Spencer Lee

Running campaigns for Dems and worthy causes as Managing Director at The Parkside Group.

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

@joereubens I laughed

[The Parkside Group @ParksideGroup]

Parkside’s candidates had a great showing in last week's primary elections in New York. Congratulations to all of our winning candidates. On to November!

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

Lovely story but how did they show the gas station attendant a photo of something that occurred minutes before?

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

"On a peaceful Sunday afternoon in June 1961, just months after leaving the presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower was tending his vegetable garden at his Gettysburg farm when he noticed a young couple had gotten their car stuck in the mud on the rural road bordering his property, and without hesitation, this 70-year-old former Supreme Commander grabbed a rope from his barn, trudged through the muck in his overalls, and spent forty-five minutes helping them push their beat-up Chevy back onto solid ground. What makes this moment so beautifully human is that the couple—newlyweds Tom and Susan from Ohio driving cross-country on their honeymoon—had absolutely no idea they were being rescued by the man who'd led the Allied forces to victory and served two terms as President, and Eisenhower never mentioned it, just introduced himself as 'Ike, the farmer next door' and asked about their travels while hauling on the rope with mud splattered all over his work clothes. When they finally got the car free, Eisenhower's wife Mamie appeared with a thermos of lemonade and homemade cookies, inviting this bewildered young couple to sit on their porch and rest, and for an hour they chatted about marriage advice, good fishing spots in Pennsylvania, and the best route to California, with Ike telling stories about his own road trips with Mamie decades earlier. It wasn't until Tom and Susan stopped for gas twenty miles down the road and showed the attendant a photo they'd taken with 'the nice farmer who helped us' that someone gasped and said, 'That's President Eisenhower!'—and the couple nearly fainted realizing they'd just shared lemonade and marriage tips with one of history's greatest leaders who'd treated them like old friends rather than starstruck strangers. Tom later wrote Eisenhower a letter thanking him for the kindness, and Ike responded with a handwritten note: 'The pleasure was all ours—Mamie and I love meeting young people starting their adventures together. Remember: a good marriage is like farming, it takes patience, hard work, and the wisdom to know some days you're just going to get muddy. Stay happy. Your friend, Ike.' What absolutely destroys you is understanding that Eisenhower could've enjoyed celebrity retirement, could've had staff handle every inconvenience, but instead he chose to be simply *Ike*—a neighbor who helped strangers, a farmer who got his hands dirty, a man who measured his worth not by past glory but by present kindness, proving that true greatness is what you do when nobody's watching and nobody knows your name.

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

I think an under appreciated part of the birth rate discourse is that many more young people simply have richer and more textured lives than young people in previous generations: hobbies, travel, meaningful jobs, deep friendships. Children present more possible disruption than they did a generation or two ago.

https://t.co/nKC89a4gbj

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

.@POTUS launched a redistricting war last year without regard to what would happen next.
It's a habit.

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

Trump sabotaging both his successors in one night. There are some things he’s good at

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio at UFC in Miami tonight as diplomatic negotiations with Iran fail

(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AFP via Getty)

[The Parkside Group @ParksideGroup]

Parkside was honored to take home four Reed Awards this year!

🏆 Best Fundraising Mail Creative - Non-Partisan, 9/11 Memorial & Museum

🏆 Best Mail - Photography, Jackie for Sheriff

🏆 Best Canvassing Lit - Jackie for Sheriff

🏆 Best Online Video - Jackie for Sheriff

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

@lionel_trolling It used to be but now 40 year olds look too young

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

@pourmecoffee Winner: Greenland

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

NYT rules it non-cromulent

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

beastest mode

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

Sub-six-minute mile pace uphill on skis: #WinterOlympics SPEED. 🔥

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

the ICE stuff is so bad for Trump that he's releasing the Epstein Files.

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

@gelliottmorris Wonder how much freedom to own firearms has fallen

[The Parkside Group @ParksideGroup]

Governor Hochul recently gave her State of the State address and released her Executive Budget, outlining her legislative priorities for the new year. We highlighted some of the biggest moments that are likely to dominate Albany’s budget negotiations in 2026.

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

@Elmazzzzzz @riteaid Future civilizations will ponder the central place that brutalist Rite Aid must have held in our society

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

@freedlander Do we need that whole week off in February and again in April, some might ask

[ariel @donotdelay]

It's too fucking cold to kill anyone

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

Abundantly clear. Showcased a hard limit on Trump's power and highlighted the GOP's inability to even feign concern about the economic pain Americans are feeling. Add the special sauce of them dodging Epstein and it was a true turning point.

[(((Harry Enten))) @ForecasterEnten]

On pure politics, it's clear that Dems won the shutdown.

-Trump's approval is at 2nd term lows

-Dems' generic ballot lead has expanded

-ACA subsidies still have a 50%+ chance of extension

-If they aren't, Dems can use issue as political cudgel over GOP. 70% support extension

[Spencer Lee @jspencerlee]

America wants Dershowitz, the only man ever 86ed from a farmers market

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate “charismatic” figures such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch who reflect “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”

[The Parkside Group @ParksideGroup]

The Parkside Group congratulates all of our successful candidates on a historic night for Democrats in New York and across the country. It’s always darkest before the dawn, and we are greatly encouraged by the enthusiasm voters have shown for excellent Democratic public servants from all walks of life.  

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