@davidulin

Crafty southpaw. Editor, @airlight_mag.

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined April 2009
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Probably a sign that the ad didn’t work
Dave Wasserman
@RedistrictOct 23
New @CookPolitical: Amid ad uproar, #OHGOV moves from Toss Up to Lean D. Full analysis by @JessicaTaylor: cookpolitical.com/analysis/g…

Amid Ad Uproar, Ohio Governor’s Race Moves From Toss Up to Lean Democrat | Cook Political Report

The trajectory of Vivek Ramaswamy’s odds in the Ohio governor’s race has been clear to us for the last few weeks. But the campaign’s decision this week to air a deeply personal attack ad against...

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Inverted self-portrait, 2025.
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“Vice-President Vance said today that whether this ad by Vivek Ramaswamy was appropriate was not really his concern. Seriously? The question for all Republicans is whether this type of attitude is what we want leading our party going forward. For the last decade, our party has been infected by a corrupted moral center. Vance’s acceptance of this campaign ad only breathes life into the disease that we should be seeking to cure.”
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Jim Geraghty
@jimgeraghtyOct 21
Also in today's Morning Jolt, if you look at the horrific, sordid story of Amy Acton's childhood and conclude, “It would be a good idea to make an attack ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother denouncing her,” please see a therapist or perhaps a priest for an exorcism.
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Laura Bassett
@LEBassettOct 21
The difference is child rape. Hope this helps
Ben Shapiro
@benshapiroOct 21
Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad is apparently unprecedented. It would be just awful to activate all the members of a politician’s family to attack them…as the Democrats did with every member of RFK’s family. youtube.com/watch?v=ww9fTNrW…

Did Vivek Ramaswamy Really Cross a Line?

Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad against Amy Acton featuring Acton's mom...

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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Acton's mother has been estranged from her daughter for 48 years because she sided with her husband (Acton's stepfather) when Acton reported that her stepfather had sexually assaulted her. That is different than RFK Jr.'s family, whose criticism of RFK Jr is focused on policy. dispatch.com/story/news/loc…
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Catch @davidulin in conversation with @dhgerson tomorrow at @ChevaliersBooks in Los Angeles: chevaliersbooks.com/event/20…
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“There’s a grief from having lost, and then there’s a grief from having caused harm. That’s a grief very few Americans want to touch.” latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

Can America move past hate? David Treuer says it must first grieve the harm it caused

In his new book 'The Savage Mind,' the USC professor and Ojibwe author explores how the myth of Manifest Destiny continues to shape modern American culture.

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Governor Abbott, I'll meet you at the Governor's Mansion next Thursday at 10 AM. If you're not man enough to debate me, you don't deserve to be the governor of Texas.
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Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.
Team Talarico
@TeamTalaricoHQOct 12
Fox host: President Trump said you all should have a debate… Is that in the works? Are you requesting one with him? Ken Paxton (lying): Oh well, no, look... We can never quite work out the details.
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“Writing has spoiled the pleasure of reading for me, because I can’t read innocently.” —Manuel Puig buff.ly/tIkOi8l

Manuel Puig, The Art of Fiction No. 114

“Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. In Latin America there's the illusion that a writer can change something; of course,...

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrizeOct 8
Just in! New Nobel Prize laureate in literature Anne Carson stands surprised in her kitchen in Reykjavík, Iceland. Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with her coming soon. Join us in congratulating our 2026 literature laureate - send your greetings in the comments.
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“I always joke that the show got its name because I put as little thought as you could into what to call it. It was as literal as it gets. That was the beginning. And I haven’t stopped for 15 years.” altaonline.com/books/nonfict…

The Accidental Hit

After 15 years and 1,000 episodes, Brad Listi’s Otherppl podcast still delivers illuminating conversations with prolific authors.

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Couldn't be happier to see this news. nytimes.com/2026/10/08/books…

Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (Gift Article)

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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Lincoln Michel@TheLincolnOct 7
Franz Kafka pep talk
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And they call it artificial *intelligence*?
Jasmine Vojdani@jasmineshaadiOct 6
in today's book gossip: i lose my mind
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Everyone who loves you must realize that you need a little protection. Franz Kafka, 1920.
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For the first time since a Friday afternoon in 2021 I am for this moment completely caught up, a state of being that will end when next I check an inbox but which for the moment I am taking as a win.
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Happy Pub Day to AMERICAN FLASH FICTION, a genre-spanning anthology that celebrates the most vital voices in very (very!) short stories. Edited by @davidulin. Available now from @LibraryAmerica! #flashfiction #anthology
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History lesson: House democratic judiciary chairman Peter Rodino hired 2 GOP lawyers to lead the Nixon watergate probe. The vote to impeach was bipartisan. The Supreme Court voted 8-0 to turn over the White House tapes. GOP senators Barry Goldwater & Hugh Scott told Nixon he would be convicted so he resigned. As Pres Ford said, our long national nightmare was over.
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Idiots.
Sadie Gurman@sgurmanOct 1
DOJ is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation. W @PhilipWegmann wsj.com/politics/policy/deca…

Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal

A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.

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