{"id":6723,"date":"2025-10-24T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomaskaufman.com\/dp\/?post_type=portfolio_item&#038;p=6723"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:22:04","slug":"democracy-summer","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_item","link":"https:\/\/thomaskaufman.com\/dp\/project\/democracy-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Democracy Summer\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tZbRDd2JQVA?rel=0&#038;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressman Jamie Raskin created Democracy Summer to help high school and college students get behind-the-scenes of a real political campaign. 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