David Peisner
djpeisner.bsky.social
David Peisner
@djpeisner.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist, Rolling Stone, NY Times, New York magazine, etc. Author of Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution.
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Real estate company RidgeRunner bought hundreds of acres in Tennessee with plans to develop “town and country charter communities” that it hopes to fill with hundreds of new conservative Christian residents.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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One of the first residents, a podcaster who has said he’d “like to dissolve Congress and the judiciary and vest all power into… Donald J. Trump,” has a history of inflammatory remarks about women, immigrants, Jewish people, and the LGBTQ+ community.

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October 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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“They’re antisemitic, anti-Black, anti-Native American. They don’t want anything except what they think. It’s about moving here and finding power. They’ve got big bucks behind them,” says one neighbor who lives near the community.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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2. "Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine" @djpeisner.bsky.social

"As masked agents have terrorized immigrant communities, sweeping people off the streets in broad daylight, locals have organized, protested, fought back."

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump's Deportation Machine
Armed with phone cameras and training, groups like Unión del Barrio and LUCE stand between immigrants and ICE
www.rollingstone.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Thanks to @djpeisner.bsky.social for going behind the scenes with us & our friends at The ReMIX, LUCE, Unión del Barrio
Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine

Meet the groups standing between immigrants and ICE, armed with their training and phone cameras ↓
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump's Deportation Machine
Armed with phone cameras and training, groups like Unión del Barrio and LUCE stand between immigrants and ICE
www.rollingstone.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Small grassroots organizations, staffed almost entirely by volunteers, are standing inbetween immigrants and ICE — like this member of the Union del Barrio handing out a “How to Identify ICE vehicles” flyer to a driver in Los Angeles.

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July 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine

Meet the groups standing between immigrants and ICE, armed with their training and phone cameras ↓
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump's Deportation Machine
Armed with phone cameras and training, groups like Unión del Barrio and LUCE stand between immigrants and ICE
www.rollingstone.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I was living in London in 1994, so I experienced Oasis' initial rise to be the BIGGEST BAND IN ALL THE LAND (UK version) up close. I wrote about Oasis' differing fortunes on both sides of the Atlantic and he band's unlikely but still somehow inevitable return.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/a...
Oasis Ends a 16-Year Pause With a Familiar Goal: Conquering America
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Bc I'm an incurable narcissist, I recently got an alert that my book was on a best comedy books list by @brianboone.bsky.social and @megh.bsky.social at @nymag.com. Nice write-up but omg THE PRICE! $55 at Amazon! I mean, totally worth it, but jeez. What hell hath these tariffs wrought?
June 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Here's me blabbing about that one time when I spent the better part of a day fighting with Kid Rock at his house, and then wrote about it for Rolling Stone. Thanks to Vanessa Grigoriadis/Campside Media for asking me to blab about it: open.spotify.com/episode/6EnH...
Is Kid Rock a Rebel, Or a Troll?
Infamous · Episode
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May 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Terrific reporting, writing by David Peisner in Rollingstone Mag on the Poor Little Rich Boy, Fergie Chambers, heir to the Cox Enterprises telecom giant. A scary Study of a rich ManBoy given to misguided thinking, arrogance—and the combustible mix of US cultural politics. apple.news/AEa5t6ztIStK...
Fergie Chambers Is Heir to One of America’s Richest Families — and Determined to See the U.S. Fall
FERGIE CHAMBERS IS THE HEIR TO ONE OF AMERICA’S RICHEST FAMILIES, AND A ‘PROFESSIONAL REVOLUTIONARY’ DETERMINED TO SEE THE U.S. FALL
apple.news
April 21, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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This is really excellent, especially the final third! Hats off to David Peisner for his timely, nuanced and accurately contextualized profile of Kid Rock. My Takeaway (fwiw): KidRock is undereducated, overconfident, privileged— and deeply insecure. Via ROLLINGSTONE apple.news/nowPlaying/A...
Listen to: How Kid Rock Turned Into a Republican Mouthpiece and Trump's MAGA BFF
The man born Bob Ritchie calls Trump his “bestie” and spouts right-wing talking points. Many close to him wonder what the hell happened
apple.news
May 25, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Waterboys new Dennis Hopper album in the New York Times!

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/a...?
A Concept Album About Dennis Hopper? The Waterboys Made One.
The latest addition to Mike Scott’s eclectic catalog features Fiona Apple, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle and more exploring the life of the actor and director.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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we cover some good ground in the latest episode of #AsToldTo, the podcast I host on #writing in #collaboration... I talk to
@djpeisner.bsky.social about the spaces between #journalism and #ghostwriting and how to fill them... listen!... follow!... review!
#BookSky
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Episode 84: David Peisner
As Told To · Episode
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March 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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March 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I feel like a nice-subtitle to this story could've been: I spent months watching incredibly long YouTube videos so you don't have to. longreads.com/2025/02/26/i...
Eco-Radical, Singer, Criminal, Cult Leader: Inside Carbon Nation - Longreads
"Eligio Bishop declared himself a God to a group of dedicated followers he led through Central America, Mexico, and the US before landing in the Atlanta area. Now he's serving life in prison."
longreads.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Congrats to my friend @djpeisner.bsky.social for his National Magazine Award nomination for his fantastic Kid Rock profile in @rollingstone.com. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
How Kid Rock Went From America's Favorite Hard-Partying Rock Star to a MAGA Mouthpiece
Kid Rock, a.k.a. Bob Ritchie, used to bring together rock, country, and hip-hop fans with his eclectic music. Now his MAGA politics are dividing fans.
www.rollingstone.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM