Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
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If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
He thought we were supposed to view Marty as a good person?
The same movie I watched?
The same movie I watched?
January 6, 2026 at 6:18 AM
He thought we were supposed to view Marty as a good person?
The same movie I watched?
The same movie I watched?
Wild to associate "neoliberalism" with "elections."
One of my go-to definitions of neoliberalism is the attempt to circumscribe the "economic" sphere as separate from the "political" sphere.
One of my go-to definitions of neoliberalism is the attempt to circumscribe the "economic" sphere as separate from the "political" sphere.
Around 2.28 he says tells Tapper: "You are approaching this from the wrong frame, this neoliberal frame that the United States job is to go around the world and demand immediate elections be held everywhere."
Man, I know neoliberalism has been defined in all sorts of ways, but thats truly a new one.
Man, I know neoliberalism has been defined in all sorts of ways, but thats truly a new one.
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 6, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Wild to associate "neoliberalism" with "elections."
One of my go-to definitions of neoliberalism is the attempt to circumscribe the "economic" sphere as separate from the "political" sphere.
One of my go-to definitions of neoliberalism is the attempt to circumscribe the "economic" sphere as separate from the "political" sphere.
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Journalists often talk about how the media's business model is broken, but I would gladly pay the first news organization that starts profiling the individual ICE and CBP agents involved in terrorizing people
Unacceptable behavior from ICE in Salisbury, NC today. Attempting to intimidate U.S. citizens is a major abuse of power. 1/5/26
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Journalists often talk about how the media's business model is broken, but I would gladly pay the first news organization that starts profiling the individual ICE and CBP agents involved in terrorizing people
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not sure that’s how it works
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
not sure that’s how it works
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JUST IN: DOJ says it has finished reviewing *less than 1%* of the Epstein Files for potential release.
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
JUST IN: DOJ says it has finished reviewing *less than 1%* of the Epstein Files for potential release.
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Hey, DOGE, here's your waste: booking the Hilton for your ICE agents.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Minnesota Hilton cancels ICE agents’ hotel reservations
Move sparks praise but chain says hotel independently operated and cancellations ‘not reflective of Hilton values’
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Hey, DOGE, here's your waste: booking the Hilton for your ICE agents.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Why the fuck does ICE think it's entitled to the Hilton. That's our money
January 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Why the fuck does ICE think it's entitled to the Hilton. That's our money
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We used to at least pay lip service to quaint ideas like "universal human rights," even if our actions failed to reflect those principles. Increasingly it seems like we don't even bother with the pretense; the idea that there might be moral limits on the exercise of power is openly ridiculed.
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
We used to at least pay lip service to quaint ideas like "universal human rights," even if our actions failed to reflect those principles. Increasingly it seems like we don't even bother with the pretense; the idea that there might be moral limits on the exercise of power is openly ridiculed.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
What a joke www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 AM
What a joke www.theguardian.com/business/202...
With all the Boston City Council drama today, I'm not sure that there is a vice chair yet.
What would be the most amusing way for the Council to determine who the vice chair is?
What would be the most amusing way for the Council to determine who the vice chair is?
January 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
With all the Boston City Council drama today, I'm not sure that there is a vice chair yet.
What would be the most amusing way for the Council to determine who the vice chair is?
What would be the most amusing way for the Council to determine who the vice chair is?
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a day later, the state legislature signed an act for a constitutional convention that would usher in Alabama's racist 1901 constitution. The McKinley visit was pretty much him giving them permission to do it
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
a day later, the state legislature signed an act for a constitutional convention that would usher in Alabama's racist 1901 constitution. The McKinley visit was pretty much him giving them permission to do it
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and a retreat from the GOP's commitment to Black civil rights in the South
January 6, 2026 at 4:10 AM
and a retreat from the GOP's commitment to Black civil rights in the South
The Trump administration just conducted an illegal attack on Venezuela and has spoken about attacking Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Denmark.
These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:
Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:
Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The Trump administration just conducted an illegal attack on Venezuela and has spoken about attacking Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Denmark.
These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:
Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense:
Fetterman
Gallego
Kaine
King
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
The people who believed that Trump is an isolationist are the dumbest people alive. The guy and his whole team are imperialists who believe in racial hierarchies and power by brute force.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 AM
The people who believed that Trump is an isolationist are the dumbest people alive. The guy and his whole team are imperialists who believe in racial hierarchies and power by brute force.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
The "This is actually a distraction takes" suffer form lacking a clear, coherent, unifying theory of Trump.
If you believe that Trump is a greedy, megalomaniacal, racist, narcissistic prick who does not care about other people, things aren't distractions. They all flow naturally from who he is.
If you believe that Trump is a greedy, megalomaniacal, racist, narcissistic prick who does not care about other people, things aren't distractions. They all flow naturally from who he is.
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The "This is actually a distraction takes" suffer form lacking a clear, coherent, unifying theory of Trump.
If you believe that Trump is a greedy, megalomaniacal, racist, narcissistic prick who does not care about other people, things aren't distractions. They all flow naturally from who he is.
If you believe that Trump is a greedy, megalomaniacal, racist, narcissistic prick who does not care about other people, things aren't distractions. They all flow naturally from who he is.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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We underestimate how impactful harassment and threats of violence are on politicians. Clear, large uptick in the number of major incumbent politicians not running/retiring specifically due to harassments and threats of violence. The harassers are like 0.1% of the population but hugely impactful.
January 6, 2026 at 2:50 AM
We underestimate how impactful harassment and threats of violence are on politicians. Clear, large uptick in the number of major incumbent politicians not running/retiring specifically due to harassments and threats of violence. The harassers are like 0.1% of the population but hugely impactful.
It's revealing to remember that McKinley was one of Trump's favorite presidents: tariffs and imperialism.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
It's revealing to remember that McKinley was one of Trump's favorite presidents: tariffs and imperialism.
Boston Mayoral Inauguration party at BPL
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Boston Mayoral Inauguration party at BPL
Evidence that I do, in fact, own a suit
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Evidence that I do, in fact, own a suit
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My insurance premiums tripled.
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
My insurance premiums tripled.
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If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.