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Jim Cohen
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retired professor, irate citizen, resident of France since 1977, dual national, voter in Massachusetts, leans democratic socialist; identifies with no ethnonational homeland, especially any that engages in [the G-word]; opposes border walls with neighbors .. more

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Jim Cohen is an American human rights activist, attorney, environmentalist, and former candidate for the United States Senate seat from Minnesota then held by Republican Norm Coleman. Cohen sought the endorsement of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, but withdrew his candidacy after trailing far behind Al Franken, who subsequently was elected U.S. Senator. Following his withdrawal, in 2008-09 Jim created Access Justice a nonprofit(501 ),(501 ), public interest law firm dedicated to providing "low-bono" legal services to low and moderate income working families. .. more

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · 10d
He finally got ONE thing right.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · 23d
Not easy to discuss U.S. targeting of Venezuela in brief TV format, but "The Debate" (English-language version of "Le Débat") on France 24 gives you a bit more time. Nothing is simple about Venezuela but the motives and methods of U.S policy need to be questioned.

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The Debate - Gunning for Maduro? Trump targets vessels off Venezuela, Colombia
Why is the United States suddenly in the business of blowing boats out of the water in the Caribbean? And why without summation? More than 30 people have been killed in seven strikes that started in…
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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Oct 11
To the astonishment of the French, Macru has just named Lecornon prime minister, whereas a few weeks ago it was Cornon who had named Lemacru.

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Edward Blumenthal @edublum.bsky.social · Sep 29
La saison 2025-26 du séminaire ADET démarre avec l'intervention de Antonieta Vera (Universidad de Chile) sur les femmes missionnaires en Araucanía, le lundi 6 oct
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Programme ADET 2025-2026 : Circulations et régimes de travail
Lundis, 17h-19h, Campus Condorcet, Bâtiment de recherche sud 5 Cours des Humanités, 93322 Aubervilliers. Métro Front Populaire, Ligne 12 Cette année, le séminaire ADET entamera l’exploration des diffé...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Sep 19
Using Charlie Kirk’s assassination as a pretext, the Trump administration is planning on “an organized strategy to go after left-leaning organizations” that had nothing to do with his murder.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Sep 18
Almost feels like springtime.

Scenes from streets of Paris on the national strike day of September 18, 2025.

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Stephen Zunes @szunes.bsky.social · Sep 6
From the president of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center and the HHS Secretary’s sister:

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Aug 29
makes me feel slightly less insane to read this by @ahjohnson.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com

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Why Does the New York Times Keep Ignoring Polls Showing Mamdani Leading with Jewish Voters?
Polling shows mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a commanding lead with Jewish New Yorkers, but you won’t read about it in the paper of record.
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Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · Aug 21
28 party insiders met privately and voted to overturn our endorsement.

Let me be clear, we’re still in this fight. And we’re going to win.

Donate and sign up for a shift today. www.fatehformayor.com/donate

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · Aug 13
Last week, Donald Trump dismissed five of the seven members of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board. The move is part of a hostile takeover of the territory made possible by its corrupt neoliberal elite.
Trump Is Launching a Hostile Takeover of Puerto Rico
Donald Trump dismissed five of the seven members of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board last week. The move is part of a hostile takeover of the territory made possible by its corrupt neoliberal elite.
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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Aug 9
Que chingue su madre el DHS.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Aug 2
From the Dallas News, co-authored by a friend of mine:
"Preserve the Texas-Mexico relationship"
Tariffs threaten successful partnership rooted in decades, even centuries, of trade. Economic integration, like the golden goose, needs care and feeding.

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OPINIONPreserve the Texas-Mexico relationship
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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Aug 2
Yours. Ciao.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jul 31
That's a non-reply.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jul 31
You really think so? Get some sense of history.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jul 23
Not worth the trouble for the left to get divided over your vote. Yes, it's revolting to support anything that MTG supports, but it's also true that financing Israel's defense is a way of supporting its offense at a time when they need first of all to be halted.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · Jul 23
Snapshots from ICE detentions today. The Trump immigrant kidnapping policy is an abomination.

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Stephen Zunes @szunes.bsky.social · Jul 23
Unlike in Rome, Washington’s support for the ongoing massacres continues unabated. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food
Israeli forces open fire on hungry Palestinians near Gaza City in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekers
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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jul 20
Let Delta Airlines know what is wrong (though not completely) wirh this picture.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jul 15
For what it's worth, knowing that the ambassador does not believe that the occupied territories are occupied, because a book written over 2000 years ago does not recognize that fact.

P.S. No, I don't use twitter anymore since now it's a cesspool much but sometimes it's worth pushing back.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · Jul 13
And the Supreme Court enabled it.
Trump Administration Expels Eight Men to War-Torn “Third Country” South Sudan
The Supreme Court is helping Trump expand "third country" deportation — and restrict immigrants’ rights to object for fear of torture.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jul 2
BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.

"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.

Here's the trailer:

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Jun 22
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.

Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jun 19
In full support of this, Rep. Casar.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jun 18
There could be no clearer a statement of the problem at hand. This war needs to be stopped and Netanyahu must no longer be enabled. Only the U.S. can impose diplomacy over war. To avoid catastrophe, that's what needs to happen.

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Trump: Don't Drag the US Into Netanyahu's War with Iran | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jun 18
Good subject, but the link is defective it seems, could you change it?

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jun 17
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Israel is not winning. Trump must not cave to new demands for help.
As Iran mounts an effective response to Israel's war of choice, why should the president now risk US lives to join it?
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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jun 9
Let's not get too worked up or full of our own rhetoric. Khanna is wrong about seeking agreement with Musk, but he is not a Nazi. Give us a break. He's a social democrat and they're among the good guys.

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jun 9
Hope he backs off the horrible idea of cultivating "agreement" with Musk. That's toxic. But otherwise, Khanna has some pretty good ideas about what we ought to be fighting for (not just against).

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Jim Cohen @jimcohen226.bsky.social · Jun 9
What should replace ICE? A humane immigration agency that takes the lives of people into account and not just enforcement according to a punitive reading of the law; that is not violent, not secretive, and does not crow about the cruelty it practices or act as if it were above the law.