Matt Kohn
@mattkohn.bsky.social
Film Director, Prod, ✍🏻 , Shooter, Editor
Experiential Theater Maker, Host “Speakeasy Cinema”
Docs: Call It Democracy, Site Specific: Legacy of Paul Rudolph, Our Tall Man: Manute Bol, Kelly Street Garden.
Upcoming fic feature: Colorblind Color Corrector
Experiential Theater Maker, Host “Speakeasy Cinema”
Docs: Call It Democracy, Site Specific: Legacy of Paul Rudolph, Our Tall Man: Manute Bol, Kelly Street Garden.
Upcoming fic feature: Colorblind Color Corrector
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"Americans are being pulled into something worse than war. We are being pulled into a global realignment in which our existence is inconvenient. The ruling class doesn't want to spill my blood: they want to kill my soul and hope that I don't notice. They want the same for you, whoever you are."
My newsletter is back! I wrote about a road trip through Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas — and what it tells us about America’s imperial ambitions.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders
The Invaders
Thieves of American empire are gunning for your future.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"Americans are being pulled into something worse than war. We are being pulled into a global realignment in which our existence is inconvenient. The ruling class doesn't want to spill my blood: they want to kill my soul and hope that I don't notice. They want the same for you, whoever you are."
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"Governor [Tim] Walz encourages individuals, businesses, faith institutions, and organizations to observe a moment of silence at 10:00 am, and use the day to connect in your community and engage in acts of service."
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
"Governor [Tim] Walz encourages individuals, businesses, faith institutions, and organizations to observe a moment of silence at 10:00 am, and use the day to connect in your community and engage in acts of service."
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Kristi Noem calling the victim’s actions “domestic terrorism” is propaganda. Full stop. I served as a White House homeland security advisor. I know what that designation means & when it’s misused. A U.S. citizen is dead. She was a mom. This is what ICE impunity looks like. It cannot be normalized.
This Was Inevitable. And It Is Unforgivable. ICE Owns This.
A warning ignored. A life lost. This cannot become routine.
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Kristi Noem calling the victim’s actions “domestic terrorism” is propaganda. Full stop. I served as a White House homeland security advisor. I know what that designation means & when it’s misused. A U.S. citizen is dead. She was a mom. This is what ICE impunity looks like. It cannot be normalized.
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Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
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Need hope in this era of political nihilism? Come (virtually) to celebrate speculative resistance & protest with me, @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social & guests, for our new anthology WE WILL RISE AGAIN. @citylightsbooks.bsky.social hosts Sat, 1/10, 11am PT. citylights.com/events/panel...
citylights.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Need hope in this era of political nihilism? Come (virtually) to celebrate speculative resistance & protest with me, @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social & guests, for our new anthology WE WILL RISE AGAIN. @citylightsbooks.bsky.social hosts Sat, 1/10, 11am PT. citylights.com/events/panel...
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It’s been five years since Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the U.S. Capitol and prevent a peaceful transfer of power.
Read my statement below.
Read my statement below.
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It’s been five years since Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the U.S. Capitol and prevent a peaceful transfer of power.
Read my statement below.
Read my statement below.
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Awards season kicked off last night with the #CriticsChoiceAwards, how did our Hammer to Nail staff do picking this year's best films?
www.hammertonail.com/features/htn...
www.hammertonail.com/features/htn...
HAMMER TO NAIL’S BEST FILMS OF 2025
It's that time of year again! Check out the Hammer To Nail staffs picks for the best films of 2025!
www.hammertonail.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Awards season kicked off last night with the #CriticsChoiceAwards, how did our Hammer to Nail staff do picking this year's best films?
www.hammertonail.com/features/htn...
www.hammertonail.com/features/htn...
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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Elon Musk, Who Spent Nearly $300 Million (By Far a Record) to Help Republicans in the 2024 Elections, Will Fund Them Again in 2026 Despite Earlier Statement That He Was Taking a Break from Politics (Corrected) electionlawblog.org?p=153680
Elon Musk, Who Spent Nearly $300 Million (By Far a Record) to Help Republicans in the 2024 Elections, Will Fund Them Again in 2026 Despite Earlier Statement That He Was Taking a Break from Politics (C...
