Matt Cohen
@mattdcohen.bsky.social
Senior Reporter @DemocracyDocket.com, covering voting rights, far-right extremism and threats to democracy (lol). Collector of records, plants, tattoos, horror movies.
Weekly Scott Presler sucks story to bump last weeks Scott Presler sucks story from your timelne @mattdcohen.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/demo...
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 21h agoNEW: A nonprofit sued conservative activist Scott Presler over his campaign to influence voters to 'Vote No' on the retention of liberal justices in last year's Pennsylvania Supreme Court election. It argued he violated state campaign finance laws by not disclosing finances connected to the effort.
Jokes aside, I legitimately would like to know what's going on here.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSeriously, what is going on with Trump’s rear end here? It looks like he has some sort of contraption back there
Very cool @democracydocket.com job just posted: Come work with me and be our new Video Journalist! I may be bias but I think we happen to have the best team in all of media 😏 ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...
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Just want to shout out the @votingrightslab.bsky.social Election Risk Heat Map. They built an excellent tool for tracking where election crises are most likely to develop this year. I have spent a lot of time reading through it 😅 votingrightslab.org/election-ris...
2026 Election Risk Heat Map
A tool designed to identify where the conditions for election crises are most likely to emerge this year.
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Today, I’m launching a quarterly review of the BEST NEW FANZINES Submit yours for next time to THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE / P.O. Box 60182 / Washington D.C. 20039 Meantime, make a fanzine, read a fanzine, encounter a fanzine here: open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...
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NEW: As primary season wraps up, Trump and prominent election deniers are doubling down on efforts to spread election conspiracies to interfere in voting. Their latest target? Michigan's majority-Black and Democratic strongholds. Matt Cohen explains the concerning rhetoric reaching those voters👇
Election deniers bombarded Michigan with voting conspiracies during Democratic Senate primary
As primary season wraps up, cementing the key matchups in multiple battleground states, the wave of lies targeting Michigan is poised to grow larger.
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And @mattdcohen.bsky.social previewed the Michigan governor's race after last week's primaries, which will pit a democracy defender against an election denier. Choose wisely, wolverines! 3/
Michigan election chief Jocelyn Benson to face prominent election denier in governor’s race
Benson has been a frequent target of election deniers and anti-voting activists, who falsely accused her of perpetuating voter fraud during subsequent elections in the Great Lakes State.
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Maryland Redistricting Update: Dems passed their measure to update the constitutional amendment that would allow them to redraw congressional map for 2028. Now it's up to voters. Meanwhile, GOP threatens lawsuit to block voters from even having that chance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Maryland Republicans threaten lawsuit to block vote on Democrats’ redistricting plan
Currently, Republicans hold only one seat in the Maryland congressional delegation, but the redistricting proposal aims to flip that seat to Democrats.
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NEW in TX: Galveston County is quietly planning to change its district maps between the primary & November election. It's a dangerous test that, if not stopped, could be repeated elsewhere in TX to undermine the will of voters, a new legal filing warns. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
A Texas county is quietly planning to swap voting maps between its primary and November election
If allowed to proceed, it would likely be the first time Texas voting maps are changed between the primary and general elections.
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The Maryland General Assembly just kicked off their 3-day special session to consider a new bill that'll pave way for congressional redistricting for the 2028 election. My story about what to expect this week: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... Follow along for updates!
Maryland Democrats take first step toward 2028 redistricting with special session
The Democratic-controlled legislature’s goal is to eliminate the state’s only GOP-held district, in order to counter Republican gerrymanders in Texas, Florida and other states.
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Smart people: You should sign up to be a local election worker this year
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AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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We made this mini-doc about how we uncovered the extremist background of the lead plaintiff in one of the most consequential voting rights rulings of our time. Watch 👇
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 4w ago🎥 NEW: In April, SCOTUS issued one of its most disastrous voting rights rulings in Louisiana v. Callais. But who is the man behind the case? Democracy Docket dug through public records and social media to find out. What we uncovered was far more than meets the eye. Meet Phillip “Bert” Callais.
We made this mini-doc about how we uncovered the extremist background of the lead plaintiff in one of the most consequential voting rights rulings of our time. Watch 👇
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 4w ago🎥 NEW: In April, SCOTUS issued one of its most disastrous voting rights rulings in Louisiana v. Callais. But who is the man behind the case? Democracy Docket dug through public records and social media to find out. What we uncovered was far more than meets the eye. Meet Phillip “Bert” Callais.
Today in "what in the world" Pillow Guy Mike Lindell — yes, that guy — came out in favor of amnesty undocumented immigrants and a plan to grant them a path toward citizenship and MAGA is absolutely melting down over it.
Oh hey, we're making docs on voting rights and whatnot now. First one dropping later this week!
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 4w agoWho is Bert Callais? His name is on one of the most consequential voting rights rulings in decades, but almost nobody knows anything about the man himself. 👀 Watch "Finding Bert Callais," our exclusive mini-documentary, on July 23 to see what our reporters uncovered.
Hey, did you know that @democracydocket.com is now on Reddit?? We got our own little subreddit where readers can engage with us on our reporting and the issues we cover (a lot these days tbh). www.reddit.com/r/DemocracyD...
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LOL, lmao even
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · last mo.The loss comes after DOJ officials treated a January procedural order, in which the judge simply asked Connecticut to respond to the lawsuit, as a win. No court has sided with the DOJ so far — but that won’t stop the department from taking its victory laps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Pretty strong summary from election security expert and former Justice Department official (under both parties) David Becker about Trump’s speech tonight “This wasn’t new information”
Trump's big document release tonight, supposedly meant to prove China stole the 2020 election, includes this classified intel graphic making clear that Russia was the only country trying to meddle in American voting systems.
Also, all the Secretaries of State attending their annual summer conference are currently at a dinner at Mt. Rushmore rn as Trump gives his election integrity speech.
Matt Cohen@mattdcohen.bsky.social · last mo.Trump is set to make a speech shortly about the 2020 election. I'm currently in Rapid City, SD, for the annual summer conference of secretaries of state, where, among other topics, they are discussing midterm plans. I asked a few about Trump's speech tonight. Here's what they told me:
Trump is set to make a speech shortly about the 2020 election. I'm currently in Rapid City, SD, for the annual summer conference of secretaries of state, where, among other topics, they are discussing midterm plans. I asked a few about Trump's speech tonight. Here's what they told me:
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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last mo.i cannot handle canadian wildfire smoke and the threat of diarrhea lettuce at the same time
if only there were some right-wing youtubers whose whole thing is investigating government fraud. they would surely be outraged.
MS NOW@ms.now · last mo.MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Vance’s security detail ‘fed up’ with hastily arranged personal and family travel requests www.ms.now/news/veeps-s...
Alright, next session at the National Association of Secretaries of State conference, which is all about election security for the midterms, which, yeah, a lot of people are obviously worried about for a myriad of reasons.
