Matt Cohen

Minority Voters Argue Texas Gerrymander Driven By Race as Hearing Kicks Off Read more here.

hi from EL PASO 🫡 excited to be here so i can keep you posted on a major hearing in federal court to decide whether TX can use its new gerrymandered congressional map in next year's election. here's my day 1 recap:

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

My colleague @jenrice.bsky.social is in El Paso covering the legal battle to block Texas GOP's gerrymandered map.

Follow her for the next 10 days for daily updates and analysis!!

that's a deaged skyler gisondo

very excited to dig into this!!

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

how many times?

no, just that the DOJ is bringing lawsuits against the states that have refused to hand over data slowly. i would expect to see more lawsuits in the coming weeks.

GOP Operative Who Pushed to Cut Early Voting Will Help Oversee North Carolina Elections Read more here.

NEW: A North Carolina GOP operative who previously advocated for limiting early voting has been appointed to a key post helping to run the state’s elections, marking the latest move from Republicans in the Tar Heel State to tighten control over voting access.

From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social

The Rapture was a bust, but it still feels like doomsday. : It's Been a Minute The Christian rapture didn't happen as predicted, but a lot of you still feel like we're living in end times. Why is that?Right now - from religion to climate change to doomsday prepping - there's a l...

I was on It’s Been a Minute to talk about THE RAPTURE, check it out

www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...

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NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.

I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

This happened about a quarter mile or so from my house and makes me physically sick to watch this.

The video is... something else. This ICE agent has zero training. Stuffing the gun in his belt, so of course it falls out? What restraining hold was he even trying to do? Why did he point the gun at the crowd?

Everyone who played a role in putting this guy on the street needs to be fired.

you forgot queer trans communist antifa or whatever other manufactured outrage is en vogue this week.

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i mean, Zombie is involved so

inshallah my brother

my favorite annual thing is cobbling together a cover band with my friends for a Halloween benefit show.

This year we're doing The Cranberries! It's a benefit show for the @dcmigrantmutualaid.org, who are doing important work in DC. Show is 10/24 at Haydee's. Get 2 tha gig, DC friends!

alright man

np!

DOJ Sues Maine, Oregon in Aggressive Move to Seize State Voter Data Read more here.

probably not the end of DOJ's lawsuit spree against states that defied their demands to fork over voter data. they kicked off last week just two lawsuits against Maine and Oregon. more are probably coming.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

individual voters’ addresses, drivers license numbers, social security numbers. y’know, all the basic info to steal one’s identity.

and it’s not just Dem states…

depends on the state, but yes… certain voter data is public. but what the DOJ is asking for — names, addresses, birthdates, drivers license numbers, social security numbers — is not.

DOJ Targets Blue States In Voter Roll Lawsuits ‘Driven by Partisanship’ Read more here.

I covered that last week: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-wing terror attacks plunged in 2025, while left-wing attacks ticked up: study From 2011 through 2024, an average of 20 right-wing terror incidents took place each year, compared to an average of nearly three left-wing incidents annually.

Quoted here sharing my reservations about a study that says right-wing terror attacks are down — the frameworks of terrorism aren’t well suited to size up the threat of political violence and can give people the wrong impression if they don’t understand how they work

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why? Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

Reupping this feature, since the DOJ is now suing states to get access to their private voter data.

The question everyone wants to know is: Why? But I think the one to ask — and what this piece digs into — is: What could the DOJ do with this data?
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

DOJ Sues Six States, Escalating Campaign to Seize Private Voter Data Read more here.

NEW: The DOJ sues California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania for refusing to release sensitive voter registration data, aggressively escalating the department’s ongoing efforts to obtain states’ voter rolls.

From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social

it is true. and i remember your best reviews were the ones where you just fell deep into a particularity about a movie that sparked something, whether you loved or hated it

I, three, hate when I'm right.