Dan Kaufman
@dankaufman70.bsky.social
Author of THE FALL OF WISCONSIN. Contributing Writer: New York Times Magazine. Also: @newyorker.com. Music: Barbez, John & Dan. Email: [email protected]. Signal: Dankaufman.31.
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‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
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I have a new piece in The New York Times Magazine about the Trump Administration's war on federal unions and a new group of labor activists who are organizing to fight back. Deepest thanks to all the people who shared their time and insights with me. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
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Inside the emergency of the Federalist Union Network (or FUN), which is filling in gaps in public sector union organizing and strategizing that have accumulated over decades.
Plus, how influx of ICE workers is changing federal unions.
From @dankaufman70.bsky.social
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Plus, how influx of ICE workers is changing federal unions.
From @dankaufman70.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Inside the emergency of the Federalist Union Network (or FUN), which is filling in gaps in public sector union organizing and strategizing that have accumulated over decades.
Plus, how influx of ICE workers is changing federal unions.
From @dankaufman70.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
Plus, how influx of ICE workers is changing federal unions.
From @dankaufman70.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
Print will always rule,
My latest piece, about the Trump Administration's war on federal workers and the growing resistance to those attacks, in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine.
My latest piece, about the Trump Administration's war on federal workers and the growing resistance to those attacks, in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine.
February 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Print will always rule,
My latest piece, about the Trump Administration's war on federal workers and the growing resistance to those attacks, in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine.
My latest piece, about the Trump Administration's war on federal workers and the growing resistance to those attacks, in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine.
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Best part of this, by the great @dankaufman70.bsky.social, transcends its specific, and also crucial, subject matter: how timorous institutionalist in the anti-Trump coalition get challenged by young people (here, a caucus called "FUN"!) itching for a fight.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Best part of this, by the great @dankaufman70.bsky.social, transcends its specific, and also crucial, subject matter: how timorous institutionalist in the anti-Trump coalition get challenged by young people (here, a caucus called "FUN"!) itching for a fight.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
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Regreso, en excelente compañía, a las páginas de @lamarea.com en el dossier de #lamarea110 sobre obreros de ultraderecha. Hablo con @dankaufman70.bsky.social, experto en la historia del mundo sindical de EEUU.
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¿Y por qué, hijo, quieres ser un fascista? | lamarea.com
El último dossier de ‘La Marea’ está dedicado a los obreros de ultraderecha. ¿Quiénes son? ¿Cómo entender y frenar su ascenso?
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January 28, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Regreso, en excelente compañía, a las páginas de @lamarea.com en el dossier de #lamarea110 sobre obreros de ultraderecha. Hablo con @dankaufman70.bsky.social, experto en la historia del mundo sindical de EEUU.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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"In his second term, President Trump has cut more than 300,000 federal employees and stripped more than a million workers of their collective-bargaining rights." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"In his second term, President Trump has cut more than 300,000 federal employees and stripped more than a million workers of their collective-bargaining rights." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
I have a new piece in The New York Times Magazine about the Trump Administration's war on federal unions and a new group of labor activists who are organizing to fight back. Deepest thanks to all the people who shared their time and insights with me. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I have a new piece in The New York Times Magazine about the Trump Administration's war on federal unions and a new group of labor activists who are organizing to fight back. Deepest thanks to all the people who shared their time and insights with me. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
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Highly recommend this piece by @dankaufman70.bsky.social. It speaks to both Spain's past and the US' present. Required reading for my (mostly American) students of comparative Spanish politics.
“In Spain, the effort to revive Franco’s reputation has been accompanied by ostentatious philosemitism…. This blend of philosemitism and antisemitism has also become a feature of the Trump administration.” —@dankaufman70.bsky.social
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Highly recommend this piece by @dankaufman70.bsky.social. It speaks to both Spain's past and the US' present. Required reading for my (mostly American) students of comparative Spanish politics.
