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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 5h

Send ice to hell

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 6h

What is it like waking up in the body of a corporation, instead of a person? I’d love to know from someone who cursed themselves to live it

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 6h

The only interesting thing about Taylor Swift is the one thing she won’t sing about — how she shed her humanity and ascended to American demigodhood

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 22h

“I have a vague idea of who Ms Rachel is and based on that here are some unimpeachable truths about her”

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 1d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 22h

Drunk frat boy sparks debate with claims that he can’t get you pregnant if he pulls out, but scientists say the evidence is lacking

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22h

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

papers like the New York Times actively help right wing propagandists by introducing false claims as something that's open to debate and interpretation, instead of clearly framing them up front as lies pushed by unreliable operators

Turning Point USA is a right wing propaganda op aimed at kids

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 3d

Yup! Probably should have defunded the police 5 years ago, but the second best time is now.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3d

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 3d

Imagine if Joanna Newsom has the same fan base as Taylor Swift, with thousands of pre teen girls and strange adults screaming the lyrics to every song of Ys and music stores around the country completely sold out of harps

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 3d

It’s very funny that Facebook made billions of dollars illegally using my data and all I get is a check for 28 dollars.

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 3d

Osama Bin Laden bucks tradition by flying planes into buildings in Democratic-led cities like New York

NPR @npr.org · 4d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 4d

Bari Weiss is going to make The Newsroom (2012) real

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 4d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 4d

*Taylor Swift voice* Just logged on to Usenet / can’t wait to see what I get / into obsessing with my friends / over on alt dot tv dot simpsons

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 5d

Is Randy Rainbow still going at it

Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 5d

Might as well have bought Something Awful and have Lowtax run it

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: Paramount buys news website The Free Press and installs its founder, Bari Weiss, as the editor-in-chief of CBS News.

CBS buys The Free Press website, installs founder Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief

Paramount announced Monday that it has bought the successful news commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News.

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 5d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 5d

its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

Notice that he doesn't mention the unprovoked ICE attack on protesters at Broadview—who were already complying with the commands of police—probably bc his state cops assisted in that violent attack. He prob thought he could prevent the troop deployment by helping ICE police protesters. Didn't work.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

Yesterday, Kristi Noem’s and Greg Bovino’s masked agents threw chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Wal-Mart.

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 7d

does JD really think of himself as a grateful person? does he think of himself as someone brimming with love of country? im hard pressed to think of a more entitled person, or someone who hates the foundational ideals of america more than vance

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 7d

don't know what this is about and don't really care about joy reid but, as always, this is funny coming from JD Vance, a DEI admit to Yale Law, who has had a wife, great wealth, a senate seat, and the vice presidency handed to him, and who spends all day bellowing with rage.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 7d

Kat is 100% right and it’s the only way forward.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 7d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Matthew Brian Cohen @matthewbriancohen.com · 7d

the dumbest, cruelest people you went to high school with are now cops (or small business owners)

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