David Dayen

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HUGE, GOOD NEWS: In total reversal from Friday’s stonewalling, perjury-flirting “status report,” ICE now says it has secured a one-way travel document so Ahmed Soliman can return to the US via a commercial flight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

When in Kansas City, you can get brisket or chicken or pulled pork, but those who know ask for a nice juicy piece of Abraham Lincoln

Here's Harold Meyerson on the LA mayoral race, where Karen Bass' tenure may have disqualified her from continued service, but where Nithya Raman's opportunism shows through more than anything. prospect.org/2026/10/26/q...

ICYMI our report from Maine on Troy Jackson and AOC's pitch to young voters. prospect.org/2026/10/23/m...

Love this story from Larkin Cleland & Madhumita Dutta about Ohio residents in a rural area who have to decide whether to take a payout & escape the crush of data centers built up around them. The man profiting from the land underneath those data centers is... Les Wexner. prospect.org/2026/10/26/d...

Was on the road yesterday with Democratic Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton, who did 3 stops on a bus tour. Met a lot of Republicans for Hamilton, people fed up with the direction of the country. Hamilton would be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Kansas since 1932.

On the road today in Kansas. Caught a speech from Don Coover, a livestock vet running close in a red district in KS02. He visibly choked up twice talking about ICE raids in western Kansas and the impact on ranchers. Under the radar big issue in Kansas.

Another Kilmar Armando Ábrego García situation unfolding in Equatorial Guine right now - you'll be shocked to learn ICE lied to a judge.

HOLY SHIT. In a sworn statement yesterday, an ICE agent told a federal judge that an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea had been cancelled and so couldn't be used to bring Ahmed Soliman back to the United States. The plane just landed in Equatorial Guinea. prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

This is crazy. @gillianbrockell.com found out about an ICE flight headed to Equatorial Guinea, where an immigrant who a federal judge has ordered to be returned home is currently imprisoned. ICE told the judge the Guinean leg was canceled. Flight data shows it wasn't. prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

"Nobody trying to stop billionaires from being taxed has proposed anything to save MLKCH or any other lifeline hospital serving millions of poor people." I think the discourse around Prop 40 has lost the point that if we don't pass it our community hospitals are totally and utterly fucked.

“This is ground zero for the impact of the [Medicaid] cuts" "“I think we need to be clear about the implications,” Batchlor said. “Some patients will die without the services they need.”"

Some cities it's just not worth fucking with

Our @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social was down in Powhatan, Virginia to see if Tom Perriello can replicate his wave-election win in 2008 in a crimson red district. "I’m going up there to restore a system of checks & balances from the seat that was first held by James Madison." prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

Congress has vowed to put boundaries around the private equity-style deals in the Pentagon, stripping several offices of the ability to lead equity investments. But that bill hasn't passed yet, and in the meantime, the Pentagon has made $775 million in new investments using outside funds.

With progressives poised to win swing seats, centrists have made a new argument: they aren't going to win by as much as they "should." Our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social break down this tactic, designed to gain factional advantage, that "winning" isn't winning: prospect.org/2026/10/22/t...

MAJOR UPDATE: Shortly after this published, I obtained another document confirming this will be a removal flight only. If carried out, it would be the largest third-country removal to Africa so far: 25 people to Eq. Guinea, 30 to Burundi + 100 to Central African Rep. prospect.org/2026/10/21/i...

Here's Bob Kuttner on the social, economic, and political causes of the protests in France. prospect.org/2026/10/21/p...

Oh no, sad for them, that's like one data center www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...

An ICE charter flight is headed to Equatorial Guinea, according to documents obtained by @gillianbrockell.com. One immigrant imprisoned there, Ahmed Soliman, was ordered returned to the US two weeks ago. Will ICE pick him up, or just drop off more deportees? Here's our report.

Big scoop today on @prospect.org 🤯 Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and his wife have financial stakes in PE funds that are bankrupting rural hospitals. The same PE firm also owns two pesticide companies that would benefit from bills Marshall has sponsored. His wife has invested in both of them.

I mean we didn't say he didn't operate in full compliance with the law but his answer has me wondering....

🚨 Roger Marshall introduced and promoted a bill to deregulate "biological pesticides." The bill would help companies owned by his longtime friend and donor's private equity firm, Nueterra. Marshall's wife is also invested in those same Nueterra-owned businesses. prospect.org/2026/10/21/r...

Stay tuned for news at @prospect.org....

Is the military going to have to hold a bake sale for a bomb? Probably not, but also it's probably not getting that half-trillion-dollar boost Trump wants, @ryanlcooper.com reports. prospect.org/2026/10/21/m...

Tantalizing new clue here from @markalfred.bsky.social on the failed “deportation fleet.” I first reported in February that DHS contractor (a former Noem donor) overpaid for the planes, starting last December. gillianbrockell.com/noems-luxury...

Thanks for the invite to the party #Sixers

Welcome New York to the Andre Drummond experience

We're too busy stealing that money, sorry can't give you any www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Another one: Gov. Phil Scott has owned Democrats in Vermont for a decade. But he's nervous this year that his agenda of doing little to nothing might not pan out. Amanda Janoo, a milliennial economist focused on a "wellbeing agenda," could really win. Great report from Will Solomon.