WHY THIS EXISTS

politicalptsd.com is for people who refuse to be quiet.

It started with a frustration most progressives know by heart: the right has spent decades building a marketing machine. Talk radio. Cable news. Think tanks. Influencers. Lifestyle brands. Yard signs that have become uniforms. They’ve made loud, simplistic, repeated messaging into a political weapon — and it works.

The left, meanwhile, keeps writing white papers.

This brand exists to do something about that.

How it works

Every shirt is a position. Every purchase funds Stand Up Action PAC — a federally registered, media-focused political action committee dedicated to producing high-quality progressive messaging that can compete with the right’s marketing budget.

The merch is the message.

The message is the funding source.

The funding produces more messaging.

The flywheel turns.

About Stand Up Action PAC

Stand Up Action PAC is a registered political action committee built to do what progressives have not done well enough for decades: compete in the messaging war.

The PAC’s mission is to produce and distribute progressive media and messaging — sharp creative, clear language, real reach — designed to counter the right’s marketing dominance in public space. That means video, digital ads, training the next generation of progressive communicators, and grassroots volunteer mobilization built around message discipline.

Stand Up Action PAC is governed by Federal Election Commission regulations and files public reports as required. For information about the PAC directly — including filings, contributions, and expenditures — visit standupaction.com.

What your purchase actually does

When you buy a shirt, hoodie, or cap from politicalptsd.com, a portion of profits is donated to Stand Up Action PAC to fund the messaging work above.

Two important notes:

Your purchase is a retail transaction — not a political donation — and is not tax-deductible. You’re buying merch. The brand donates its profits.

If you want to contribute directly to Stand Up Action PAC instead of (or in addition to) buying merch, you can do so through standupaction.com, where standard FEC contribution rules apply.

Who runs this

Denise Brewer. Award-winning journalist, former Oklahoma State Representative (the first Democrat elected to House District 71 in 60 years), trained advocacy specialist with expertise in crisis response, and founder of Stand Up, LLC — a strategic communications company that has been operating since the mid-1990s.

She is the Chair of Stand Up Action PAC and the founder of politicalptsd.com.

She built this because progressive people need places to put their anger to work. Not just to feel heard, but to fund the actual fight.

The bigger picture

politicalptsd.com is one piece of a larger fight back operation:

Stand Up, LLC — the parent company, in operation since the mid-1990s, providing strategic communications consulting.

Stand Up Action PAC — the registered PAC funding progressive media and messaging.

politicalptsd.com — the merch brand putting progressive language back in public space and funding the PAC.

Each one supports the others. Each one makes the others stronger. The chaos is real. So is the fight.

Wear the argument.

Stand Up. Speak Up. Show Up.