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Stuart Stevens

Resolute Square Partner and The Lincoln Project advisor

About Stuart Stevens

Stuart Stevens grew up in Mississippi, a seventh-generation Mississippian. For a very long time he’s been driven by a fascination and love of politics, film, and writing and has pursued those interests throughout his life. 

Stuart Stevens was a founding partner in Strategic Partners & Media and stepped down from the company in April 2019. He is currently an advisor to The Lincoln Project and is working on his next novel.

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Latest
Culture Wars? Bring Them On!
Stuart and Simon discuss how wildly out of step the GOP is with younger voters and the majority of Americans on cultural issues.
May 1, 2024
The GOP is the dog that caught the 6-week ban car
Rick and Simon discuss the new financial and electoral peril the GOP has created for itself with the cruelty and insanity of six-week abortion bans and 1864 law resurrections.
May 1, 2024
Strategy Session with guest: Simon Rosenberg
Strategy Session

Strategy Session

What will secure "FOUR MORE YEARS!" for Biden and why is Simon Rosenberg feeling bullish about his chances? Catch up with Rick, Stuart, Joe, and Simon as they talk about the road to a second Biden-Harris term and big wins up and down the ballot for Democrats in November.
April 30, 2024
Russian Success: Ukraine vs. America
Stuart Stevens writes that the Ukraine aid "vote is being celebrated as a 'bipartisan' success, a description that obscures the reality that a majority of the Republicans voted as Vladimir Putin would have voted. Today, Bernie Sanders is to the right of the majority of Republicans on Russia. That is extraordinary. How did this happen?"
April 24, 2024
The Diminishing Impact Of The Criminal Defendant Who Won't Shut Up.
Strategy Session

Strategy Session

Rick Wilson and Joe Trippi were joined by special guest Gevin Reynolds to talk gag orders, criminal trials, Ukraine aid, RFK Jr's current spoiler effect, and a diminishing GOP. The calculus of the most consequential election of our lifetimes is changing. Catch up now on this fascinating episode!
April 23, 2024
He Paid How Much NOT To Have Sex?
Stuart shares a bit of skepticism about Trump's defense in his FIRST criminal trial.
April 17, 2024
Sleepy Don, Meek Mike, and the Creep's Criminal Trial
Strategy Session

Strategy Session

Yes, Rick, Stuart, and Joe covered a lot in 30 minutes and you don't want to have missed a second of it. Donald is having a truly singular moment for a former American president: the only one to ever be the defendant in a criminal trial. Donald might nap through it, but the rest of America needs to wake up and smell the fascism. Catch up now!
April 16, 2024
Premature Predictions Of Doomed
Stuart Steven's writes, "Can enough voters base their vote on age to cost Biden re-election? Sure, it could happen. But is there any reason it must happen? Of course not. That's why we have campaigns."
April 15, 2024
Cooking Up Some Bothsidesism
Julia Child? Jeffrey Dahmer? Yes, Stuart went there.
April 12, 2024
CAUTION: Do Not Normalize The Abnormal
Strategy Session

Strategy Session

There is no new normal in politics. Rick, Stuart, and Joe explain why it's essential that we push back on media narratives that give equal weight to lies, conspiracies, and autocracy (MAGA GOP) and truth, facts, and democracy (The Dems). Also - What it means that the GOP has managed to put two swing states in play in two weeks by ensuring abortion rights will be on the ballot in Florida and now Arizona? The guys go all-in on strategies to capitalize on Republicans' November nightmare scenario.
April 9, 2024
Money
Stuart Stevens writes, "A child could see that a presidential candidate paying a porn star $130,000 twelve days before the election was a campaign-related expenditure and should have been reported on FEC filings. That it wasn’t reported was a clear FEC violation – if the FEC was even a quasi-serious enforcement agency. Trump's denials of any sexual relationship with Daniels would make him the first man ever to pay a porn star $130,000 not to have sex."
April 8, 2024

Topics

LGBTQ Rights
LGBTQ Rights
An expansion of civil rights laws designed to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in employment, housing, credit, jury service, and federally funded programs, currently proposed under the Equality Act.
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade
The overturning of Roe v. Wade through the Dobbs decision by the US SCOTUS marked the first time a Constitutional right had been taken away from American citizens. In the midterms, women and young people showed the GOP what a tremendous blunder that was and made them pay a price at the ballot box.
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
President of the United States since 2021
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Twice-impeached 45th POTUS and wannabe authoritarian dictator who orchestrated a violent insurrection to overthrow the US Government in order to remain president despite losing re-election to Joseph R. Biden by 7,059,547 votes.
2024 Presidential Election
2024 Presidential Election
The 60th quadrennial presidential election, scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2024, is considered to be the most consequential election of our lifetimes where Americans will have the opportunity to protect democracy and democratic norms from extreme right-wing policies, racial violence and growing threat of authoritarianism by Republicans.
Bothsidesism (False Balance)
Bothsidesism (False Balance)
Journalists should never feel obligated to tell both sides of a lie.
Dobbs Decision
Dobbs Decision
Landmark 2022 Supreme Court decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, abandoning 50 years of precedent, paving the way for states to ban abortion, and creating untold economic, emotional, psychological, physical, and financial hardship to Americans.