David Daley
@davedaley.bsky.social
Author, "Antidemocratic," "Ratf**ked," "Unrigged." Likes democracy, Boston College basketball
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The problem isn't that we can't talk to each other
The marketplace has heard the ideas
Large supermajorities reject them
Yet our anti-democratic political institutions allow the 20-25% that like those ideas to capture & control all the institutions
The problem is the anti-democratic institutions
The marketplace has heard the ideas
Large supermajorities reject them
Yet our anti-democratic political institutions allow the 20-25% that like those ideas to capture & control all the institutions
The problem is the anti-democratic institutions
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The problem isn't that we can't talk to each other
The marketplace has heard the ideas
Large supermajorities reject them
Yet our anti-democratic political institutions allow the 20-25% that like those ideas to capture & control all the institutions
The problem is the anti-democratic institutions
The marketplace has heard the ideas
Large supermajorities reject them
Yet our anti-democratic political institutions allow the 20-25% that like those ideas to capture & control all the institutions
The problem is the anti-democratic institutions
New from me in @thenation.com: Good news from Indiana aside, the gerrymandering wars will be decided by John Roberts. That‘s less great.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Indiana’s Gerrymander Victory Won’t Save Us
The Hoosier State’s Senate showed rare backbone in resisting the Trump White House’s demand for a mid-cycle gerrymander. But the Roberts court gets the final say.
www.thenation.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New from me in @thenation.com: Good news from Indiana aside, the gerrymandering wars will be decided by John Roberts. That‘s less great.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The 9-member Super-legislature prepares to burn more entrails, read tea leaves, & turn more lead into gold, in its ongoing efforts to make the One Special Boy a King while also pretending the Fed is somehow Very Different Delegation.
Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts.
Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts.
With Fed independence in crosshairs, will Supreme Court back Trump again? reut.rs/3MAZqK7
With Fed independence in crosshairs, will Supreme Court back Trump again?
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative justices appear ready to endorse President Donald Trump's power to fire a regulatory agency official despite job protections given by Congress. But they have signaled reluctance to give him similar authority over the Federal Reserve in a major case set to be argued next month.
reut.rs
December 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The 9-member Super-legislature prepares to burn more entrails, read tea leaves, & turn more lead into gold, in its ongoing efforts to make the One Special Boy a King while also pretending the Fed is somehow Very Different Delegation.
Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts.
Other, more serious countries have actual constitutional courts.
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Federalist No. 70 has/will come up a lot in the Roberts Court’s analysis of executive power. I dove into how SCOTUS has blithely misquoted and misread it along the way.
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Federalist No. 70 has/will come up a lot in the Roberts Court’s analysis of executive power. I dove into how SCOTUS has blithely misquoted and misread it along the way.
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25 years ago today, five GOP justices who claimed fealty to states’ rights, and who were skeptical of a broad equal protection clause, told Florida it could not finish counting ballots despite the Florida SCT ruling to the contrary b/c of an equal protection principle never used before or since.
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
25 years ago today, five GOP justices who claimed fealty to states’ rights, and who were skeptical of a broad equal protection clause, told Florida it could not finish counting ballots despite the Florida SCT ruling to the contrary b/c of an equal protection principle never used before or since.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Multiple Republicans are absurdly claiming they're just fighting back against Democratic gerrymandering.
In 2024, roughly 3 times more seats were in states drawn to favor the GOP than Dems.
The GOP in Congress & on the Supreme Court has repeatedly blocked efforts to ban gerrymandering nationwide
In 2024, roughly 3 times more seats were in states drawn to favor the GOP than Dems.
The GOP in Congress & on the Supreme Court has repeatedly blocked efforts to ban gerrymandering nationwide
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Multiple Republicans are absurdly claiming they're just fighting back against Democratic gerrymandering.
In 2024, roughly 3 times more seats were in states drawn to favor the GOP than Dems.
The GOP in Congress & on the Supreme Court has repeatedly blocked efforts to ban gerrymandering nationwide
In 2024, roughly 3 times more seats were in states drawn to favor the GOP than Dems.
The GOP in Congress & on the Supreme Court has repeatedly blocked efforts to ban gerrymandering nationwide
There's a pretty good argument that John Roberts misled Congress during his confirmation hearings when asked about his work on the Voting Rights Act reauthorization in 1982 as a young aide in Reagan's DOJ.
December 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There's a pretty good argument that John Roberts misled Congress during his confirmation hearings when asked about his work on the Voting Rights Act reauthorization in 1982 as a young aide in Reagan's DOJ.
