Jim Cohen
@jimcohen226.bsky.social
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
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.
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
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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…
www.france24.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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.
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
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.
October 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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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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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September 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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
adet.hypotheses.org/2707
@alejandroegmez.bsky.social @jimcohen226.bsky.social
adet.hypotheses.org/2707
@alejandroegmez.bsky.social @jimcohen226.bsky.social
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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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September 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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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trib.al/gOITqi1
Almost feels like springtime.
Scenes from streets of Paris on the national strike day of September 18, 2025.
Scenes from streets of Paris on the national strike day of September 18, 2025.
September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Almost feels like springtime.
Scenes from streets of Paris on the national strike day of September 18, 2025.
Scenes from streets of Paris on the national strike day of September 18, 2025.
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From the president of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center and the HHS Secretary’s sister:
September 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
From the president of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center and the HHS Secretary’s sister:
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makes me feel slightly less insane to read this by @ahjohnson.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com
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inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
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.
inthesetimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
makes me feel slightly less insane to read this by @ahjohnson.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com
inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
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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
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
August 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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
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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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.
jacobin.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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.
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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"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.
reader.dallasnews.com/infinity/art...
OPINIONPreserve the Texas-Mexico relationship
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August 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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.
reader.dallasnews.com/infinity/art...
"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.
reader.dallasnews.com/infinity/art...
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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
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Unlike in Rome, Washington’s support for the ongoing massacres continues unabated. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Snapshots from ICE detentions today. The Trump immigrant kidnapping policy is an abomination.
July 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Snapshots from ICE detentions today. The Trump immigrant kidnapping policy is an abomination.
Let Delta Airlines know what is wrong (though not completely) wirh this picture.
July 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Let Delta Airlines know what is wrong (though not completely) wirh this picture.
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.
P.S. No, I don't use twitter anymore since now it's a cesspool much but sometimes it's worth pushing back.
July 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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.
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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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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July 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
And the Supreme Court enabled it.
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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:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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:
"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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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.
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.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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.
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.
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB8e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB8e...
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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June 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB8e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB8e...
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“You don’t want a Democratic Mr. Beast.” interc.pt/44Yy0VH
June 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“You don’t want a Democratic Mr. Beast.” interc.pt/44Yy0VH
Upon arrival in Mexico, and before even presenting his credentials to the government, the new U.S. ambassador, a former CIA agent and organizer of covert operations in Central America, had dinner with a figure of the Mexican far right, whom he called "my brother".
www.sinembargo.mx/4653293/el-u...
www.sinembargo.mx/4653293/el-u...
El extremista de derechas Verástegui da cena para el enviado de Washington y esposa | SinEmbargo MX
Eduardo Verástegui ofreció una cena para el nuevo Embajador de Estados Unidos en México, Ronald Johnson, quien agradeció al ultraderechista mexicano por su hospitalidad.
www.sinembargo.mx
May 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Upon arrival in Mexico, and before even presenting his credentials to the government, the new U.S. ambassador, a former CIA agent and organizer of covert operations in Central America, had dinner with a figure of the Mexican far right, whom he called "my brother".
www.sinembargo.mx/4653293/el-u...
www.sinembargo.mx/4653293/el-u...
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Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill.
But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.
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But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.
1/ A quick🧵
May 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill.
But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.
1/ A quick🧵
But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.
1/ A quick🧵
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The majority of Congressional Democrats continue to side with Trump and their Republican colleagues in insisting U.S. arms transfers to Israel's far right government remain unconditional. They can't pretend they don't know what Israel is doing.
May 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The majority of Congressional Democrats continue to side with Trump and their Republican colleagues in insisting U.S. arms transfers to Israel's far right government remain unconditional. They can't pretend they don't know what Israel is doing.
Their man in Paris.
By a 51-45 vote, with the help of one Democratic Senator who recently conducted an all-night filibuster against the Trump regime, France will soon be receiving Ambassador Charles Kushner, father of Jared, who brings with him an illustrious past.
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By a 51-45 vote, with the help of one Democratic Senator who recently conducted an all-night filibuster against the Trump regime, France will soon be receiving Ambassador Charles Kushner, father of Jared, who brings with him an illustrious past.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Their man in Paris.
By a 51-45 vote, with the help of one Democratic Senator who recently conducted an all-night filibuster against the Trump regime, France will soon be receiving Ambassador Charles Kushner, father of Jared, who brings with him an illustrious past.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
By a 51-45 vote, with the help of one Democratic Senator who recently conducted an all-night filibuster against the Trump regime, France will soon be receiving Ambassador Charles Kushner, father of Jared, who brings with him an illustrious past.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Two collaborators of Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada killed in broad daylight today. Too much political violence in Mexico already, but this is the capital! No idea yet of who did this, but it smacks of destabilization. May the gov't of Mexico resist firmly. 🇸🇳
www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...
www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...
Externa Sheinbaum apoyo a Brugada por asesinato de dos de sus colaboradores
Confirma la Presidenta que la secretaria particular de la Jefa de Gobierno, Ximena Guzmán y José Muñoz, asesor, fueron atacados con armas de fuego.
www.jornada.com.mx
May 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Two collaborators of Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada killed in broad daylight today. Too much political violence in Mexico already, but this is the capital! No idea yet of who did this, but it smacks of destabilization. May the gov't of Mexico resist firmly. 🇸🇳
www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...
www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...