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D. A. Denison
@daveadenison.bsky.social
Senior editor and writer at The Baffler mag. Based in Massachusetts. Once a young reporter at The Texas Observer. New work on Texas #populism here:
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/who-lost-texas-denison
Worst polls of T.'s second term now coming in. Even GOP-friendly Rasmussen has him underwater by 7 pts.
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I trust @chrislehmann.bsky.social and @rickperlstein.bsky.social and Thomas Frank are observing Sept. 10 with a nod to our friend George Scialabba.
September 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ten years ago, we celebrated George Scialabba Day in Cambridge, Mass.

Tobi Haslett noted the occasion in the New Yorker:
September 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I was very surprised to read in the Sunday NYT that Trump's White House flack now acknowledges that America is experiencing climate change.
June 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What if you eat too many Big Macs?
April 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Dow Jones index falls to 37,666. Wall Street's opposition to Trump tariffs reveal the mark of the beast.
April 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Boston Globe reports on persistent internet research that unearths a famous ad from the 1990s.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/03/b...
April 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This polling average has been more friendly to Trump than 538 was, but still: the lines have crossed.
March 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
10 years ago today I went out for a night of League Bowling and everything fell into place. Flukes happen!
March 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
These two lines are going to intersect soon, probably in March. (From 538 polling average.)
February 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Former VP Mike Pence attended the inauguration but didn't merit mention in the opening of T.'s address. Seems like a snub.
January 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The failure of McConnell and 42 other Senators to vote for impeachment allowed Trump to run again—and to "flip the script" so that Jan. 6 became a proud moment for MAGA world.
January 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day," McConnell said shortly after the 57-43 Senate vote that ended in the former president's acquittal. Yet McConnell didn't have the courage to vote for Trump's impeachment.
January 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today in "Words Have No Meaning."
November 26, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Next president might well have Yale Law degree...
thebaffler.com/civilificati...
November 14, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Pretty high odds that Musk's "efficiency" solution for government will be to cut the workforce, just as he did at Twitter.
thebaffler.com/civilificati...
November 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Do Democrats need to figure out how to win more votes in small cities, small towns, and rural counties? I think they do.
November 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
A great Alan Pogue photo of Ronnie Dugger on the cover of the Observer's 70th anniversary issue. #texaspolitics #populism @texasobserver.org
www.texasobserver.org/editors-lett...
November 1, 2024 at 2:16 PM
If Bret said gasoline cost $10 a gal. instead of $3, he'd be off by $7 and look like an idiot. But here he gets the number wrong by $7,742,250,000,000. That's a big mistake!
October 31, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Here, @jfallows.bsky.social notes that this election is all about JD Vance.
fallows.substack.com/p/election-c...
October 21, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Right Side Broadcasting Network airing Trump's bizarre "town hall" rally in Oaks, PA, and pushing Ivermectin for your Contagion Emergency Kit.
October 15, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Kristi Noem leans in. Points at Trump just as Sinead O'Connor's voice sings "nothing compares to you." Then goes to the two-finger point.
October 15, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Hmmm... a billionaire's son shilling for Trump—kinda ruins the Wrigley Field vibe for me. (Again.)
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/u...
October 14, 2024 at 4:26 PM
What if Democrats in Texas hadn't given up on rural voters?
thebaffler.com/salvos/who-l...
September 25, 2024 at 9:47 PM
New un-gerrymandered maps in Wisconsin restore the Iron Range to potentially Democratic majorities!
vis The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
February 26, 2024 at 3:34 PM