1. Bauman Is a Crisis Communications Expert Who Works for a Firm With Progressive Ties & Urged Civil Disobedience to Force an Independent Investigation on Russia
Bauman is entrenched in progressive circles. On Facebook, he frequently comments about politics, writing on May 9, “At what point are House and Senate members going to stage a sit in on the floor or some act of civil disobedience in order to force a vote on an independent investigation on Russia?”
In 2016, he wrote of Republicans, “The Republican Party has become such a hotbed for scam artists, hucksters and sociopaths trying to screw you that they have straight up started screwing their own clients.”
He’s also a frequent Donald Trump critic. Example from Facebook: “To sum up Trump’s 100 days of foreign policy: Unannounced photo-ops with family members and admin officials and provocative un-strategic bombings and fake naval deployments are enough to show strength to American audiences. This is us getting played.” He also wrote, “Our president has no respect for America.”
His LinkedIn site says he is a partner at the Pastorum Group, from January 2016 to present. He says he manages “a crisis communications and full service public relations firm.”
His page says he also works as a communications consultant and has since January 2014. In that role, he provides “strategic communications advice to Democratic candidates and labor unions,” his LinkedIn page says.
Bauman also “created state specific messaging and communications strategies for major legislative and electoral battles” and “created and executed national training program that has trained over 150 communicators and political staff in key battleground states,” his LinkedIn page says.
He also “developed message guidance for progressive allies,” the page asserts.
According to Campaigns and Elections, the Pastorum Group made a push for business by arguing that “its principals live the values of the progressive movement.”