Dan Kaufman

Opinion | The City Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Would Have Loved to Live In (Published 2019)

With the upcoming Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, and the widespread anxiety over #ZohranMamdani's candidacy, it's worth noting Milwaukee was governed remarkably well for forty years by pragmatic and visionary Socialist mayors. #sewersocialism.

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This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil

Reconciliation at My Lai

Reposting this @newyorker.com piece I wrote in light of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

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Why Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat? Tuesday’s election, as the only statewide race in the country before November, is a crucial test for the growing backlash against the Trump Administration’s agenda.

Today is election day in Wisconsin. Here's my @newyorker.com piece on the the race for an open #WisconsinSupremeCourt seat, which is by far the most expensive judicial election in American history and a proxy battle over Trump and Musk's agenda.
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Why Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat? Tuesday’s election, as the only statewide race in the country before November, is a crucial test for the growing backlash against the Trump Administration’s agenda.

“‘80% of our canvassing interactions are about Musk,’ Matt Mareno, the chair of the Waukesha County Democratic Party, told me. The county is heavily Republican, but Mareno said that many ppl have expressed frustration that Musk is … not accountable to anyone.’” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Why Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat? Tuesday’s election, as the only statewide race in the country before November, is a crucial test for the growing backlash against the Trump Administration’s agenda.

The race for an open seat in the Wisconsin Supreme Court “is now a proxy battle for whether the American government at every level can be bought by oligarchs,” Ben Wikler, the chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, said.

The Fall of Wisconsin National bestseller<br /><br /> 'Masterful.' &#8212;Jane Mayer, best-selling author of <em>Dark Money</em>, The Fall of Wisconsin, The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of ...

Dan Kaufman's THE FALL OF WISCONSIN is a deeply reported account of how the state was turned into a laboratory for national conservatives bent on remaking the country. Read Kaufman's latest on tomorrow's Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
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Why Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat? Tuesday’s election, as the only statewide race in the country before November, is a crucial test for the growing backlash against the Trump Administration’s agenda.

I wrote a piece about tomorrow's crucial #Wisconsin Supreme Court election for @newyorker.com. Deepest thanks to all the people who shared their insights with me and to the phenomenal editorial staff at the magazine.

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Gifts for those following or seeking to understand the stakes of the vital Wisconsin Supreme Court race...

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