Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
Editor. Political director for Progressive Mass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist.
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Re-shared this great writeup in the group chat for someone who was torn between Markey and Moulton.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2mo agoHappy Mass Dems convention weekend! Here’s a reminder of why you should vote for Ed Markey and not Seth Moulton. jonathancohn.medium.com/ma-elects-fi...
Me, when I see elected officials share and comment on a news article they haven’t read: “The literacy crisis is out of control.”
I am seeing this exact exchange playing out across social media. Moulton going so low is turning away voters.
File another one into the "Money is necessary but not sufficient for electoral success" folder
Imagine being a US Senator pretending to care abt the child rape of the Epstein files; and then hiring Todd Blanche to help protect the rapists.
The raw turnout for this race is bananas. It dwarfs previous senate primaries. It’s higher than two of the last three presidential primaries in Michigan, and equal to the third, 2020, with over a dozen candidates on the ballot.
"It seems that many Trump officials don’t really want to do the hard work that comes with being a government official; they’d rather play one on TV." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi
Shouldn’t the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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ICE Is covering up the actual number of deaths caused by their inhumane detention conditions and practices. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
Congressman Makes Stunning Allegation After Visiting ICE’s Delaney Hall
Rep. Rob Menendez made a stunning allegation while addressing the recent death of another man who had been detained at Delaney Hall.
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If progressives lose, it’s bad for progressives. If progressives win, though, it’s also bad for progressives. Gotta love narrative setting.
Politico@politico.com · 8h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s slugfest of a Democratic Senate primary, NBC News projects, clinching the nomination over Rep. Haley Stevens and establishing a Midwest beachhead for a progressive left on the march this midterm cycle.
also creating potential financial incentives for individual study doctors to maybe alter data seems pretty dangerous!
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 11h agoThese betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.
it's only possible bc their constituency populations are so strong but i genuinely think the UK does it right by not announcing any results until they've counted everything
Anchorage Man@sethpartnow.bsky.social · 12h agoRegardless of how it turns out NO HE DIDN’T. It’s like saying I have more fingers on my left hand after counting 8 digits from left to right with a ring finger and a pinky still to report.
These betting markets sites are so socially corrosive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My son has cancer. Kalshi wants you to be able to bet on his medical future | Joshua Pederson
The predictions market is planning to allow betting on clinical trial results and regulatory decisions as our family fights for his survival
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"We had a wonderful influx of funds on the transportation side through the Fair Share Amendment, and that’s reflected in the transit grade being higher than the other grades." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/m...
Massachusetts infrastructure barely scrapes above failing grade in new statewide report - The Boston Globe
A new statewide report gave Massachusetts a "mediocre" D+ for infrastructure, with climate change only making things worse.
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NEW: Voters have rejected Republicans' scheme to unseat the Kansas Supreme Court's Dem-appointed majority and overturn abortion rights. Amendment 1 would have let the GOP replace the system of a nominating commission, gubernatorial appointment, and retention elections with direct partisan elections
I didn't know Councilor Ed Flynn had time from his busy career cosplaying cop and preventing illegal meat vending to slander his constituents. All in a day's work!
In last night's Senate debate, when Seth Moulton was asked about his past comments scapegoating trans youth and whether he believed Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, his evasions were telling.
suspiciously green bananas is sadly one of the funniest things i’ve read in awhile
whoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation