Matt Cohen
@mattdcohen.bsky.social
Senior Reporter @DemocracyDocket.com, covering voting rights, far-right extremism and threats to democracy (lol). Collector of records, plants, tattoos, horror movies.
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NEW: For the first time in nearly five years, Georgia hasn’t enacted any new anti-voting laws. Instead, Republicans spent the year laying the groundwork to pass an avalanche of voter suppression laws next year that would radically alter elections in the Peach State.
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Georgia Republicans and the Trump Administration Are Working to Undermine the 2026 Elections
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEW: For the first time in nearly five years, Georgia hasn’t enacted any new anti-voting laws. Instead, Republicans spent the year laying the groundwork to pass an avalanche of voter suppression laws next year that would radically alter elections in the Peach State.
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NEW: Pro-voting advocates say North Carolina's student-voting restrictions stem from a pressure campaign by Trump ally Cleta Mitchell, who complained in a deposition that "college students can just roll out of bed, vote, and get back into bed.”
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North Carolina Restricted Student Voting After 'Influence Campaign' by Cleta Mitchell
Read more here.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NEW: Pro-voting advocates say North Carolina's student-voting restrictions stem from a pressure campaign by Trump ally Cleta Mitchell, who complained in a deposition that "college students can just roll out of bed, vote, and get back into bed.”
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absolutely essential reading by my colleague @jimsaksa.com
NEW: The fight for voting rights didn’t end on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It’s happening today in places like Newbern, Alabama, where white officials secretly blocked a Black mayor-elect in 2020. What the Supreme Court does next could change everything.
✍️ @jimsaksa.com
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The Voting Rights Act Is Still Working To Stop Racist Laws. The Supreme Court Might Not Care.
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
absolutely essential reading by my colleague @jimsaksa.com
absolutely wild interview on several different levels www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi5...
ZOHRAN MAMDANI Talks Meeting Trump, Mayoral Election, Arsenal
YouTube video by The Adam Friedland Show
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
absolutely wild interview on several different levels www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsi5...
OUT: taking photos of the band at the gig
IN: sketching the band at the gig
(love this portrait someone drew of me and my bandmates at our show last night. beautiful!)
IN: sketching the band at the gig
(love this portrait someone drew of me and my bandmates at our show last night. beautiful!)
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
OUT: taking photos of the band at the gig
IN: sketching the band at the gig
(love this portrait someone drew of me and my bandmates at our show last night. beautiful!)
IN: sketching the band at the gig
(love this portrait someone drew of me and my bandmates at our show last night. beautiful!)
how it feels logging into bluesky this morning and seeing all you mfs vagueposting about what i think you’re vagueposting about
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
how it feels logging into bluesky this morning and seeing all you mfs vagueposting about what i think you’re vagueposting about
Well that Mamdani-Trump press conference was truly surreal.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Well that Mamdani-Trump press conference was truly surreal.
SCOOP: obtained the agenda and notes from a secretive summit held last week by some of the nation’s top anti-voting activists and election deniers. during the confab, they outlined how they’re pushing to cut early and mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: Cleta Mitchell, Activists Scheme to Bring Back One-Day Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
SCOOP: obtained the agenda and notes from a secretive summit held last week by some of the nation’s top anti-voting activists and election deniers. during the confab, they outlined how they’re pushing to cut early and mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!”
So begins the most unhinged dissent I have ever read, in the Texas gerrymandering ruling that came down yesterday.
So begins the most unhinged dissent I have ever read, in the Texas gerrymandering ruling that came down yesterday.
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!”
So begins the most unhinged dissent I have ever read, in the Texas gerrymandering ruling that came down yesterday.
So begins the most unhinged dissent I have ever read, in the Texas gerrymandering ruling that came down yesterday.
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yesterday: TX racial gerrymandering ruling
today: NC racial gerrymandering hearing
today: NC racial gerrymandering hearing
a shirtless man sits in a chair with the words " it 's one of those infinite timeloop situations "
ALT: a shirtless man sits in a chair with the words " it 's one of those infinite timeloop situations "
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November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
yesterday: TX racial gerrymandering ruling
today: NC racial gerrymandering hearing
today: NC racial gerrymandering hearing
And you can read the story featured in Picture A (left) here: www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
And you can read the story featured in Picture A (left) here: www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
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Good morning everyone!
Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.
Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good morning everyone!
Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.
Democracy Docket v. Washington Post.
Like 4 years @totalvibration.bsky.social and I did a Goo Goo Dolls cover band for Halloween and it was really fun, then a couple months ago Lars brought the Goos to the Tiny Desk and that was also really fun. Thanks for playing fun cover bands with me Lars and the bringing them to the Tiny Desk!
