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David Dayen
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Executive editor, @TheProspect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Organized Money podcast, organizedmoney.fm. Tips/pitches: ddayen at prospect dot org.
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    David Dayen
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    Apr 6
    Starting today, @TheProspect has removed all programmatic ads, because we believe respecting you as readers rather than monetizing your attention will earn trust. This is how the site looks, with space reserved for stories about ideas, politics & power. prospect.org/2026/04/06/why…
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    David Dayen
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    Sep 26, 2024
    The ultimate Eric Adams thing is that the feds have this message
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    David Dayen
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    Oct 6, 2022
    Whoa, Biden just pardoned everyone convicted of the federal crime of marijuana possession. And set in motion a process to reschedule or deschedule cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act.
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    David Dayen
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    Dec 29, 2020
    Got some new reporting, will put something together soon, but the upshot is that Sanders, with full Dem backing, is prepared to make life miserable for the rest of the Senate if there's no vote granted on $2,000 checks
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    David Dayen
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    Oct 27, 2021
    Taxes that disproportionately fall on the poor—the sales tax, for example—are imposed all the time, and never once do you see on cable news "up next, this janitor explains why the sales tax punishes his success"
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    David Dayen
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    May 3, 2022
    Henry Cuellar, the last anti-abortion Democrat in the House, has a primary runoff election in 22 days.
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    David Dayen
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    Jan 20, 2020
    We know the counter-factual: the Black Panthers mulled around with guns at the state capitol in Sacramento in 1967 and within weeks RONALD REAGAN signed a gun control bill
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    David Dayen
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    Jun 14, 2023
    Tesla's self-driving capability is something like 10 times more deadly than a regular car piloted by a human, per an analysis of a new government report. @ryanlcooper has it:
    Tesla’s ‘Self-Driving’ System Never Should Have Been Allowed on the Road - The American Prospect
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    David Dayen
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    Feb 12, 2020
    Joe Biden has never finished higher than 4th in any primary or caucus in 32 years of running for president
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    Thomas Kaplan
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    Feb 12, 2020
    Biden is now addressing his party via live stream
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    David Dayen
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    Sep 15, 2023
    Love that her answer to this is "92% of my salary is performance based." She means stock-based, which is due to the Clinton-era loophole avoiding taxation for exec comp. Paying execs mostly in stock distorts and is the hidden driver of buyback trends.
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    More Perfect Union
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    Sep 15, 2023
    The CEO of General Motors just went on CNN and it went like this: "You've seen a 34 percent pay increase in your salary. You make almost 30 million. Why should your workers not get the same type of pay increases that you're getting leading the company?"
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    David Dayen
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    Jul 14, 2022
    Inbox: REPS. JONES, OCASIO-CORTEZ LEAD PUSH TO STRIP SUPREME COURT’S JURISDICTION OVER ABORTION
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    David Dayen
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    Nov 8, 2024
    Kirsten Engel just took a 70-vote lead in an AZ-06. Bunch of votes still out there. If Dems hold this, they could sweep the five California uncalled races within four points and get exactly 218.
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    David Dayen
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    Mar 25, 2020
    On a wild call with Amazon workers at facilities with workers who have tested for COVID-19. They're livid.
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    David Dayen
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    Dec 10, 2024
    Maybe Dr. Oz owning $550,000 in UnitedHealth stock and seeking to run the agency that oversees UnitedHealth's biggest cash cow (Medicare Advantage) should get more attention warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
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