daveadenison.bsky.social
Writer at Large for The Baffler mag. Based in Massachusetts. Once a young reporter at The Texas Observer. Latest work on Texas politics and #populism here: https://thebaffler.com/civilifications/low-t-for-texas-denison
👤 Joined on 18 August 2023
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@daveadenison.bsky.socialBefore Citizens United, the top 15 political contributors spent $15 million on the midterm election. Now, the top 15 have spent $962 MILLION. THIS is why our system is so rigged. End Citizens United. Tax the rich.
Show PostGreat profile here by Zachary Groz of Hallie Shoffner, a farmer populist scaring the crap out of Tom Cotton in Arkansas. Cotton has spent $10 million already! Shoffner understands the problem with agricultural markets. prospect.org/2026/10/08/prairie-populist-crimson-red-arkansas-hallie-shoffner/
Show PostThe 2026 Massachusetts ballot guide is out, and it’s 88 pages of dense text. CommonWealth Beacon has dropped our own guide. Skimmable, digestible, and reader-friendly. Read it online, on your phone, on the T, or in line to vote. Here for you now: buff.ly/IVVJKKM
Show Post"The style of judging Alito defends, which he has practiced for decades, has now acquired currency: It dovetails with a Trump-era New Right conception of law that is unshackled by restraint and focused solely on conservative victory." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Show PostGeorge Santos received maybe as much opprobrium but I do not think the Republicans every considered him one of their own, just an opportunist. Paxton however is very much mainline Republican though.
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