Matt Kohn

For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.

The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.

Hope that clears things up.

Unbearable

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

GIANT FLASHING RED AUTHORITARIAN ALERT

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YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show Jeffrey Epstein, The Difference Between Conspiracy & Conspiracy Theory, Sarah Kendzior

"Every administration had people directly connected to Epstein in top positions. Barr, Blinken, Acosta, etc. You can play 'six degrees of Jeffrey Epstein' but it's like, the guy down the hall. You don't have to look very far."
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And what happens when DHS does this around election time next November, just to make everyone think twice about going through the hassle of going to vote?

The message to everyone in 2026 must be: vote early! (whether, if allowed, in person or, if allowed, by mail)

I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.

43 Years Later, Star Trek Just Created A Massive New Canon Question The Wrath of...Kali? Here's how 'Star Trek: Khan' creates a new canon question.

A pretty good write-up about Star Trek: Khan’s ending — warning, HERE BE SPOILERS!
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I know fiction is fun, but my acclaimed documentary is also available:

www.mattkohn.net/call-it-demo...

Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.

I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.

73 days in ICE detention: an Ohio hospital chaplain speaks out | News From The States

Episode 2 of Stories From The States is live! This week, host @fitzsimon.bsky.social talks to a former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain who was detained by ICE for 73 days.

Now, he shares his experience.

www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/73-d...

#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism

Hard to avoid conversations about this. Is there any data supporting his (horrible) strategy? It’s very old school.

It’s wildly disingenuous for @aaron.bsky.team to reply to queries about Sarah Kendzior’s suspension about how they don’t comment publicly on individual users when he knows that we all know that they haven’t even told her privately what the basis for the suspension is

I just got home and I feel like Rachel ranted me your post without reading your post.

If Schumer lets this total con job of a “deal” happen, he is either the world’s biggest sucker/idiot, or the country’s most feckless damned traitor. Whichever it is, if he lets his caucus fold he will have proved himself unfit for office and we’ll have to picket his office until he resigns.

Donate to Rebuild Hope for a Displaced Navajo Family, organized by Marley Shebala Ya’at’eeh Relatives/Frens/Humans, my family & I are still standing but we ne… Marley Shebala needs your support for Rebuild Hope for a Displaced Navajo Family

I always say how I never had a mentor to help me figure out how to be a journalist, but I do have a hero. This woman, who needs know introduction, Marley Shebala, who is probably the best Native journalist ever! She’s a trailblazer. But she has fallen on hard times like many

gofund.me/4dd20c6db

Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional Read more here.

BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge rules Trump’s Portland military takeover unconstitutional.

Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.

The Republican perfect storm over Nazi Nick Fuentes Here is what everyone’s favorite Nazi has done: He’s forcing the Republican Party to pick sides, and to absolutely no one’s surprise, they have picked the side of Fuentes and the Nazis.

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Leave no trace.

I’m going to pile on and say simply:
we need both in different places

Safeguarding Democracy Project The Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law promotes research, collaboration, and advocacy aimed at ensuring continued free and fair elections in the United States, conducted in accordance with dem...

Elections (still) matter.

We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.

SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

"Future of Gerrymandering? Here’s How Weird Things Could Look" #ELB NYT’s The Tilt: You’ve probably seen gerrymandered congressional maps with snaking, winding, twisting districts drawn to give one party an advantage. In the not too distant future, it might be possibl...

“Future of Gerrymandering? Here’s How Weird Things Could Look” electionlawblog.org?p=152868

My last Halloween as a Controller.

Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.

Watch Archived Video of My Safeguarding Democracy Project Conversation with Danielle Citron, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz on the Media and Social Media Information Environment in 2026 #ELB An elucidating conversation. Watch:

Watch Archived Video of My Safeguarding Democracy Project Conversation with Danielle Citron, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz on the Media and Social Media Information Environment in 2026 electionlawblog.org?p=152856 @brendannyhan.bsky.social @daniellecitron.bsky.social

Elizabeth Shackelford: The intoxication of power and its consequences on democracy around the world Elderly leaders in Africa and around the world are holding on to power. Democratic states should be wary about the impact of entrenched rule.

World leaders are getting old! And not just in autocracies. It’s human nature to cling to power, but history has shown us that political leaders who stay too long don’t deliver, even after promising early days in office. My latest in @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...

When we consider what it takes to do the good work with Doctors Without Borders and similar orgs, we see a dramatic show immediately.

I reposted the image alone without credit but I will fix that. Do you mind people replicating the idea?