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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn
@citizencohn.bsky.social
Writer at The Bulwark
Author of The Ten Year War
Fan of Red Sox, Dolphins, Wolverines & Billy Joel
Proud husband & dad

Email cohn [at] thebulwark.com
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I feel like there's a highbrow SNL skit where it's a game show, Keenan Thompson is hosting and the questions are guessing what Trump was actually thinking when he tweeted about policy

Very niche, as a colleague said to me today, but it'd be funny!
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
BTW it is tempting to ignore these tweets

But Republican lawmakers take them seriously

So we're all out here trying to guess what Trump was thinking -- if he was thinking anything -- and then how various Rs will translate it

Great way to make policy!
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“Supposedly” refers to their motives

As in, insurer payments are supposedly the reason they oppose extension

But yes, definitely — that’s how the system works
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
More talk about Pelosi's legacy -- and some war stories too -- from @samsteindc.bsky.social @comstockb.bsky.social and me www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdzA...
What It Was Like To Face Off Against Nancy Pelosi (w/ Barbara Comstock)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Check out the book here

Highly recommend, especially if you want to understand what the art of legislation looks like when it's at the hands of a master us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Pelosi
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting inside account of the unprecedented rise to power and unmatched political legacy of the first woman Speaker of the H...
us.macmillan.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM