"Trump Team Feuds Over Whether Reflecting Pool Was Hit by Vandals or Botched Work" from the WSJ. "Trump insists vandals damaged Reflecting Pool, blasts DOJ for dropped charge" from WaPo. If Trump’s own administration admits they’re lying, why can’t the legacy media come out and say it, too?

Trump and Pirro are Lying. Why Can’t Legacy Media Just Say it?

Pirro admitted she prosecuted an innocent man based on fabricated evidence. Guess which word legacy media outlets avoided in their coverage?

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@glennkirschner.bsky.social: "Donald Trump sued Donald Trump, and then Donald Trump settled with Donald Trump, and then Donald Trump dismissed the case against Donald Trump, and Donald Trump gave himself everything Donald Trump wanted."

mob movies and tv shows are some of the most iconic in entertainment history and somehow these dopes have seen exactly none of them

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d ago

"I will never understand why these huge corporations refuse to acknowledge objective reality: paying Trump doesn’t buy you anything. All it does is teach him that you’re willing to pay, and next time, he’ll get you to pay more."

is there a single case of appeasement working out for the appeaser? plenty of historical counter examples, but i can’t recall ever hearing even one story about an organization that rolled over in the face of threats, and came out better for it

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d ago

"I will never understand why these huge corporations refuse to acknowledge objective reality: paying Trump doesn’t buy you anything. All it does is teach him that you’re willing to pay, and next time, he’ll get you to pay more."

"I will never understand why these huge corporations refuse to acknowledge objective reality: paying Trump doesn’t buy you anything. All it does is teach him that you’re willing to pay, and next time, he’ll get you to pay more."

ABC Makes Huge Realization About Their Devil's Bargain With Trump

The company’s court filing underscored just how dangerous Trump’s assault of free speech is as the midterms approach.

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@governor.pa.gov: "You know why he didn't sign [the housing bill]? Because he actually doesn't give a damn about people having affordable housing or people being able to put a roof over their head. He literally doesn't care. He only cares about himself."

@governor.pa.gov: "I'm the former lead prosecutor here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I prosecuted pedophiles... We need to make sure that those who engaged in these crimes against children, those who enabled it, those who covered it up, are held accountable."

"This is about a slush fund that Trump gets to wield and protection from tax audits for HIM and his family... This whole thing is because Trump wants to make sure he can derive maximum political and financial and personal benefit for himself. This is Trump acting on behalf of Trump."

@govandybeshear.bsky.social: "Right now we have one less vote for the Save Act, one less vote for a replacement of a conservative Justice, one less vote for the war in Iran... the concern in a special election is most likely someone who is more loyal to Trump than McConnell would fill that seat."

@govandybeshear.bsky.social: "I keep all options on the table because look at what's happening to the country right now."

@govandybeshear.bsky.social: I've "now called on Mitch McConnell to verbally talk to the people of Kentucky or America; if he can supposedly talk to Scott Jennings for 17 minutes, he can talk to you for 3... If he can't do that, he needs to resign."

My book, The Day After, is on the NYT best seller list again this week-- this time at #6. Beyond grateful for the support. And if you haven't yet ordered, please grab a copy here and help me stay on for a third week if you can! www.harpercollins.com/pages/theday...

"Kentucky law mandates McConnell's seat be filled by special election— but only if vacated before August 3. And Mitch's team knows this, so they’re running out the clock. It’s a fitting end to McConnell’s career (and life)— conferring unfair advantage onto the GOP, no matter how cynical it looks."

Kentucky Governor Turns Up the Heat on McConnell

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has demanded McConnell explain his absence, or someone else will do it for him.

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Democrats have officially flipped a Florida House district blue after the Republican candidate failed to submit her required paperwork. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/07/23/c...

#2 on the New York Times bestseller list. To those who grabbed a copy of The Day After, THANK YOU 🙏

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Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I understand journalists want to be neutral. But if you're a journalist in the US, you have an obligation to be biased— in favor of democracy. And Trump is anti-democratic... The longer the press pretends that Trump is not an enemy of their profession, the more runway he has to undermine them."

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It’s really just this simple. In order to be protected by the constitution one must also be pro democracy. There is no middle ground. It’s not that political party or the other. It’s fascist or anti fascist. They used to teach this stuff.

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I understand journalists want to be neutral. But if you're a journalist in the US, you have an obligation to be biased— in favor of democracy. And Trump is anti-democratic... The longer the press pretends that Trump is not an enemy of their profession, the more runway he has to undermine them."

"I understand journalists want to be neutral. But if you're a journalist in the US, you have an obligation to be biased— in favor of democracy. And Trump is anti-democratic... The longer the press pretends that Trump is not an enemy of their profession, the more runway he has to undermine them."

When Will Legacy Media Finally Learn Who Trump Is?

There were no winners at the reconvened White House Correspondents Dinner

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"We are tired of being told that we can’t afford anything here but there are endless sums of money to bomb schools and hospitals on the other side of the world. Trump literally ran on that idea, before he became the exact thing he campaigned against.”

BTC: We just saw a housing bill that Republicans & Democrats had come together to pass, and Donald Trump refused to sign it. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: I think it comes back to the fact that politics is driving the entire process, as opposed to the people who are supposed to be at the heart of it

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: "We need to move as fast as working New Yorkers do. If a New Yorker is late, the speed they're walking at is faster than our city buses — that's why we have to speed up our buses, and that's why we have to bring our housing code up to the year we're actually living in."

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: “I went to one of these hearings and sat across from a tenant who pulled out her phone and showed me a video of her neighbor, whose daughter is disabled. It showed her neighbor picking up her daughter and carrying her up the stairs because the elevator was broken.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: We went to every single one of the five boroughs and gave tenants an avenue to come forward and tell us what struggles they were facing. More than 2,000 New Yorkers came to us across those five hearings. And today we announced… the policies we're going to introduce."

Massachusetts has just permanently revoked January 6 insurrectionist Dr. Jacquelyn Starer's right to renew her medical license after Trump pardoned her. Starer was sentenced to prison for punching a police officer after storming the Capitol. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Nobody in the U.S. Senate is more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade than Susan Collins. In November, we will defeat her.

“If you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you picking his pockets. Hell, give him someone to hate and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” -Lyndon Johnson

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2w ago

“The right has figured out something incredibly effective: if you can get people making $40k a year furious at those making $7/hour, then they won’t look at those making $40 million a year. Point down, not up.”

“The right has figured out something incredibly effective: if you can get people making $40k a year furious at those making $7/hour, then they won’t look at those making $40 million a year. Point down, not up.”

"The address made clear that the president is hellbent on attempting to seize control of how elections are run in this country." However, this matters so much to him because he knows he's losing. @briantylercohen.bsky.social on Trump's continuing election denialism:

The Silver Lining of Trump’s Reheated Election Denialism

Take Trump seriously. Take him literally. But also see his speech for what it is: He knows he’s losing.

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From Brian Tyler Cohen's New Book: "The time has come for universal healthcare, Court expansion, a just economy, voting rights, and more. " I've always said since the start of this criminal fiasco that we need to "fight fire with fire." Dems can not rely on "status quo" or we will keep losing.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

New in PN: @briantylercohen.bsky.social on "The Day After" "There's a hunger for Dems to not be the party of strongly worded letters. If I can be a voice demanding they embrace a more aggressive mentality and willingness to fight, I have an obligation given my position in this ecosystem to say it."