Michael Dubke

Founding Partner at Black Rock Group, Former White House Communications Director, Past @GUPolitics Fellow & Buffalo native

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Is Nazi versus 90 Year Old the shorthand for the Maine Democratic Primary? The fight is getting nasty.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

So happy to be able to give a Go Bills! shoutout to @BuffaloBills on The Lead last night.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

If not @realDonaldTrump, who?  But thinking that the Nobel committee is going to award Trump the Nobel Peace Prize is like dreaming about an American Pope. Oh wait.

[Black Rock Group @blackrockgrp]

BRG’s @mikedubke:

“This is what we ask our young people to do, is to stand up, debate, disagree with each other, but then at the end of the day, all understand that we are working towards the same better America.”

Charlie Kirk represented that commitment to open debate.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Shout out to @ScottJenningsKY and his new look on @CNN

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

America Matters! The world still turns to the US to solve the intractable. Give credit to @realDonaldTrump. Give credit to @JoeBiden, but at the end of the day it was American engagement that sealed this deal.

[CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish @CNNThisMorning]

.@mikedubke on Donald Trump and Joe Biden: "I'm sick and tired of these two arguing about golf scores. I'm sick and tired of these two arguing about who mattered. The fact that these two gentlemen got together, told their people to get this done, that's what's important here."

@kasie, @SangerNYT, @Hymamoore, @elliotcwilliams and @mikedubke discuss the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

I meant it in the nicest way.

[CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish @CNNThisMorning]

.@mikedubke: "This is going to be a tough one for Johnson ... I mean, look at the gray hair on the man."

@kasie, @mollyesque, @IsaacDovere, @KBeds and @mikedubke discuss Mike Johnson's bid to remain Speaker of the House with a razor-thin majority and frustration within the GOP conference.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

The AFC East Champs hat comes out again. Go Bills! 🦬 Enjoy the ❄️

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Guess I was right. Just didn’t expect it today.

[CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish @CNNThisMorning]

Former Trump White House Communications Director @mikedubke: "This is a very typical Trump negotiation tactic ... I think all of this attention that we have on [Matt] Gaetz right now is part of that. I don't fully expect Gaetz to make it all the way to the nomination."

@kasie @AlexThomp @LuluGNavarro @mayawiley

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

From time to time, my wife and I disagree on politics, but we do agree on one thing - This Julia Roberts produced ad for VP Harris was profoundly insulting to women and, frankly, to healthy marriages as well. Hollywood must be a different place.

[Black Rock Group @blackrockgrp]

Black Rock Group founding partner @mikedubke joined CNN's @jaketapper to discuss the controversial ad featuring Julia Roberts aimed at Republican women voters.

Hot take, this ad was not just misguided, it was profoundly insulting to all women.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Yesterday, I called Biden a "Gaffe Machine" on @CNNThisMorning and said the Harris campaign should handle with care. On cue, President Biden brought his own garbage to the party.

[Black Rock Group @blackrockgrp]

Sometimes help isn’t helpful at all.  Both presidential campaigns this week are living real-life examples of Unforced Errors.  BRG founding partner @MikeDubke joined CNN to share his thoughts on the Harris team's strategy of dealing with President Biden.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

So true. The bias is real. We need a TV timeout so someone can press the Refs to call a fair game.

[Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer]

The moderators keep asking Walz if he wants to rebut what Vance says.

They don’t offer Vance the chance to do the same with Walz - instead the moderators ask Vance another question.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Follow up is the key. Vance needs to push Walz to answer the questions asked because I fear the moderators won’t.

[CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish @CNNThisMorning]

"Vance can't overreach. He has a tendency to maybe go a little too far. He has got to pull it back, be a little bit more restrained," Former Trump Communications Director @mikedubke tells our panel @DougJones, @elliotcwilliams, @IsaacDovere.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Wait-listed at Georgetown back in the day. Even so, happy to join this esteemed panel to share our thoughts on the 2024 election with alumni. Listen in for the three wheeled bike reference.

[Georgetown Institute of Politics & Public Service @GUPolitics]

We welcomed many familiar faces back to the Hilltop for #GUReunion this weekend!

Thank you to former Fellows @CristobalJAlex, @itspearcey, @mikedubke & @marctshort for an engaging discussion on the road to 2024 moderated by @MoElleithee (SFS’94) who celebrated his own reunion!💙

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Very early on @CNNThisMorning. What happens if 12 Manhattanites acquit @realDonaldTrump?

[CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish @CNNThisMorning]

.@mikedubke shares whether he believes Donald Trump's hush money trial will actually break through with voters.

Watch ⬇️

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Tell me this statement isn't true.

[CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish @CNNThisMorning]

. @MikeDubke on Trump's TV appearance before court today: "I can't believe I'm even saying this, but Donald Trump is an artist and cable news is his canvas."

"He's a very specific kind of artist," @KBeds responds.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Enjoyed my time on The Lead with @jaketapper. Even got a mention of Buffalo's Grover Cleveland into the discussion.

[Black Rock Group @blackrockgrp]

WATCH: Founding Partner @mikedubke appeared on @TheLeadCNN with @jaketapper this week to discuss the media cycles of presidential politics and the Trump trial

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

I do want to share some words from @LeaderMcConnell that will ring true to all that knew @JmullinsGrissom.

https://t.co/Zduet3VMIo

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

Shannon lost her Mom on Sat after a long and valiant battle with cancer. At the end, @JMullinsGrissom was surrounded by family and left this earth on her own terms. Thank you for all of the heartfelt wishes.

[Michael Dubke @mikedubke]

The #playoffbeard continues. Off to Buffalo for the next challenge for the @BuffaloBills. I will love @Bengals before and after the game for their care of @HamlinIsland but it is all #BillsMafia for 3 hours starting at 3pm on Sunday.