Mollie Cohen

WTF is this? Normalizing authoritarianism repression as an electoral strategy www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Once Donald Trump gets the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law – what comes next?

on the one hand I should absolutely put my phone down but on the other hand what if the forces attacking democracy operate on weeping angels logic

1 in 5 Bolivians spoiled their ballots – a sign of voter dissatisfaction as nation tips to the right For the first time since returning to democracy, Bolivia’s presidential election heads to a runoff. But no left-wing candidate made it past the first round.

I wrote up some thoughts about the Bolivian election, and Evo's null vote campaign in particular. theconversation.com/1-in-5-boliv...

He's right, and it's not just Brazil.

Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

"If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived."

‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.

American exceptionalism: congress, the courts, the citizenry lay down for the silent coup. Because (1) surely, someone will save us, and (2) it could never happen here.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

A remarkable thing happened Tuesday night on an “election integrity” discussion page on the social media platform X, as it became clear that former president Donald Trump was headed to a decisive victory against Vice President Kamala Harris.

It got quiet. wapo.st/40VIxPB

This really is, I think, an underappreciated outcome of poll watching: election administration is pretty boring to watch, and watching it be boring and fair can increase doubters' faith in local elections!

Get out there and vote! Thank your local poll workers! And remember that a lot of poll watchers are honestly trying to do the democracy thing.

What poll watchers can − and can’t − do on Election Day Political parties sign up volunteers to observe what happens at polling places – which can improve transparency or cause problems.

Again, poll watchers are in the news. @gsheag.bsky.social and I wrote an explainer at @theconversation.bsky.social about the role of partisan monitors in the U.S.: theconversation.com/what-poll-wa...

Kyle, don't be ridiculous. Everyone knows that all major sociopolitical upheavals occur in the space of a single 24-hour period.

Oh... really, really bleak.

Thanks, Carew!!

Thanks, Sona! I can't believe you remember that MPSA presentation!

Thanks, friend!

I don't love social media, but None of the Above comes out in February, so here we are polisky.

The book has something for everyone: angry voters, irreverent ballots, democracy in decline, data galore!

Consider preordering with a discount code from the press: press.umich.edu/content/down...

Yesssss!!! Congrats to all of you!! 🥳

While I'm here, @profmusgrave.bsky.social, could you add me to polisky? (i think that's how this works? thanks!)

Gracias!! I *love* the cover :)

Polisky? Polisky.

Y'all, I have page proofs!! Coming soon to a bookstore near you in hardback, paperback, and open access :)

press.umich.edu/Books/N/None...