David Dayen

@ddayen

Author of Chain of Title, winner of the Studs & Ida Terkel Prize. Writer , , , , , etc.

Los Angeles, CA
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Joined August 2007
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    11 Dec 2016

    Kirkus Reviews makes Chain of Title a Best Books of 2016 Nonfiction selection! Thanks!

    10 replies 78 retweets 167 likes
  2. 3 hours ago

    I saw give a presentation at the DNC that identified the exact same problem, and came to rather different conclusions.

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  3. 3 hours ago

    As long as this is, it needs 1 more section about power and rents. Still worth it for getting a sense of the problem

    1 reply 2 retweets 11 likes
  4. 3 hours ago

    Let's not forget that Obama did ICE home raids. And not as part of a failed bargain for immigration reform. It was in 2016.

    5 replies 26 retweets 47 likes
  5. 5 hours ago

    Is writing ads stuffed into my LA Times?

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  6. 16 hours ago

    I'm going to botch the line, but "White is just a metaphor for power. It's Chase Manhattan Bank"

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  7. 16 hours ago

    I am Not Your Negro is essential. Just impossible for Oscar voters this year.

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  8. 16 hours ago

    Thought I'd gotten my period but it was just my uterus weeping.

    Price confirmed for HHS Sec at 2:11am
    5 replies 50 retweets 290 likes
  9. 20 hours ago

    Deregister the swamp

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  10. 22 hours ago

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  11. 22 hours ago

    Sounds to me like Democrats should definitely ignore this woman's mostly rural district ()

    3 replies 17 retweets 35 likes
  12. 22 hours ago

    It's called "going the extra mile" for you

    Wow: Marathon Pharmaceuticals to charge $89,000 for muscular dystrophy drug
    2 replies 44 retweets 39 likes
  13. 23 hours ago

    podcasts are great; as was Chain of Title. And Twilight of the Elites. Companion books IMO.

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  14. Feb 10

    a driving force in American life and American politics. 5/5

    54 replies 40 retweets 213 likes
  15. Feb 10

    before the crisis. Everyone raised their hands. In a weird way the financial crisis is old news but it *absolutely* continues to be 4/x

    18 replies 52 retweets 234 likes
  16. Feb 10

    from the financial crisis. I asked people in the room to raise their hands if they felt like they hadn't gotten back to where they were 3/x

    7 replies 41 retweets 141 likes
  17. 24 hours ago

    The Rural Juror (gets ripped off)

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  18. 24 hours ago

    Newsletter out! Subscribe at

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  19. Feb 10

    Three seats but he can't fill the GC slot. That's why it's so critical

    Daniel Tarullo is resigning as a Federal Reserve governor, effective April 5. Trump can now fill 3 of 7 Fed seats.
    4 retweets 5 likes
  20. Feb 10

    Fed losing both Alvarez and Tarullo probably on net better for people who want tighter financial regulation than losing neither

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