David Dayen

Starting today, @prospect.org has removed all programmatic ads, because we believe that respecting you as readers rather than monetizing your attention will earn trust. This is what the site looks like, with all space reserved for stories about ideas, politics and power. prospect.org/2026/04/06/w...

My entire feed rn is Senator: Do you think heart failure causes death RFK: Senator, medicine doesn't work, we all need to be drinking raccoon blood

Holy crap, NYT let Charles Munger Jr. write an op-ed opposing the California redistricting without disclosing that he's FUNDING the opposition to the California redistricting. I have 4 mailers he paid for in my house right now and that's just the beginning. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. “I don’t know what to say at this point,” he said. “I can’t defend what Israel is doing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...

NEW: Private intelligence firms are selling dossiers about critics of artificial intelligence and the data centers powering them, including trying to peddle them to federal regulators. It's the latest effort to cash in on spying on those who dissent from government action. Dan Boguslaw reports:

Incredible that the center-left habitually chides progressives for forgetting the "ancient wisdom" of politics and then watches as they're beaten by the most basic organizing: campaigning in public, finding volunteers, canvassing. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...

AIPAC's transfer of cash to other PACs to conceal its support has now affected those other PACs, as even candidates who support an arms embargo are getting tagged as receiving AIPAC money. A prime example of this is in Minnesota's 2nd district primary. prospect.org/2026/08/10/s...

Crypto did not spend hundreds of millions of dollars on elections since 2022 to hear "see you in September maybe." But the CLARITY Act became toxic once Trump's bounty from his memecoin was published. Now Democrats who really wanted to sell out feel like they can't. prospect.org/2026/08/10/c...

These stickers all over the neighborhood suddenly

Here's the full list of our Prospect Patriots. Anyone we missed? prospect.org/patriots

We could not leave our Prospect Patriots series with just 10. So we recognized 40 others, written by people who knew them well—historians, policymakers, even friends and family members. prospect.org/2026/08/08/a...

In Montana, the Democrat isn't really running a race ($60,000 raised) and an independent is very competitive in polling, but the Dem refuses to drop out. Bob Kuttner writes about the phenomenon of independent candidates running in red states and whether it hurts the Dem brand long-term.

Before coming to @prospect.org, Zachary Groz broke this great story about Eric Adams and the NYPD putting in free internet into public housing but secretly connecting it to surveillance cameras. Today tenants sued over the practice, and Zachary has that report. prospect.org/2026/08/07/n...

It's important that Senate Majority PAC ("the establishment") is going hard to define Rogers early, picking up for El-Sayed as he spent his cash in the primary. Dems in array.