"pokemon go to the polls" might be one of the most enduring pieces of political speechwriting within the last decade
November 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"pokemon go to the polls" might be one of the most enduring pieces of political speechwriting within the last decade
I’ve written speeches for others. I’ve given speeches. I’ve taught speechwriting.
This is brilliant.
This is brilliant.
"The president wasn't even mad about the Saddam Hussein comparison! But he was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory" -- here's Obama's full riff about the "phony outrage" over his Trump/Cheesecake Factory comments and how it illustrates that "these are not serious people"
October 29, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I’ve written speeches for others. I’ve given speeches. I’ve taught speechwriting.
This is brilliant.
This is brilliant.
Is Josh Johnson on his speechwriting team?
October 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Is Josh Johnson on his speechwriting team?
This is excellent speechwriting and delivery.
October 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
This is excellent speechwriting and delivery.
Great to join @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @tompope.bsky.social & @gilesyb.bsky.social on @instituteforgovernment.org.uk pod to discuss a budget which did the immediate job politically but leaves the big Qs unanswered - & the unique challenges of budget speechwriting!
open.spotify.com/episode/5E2i...
open.spotify.com/episode/5E2i...
Budget 2026: Policies today, problems tomorrow
Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government · Episode
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October 30, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Great to join @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @tompope.bsky.social & @gilesyb.bsky.social on @instituteforgovernment.org.uk pod to discuss a budget which did the immediate job politically but leaves the big Qs unanswered - & the unique challenges of budget speechwriting!
open.spotify.com/episode/5E2i...
open.spotify.com/episode/5E2i...
I think that’s partly because the actual process of legislation through congressional committees is difficult to dramatise whereas the speechwriting element is fun and cool.
November 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I think that’s partly because the actual process of legislation through congressional committees is difficult to dramatise whereas the speechwriting element is fun and cool.
This is a great line. His/their speechwriting is impeccable.
Talarico: "We are literally going up against the richest man in the world. This election is a battle between powers that be & powers that ought to be. The powers that be have chosen their candidate. They have bought and paid for Paxton... I want to be a senator for every Texan who can't afford one"
October 30, 2026 at 2:07 AM
This is a great line. His/their speechwriting is impeccable.
The best speeches don't sound like speeches. They sound like you, telling one true story that matters. That's where we start.
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#weddingtoast #eulogy #speechwriting #bestmanspeech #maidofhonorspeech
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#weddingtoast #eulogy #speechwriting #bestmanspeech #maidofhonorspeech
November 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The best speeches don't sound like speeches. They sound like you, telling one true story that matters. That's where we start.
https://buzzvow.com
#weddingtoast #eulogy #speechwriting #bestmanspeech #maidofhonorspeech
https://buzzvow.com
#weddingtoast #eulogy #speechwriting #bestmanspeech #maidofhonorspeech
Eyes On Iowa blogforiowa.com/2026/10/27/e...
Eyes On Iowa
Ben Rhodes is the former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under President Barack Obama. New York Times Opinion – “Rob Sand is young and r…
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October 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Eyes On Iowa blogforiowa.com/2026/10/27/e...
I've been gushing for weeks about Danielle Daniel's keynote at @canscaip.bsky.social's #PYI2026 conference. She showed us, without ever commenting on it, how to weave theme throughout a piece of writing. Exquisite. Perfection. Let me tell you about it too: erinalladin.substack.com/p/can-speech...
Can speechwriting teach you to harness your book’s theme?
Plus, Office Hours for Picture Book Authors
erinalladin.substack.com
November 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I've been gushing for weeks about Danielle Daniel's keynote at @canscaip.bsky.social's #PYI2026 conference. She showed us, without ever commenting on it, how to weave theme throughout a piece of writing. Exquisite. Perfection. Let me tell you about it too: erinalladin.substack.com/p/can-speech...
Kevin Bleyer Daily Show Writer: Biography, Emmy Awards, Career, Books, and Legacy
Kevin Bleyer Daily Show writer: Explore his biography, Emmy Awards, books, Obama speechwriting, television career, and legacy.
Kevin Bleyer Daily Show writer: Explore his biography, Emmy Awards, books, Obama speechwriting, television career, and legacy.
Kevin Bleyer Daily Show Writer: Biography, Emmy Awards, Career, Books, and Legacy
Kevin Bleyer Daily Show writer: Explore his biography, Emmy Awards, books, Obama speechwriting, television career, and legacy.
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October 29, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Kevin Bleyer Daily Show Writer: Biography, Emmy Awards, Career, Books, and Legacy
Kevin Bleyer Daily Show writer: Explore his biography, Emmy Awards, books, Obama speechwriting, television career, and legacy.
Kevin Bleyer Daily Show writer: Explore his biography, Emmy Awards, books, Obama speechwriting, television career, and legacy.
The third installment of Leah Abrams’s column on speechwriting and rhetoric examines the sound bite. She covers Sontag’s apprehensions about aphorisms, the nature of virality today, and the proliferation of AI propaganda.
Rhetor-ick: The Sound Bite - Believer Magazine
Nixon speechwriter William Safire is perhaps best remembered for penning a speech that was never delivered: a page-and-a-half long memo titled, “In Event of Moon Disaster.” Language is the constructio...
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November 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The third installment of Leah Abrams’s column on speechwriting and rhetoric examines the sound bite. She covers Sontag’s apprehensions about aphorisms, the nature of virality today, and the proliferation of AI propaganda.
