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David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
He can be reached on Signal at ddayen.90.
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Organized Money: The End of United Health Care for All
There’s been good news in health care reform this week, and our guest is right in the middle of the fight for positive change.
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A Fourth Candidate in Illinois Gets the AIPAC Boost
Melissa Conyears-Ervin is benefiting from a reported $2.8 million in super PAC ads.
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AIPAC Coordinates Donors in Illinois House Primaries
Three Democratic candidates are benefiting from dark-money super PACs, and they share hundreds of donors who have previously given to AIPAC and its subsidiaries.
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Organized Money: White Collar Crime Enforcement in the Age of ICE
Laws are just wishes without enforcement.
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Big Money Is Back
The 2026 primaries will likely see even bigger levels of corporate and issue-based PAC spending. But there may be diminishing returns on these investments.
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Behind the Bleachers
The business of sports looks a lot like the rest of our unequal, excessively financialized economy.
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Organized Money: The Monopolists Who Gatekeep the Court System
If you want to read the laws that govern, you have to pay a steep price. Break a duopoly and this can be changed.
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Democrats Determined to Squander Advantage on DHS Funding
Democrats are succeeding in getting a showdown on new rules for immigration enforcement. But will those rules amount to anything?