Stephen Cohen
@smcohen.bsky.social
Managing editor for enterprise, The Athletic. Colorado State, Newhouse, Seattle P-I alum.
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Stephen Cohen
@smcohen.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Intro post: I’m Steve, an enterprise editor for @theathletic.bsky.social, where I get to work with some of the best writers in the business on some of their best stories. It’s a decent gig. Before that I covered some fairly good Seahawks teams. I live in the PNW with my wife and two kids under 4.
I’d feel more empathy for Marjorie Taylor Greene if I didn’t remember that she’s Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims | CNN Politics
Video of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg before she was elected to Congress went viral Wednesday amid an uproar over newly surfaced comments sh...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I’d feel more empathy for Marjorie Taylor Greene if I didn’t remember that she’s Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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NEW: Trump likes to claim that his pardons are about undoing supposed Biden DOJ overreach, but @propublica.org found at least a dozen instances where Trump has granted clemency in criminal cases that originated during the first Trump term.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
NEW: Trump likes to claim that his pardons are about undoing supposed Biden DOJ overreach, but @propublica.org found at least a dozen instances where Trump has granted clemency in criminal cases that originated during the first Trump term.
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
As a former church-going person, this gives me a modicum of hope.
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
As a former church-going person, this gives me a modicum of hope.
I can’t stop laughing at the face.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I can’t stop laughing at the face.
CC: Colorado State
threatening a player during the union push and then putting it in writing. getting 45 unanswered dropped on his head by usc. the only teams he beat were portland state, oregon state (x2), stanford, and cal. he was ass at wazzu and has been riding a good hawaii where he went 5-3 in the bad division
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
CC: Colorado State
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"What's the point of standards?" should be the definitive line on Bari Weiss. She's gotten this far by flaunting and mocking them, and stepping over the heads of anyone who ever tried to bind her to professionalism.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
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Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"What's the point of standards?" should be the definitive line on Bari Weiss. She's gotten this far by flaunting and mocking them, and stepping over the heads of anyone who ever tried to bind her to professionalism.
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still wild how many companies/media organizations/thought leaders etc. seem to be operating under the assumption this guy and his movement have the mandate of the American people when it's clear that most of us hate him
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
still wild how many companies/media organizations/thought leaders etc. seem to be operating under the assumption this guy and his movement have the mandate of the American people when it's clear that most of us hate him
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Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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The Portland Trail Blazers hand the Oklahoma City Thunder their first loss of the season.
Deni Avdija: 26 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL
Deni Avdija: 26 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The Portland Trail Blazers hand the Oklahoma City Thunder their first loss of the season.
Deni Avdija: 26 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL
Deni Avdija: 26 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL
The Portland Trail Blazers
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The Portland Trail Blazers
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Oregon’s most diverse county, Washington County, declared a state of emergency this week because of increased immigration enforcement that has cloaked much of the community in fear over the past few weeks.
Washington County declares emergency over increased ICE activity
Hillsboro, Washington County set aside a combined $400,000 to help communities impacted by immigration arrests.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Oregon’s most diverse county, Washington County, declared a state of emergency this week because of increased immigration enforcement that has cloaked much of the community in fear over the past few weeks.
This is sick.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is sick.
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Mike Trout is a generational MLB talent, a player who should have been plastered on Times Square billboards and cereal boxes.
But he's faded from the sport’s consciousness.
How?
But he's faded from the sport’s consciousness.
How?
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Mike Trout is a generational MLB talent, a player who should have been plastered on Times Square billboards and cereal boxes.
But he's faded from the sport’s consciousness.
How?
But he's faded from the sport’s consciousness.
How?
I know it won’t last, but being able to watch a competitive Blazers team for free via antenna is awesome.
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I know it won’t last, but being able to watch a competitive Blazers team for free via antenna is awesome.
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In case you missed the news late last night, the National Guard in Portland is still being held back with an injunction until at least Friday.
Federal judge blocks National Guard deployment to Portland through Friday
In her 16-page order granting the preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut said she needed more time to go through the case. The block now goes until 5 p.m. on Nov. 7.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In case you missed the news late last night, the National Guard in Portland is still being held back with an injunction until at least Friday.
I don’t know what to do with myself.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I don’t know what to do with myself.
Toilet paper, in this economy?
The one silver lining about inflation is that you don’t have to worry about your house getting egged anymore because no parent would let their kid waste perfectly good eggs.
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Toilet paper, in this economy?
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Perfect match of subject and writer 👇🏼
A few years ago, stuck in a writing slump, The National frontman Matt Berninger started scribbling song lyrics on baseballs.
It helped him find something.
From @bfquinn.bsky.social
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A few years ago, stuck in a writing slump, The National frontman Matt Berninger started scribbling song lyrics on baseballs.
It helped him find something.
From @bfquinn.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Matt Berninger traded his notebook for a baseball. And the words kept coming
For The National’s frontman, the way forward was written on rawhide.
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Perfect match of subject and writer 👇🏼
A few years ago, stuck in a writing slump, The National frontman Matt Berninger started scribbling song lyrics on baseballs.
It helped him find something.
From @bfquinn.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
A few years ago, stuck in a writing slump, The National frontman Matt Berninger started scribbling song lyrics on baseballs.
It helped him find something.
From @bfquinn.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
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A few years ago, The National’s Matt Berninger was stuck — writer’s block.
“I started getting depressed by notebooks.” So he wrote on the baseball instead.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TNxx84
“I started getting depressed by notebooks.” So he wrote on the baseball instead.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TNxx84
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A few years ago, The National’s Matt Berninger was stuck — writer’s block.
“I started getting depressed by notebooks.” So he wrote on the baseball instead.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TNxx84
“I started getting depressed by notebooks.” So he wrote on the baseball instead.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TNxx84
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An exceptional look from @bkubena.bsky.social into what makes A.J. Brown tick:
What does A.J. Brown want? Eagles’ star WR chases greatness — on his terms
Brown needs the football, but not for the reasons you think.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
An exceptional look from @bkubena.bsky.social into what makes A.J. Brown tick:
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A new story I'm pretty pumped to share. It's about words, and our pastime, and changing your traumas by changing your patterns.
On Matt Berninger, and the baseballs of writing:
On Matt Berninger, and the baseballs of writing:
Matt Berninger traded his notebook for a baseball. And the words kept coming
For The National’s frontman, the way forward was written on rawhide.
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A new story I'm pretty pumped to share. It's about words, and our pastime, and changing your traumas by changing your patterns.
On Matt Berninger, and the baseballs of writing:
On Matt Berninger, and the baseballs of writing:
Got better with every replay.
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Got better with every replay.