Janet Cohen

New Yorkers if this doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will.

This is the No Kings Protest clip of the day!

HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of NYC to protest Donald Trump and his administration’s actions and policies.

Just look at that turnout!!!

📍New York City, NY

The bag of chips at the start …

YouTube video by MSNBC Hayes: Gaza is starving. These are real people.

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I personally am feeling less safe right now because mainstream Jewish institutions are hellbent on conflating the interests of American Jews with the interests of the corrupt warmongering authoritarian Netanyahu govt while ignoring shit like TRUMP SETTING UP A PLAN TO DENATURALIZE AMERICAN CITIZENS

New Yorkers, vote for Zohran. He's the future. Real change. Great ideas. Real solutions for New York's problems. Creative. Compassionate.
Rank Zohran first. Lander second.
DO NOT RANK CUOMO.

In additional to being strategically smart, this is just another incredibly well done video. They make you want to believe in politics.

“Elmo is open to full-time or freelance roles.”

I really encourage you to listen to this. This entire incident is chilling and crosses yet another line.

To every elected leader in this country: be more like @govpritzker.illinois.gov.

Massive crowds NYC. No Kings.

Huge congratulations to Susan Crawford on a resounding, well-earned victory tonight. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election demonstrates Musk and Trump have gone too far, and any politician allied with them could swiftly face the end of their political career. My statement:

No kings.

We need more Jon Ossoffs in the Democratic Party.

This is just fantastic.

Warnock: They are busy attacking ordinary people. They don’t understand what it’s like to ration your prescription drugs or what it’s like to try to figure out how to afford groceries. In the words of that prophet who just spoke at The Super Bowl: They not like us

Selma is Stronger than MAGA On Loving Your Country

My latest essay is up. “Selma is Stronger than MAGA: On Loving Your Country.” Inspired by the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday…and, ironically Justice Kennedy. READ AND SHARE.
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Worth a read…

Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

How to Organize Our Way Out of the Trump-Musk Putsch By firing Gwynne Wilcox, Trump is hoping the Supreme Court will overrule 90 years of legal precedent and give him the authority to fire members of independent boards.

I rarely reread what I've written because then I just think of all the ways I could have rewritten it, but I still very much appreciate @maddow.msnbc.com sharing @leahgreenberg.bsky.social's and my op-ed on air tonight! You can find the whole thing here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

(below an image of a megaphone) HEY, WISCONSIN! REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE ON THE LINE! Protect the court from far-right takeover! TAKE ACTION! → INDIVISIBLE.ORG/SCOWIS2025

We can't go back to a far-right Wisconsin Supreme Court that puts its political agenda over the law. Susan Crawford will protect the core Constitutional freedoms of every Wisconsinite. Help us stop Musk & MAGA from taking over the highest court in this battleground state: indivisible.org/scowis2025

Mel Bochner’s wall drawing Language Is Not Transparent (1970)

Mel Bochner, a grad school mentor, exposed the cracks between words and reality in ways that offer a lesson for AI. His 1970 dictum "Language Is Not Transparent" feels prophetic now that we use black boxes to churn out news, legal documents, and medical advice blog.still-water.net/mel-bochner-...

Elon is using his billions to smear USAID and its life-saving work. We need to use our networks to get the truth out. Please share: youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8?...

friendly reminder that the best case scenario over the coming years is that a lot of people say "I supported Trump but this isn't what I wanted at all" and when they do that it's gonna be really, really important that we say "welcome in," not "fuck you, we told you so"

THE ASK This week, between Monday and the vote on Vought, we're asking people from all over the country to plan a visit to Senate State Offices to demand Democrats fight and to hold Republicans accountable for their complicity. DEMOCRATS MUST USE EVERY PROCEDURAL TOOL TO SHUT DOWN TRUMP'S AGENDA Yes, we need Democrats to vote no on Vought's nomination, but no is not enough. Democrats have the power to grind Senate business to a halt and force Republicans to feel the political cost of backing Trump's extremist agenda. Here's how: 1. Deny a Quorum: If Republicans don't have 51 votes in the chamber, Democrats can walk out and shut down Senate business entirely. 2. Block Unanimous Consent: Object to every procedural shortcut, forcing Republicans to take the longest possible route for every step of the confirmation process. 3. Max Out Debate Time: Use all 30 hours of debate on Vought to expose Project 2025, Musk's Treasury takeover, and the funding freeze. 4. Delay and Disrupt: Force roll-call votes, quorum calls, and procedural delays to slow everything down. 5. Blanket Opposition: Democrats cannot continue to vote for Trump's other nominees, helping to install more MAGA loyalists into powerful positions in the federal government while this power grab continues. No Business as Usual: This is a constitutional crisis. Democrats must abandon the old rules and fight with everything they have. Bottom line: Senate Democrats must block, delay, and obstruct every step of this process-no cooperation, no easy votes, no fast-tracking Trump's takeover. To learn more about how Senate Democrats can shut down Trump's agenda with procedural hardball, check out our explainer here.

Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social piece is exactly right and every single person should read it. Trump has a glass jaw. Let's smash it.

Just gonna keep quoting this over and over again from @joshtpm.bsky.social: "the job of an opposition party is to oppose."

This doesn't have to be complicated!

The Democratic Party needs to get out of this woman's way.

Doug speaking for all of us.

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.