Sam Cohen
@samcohen.bsky.social
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Sam Cohen
@samcohen.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Proud to be in the new issue of the Dial with these people, talking about the current state of higher ed
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55494
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55494
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what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
what follows immediately after the birthright clause? the privileges and immunities and due process clauses? and what follows them? the equal protection clause. all of this is explicitly to say, "the declaration is the constitutional law of the land"
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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Oh also: when this happens in red states, we call it book banning; when it happens in blue states, we call it “tailoring instruction to help students navigate the complex literacy needs of the 21st century workforce”
51st.news/opinion-dcps...
51st.news/opinion-dcps...
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.
51st.news
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Oh also: when this happens in red states, we call it book banning; when it happens in blue states, we call it “tailoring instruction to help students navigate the complex literacy needs of the 21st century workforce”
51st.news/opinion-dcps...
51st.news/opinion-dcps...
Seems more of an above-the-fold story to me
December 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Seems more of an above-the-fold story to me
Never promise to produce a reader's report due to the press at the end of a semester, what are you, a schmuck
garfield is looking at a calendar that says monday on it
ALT: garfield is looking at a calendar that says monday on it
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Never promise to produce a reader's report due to the press at the end of a semester, what are you, a schmuck
Hey if you want to make an anti- vaccine omelet you have to break a few people-dying-of-preventable-diseases eggs
CDC Vaccine Search Tool No Longer Works. Vaccines.gov Website Scrubbed www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
Find pharmacies near you
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Vaccines.gov
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey if you want to make an anti- vaccine omelet you have to break a few people-dying-of-preventable-diseases eggs
That was a nice goal
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
That was a nice goal
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Missouri appeals court rewrites ballot proposal to clarify a ‘yes’ would end right to abortion missouriindependent.com/2025/12/04/m...
Missouri appeals court rewrites ballot proposal to clarify a 'yes' would end right to abortion • Missouri Independent
A Missouri appeals court found the ballot language for a proposed amendment to ban abortion failed to state it would repeal an abortion rights amendment.
missouriindependent.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Missouri appeals court rewrites ballot proposal to clarify a ‘yes’ would end right to abortion missouriindependent.com/2025/12/04/m...
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A participation trophy for the very good boy who sits atop a movement comprised of Americans who resent how the libs have supposedly created a world in which children are rendered weak by all of the participation trophies they receive.
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A participation trophy for the very good boy who sits atop a movement comprised of Americans who resent how the libs have supposedly created a world in which children are rendered weak by all of the participation trophies they receive.
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
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AI Is Not Inevitable
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
AI Is Not Inevitable
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
You know you guys I think they might be racist
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
You know you guys I think they might be racist
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Roberts Court Republicans use shadow docket to refuse to allow its precedents to be applied because it would be an electoral disadvantage for the Republican Party www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/robe...
Roberts Court Republicans use shadow docket to refuse to allow its precedents to be applied because it would be an electoral disadvantage for the Republican Party - Lawyers, Guns & Money
And in doing so shows its typical unbridled contempt for federal judges who try to apply rules other than “Trump wins”: Notably, in assessing “irreparable harm” that Texas would face, the court also s...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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The president fails to realize how deeply Somali Americans love this country.
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The president fails to realize how deeply Somali Americans love this country.
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
What a country
"Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY."
Homeland Security Busts Into Jackson Heights Apartment Building in Pre-Dawn Raid
Dozens of agents wielding assault rifles took two middle-aged, Spanish-speaking people away in cuffs early Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What a country
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Where’s the CBS News town hall focused on the Democrats assassinated in Minnesota?
Bari Weiss has a CBS town hall set with Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk.
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk
Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal files
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Where’s the CBS News town hall focused on the Democrats assassinated in Minnesota?
Go to grad school, I said to myself, live the life of the mind, immerse yourself in books, I said
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Go to grad school, I said to myself, live the life of the mind, immerse yourself in books, I said
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I’m just a foreign policy wonk, standing in front of the GOP, asking them to read at least one fucking book about the history of US interventions in Latin America. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I’m just a foreign policy wonk, standing in front of the GOP, asking them to read at least one fucking book about the history of US interventions in Latin America. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Idk if this is the quintessential Onion headline but I've thought of this at least once a week for almost a decade
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Idk if this is the quintessential Onion headline but I've thought of this at least once a week for almost a decade
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What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
May 19, 2024 at 12:26 PM
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
Some pretty perfect guitar here. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu5c...
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Some pretty perfect guitar here. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu5c...
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com