Denton A. Cohen

@dent-on.bsky.social

Accidental Angeleno, Obligatory Ohioan. Defender of bees, cats, and libraries. Organizer, communicator, public servant. AU and USC alum. Views my own but also yours now.

The Democratic establishment’s hysteria over the Democratic Socialists of America’s organizing methods has it exactly backward: the Democratic Party has almost no ability to democratically organize voters, while DSA is reviving grassroots campaigning.

Socialists Are Out-Organizing the Democratic Establishment

The Democratic establishment’s hysteria over the Democratic Socialists of America’s organizing methods has it exactly backward: the Democratic Party has almost no ability to democratically organize voters, while DSA is reviving grassroots campaigning.

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The Missouri Attorney General is threatening librarians with arrest over an LGBTQ+ story hour for kids, suggesting that a picture book about gay dinosaur dads is "pornography." The Secretary of State says he'll pull funding if the event happens, citing the state's new age verification law.

Boone Regional Library in Columbia is hosting a “queer-led story time” directed to toddlers and preschoolers, with time to “meet new friends” afterwards.

We’ve sent a notice to the library reminding them that providing pornography or sexual material to minors is against Missouri law.

i’d like to encourage each and every one of you to visit major league baseball’s official site. there you can find mlb coats and clocks for sale. you can learn about legends of the game such as ted williams and curtis mead. you can download the name of your favorite team. it’s a wonderful resource

Not a single network aired this on their nightly news broadcasts yesterday. They described Trump overseeing a "somber ceremony" and called it a "moving moment." The only way to know what trump actually said about the soldiers he killed is to follow aaron rupar which no offense to aaron is insane

nbc: fallen troops return homeabc: honoring america's fallen soldierscbs: trump oversees dignified transfer of US soldiersfox: saluting the fallen; president trump attends dignified transfer ceremony
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"

News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW

A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.

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There are zero "anti-car activists" (the term being thrown around today) who believe that vital services such as emergency response and sanitation shouldn't be done with vehicles. The issue is personal automobile ownership and the over-deployment of cars at the expense of nearly everything else.

Frankie Huang 黄碧赤@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 3w ago

You do realize this level of accessibility still isn’t enough for people with specific needs? Do you want to go scold an EMT next for driving a gas guzzler when they should be dragging their gurneys on the subway?

The Jewish left is often accused by other Jews of being so focused on hating Israel that it leaves them indifferent to antisemitism. I usually think that is an unfair charge, given that Israel doesn't keep American Jews safe right now. But this conference seems determined to vindicate that charge.

Jewish Currents@jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 3w ago

MAGA firebrand Curt Mills will speak at a Jewish Left conference. Does he belong? jewishcurrents.org/curt-mills-a...

A comment we received about congestion pricing. Subway riders pay $3 to go home. And that's per person, so a family of four pays $24 to ride the subway round trip. The same family in a car would pay only $9 since the congestion fee only applies in one direction.

oh and btw congestion pricing is not working for manhattan car owners. we are being singled out. would you like to pay $9 to go home? probably not.