Julie Kohler
@juliekkohler.bsky.social
Host of White Picket Fence podcast.
Articles in CNN, Washington Post, The Hill, MSNBC. Senior Advisor, The New School’s Institute for Race, Power, and Political Economy.
www.juliekkohler.com
Articles in CNN, Washington Post, The Hill, MSNBC. Senior Advisor, The New School’s Institute for Race, Power, and Political Economy.
www.juliekkohler.com
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Julie Kohler
@juliekkohler.bsky.social
· Jun 28
💫 Big news - White Picket Fence won a Webby! 💫 And the “marriage panic” that we covered last season is more relevant than ever. Check it out!
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
There is no walking back the rampant disinformation that he has peddled or the unspeakable harm that he has caused to millions of Americans.
RFK Jr: "The causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy in the paranatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive."
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
There is no walking back the rampant disinformation that he has peddled or the unspeakable harm that he has caused to millions of Americans.
This is how we're making America healthy again?!
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response. n.pr/4obRAo5
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is how we're making America healthy again?!
The establishment of a strict gender binary is foundational to the maintenance of a gender hierarchy.
The many faces of the current gender backlash - and its links to authoritarianism - is the focus of this season of my podcast, White Picker Fence.
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The many faces of the current gender backlash - and its links to authoritarianism - is the focus of this season of my podcast, White Picker Fence.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The establishment of a strict gender binary is foundational to the maintenance of a gender hierarchy.
The many faces of the current gender backlash - and its links to authoritarianism - is the focus of this season of my podcast, White Picker Fence.
lnk.to/wpfep1
The many faces of the current gender backlash - and its links to authoritarianism - is the focus of this season of my podcast, White Picker Fence.
lnk.to/wpfep1
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
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An embarrassingly obvious point, but...
This. Is. Illegal.
If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.
In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
This. Is. Illegal.
If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.
In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
An embarrassingly obvious point, but...
This. Is. Illegal.
If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.
In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
This. Is. Illegal.
If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.
In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
Not content with spreading disinformation through the media, MAGA now corrupts public education.
Oklahoma’s social studies standards, written with the help of the right-wing group behind Project 2025, now include roughly 40 points about Christianity that students should learn as well as skepticism about the 2020 election and COVID-19’s origins.
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America Fi...
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October 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Not content with spreading disinformation through the media, MAGA now corrupts public education.
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
Imagine knowing, as Mike Johnson does, that the president thinks that you're his puppet, his lap dog, and being...cool with that.
October 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Imagine knowing, as Mike Johnson does, that the president thinks that you're his puppet, his lap dog, and being...cool with that.
A friendly reminder from the World Health Organization (WHO): “Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1963 and widespread vaccination, major epidemics occurred approximately every two to three years and caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year.” #vaccines
We have a measles outbreak in South Carolina. Now, not only are we failing to address today’s healthcare problems, we are bringing back yesterday’s healthcare problems.
Well done Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, and RFK Jr.
Well done Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, and RFK Jr.
October 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A friendly reminder from the World Health Organization (WHO): “Before the introduction of measles vaccine in 1963 and widespread vaccination, major epidemics occurred approximately every two to three years and caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year.” #vaccines
I know it all feels horrific, grotesque, and bleak at the moment, but just think of how amazing it will be to bulldoze this McMansion monstrosity of a ballroom in the not-so-distant future. #WhiteHouse #EastWing
October 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I know it all feels horrific, grotesque, and bleak at the moment, but just think of how amazing it will be to bulldoze this McMansion monstrosity of a ballroom in the not-so-distant future. #WhiteHouse #EastWing
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So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
Every day, the Trump Administration uses new tactics to broaden its attack on women and LGBTQ+ people. Interested in learning why? Listen to this season of my podcast, White Picket Fence.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Every day, the Trump Administration uses new tactics to broaden its attack on women and LGBTQ+ people. Interested in learning why? Listen to this season of my podcast, White Picket Fence.
lnk.to/wpfep1
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Under Trump, the federal workplace anti-discrimination agency engaged in...workplace discrimination
Under Trump, federal workplace anti-discrimination agency engaged in… workplace discrimination
A judge rules that the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission created a hostile work environment for a transgender employee.
www.motherjones.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Under Trump, the federal workplace anti-discrimination agency engaged in...workplace discrimination
Even though Biden won nearly 4M more votes in 2020 than Trump did in 2024 and won the popular vote by a significantly larger margin.
one interesting thing is how so many pundits seem to remember trump as winning crushing victories in 2016 and 2024
This is a myth. By most measures—trade being an important exception—in 2016 Trump ran as a bog-standard conservative Republican on economics: tax cuts for the rich, taking away health care from millions, deregulation, conservative anti-worker judges, opposition to minimum wage increases, etc.
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Even though Biden won nearly 4M more votes in 2020 than Trump did in 2024 and won the popular vote by a significantly larger margin.
It is striking - and deeply depressing - to see how so many of the most powerful individuals - those the least to lose - are showing the least courage.
Thank God US isn’t made up exclusively of the fucking pussies Luce interviewed. “Private sector executives”? “current/former Trump officials”? Yes, something bad might happen 2 u! Or? It might not! Find out, you cowards. Profound gratitude to last weekend’s 7 MILLION in the streets. More next time✊🏼
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It is striking - and deeply depressing - to see how so many of the most powerful individuals - those the least to lose - are showing the least courage.
More winning.
“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”
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October 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
More winning.
So.much.winning. 🙄
🚨U.S. inflation rises to 3% in September as prices increase at the fastest rate since January.
The White House says they will likely not release October’s inflation data next month, blaming the shutdown.
The White House says they will likely not release October’s inflation data next month, blaming the shutdown.
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
So.much.winning. 🙄
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Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
Thanks for covering this, @us.theconversation.com and @rewirenewsgroup.com. The connection between attacks on women and LGBTQ+ people and authoritarianism is the focus of this season of my podcast, White Picket Fence.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thanks for covering this, @us.theconversation.com and @rewirenewsgroup.com. The connection between attacks on women and LGBTQ+ people and authoritarianism is the focus of this season of my podcast, White Picket Fence.
lnk.to/wpf-ep2
lnk.to/wpf-ep2
…and that JD Vance would help usher in conservative “post-neoliberalism” that was legitimately concerned with rebalancing power in our economy. 🙄
ah but i was told the administration would be good on antitrust
Not simply fascism. Monarchism.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
…and that JD Vance would help usher in conservative “post-neoliberalism” that was legitimately concerned with rebalancing power in our economy. 🙄
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NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
#tradwives - and the broader womanosphere - are not harmless social media trends. They’re an intentional right-wing strategy to tap into what so many women are feeling: exhaustion. Listen to today’s episode of White Picket Fence with guests @annehelen.bsky.social and Sophie Lewis.
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Sisyphus in a Sundress
Tradwives. Stay-at-home girlfriends. Femcels. If you're a young woman in America, this is the kind of content you've likely seen on your feed lately. Last episode, we explained how the Right's investm...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#tradwives - and the broader womanosphere - are not harmless social media trends. They’re an intentional right-wing strategy to tap into what so many women are feeling: exhaustion. Listen to today’s episode of White Picket Fence with guests @annehelen.bsky.social and Sophie Lewis.
lnk.to/wpf-ep5
lnk.to/wpf-ep5
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
See what they’re doing here? Moving oversight of the most essential resources for children with disabilities to the guy who…has said reprehensible things about children with disabilities and is spewing disinformstion about autism. #ProtectSpecialEducation
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Trump administration seeks to move special education to different agency
The move would affect the $15 billion IDEA program and comes as the administration seeks to close down the federal Education Department
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October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
See what they’re doing here? Moving oversight of the most essential resources for children with disabilities to the guy who…has said reprehensible things about children with disabilities and is spewing disinformstion about autism. #ProtectSpecialEducation
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