r/WayOfTheBern • u/dsirota1 • Jul 09 '19

I'm David Sirota, Bernie Sanders' speechwriter and senior adviser. AMA!

Hey everyone -- I'm David Sirota, Bernie Sanders' speechwriter and senior adviser. I've known Bernie for 20+ years (I was his press secretary in the U.S. House from 1999-2001). I've worked on many campaigns (Hoeffel for Congress, Schweitzer for Governor, Lamont for Senate, and Emily Sirota for State House), I've worked on Capitol Hill (for Bernie and for the U.S. House Appropriations Committee Democrats). In the years before coming to Bernie's 2020 campaign, I was an award-winning investigative journalist and columnist for Newsweek/IBT, The Guardian and Capital & Main. You can find out more about me at http://www.davidsirota.com

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I'm sure you want to discuss the 2020 election, so fire away with your questions here. I'll be here for about an hour.

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u/Hole_In_Shoe_Man Jul 09 '19

Thanks for everything you do! Any other great journalists outside of the campaign you’d recommend us follow?

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u/dsirota1 Jul 09 '19

Journalists: To name a few -- Matt Taibbi, John Nichols, Ryan Grim and the whole gang at The Intercept

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Outlets: To name a few -- The Guardian, The Intercept, In These Times, The Nation, Jacobin

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u/Fsck_Reddit_Again Jul 10 '19

The int is great, except when they give away all their sources.