Gerry Cohen
@gerrycohen.bsky.social
Erstwhile enabler manufactured hijinks - I've helped make you laugh. Animal lover. Bassist. Joke collector. Housing 4 all. Atheist. Detest trumpanzees. Blue American. Not going along, NOT going away. #RESIST
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Pete Hegseth is a national disgrace that needs to resign or be fired immediately. Let’s push hard to make it happen.
Tell Congress: Demand the resignation of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Pete Hegseth is a national disgrace that needs to resign or be fired immediately. Let’s push hard to make it happen.
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President Richard Nixon
The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon, is the landmark legislation that significantly changed the landscape of healthcare in the United States.
The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon, is the landmark legislation that significantly changed the landscape of healthcare in the United States.
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
President Richard Nixon
The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon, is the landmark legislation that significantly changed the landscape of healthcare in the United States.
The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon, is the landmark legislation that significantly changed the landscape of healthcare in the United States.
Gestapo
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Gestapo
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96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
The Hidden Costs of Denying Paid Sick Leave
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.
Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
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With my next SCOTUS argument little more than one week away, I will be writing less often between now and the 9th. In the meantime, subscribe to Democracy Docket to support the team's invaluable work. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
With my next SCOTUS argument little more than one week away, I will be writing less often between now and the 9th. In the meantime, subscribe to Democracy Docket to support the team's invaluable work. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
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"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
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Probably the most important post you will read today. #HoldFast
An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Probably the most important post you will read today. #HoldFast
Keep in mind: Trump put tariffs on Ukraine and exempted Russia
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
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Pam Bondi, Pete Kegseth, Stephen Miller, and Kash Patel are going all in because they know if there's any accountability, they are most likely going to jail for a long, long time.
They are now tethered to Trump.
All the way up.
All the way down.
They are now tethered to Trump.
All the way up.
All the way down.
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Pam Bondi, Pete Kegseth, Stephen Miller, and Kash Patel are going all in because they know if there's any accountability, they are most likely going to jail for a long, long time.
They are now tethered to Trump.
All the way up.
All the way down.
They are now tethered to Trump.
All the way up.
All the way down.
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“Mr. President, if your handling of the economy is so great, why aren’t these numbers being released & celebrated?”
If we had a press corps with integrity & grit, they’d ALL be asking him this question nonstop until he answered.
If we had a press corps with integrity & grit, they’d ALL be asking him this question nonstop until he answered.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“Mr. President, if your handling of the economy is so great, why aren’t these numbers being released & celebrated?”
If we had a press corps with integrity & grit, they’d ALL be asking him this question nonstop until he answered.
If we had a press corps with integrity & grit, they’d ALL be asking him this question nonstop until he answered.
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Trump’s administration wants to ban states from regulating AI—a massive giveaway to Big Tech.
This could prevent basic safeguards like protecting children online, combating deepfakes, addressing data center impacts, safeguarding workers, and more.
This could prevent basic safeguards like protecting children online, combating deepfakes, addressing data center impacts, safeguarding workers, and more.
From Steve Bannon to Elizabeth Warren, bipartisan backlash erupts over push to block states from regulating AI
Sharp critiques of efforts to limit state AI laws have MAGA populists and progressive advocates joining forces in an unexpected coalition.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump’s administration wants to ban states from regulating AI—a massive giveaway to Big Tech.
This could prevent basic safeguards like protecting children online, combating deepfakes, addressing data center impacts, safeguarding workers, and more.
This could prevent basic safeguards like protecting children online, combating deepfakes, addressing data center impacts, safeguarding workers, and more.
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Stalling on releasing the Epstein files and pardoning some drug dealers while killing others makes perfect sense through the lens of Trump Inc being a traditional organized crime family with branches in gambling, drugs and prostitution. He’s killing his rivals right out in the open.
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Stalling on releasing the Epstein files and pardoning some drug dealers while killing others makes perfect sense through the lens of Trump Inc being a traditional organized crime family with branches in gambling, drugs and prostitution. He’s killing his rivals right out in the open.
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Yes, that's right: Kristi Noem said "persecute," not "prosecute."
Noem: "Anyone who has info on this needs to know we will be coming after you & we will bring you to justice. We absolutely will persecute you b/c we do know that we will never allow this to continue to happen in our country -- allow individuals who came to our country unvetted by Joe Biden ... "
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes, that's right: Kristi Noem said "persecute," not "prosecute."
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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“A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
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Cartoon by John Deering | Creators
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Cartoon by John Deering | Creators
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The reason why I detest AIPAC is that they convinced the world that any mention of Netanyahu or Genocide is antisemitic . They have decided that any dissent about murdering Palestinians is antisemitic.
It is not antisemitic to want a country to stop killing children or wanting Netanyahu arrested.
It is not antisemitic to want a country to stop killing children or wanting Netanyahu arrested.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The reason why I detest AIPAC is that they convinced the world that any mention of Netanyahu or Genocide is antisemitic . They have decided that any dissent about murdering Palestinians is antisemitic.
It is not antisemitic to want a country to stop killing children or wanting Netanyahu arrested.
It is not antisemitic to want a country to stop killing children or wanting Netanyahu arrested.
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Karyn Edison:
“Remember the truth. Watch out for Trump administration's attempt at revisionist history.
Also, remember the Trump administration wouldn't brief the Biden admin before Biden took office because Trump denied the election results…” #Pinks
“Remember the truth. Watch out for Trump administration's attempt at revisionist history.
Also, remember the Trump administration wouldn't brief the Biden admin before Biden took office because Trump denied the election results…” #Pinks
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Karyn Edison:
“Remember the truth. Watch out for Trump administration's attempt at revisionist history.
Also, remember the Trump administration wouldn't brief the Biden admin before Biden took office because Trump denied the election results…” #Pinks
“Remember the truth. Watch out for Trump administration's attempt at revisionist history.
Also, remember the Trump administration wouldn't brief the Biden admin before Biden took office because Trump denied the election results…” #Pinks
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At some point you just run out of things to say, right? There’s no argument to make. There’s nothing to discuss. The executive branch is saying “We make our own law and obey no one” and either you say “Okay, I guess you do” or you put down the whole administration and salt the earth where it stood
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
At some point you just run out of things to say, right? There’s no argument to make. There’s nothing to discuss. The executive branch is saying “We make our own law and obey no one” and either you say “Okay, I guess you do” or you put down the whole administration and salt the earth where it stood
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?