Did Stavros Halkias join the speechwriting team for this one?
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama
October 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Did Stavros Halkias join the speechwriting team for this one?
Eyes On Iowa blogforiowa.com/2026/10/27/e...
Eyes On Iowa
Ben Rhodes is the former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under President Barack Obama. New York Times Opinion – “Rob Sand is young and r…
blogforiowa.com
October 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Eyes On Iowa blogforiowa.com/2026/10/27/e...
Starting a petition to ban the use of the phrase “it’s been the honour of a lifetime”.
Trite BS that every exiting politician seems to use these days.
Wonder if it’s a result of AI speechwriting?
Trite BS that every exiting politician seems to use these days.
Wonder if it’s a result of AI speechwriting?
October 25, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Starting a petition to ban the use of the phrase “it’s been the honour of a lifetime”.
Trite BS that every exiting politician seems to use these days.
Wonder if it’s a result of AI speechwriting?
Trite BS that every exiting politician seems to use these days.
Wonder if it’s a result of AI speechwriting?
Your last words should land, not list vendors. Let the room remember what you said, not the catering company.
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#weddingspeech #weddingtoast #bestmanspeech #speechwriting #buzzvow
https://buzzvow.com
#weddingspeech #weddingtoast #bestmanspeech #speechwriting #buzzvow
October 26, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Your last words should land, not list vendors. Let the room remember what you said, not the catering company.
https://buzzvow.com
#weddingspeech #weddingtoast #bestmanspeech #speechwriting #buzzvow
https://buzzvow.com
#weddingspeech #weddingtoast #bestmanspeech #speechwriting #buzzvow
His speechwriting and delivery were always admirable, and he is naturally funny. Sadly, Trump’s all those too, and abhorrent. Arguably peak Trump was more effective. Charismatic leaders are less interesting to me now than being principled ones that prevent kids from being harmed by our country.
October 25, 2026 at 4:19 AM
His speechwriting and delivery were always admirable, and he is naturally funny. Sadly, Trump’s all those too, and abhorrent. Arguably peak Trump was more effective. Charismatic leaders are less interesting to me now than being principled ones that prevent kids from being harmed by our country.
“What happens when the story of self is met with a ‘proverbial shrug’?”
In the second installment of her new web column on speechwriting, Leah Abrams probes the limits of the rhetorical model Obama used to introduce himself to America in ‘08.
In the second installment of her new web column on speechwriting, Leah Abrams probes the limits of the rhetorical model Obama used to introduce himself to America in ‘08.
Rhetor-ick: The Ganz Model - Believer Magazine
I came of age during the #MeToo era, a time of relentless exposition. Personal narrative became public confession became, for a brief glimmer of a moment, social accountability, and I scrolled each mo...
www.thebeliever.net
October 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
“What happens when the story of self is met with a ‘proverbial shrug’?”
In the second installment of her new web column on speechwriting, Leah Abrams probes the limits of the rhetorical model Obama used to introduce himself to America in ‘08.
In the second installment of her new web column on speechwriting, Leah Abrams probes the limits of the rhetorical model Obama used to introduce himself to America in ‘08.
“When I was working on a draft it used to become a rhythmic chant in my mind, lyrics backed by the percussive sound of tapping keys: Hook, Problem, Solution, Visualization, Call to Action…”
From Leah Abrams’s web-exclusive column on speechwriting: www.thebeliever.net/rhetor-ick-m...
From Leah Abrams’s web-exclusive column on speechwriting: www.thebeliever.net/rhetor-ick-m...
Rhetor-ick: Monroe's Motivated Sequence - Believer Magazine
I’ve spent the majority of my adult life writing speeches for people who weren’t me. Most of those speeches were for Democratic candidates, and some of them weren’t speeches at all. This job is good…
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October 25, 2026 at 4:14 PM
“When I was working on a draft it used to become a rhythmic chant in my mind, lyrics backed by the percussive sound of tapping keys: Hook, Problem, Solution, Visualization, Call to Action…”
From Leah Abrams’s web-exclusive column on speechwriting: www.thebeliever.net/rhetor-ick-m...
From Leah Abrams’s web-exclusive column on speechwriting: www.thebeliever.net/rhetor-ick-m...
PM Carney announces billion in aid for ON industries, including the auto sector "from Windsor to Woodstock". Appreciate alliteration in speechwriting but... this excludes major automaking parts of the province such as Oakville and Oshawa #pedantry
October 21, 2026 at 6:34 PM
PM Carney announces billion in aid for ON industries, including the auto sector "from Windsor to Woodstock". Appreciate alliteration in speechwriting but... this excludes major automaking parts of the province such as Oakville and Oshawa #pedantry
The first installment of Leah Abrams’s column on speechwriting is free to read on our Substack:
Rhetor-ick: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
A former speechwriter applies her craft expertise to close-read the recent public addresses of politicians, pundits, and everyday people
believermagazine.substack.com
October 23, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The first installment of Leah Abrams’s column on speechwriting is free to read on our Substack:
Fun that Natalie has joined the speechwriting team!
October 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Fun that Natalie has joined the speechwriting team!
idk y’all, this morning I was waaaaay overthinking bath towels, now it’s speechwriting, what shall be next?
October 20, 2026 at 5:59 PM
idk y’all, this morning I was waaaaay overthinking bath towels, now it’s speechwriting, what shall be next?