Post on X (“America is toast if the radical left wins.”):
electionlawblog.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Elon Musk, Who Spent Nearly $300 Million (By Far a Record) to Help Republicans in the 2024 Elections, Will Fund Them Again in 2026 Despite Earlier Statement That He Was Taking a Break from Politics (Corrected) electionlawblog.org?p=153680
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But for some reason the USPS is supposed to make money
Rupert Murdoch ran the NY Post for 40+ years at a financial loss. Because it’s critical (and priceless) messaging and influence infrastructure.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-yor...
pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-yor...
Murdoch's New York Post achieves first profit 'in modern times'
New York Post in profit: CEO Robert Thomson praises title for press freedom victory over Twitter as it posts first profit in modern times.
pressgazette.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
But for some reason the USPS is supposed to make money
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January 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
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SCOOP: Meet Christopher Gardner and Megan Frederick: the newest lawyers helping to lead the DOJ’s ongoing legal campaign for access to states’ unredacted voter rolls.
And they just so happened to have played a role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. https://bit.ly/4pdVfSd
And they just so happened to have played a role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. https://bit.ly/4pdVfSd
One New DOJ Voting Lawyer Worked on Georgia Fake Electors Plot. Another Was Part of Cleta Mitchell’s Anti-Voting Network
Read more here.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
SCOOP: Meet Christopher Gardner and Megan Frederick: the newest lawyers helping to lead the DOJ’s ongoing legal campaign for access to states’ unredacted voter rolls.
And they just so happened to have played a role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. https://bit.ly/4pdVfSd
And they just so happened to have played a role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. https://bit.ly/4pdVfSd
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There has long been enough evidence to indict and the slow release is intended to 1) further torment Epstein victims 2) get Americans used to child rape by elites 3) flaunt impunity, since there have been no meaningful consequences for perpetrators 4) arrive right when AI casts everything in doubt.
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
There has long been enough evidence to indict and the slow release is intended to 1) further torment Epstein victims 2) get Americans used to child rape by elites 3) flaunt impunity, since there have been no meaningful consequences for perpetrators 4) arrive right when AI casts everything in doubt.
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The GOP says that liberals are killing off American industry, yet Jim Beam is shutting down for a YEAR due to tariffs.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bourbon maker Jim Beam halts production at main distillery for a year
US distillers face uncertainty after President Trump imposed tariffs on countries around the world.
www.bbc.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The GOP says that liberals are killing off American industry, yet Jim Beam is shutting down for a YEAR due to tariffs.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This story takes a lot of turns, and every single one of them is bad. Women denied the ability to visit loved ones because they have tampons. Guards unwilling to be screened to prevent contraband from getting in prison. Bad all the way down.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/06/d...
@chrisgelardi.bsky.social
nysfocus.com/2025/12/06/d...
@chrisgelardi.bsky.social
State Prisons Are Turning Away Visitors After Scanners Pick Up Their…
Guards demanded body scanners to cut down on contraband. Now they’re turning visitors away over their hygiene and medical supplies.
nysfocus.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This story takes a lot of turns, and every single one of them is bad. Women denied the ability to visit loved ones because they have tampons. Guards unwilling to be screened to prevent contraband from getting in prison. Bad all the way down.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/06/d...
@chrisgelardi.bsky.social
nysfocus.com/2025/12/06/d...
@chrisgelardi.bsky.social
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🇸🇩🧵We’re kicking off a detailed thread to help you catch up on the catastrophic violence & humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan. If you haven’t been following closely, this will give you the essential context.
➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
December 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
🇸🇩🧵We’re kicking off a detailed thread to help you catch up on the catastrophic violence & humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan. If you haven’t been following closely, this will give you the essential context.
➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
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Sen. Blumenthal making a very good point.
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sen. Blumenthal making a very good point.
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CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
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Still processing the tragic news of the loss of Rob Reiner. I'm of the age when he was a huge part of my film-viewing in the 80s, and about ten years ago wrote a piece for the BFI celebrating to my mind some of his finest work. www.bfi.org.uk/lists/rob-re...
Rob Reiner: 5 essential films
Revisit the astonishing run of films that Rob Reiner made in his early career.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Still processing the tragic news of the loss of Rob Reiner. I'm of the age when he was a huge part of my film-viewing in the 80s, and about ten years ago wrote a piece for the BFI celebrating to my mind some of his finest work. www.bfi.org.uk/lists/rob-re...