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Never a better time than NOW for Wisconsinites (and everybody else) to read The Fall of Wisconsin—to understand how we’ve landed where we are *and* for solid, inspiring reminders in the early chapters of how it once was and could be again. 🙏🏻 to @dankaufman70.bsky.social for this brilliant book.
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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The Fall of Wisconsin
National bestseller<br /><br /> 'Masterful.' —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 ...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Never a better time than NOW for Wisconsinites (and everybody else) to read The Fall of Wisconsin—to understand how we’ve landed where we are *and* for solid, inspiring reminders in the early chapters of how it once was and could be again. 🙏🏻 to @dankaufman70.bsky.social for this brilliant book.
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Con los intentos de la extrema derecha en EEUU, España y Latinoamérica de lavarle la cara y la reputación al dictador fascista Francisco Franco, esta reseña en @nybooks.com vuelve a subrayar la brutalidad, intolerancia y el antisemitismo de su dictadura. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Con los intentos de la extrema derecha en EEUU, España y Latinoamérica de lavarle la cara y la reputación al dictador fascista Francisco Franco, esta reseña en @nybooks.com vuelve a subrayar la brutalidad, intolerancia y el antisemitismo de su dictadura. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Read about the new scholarship on Spain, then contemplate the fact that Franco was venerated in the National Review from the start, and you hav a skeleton key, opening up the fact that "modern American conservatism" never maintained a meaningful distance from fascism. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Read about the new scholarship on Spain, then contemplate the fact that Franco was venerated in the National Review from the start, and you hav a skeleton key, opening up the fact that "modern American conservatism" never maintained a meaningful distance from fascism. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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“In Spain, the effort to revive Franco’s reputation has been accompanied by ostentatious philosemitism…. This blend of philosemitism and antisemitism has also become a feature of the Trump administration.” —@dankaufman70.bsky.social
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“In Spain, the effort to revive Franco’s reputation has been accompanied by ostentatious philosemitism…. This blend of philosemitism and antisemitism has also become a feature of the Trump administration.” —@dankaufman70.bsky.social
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“Franco’s regime…was far more hospitable to fascist refugees than it ever was to Jewish ones. Despite this history, or perhaps because of it, Franco’s reputation continues to grow on the American far right.” —@dankaufman70.bsky.social
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Franco’s regime…was far more hospitable to fascist refugees than it ever was to Jewish ones. Despite this history, or perhaps because of it, Franco’s reputation continues to grow on the American far right.” —@dankaufman70.bsky.social
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Excellent essay on Franco’s fascist Spain, which many on the right today are looking to for inspiration www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Excellent essay on Franco’s fascist Spain, which many on the right today are looking to for inspiration www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Ah, the beauty of print...My latest piece, a wide-ranging essay about a remarkable book by the historian Paul Preston, in the new issue of @nybooks.com.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Ah, the beauty of print...My latest piece, a wide-ranging essay about a remarkable book by the historian Paul Preston, in the new issue of @nybooks.com.
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I have an essay in @nybooks.com about a compelling new book by Paul Preston, a masterful British historian of 20th- century Spain. Deepest thanks to the remarkable editorial staff at the Review for all their help.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have an essay in @nybooks.com about a compelling new book by Paul Preston, a masterful British historian of 20th- century Spain. Deepest thanks to the remarkable editorial staff at the Review for all their help.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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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Opinion | The City Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Would Have Loved to Live In (Published 2019)
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June 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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.
www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/o...
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This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil
June 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil
Reposting this @newyorker.com piece I wrote in light of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
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Reconciliation at My Lai
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April 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Reposting this @newyorker.com piece I wrote in light of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
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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.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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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“‘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.
www.newyorker.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“‘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...
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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.
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.
www.newyorker.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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.
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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.
wwnorton.com/books/the-fa...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
wwnorton.com/books/the-fa...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Fall of Wisconsin
National bestseller<br /><br /> 'Masterful.' —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 ...
wwnorton.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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.
wwnorton.com/books/the-fa...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
wwnorton.com/books/the-fa...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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.
www.newyorker.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...