Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
Important campaign tips I shared at the Mass Alliance training today
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Important campaign tips I shared at the Mass Alliance training today
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A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.
The fact that the site was taking crypto is such a great example of how the shadiest criminal activities always seem to merge into one. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site
The hobbyists who helped build this site created technology that has been used to humiliate countless women. Why didn’t governments step in and stop them?
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The fact that the site was taking crypto is such a great example of how the shadiest criminal activities always seem to merge into one. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
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We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History Of American Politics, 1865-2025
While the outcome should be clear from the plain text of the Constitution, the central project of this court and Administration, together, is to nullify the reconstruction amendments
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History Of American Politics, 1865-2025
Birthright citizenship is unambiguous in the US Constitution and it is a defining feature of the Americas, setting the Americas apart from the rest of the world. It is essential to the US's self-mythology as a land of hope and opportunity in contrast to the "Old World."
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Birthright citizenship is unambiguous in the US Constitution and it is a defining feature of the Americas, setting the Americas apart from the rest of the world. It is essential to the US's self-mythology as a land of hope and opportunity in contrast to the "Old World."
ICE agents behave like enemies of the people. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Arizona congresswoman says she was ‘pepper sprayed’ at protest against ICE
Adelita Grijalva, a Democratic representative, said she was ‘sprayed in the face’ at demonstration outside a restaurant
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
ICE agents behave like enemies of the people. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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i genuinely don’t see a distinction between giving up on birthright citizenship and giving up on the american dream.
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
i genuinely don’t see a distinction between giving up on birthright citizenship and giving up on the american dream.
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There are well upwards of a BILLION dollars (of OUR money) this year funneled to projects designed specifically to make Trump feel Good about himself: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There are well upwards of a BILLION dollars (of OUR money) this year funneled to projects designed specifically to make Trump feel Good about himself: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Yet another Biden administration official admits, after the fact, that the Biden administration's and more broadly America's policy of supporting Israel unconditionally does not work and needs to change.
The End of the Israel Exception
A new paradigm for American policy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yet another Biden administration official admits, after the fact, that the Biden administration's and more broadly America's policy of supporting Israel unconditionally does not work and needs to change.
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How to read the Epstein files like an expert. (Gift article) www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
How to Read the Epstein Files Like an Expert
Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown has some tips for what to look for when they emerge.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
How to read the Epstein files like an expert. (Gift article) www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
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This is not some harmless joke. This is the “Hafez gives us wheat” billboards of my early visits to Syria.
When I saw the story in passing I thought it was the same dumb bit as the army parade, the fig leaf of using Flag Day because it happens to also be his birthday. But no, Trump's birthday as such is now an official commemoration for NPS free admission days.
www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
December 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This is not some harmless joke. This is the “Hafez gives us wheat” billboards of my early visits to Syria.
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I had my students submit for extra credit a meme reflecting something they learned this semester, along with an accompanying paragraph connecting the meme to the course concept. There were some gems.
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I had my students submit for extra credit a meme reflecting something they learned this semester, along with an accompanying paragraph connecting the meme to the course concept. There were some gems.
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It’s clear from the video this woman had just come to the park to play with her child. She said as much and was upset that there were masked men with guns in the park.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s clear from the video this woman had just come to the park to play with her child. She said as much and was upset that there were masked men with guns in the park.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
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In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
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Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
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Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
"But over the last decade, internal company documents, that came to light in litigation brought by plaintiffs in the US suffering from cancer, revealed Monsanto’s influence on the paper." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’
Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"But over the last decade, internal company documents, that came to light in litigation brought by plaintiffs in the US suffering from cancer, revealed Monsanto’s influence on the paper." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"This is, quite straightforwardly, a program for regime change in Europe, aimed at turning it into an illiberal polity."
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
www.programmablemutter.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"This is, quite straightforwardly, a program for regime change in Europe, aimed at turning it into an illiberal polity."
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
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If your appointment is invalid, you never had the job in the first place.
Just legal Calvinball. Obviously lawless.
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
If your appointment is invalid, you never had the job in the first place.
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I mean, the GOP has spent years attacking the ACA & trying to roll back hard fought wins for health care access & affordability in this country (insufficient as they are), all w/o a plan or any concern for the harm they’ll do to people. Why start now? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Running Out of Time, Republicans in Congress Still Lack a Health Plan
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I mean, the GOP has spent years attacking the ACA & trying to roll back hard fought wins for health care access & affordability in this country (insufficient as they are), all w/o a plan or any concern for the harm they’ll do to people. Why start now? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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"This is, quite straightforwardly, a program for regime change in Europe, aimed at turning it into an illiberal polity."
If you read one piece on Trump’s pernicious new National Security Strategy, read this by @himself.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"This is, quite straightforwardly, a program for regime change in Europe, aimed at turning it into an illiberal polity."