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Like 4 years @totalvibration.bsky.social and I did a Goo Goo Dolls cover band for Halloween and it was really fun, then a couple months ago Lars brought the Goos to the Tiny Desk and that was also really fun. Thanks for playing fun cover bands with me Lars and the bringing them to the Tiny Desk!
This is wild: My dad sent me this screenshot from the John & Yoko documentary that came out last year; he was watching it and saw himself in archival footage of George Wallace protests in Maryland, the day Bremer tried to assassinate him.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is wild: My dad sent me this screenshot from the John & Yoko documentary that came out last year; he was watching it and saw himself in archival footage of George Wallace protests in Maryland, the day Bremer tried to assassinate him.
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Trump now losing gerrymandering war he started:
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Trump-appointed judge just blocked Trump’s Texas gerrymander
Trump could lose the redistricting war he started.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump now losing gerrymandering war he started:
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW: Ernst Tanner has built a powerhouse at the Philadelphia Union.
But my @us.theguardian.com investigation has shown wide-ranging allegations of misbehavior throughout his 7-year tenure.
Tanner denies the allegations, and was investigated by MLS this year.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
But my @us.theguardian.com investigation has shown wide-ranging allegations of misbehavior throughout his 7-year tenure.
Tanner denies the allegations, and was investigated by MLS this year.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
MLS executive who built a powerhouse faced allegations of sexist, racist and homophobic behavior
Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner denies the allegations, which prompted a recently-concluded MLS investigation that could not corroborate them
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: Ernst Tanner has built a powerhouse at the Philadelphia Union.
But my @us.theguardian.com investigation has shown wide-ranging allegations of misbehavior throughout his 7-year tenure.
Tanner denies the allegations, and was investigated by MLS this year.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
But my @us.theguardian.com investigation has shown wide-ranging allegations of misbehavior throughout his 7-year tenure.
Tanner denies the allegations, and was investigated by MLS this year.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
HUGE redistricting news y'all
BREAKING: A federal court blocks Texas’ new congressional gerrymander, which could net five more GOP seats in Congress, from being used in the 2026 midterms. Texas Republicans will likely ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the case.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Blocks Texas Gerrymander for 2026, Appeal Expected
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
HUGE redistricting news y'all
ATTN DC-area metal heads: my band Witch's Mirror is playing this stacked lineup at the Pie Shop on Sunday, with Wretched Blessing, Prisoner, and Nuclear Tomb. Come out and headbang slowly, powerfully: www.pieshopdc.com/shows/wretch...
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ATTN DC-area metal heads: my band Witch's Mirror is playing this stacked lineup at the Pie Shop on Sunday, with Wretched Blessing, Prisoner, and Nuclear Tomb. Come out and headbang slowly, powerfully: www.pieshopdc.com/shows/wretch...
For all the fellow folk-horror heads out there: The Red King on AMC is an absolute must-watch. Extremely Wicker Man-coded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMiL...
The Red King | New Series | Official Trailer | Premieres September 25 | AMC+
YouTube video by amc+
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November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
For all the fellow folk-horror heads out there: The Red King on AMC is an absolute must-watch. Extremely Wicker Man-coded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMiL...
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NEW weekend reading, from me: A deep dive into the election deniers and conspiracy theorists in the Trump administration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NEW weekend reading, from me: A deep dive into the election deniers and conspiracy theorists in the Trump administration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
i cannot believe the fucking audacity of these evil fascists to go into a taqueria where they *illegally abducted an employee* and thinking they'd be served.
i am vibrating with anger.
i am vibrating with anger.
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
i cannot believe the fucking audacity of these evil fascists to go into a taqueria where they *illegally abducted an employee* and thinking they'd be served.
i am vibrating with anger.
i am vibrating with anger.
oh my god i can’t believe i slept on the Q Lazzarus documentary for so long. holy crap, what a story.
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
oh my god i can’t believe i slept on the Q Lazzarus documentary for so long. holy crap, what a story.
NEW weekend reading, from me: A deep dive into the election deniers and conspiracy theorists in the Trump administration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NEW weekend reading, from me: A deep dive into the election deniers and conspiracy theorists in the Trump administration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
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A bunch of DC-area concertgoers who refuse to be scabs just unclenched their buttholes.
9:30 Club owner voluntarily recognized its workers’ union: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Staff at 9:30 Club and other venues win voluntary union recognition
The production company I.M.P. will recognize a union for hospitality staffers at 9:30 Club, the Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre, after workers petitioned last month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A bunch of DC-area concertgoers who refuse to be scabs just unclenched their buttholes.