Tencent's federal lobbying jumped from ~$200K/quarter to $1.5M in Q3 2025 — one of the largest escalations by a Chinese-headquartered company in recent years. The trigger: the January 2025 DoD designation. The roster: former Trump-aligned operatives.
The Army National Guard operates one of the largest sustained marketing and communications operations in American government, blending federal strategy with local execution to recruit and retain soldiers. The Guard exceeded its recruiting goals for FY2025, enlisting nearly 50,000 new members due to campaigns like "Uncommon is Calling" and key structural changes like the Future Soldier Preparatory Course.
Kivvit no longer operates as a standalone brand. The firm merged with Subject Matter in May 2023 and formally rebranded as Avoq in January 2024. Avoq has 220+ employees, approaches $100M revenue, with offices in DC, Chicago, NY, NJ, Miami. Kivvit co-founder Eric Sedler continues as Avoq managing partner.
Six acts of MBS's international diplomacy — from Trump's 2017 orb to the May 2025 chip deal — including Khashoggi, the Biden fist bump, the Beijing-brokered Iran rapprochement, the 2034 World Cup, and the stagecraft playbook behind it all.
Firehouse Strategies: Public Affairs Firm.
Federal lobbying hit $4.4B in 2024. EPR's directory of the leading federal lobbying firms — Brownstein, Akin Gump, BGR, Holland & Knight, Ballard, Squire Patton Boggs, Cornerstone, Van Scoyoc — plus AI lobbying, FARA, and how modern firms actually operate.
EPR's Public Affairs and Political Communications pillar — the discipline, the seven sub-specialties, the press pool fragmentation, coalition operating principles, and how organizations win policy Citation Share in the AI Communications era.
Wire services and .gov own the facts. Think tanks own the framing.
This guide explores cannabis public affairs and policy advocacy in 2026, covering federal and state regulations, key trade associations, and essential communications strategies for operators.
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