David Dayen has been blogging about politics since 2004. He currently writes for the FDL News Desk at news.firedoglake.com; he’s also written for The Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, The Washington Independent, Democracy Journal and Capitol Weekly, as well as multiple well-trafficked progressive blogs and websites. His work has been cited by the LA Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and he has been a guest on MSNBC, Russia Today, Al Jazeera English, NPR, Pacifica Radio and Air America Radio. He lives in Los Angeles, where prior to writing about politics he had a 15-year career as a television producer and editor.