--- description: Ferguson is a senior Democratic strategist and is advising groups on Project 2025 and other issues title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jesse Ferguson ## Jesse Ferguson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close [_Ferguson_](https://twitter.com/jessefferguson) _is a senior Democratic strategist and is advising groups on Project 2025 and other issues_ ## Jesse Ferguson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 1, 2025 ### [Democrats Need to Stop Talking About Accomplishments](https://time.com/7306863/democrats-talking-about-accomplishments/) "When Democrats talk about our accomplishments, we sound like we're patting ourselves on the back fo... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 25, 2024 ### [How Trump Supercharged Project 2025—Whether He Wanted To or Not](https://time.com/7003383/trump-supercharged-project-2025-essay/) Trump wants us to forget about Project 2025\. We shouldn’t, writes Jesse Ferguson. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 14, 2017 ### [The Key to Retaking Congress Is Not Ideology. It’s Authenticity](https://time.com/4859408/2018-election-democratic-candidates/) A longtime Democratic strategist writes: There is no one-size-fits all candidate [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 21, 2017 ### [The Resistance Is the Majority of Americans — Not a New Tea Party](https://time.com/4676825/democratic-resistance-tea-party/) 'It is speaking out for Americans who feel inadequately represented in Washington' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 21, 2016 ### [Donald Trump and the Republicans Have No Mandate](https://time.com/4608547/donald-trump-republicans-no-mandate/) It's time for Democrats to quit acting like they lost the American people [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/jesse-ferguson/","name":"Jesse Ferguson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jesse-ferguson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jesse-ferguson/"},"name":"Jesse Ferguson","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ferguson is a senior Democratic strategist and is advising groups on Project 2025 and other issues","url":"https://time.com/author/jesse-ferguson/","sameAs":["https://x.com/JesseFFerguson"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```