![]() His next job was as press aide and spokesperson for Bernie Sanders while he was serving as the at-large U.S. Later he moved to Washington, D.C., and worked in the political department of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Sirota then became a fundraiser for Joe Hoeffel in his first successful campaign for the House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Evans said he believed that Sirota had not created the bogus page, but had discussed it with the person who created it, who was his friend and former college classmate at Northwestern. He was let go for "overzealous behavior" related to the creation of a fake website containing damaging racial comments attributed to Evans' opponent John White, Jr. In 1999, Sirota served as Dwight Evans's deputy mayoral campaign manager in Philadelphia. Representative in Illinois's 9th congressional district in the 1998 election Carroll lost in the Democratic primary to Illinois State Representative Jan Schakowsky. Sirota's career in political campaigns began when he was a research director for Illinois State Senator Howard W. He has lived in various cities around the country including Philadelphia, Chicago, San Diego, Washington, D.C., Helena, and Denver. After being educated at the William Penn Charter School, he went to Northwestern University, where he earned a bachelor's degree with honors in journalism and political science. Sirota was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but grew up in the Montgomery County suburbs outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is founder of The Lever (formerly The Daily Poster), an independent investigative news outlet. ![]() In 2022, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for conceiving the story for Netflix's Don't Look Up alongside co-writer and director Adam McKay. In March 2019, he began working as the senior advisor and speechwriter on the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. He is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, political spokesperson, and blogger. He is also a political commentator and radio host based in Denver. Sirota (born November 2, 1975) is an American journalist, columnist at The Guardian, editor for Jacobin, author, television writer, and screenwriter. ![]()
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