Biden’s family finances. Co-founder and partner of ROKK Solutions, Ron Bonjean, shares his insights into why the Senate Republicans are responding cautiously in The Hill.

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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis took the stage in a barn full of women and mothers in Johnston, Iowa, joining Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) for the launch of Mamas for DeSantis. The event marked the movement’s transition to the national stage after its success during Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) reelection campaign for governor in 2022. Co-founder and partner of ROKK Solutions, Ron Bonjean, provides his opinions about Casey DeSantis and the campaign’s roles in DeSantis’s presidential race in Washington Examiner. 

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Senate Republicans have a good chance of winning back the majority in 2024, but their odds could tumble depending on the outcome of primaries in West Virginia, Montana and Arizona. John LaBombard, Senior Vice President and a Democratic strategist, shared his prediction in The Hill regarding these primaries outcomes. 

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Republican senators are looking for a way to avoid the political hit they took on abortion rights in the 2022 midterm election, when they suffered a net loss of one seat, as Senate Democrats ramp up to make it a top issue in 2024. Co-founder and partner of ROKK Solutions, Ron Bonjean, provides his analysis in The Hill. 

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President Joe Biden offered a one-sentence response to reporters who asked him Tuesday about Hunter Biden’s decision to plead guilty to two counts of tax evasion and one firearm offense. Co-founder and partner of ROKK Solutions, Ron Bonjean, provides his analysis in USA Today regard the Hunter Biden plea deal with the Justice Department.

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Sen. Joe Manchin for the first time cast votes against one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees, complicating the White House’s push to fill the federal bench with more liberal lifetime appointees.

Senior Vice President, John LaBombard, shares insights on what we can expect for votes on judicial nominations moving forward in Bloomberg Law. Read the full story here.

A Bud Light is no longer just something you grab when you feel like a beer. A conservative outcry over Bud’s marketing campaign with a transgender activist has put the brand into the center of a culture war over so-called corporate wokeism.

To many people, Bud was simply getting with the times by embracing activist Dylan Mulvaney, recognizing LGBTQ consumers, and following the lead of brands such as Coca-Cola (ticker: KO), Nike (NKE), and Hershey (HSY). But the conservative backlash against Bud Light produced a 26% drop in beer sales in a week.

Companies from BlackRock (BLK) to Walt Disney (DIS) are under siege as political attacks on progressive corporate policies heat up ahead of the 2024 elections. Some companies are fighting back—notably Disney—and there is scant evidence of firms retreating from environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, initiatives.

Get more on this in Barron’s and don’t forget to check out ROKK’s latest ESG research, “Navigating ESG in the New Congress: Voter Views on ESG Investing,” here.

With the cessation of Title 42 late last week and the expected surge of migrants into the United States, scrutinous eyes are all over the Biden Administration. Co-founder and partner of ROKK Solutions, Ron Bonjean, gives his take on Republican attitudes towards the issue and the political consequences that are set to come in The Hill.

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Search engine optimization strategies are constantly evolving, and it is essential for companies to keep up with these changes to make sure their efforts remain effective. As search engine algorithms and user behaviors continue to shift alongside company goals, businesses must adapt their SEO strategies to ensure their content stays relevant, ranks higher in search results and extends their reach.

Featured in Forbes, ROKK Executive Vice President of Digital and Paid Media Rachel Winer discusses how catering to first-party data will be crucial to monitoring, evaluating, obtaining and optimizing SEO strategies.