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Some truth that is worth your time to read. #supremecourt #history #votingrights @davedaley.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...?
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The Chief Justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Some truth that is worth your time to read. #supremecourt #history #votingrights @davedaley.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...?
New from me in @theatlantic.com: Inside John Roberts's life-long fight to smother the Voting Rights Act -- as he stands ever-so-close to his goal. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The Chief Justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New from me in @theatlantic.com: Inside John Roberts's life-long fight to smother the Voting Rights Act -- as he stands ever-so-close to his goal. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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"The best way to end gerrymandering—and the extremism and polarization that runs hand in hand—would be for the nation to adopt a more proportional House of Representatives." - @davedaley.bsky.social
Important read -> newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Important read -> newrepublic.com/article/2028...
MAGA’s State-by-State Plot to Butcher Democracy
Political insiders, GOP legislators and governors, the president, even the Supreme Court—they’re all in on the flagrantly unconstitutional conspiracy to destroy democracy by the way they draw lines on...
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"The best way to end gerrymandering—and the extremism and polarization that runs hand in hand—would be for the nation to adopt a more proportional House of Representatives." - @davedaley.bsky.social
Important read -> newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Important read -> newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
NYT Upshot: Why SCOTUS decision approving Texas maps means Democrats are winning redistricting wars
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
NYT Upshot: Why SCOTUS decision approving Texas maps means Democrats are winning redistricting wars
When you pull your cover story out of the mailbox
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
When you pull your cover story out of the mailbox
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December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
On today's @msignorile.bsky.social Show ‼️
@owillis.bsky.social of @dailykos.com
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Hey @davedaley.bsky.social thanks for all you do & for being on the pod w/ @petedominick.bsky.social. A most voluptuous news roundup, plus audio, plus rad guest await on this Tuesday episode, listeners! standupwithpete.com/1493-david-d...
1493 David Daly + News & Clips | Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
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December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hey @davedaley.bsky.social thanks for all you do & for being on the pod w/ @petedominick.bsky.social. A most voluptuous news roundup, plus audio, plus rad guest await on this Tuesday episode, listeners! standupwithpete.com/1493-david-d...
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On today's show the great @davedaley.bsky.social delivers this EPIC destruction of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On today's show the great @davedaley.bsky.social delivers this EPIC destruction of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
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A scene from American Canto. Olivia Nuzzi tries to visit the WWE Hall of Fame, only to discover that it is not a physical building.
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A scene from American Canto. Olivia Nuzzi tries to visit the WWE Hall of Fame, only to discover that it is not a physical building.
Please join us in 40 minutes — talking redistricting and my new New Republic cover with brilliant panel @leedrutman.bsky.social Katie Fahey and @cliffalbright.bsky.social
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Butchering Democracy
An urgent review of Republicans’ redistricting schemes
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December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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ICYMI: A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice used a fake quote and citation in a high-profile dissent. She completely turned SCOTUS' 2023 gerrymandering ruling (out of North Carolina) on its head. #AI
Nestled within this bizarre story is the important news that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken the first steps toward striking down its state’s GOP congressional gerrymander, a move that could net Democrats 2-3 more seats in the House of Representatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Conservative Justice Uses Fake Quote to Justify Wisconsin Republican Gerrymander
It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
slate.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
ICYMI: A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice used a fake quote and citation in a high-profile dissent. She completely turned SCOTUS' 2023 gerrymandering ruling (out of North Carolina) on its head. #AI
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@sjdemas.bsky.social sat down with David Daley to discuss how redistricting battles are accelerating into a full-blown structural crisis for American democracy.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
@sjdemas.bsky.social sat down with David Daley to discuss how redistricting battles are accelerating into a full-blown structural crisis for American democracy.
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So.....today Indiana Republicans proposed a 9-0 redistricting map to eliminate both of the state's Democratic districts, gave the public less than 24 hrs notice of the hearing at 9am tomorrow AND included a deeply bizarre provision trying to restrict legal challenges to the map
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So.....today Indiana Republicans proposed a 9-0 redistricting map to eliminate both of the state's Democratic districts, gave the public less than 24 hrs notice of the hearing at 9am tomorrow AND included a deeply bizarre provision trying to restrict legal challenges to the map
Upshot still gonna find a way to say Dems are winning redistricting wars
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Upshot still gonna find a way to say Dems are winning redistricting wars
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November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3