Brenda Cossman

@bcossman.bsky.social

Law Professor at U Of T.
Feminist, queer, progressive type.
Known to rant and rave.

Brenda Cossman is a professor of law at the University of Toronto. She was the director at the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies from 2009 to 2018. In 2012, Cossman was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. .. more

Political science 43%

Law 26%

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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 7d

Billie Eilish wearing #iceout button.
‘No one is illegal on stolen land’
#grammy

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 7d

Carole King wearing an #iceout button in stage at #grammy

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 8d

#grammies going full political
#ICEout #badbunny

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, David Rothschild, Cathy N. Davidson , and 3 more Joe R. Feagin, David Rothschild, Cathy N. Davidson, Brenda Cossman, Alessandro Rigolon, Melanie O’Brien

✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social · 8d

Full Bad Bunny speech

Reposted by Cathy N. Davidson, David S. Cohen, Daniel W. Drezner , and 4 more Cathy N. Davidson, David S. Cohen, Daniel W. Drezner, Gerald Friedman, Julie Cupples, Brenda Cossman, David Darmofal

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 8d

Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Brenda Cossman, Sam Kamin , and 1 more Nandita Sharma, Brenda Cossman, Sam Kamin, David Darmofal

✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social · 8d

Ice out

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 13d

Big little gestures
#greenland #canada #neilyoung

Neil Young gifts Greenland free access to music catalogue | CBC News

Neil Young announced Tuesday on his blog that he is providing free access to his entire music catalogue to residents of Denmark's semiautonomous territory, whose futures have lately become a point of ...

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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 15d

NRA blames "radical progressive politicians" for shooting. Ya, it's never the guns. Nor the ICE murderers.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

Gun Activists Bridle at Suggestion That Pistol Justified Killing

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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 16d

More fascism in real time …

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 17d

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 16d

But facts no longer matter …
#fascism #executions

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 16d

Watch the video below with your own eyes.⤵️

Note: DHS had earlier come out claiming, "an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun."

Does DHS mean?

"approached" = came toward with a camera?
"with" = on his person while filming?

Democratic Women of South Orange County @dwsoc.bsky.social · 16d

Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 16d

So I guess the second amendment doesnt apply to liberals.
We knew that free speech & freedom of assembly didn’t…

#fascism #ICE #murder

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 16d

Where is the NRA?
#rhetoricalquestion #ice #murder

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 16d

Cold. Blooded. Murder .
#ICE #fascism

Reposted by Juan Cole, Mark Rice, Brenda Cossman

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 16d

Democratic Women of South Orange County @dwsoc.bsky.social · 16d

Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Patrick A. Jansen, Steve Peers , and 9 more Lisa W. Fazio, Patrick A. Jansen, Steve Peers, David R. Miller, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Stephen Ryan, Michael D. McDonald, Michael J. Hicks, Brenda Cossman, Susan Strasser, Jennifer M. Urban, Prokla Redaktion

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 17d

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

Reposted by Brenda Cossman, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Olivier Mannoni

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21d

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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 23d

Dont f**k with Wine Moms.....

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 25d

Insurrection Act?
Yep, also on my bingo card…
#trump #authoritarianism #bingocard

Live Updates: Trump Threatens Insurrection Act to Quash Minneapolis Protests

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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 25d

‘When you think about it, we shouldn’t even have an election’

Yes, that is on my bingo card …

#trump #authoritarianism

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...

MANAGING MIDTERM EXPECTATIONS
The president expressed frustration that his Republican Party could lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate in this year’s midterm elections, citing historical trends that have seen the party in power lose seats in the second year of a presidency.
“It's some deep psychological thing, but when you win the presidency, you don't win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Anna O. Law, Elizabeth Saunders , and 29 more Stephen M. Walt, Anna O. Law, Elizabeth Saunders, Axel Bruns, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Joshua S. Weitz, Steve Peers, David Rothschild, Julian Webb, Guy Grossman, Joseph Schafer, Brian Kelly, Edgar Morgenroth, Kevin Carey, Trevon D. Logan, Laurent Pech, Silvia Secchi, Ben Tonra, Brian Keegan, Jason Lyall, Mark Rice, Daniel Kuehn, Brenda Cossman, Stuart White, Prokla Redaktion, Meredith Farkas, Stephen A. Meserve, David S. Tanenhaus, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Farah Mendlesohn, David Darmofal

Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 29d

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 29d

Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 29d

I dont think….
Not sure.
#trump #antisemitism

‘I Don’t Think We Like Them’: Trump Says MAGA Has No Room for Antisemites

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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 29d

So protests in Iran = good, but protest in US = bad.
Just trying to keep up.
#trump #iran #minnesota

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · Jan 3

At least we know where he stands on the rule of law

Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · Jan 3

Pierre Polievre welcomes US illegal military action in Venezuela, which btw, is a flagrant violation of US constitutional & international law.
#polievre #venezuela #ruleoflaw

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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · Jan 3

Pierre Polievre welcomes US illegal military action in Venezuela, which btw, is a flagrant violation of US constitutional & international law.
#polievre #venezuela #ruleoflaw

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