David Taintor is a News Writer at TPM. He started as a news intern in August 2010 and became an editorial fellow in November.

David earned his journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2010, where he served as an editor of the student newspaper, The Spectator.

David is from Chanhassen, Minnesota, where, yes, it gets very cold.

He can be reached at taintor (at) talkingpointsmemo.com. Follow him on Twitter @davidtaint.