Erin Overbey
@erinoverbey.bsky.social
Writer, Archivist, Editor
Archive Editor, The New Yorker
Journalist, whistleblower & media gal in NYC
Archive Editor, The New Yorker
Journalist, whistleblower & media gal in NYC
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I just reread a book on McCarthyism and higher ed and Roy Cohn makes an appearance because he was that active in helping to advance government repression
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I just reread a book on McCarthyism and higher ed and Roy Cohn makes an appearance because he was that active in helping to advance government repression
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
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The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
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“I’m so relieved that the only problem I cared about - me experiencing mild social discomfort - is now over”
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“I’m so relieved that the only problem I cared about - me experiencing mild social discomfort - is now over”
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
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lol, going to Roy Cohn’s birthday party? not great
going to Roy Cohn’s birthday party *in 1979*? lol lmao
going to Roy Cohn’s birthday party *in 1979*? lol lmao
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
lol, going to Roy Cohn’s birthday party? not great
going to Roy Cohn’s birthday party *in 1979*? lol lmao
going to Roy Cohn’s birthday party *in 1979*? lol lmao
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the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years
This seems significant
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years
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Never knew this, but it makes a lot of things even clearer.
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Never knew this, but it makes a lot of things even clearer.
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not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
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there is no opposition party. there is only a ruling class.
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
there is no opposition party. there is only a ruling class.
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Bad moves appear to be Chuck Schumer's modus operandi.
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Bad moves appear to be Chuck Schumer's modus operandi.
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the fact that he's old enough to have been an adult to party at studio 54.... I am 30 years old and my MOTHER was not even old enough to party at studio 54 when it was still open........ bro
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
the fact that he's old enough to have been an adult to party at studio 54.... I am 30 years old and my MOTHER was not even old enough to party at studio 54 when it was still open........ bro
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watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.
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He was cavorting with Roy Cohn. I'm not surprised.
apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
He was cavorting with Roy Cohn. I'm not surprised.
hi there. yes,schumer knew roy cohn was trump’s attorney in 1979 bc cohn represented trump in several high profile cases covered in the Times in the early 1970s. cohn also helped lead the infamous McCarthy hearings & led govt witch hunts against gay ppl even tho he himself was gay. hope this helps!🫡
Bahahahaha who cares it was 1979. Wait, do you think he has a Time Machine?!? Do you think he knew!!?!?!!??!?!?
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
hi there. yes,schumer knew roy cohn was trump’s attorney in 1979 bc cohn represented trump in several high profile cases covered in the Times in the early 1970s. cohn also helped lead the infamous McCarthy hearings & led govt witch hunts against gay ppl even tho he himself was gay. hope this helps!🫡
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Julius Caesar crossing the rubicon with the 10th legion:
Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Julius Caesar crossing the rubicon with the 10th legion:
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Close Encounters of the Deer Kind
Took nearly a year of daily encounters for them to get this close. I love how the two does mirror each other.
Took nearly a year of daily encounters for them to get this close. I love how the two does mirror each other.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Close Encounters of the Deer Kind
Took nearly a year of daily encounters for them to get this close. I love how the two does mirror each other.
Took nearly a year of daily encounters for them to get this close. I love how the two does mirror each other.
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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"The guest list? “If you’re indicted, you’re invited,” went the comedian Joey Adams’s oft-repeated joke about Cohn’s soirées."
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November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"The guest list? “If you’re indicted, you’re invited,” went the comedian Joey Adams’s oft-repeated joke about Cohn’s soirées."
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all of these Democratic senators putting out statements, ‘i swear i voted NO!’
IT👏DOES👏NOT👏MATTER👏
if you can’t hold your coalition together after one of the biggest electoral sweeps, you’re not a real political party—and why would your opponents (or allies) ever take you seriously again?
IT👏DOES👏NOT👏MATTER👏
if you can’t hold your coalition together after one of the biggest electoral sweeps, you’re not a real political party—and why would your opponents (or allies) ever take you seriously again?
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
all of these Democratic senators putting out statements, ‘i swear i voted NO!’
IT👏DOES👏NOT👏MATTER👏
if you can’t hold your coalition together after one of the biggest electoral sweeps, you’re not a real political party—and why would your opponents (or allies) ever take you seriously again?
IT👏DOES👏NOT👏MATTER👏
if you can’t hold your coalition together after one of the biggest electoral sweeps, you’re not a real political party—and why would your opponents (or allies) ever take you seriously again?