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Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
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Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21m
The myopia is necessary to make these politics work. People have to approach politics as celebrity and policy as immaterial to continue this spectacle-first approach to understanding the world.
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23m
Meanwhile...

““The ‘chainsaw’ cuts have hit sensitive areas: pensioners’ incomes, top public paediatric hospitals, universities and households facing soaring costs for utilities and food.””
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 26m
“Milei basked in the adulation, throwing his leather-clad arms into the air, and took a sip of water before proceeding with his nine-track set of mostly 1980s rock anthems. “I’m human,” he told the packed stadium. “It might not seem like it, but I am.””

They’re all ridiculously whiny.
Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes
Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’
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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 20m
imagine being a union busting cooperative
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Rebecca Baird-Remba @thecitywanderer.bsky.social · 1h
REI soho closing is pretty bad for anyone who loves buying outdoor gear in the five boroughs. I know their c-suite is retrenching and cost cutting but I think folding up their NYC presence entirely is a huge mistake www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-new...
REI to close three stores, including NYC SoHo location
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — A week after announcing a strategic plan to employees that would involve difficult decisions to grow sales, REI Co-op said it will close three stores next year, including the New Yor...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h
The total disconnect between this and Democrats saying “Mr. Trump, we miss you and want to do bipartisanship”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned
Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
Hey, remember the impassioned defense of free speech, especially on college campuses, that Utah Gov. Spencer Cox made after Charlie Kirk was assassinated?

Well... www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference
University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3h
"When you utter words aloud but then act in opposition to the intent of those words, you are not, in fact, running or standing on anything. "
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 4h
“Let Republicans have the literal blood of American citizens on their hands—and make that the central issue of the shutdown. Otherwise, enjoy having your health care subsidy debate in the gulags these people would happily send us all to. I hear that poll-tests great.”
The Case for the Forever Shutdown
Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h
I appreciate this straightforward acknowledgement of who a grifter is: "Johnson, a former journalist who reinvented himself as a Christian nationalist influencer after he was fired from BuzzFeed for plagiarism..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Kristi Noem tours Portland Ice facility with Maga influencers in tow
Oregon governor, Tina Kotek, accuses Ice of antagonizing protesters with teargas and by inviting influencers to film
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h
"“We call it the ‘Deport and Replace’ strategy...which is defined above all to make it easier for corporate agribusiness to exploit its workers, whether terrified undocumented residents or an unlimited pool of cheap foreign guest workers" prospect.org/politics/tru...
Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis
In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h
I am 37, thank you very much
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h
say what you will about the reach of bluesky it remains the internet's top destination for querying information from people who are exactly 38
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essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h
#WarRavagedPortland
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 12h
Minimum demands from here on:
- Abolish ICE immediately
- Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution
- Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level
- Abolish Dept of Homeland Security
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h
Here’s video of the incident
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14h
“What he's doing is contrary to his initial promise. He's ensuring ideological conformity rather than the robust debate he had charted as his path forward," one former Post opinion staffer told me.

Much more here: www.status.news/p/washington...
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14h
Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
Post Traumatic Disorder
Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 11h
Not with the same high pitch, but Pam Bondi reminds me of Kristen Wiig's impersonation of Elisabeth Hasselbeck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGEx...
The View: Mel Gibson - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d
I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 1d
This is rampant lawlessness

The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that

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OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance
An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h
I can never see mention of carbon offsets without thinking of when the VP of Facilities at Georgetown described them as "buying indulgences" at a Sustainability Advisory Committee meeting.

She wasn't wrong...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h
You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 14h
Not every day you see a four-way primary finish 28-25-24-23!
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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 1d
these guys want -- indeed feel entitled to -- cultural hegemony but don't have a popular culture to offer anyone outside of podcasts where dumb guys complain. they're hoping AI will make one for them but i got bad news
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Ryan Mattson @rmattson.bsky.social · 17h
Not to discount the enormous damage they have done, and still can do, but this really might be one of the dumbest governments in the history of the world.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15h
My Very Dear Ones,

I write to you from near the front lines of war ravaged Portland.
Twee fruit
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 20h
Josh Hawley just lied during Bondi’s hearing today.
He claimed that the Biden Administration “tapped” his phone.
What they actually did was request phone records for the time period around the J6 insurrection. Hardly the same thing.
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