Matt Kohn

All the cool New Yorkers vote row D

By destroying Voting Rights Act and gutting 14th & 15th amendments the Roberts Court is recycling legal arguments once used by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction Please read my deep dive w/ @pemalevy.bsky.social in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

After 4 months of building an AI agent to improve my home lab, my wife & I now have a Plex media server we can send URLs to & download ASL content. I'm try to build up a comprehensive video library of ASL videos for hearing and Deaf parents. Completely portable!! HMU if you want to colab.

Over the past 24 hours, Russia launched up to 700 strike drones, 14 ballistic missiles, 8 Kalibrs, 6 Kh-59s, and 16 Banderol missiles at Ukraine, independent monitors report. Main targets included Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Zatoka, Odesa, and Kovel.

#ELB: Introducing the NYU Democracy Project’s Series on Issues Concerning the 2026 Elections https://electionlawblog.org/2026/introducing-the-nyu-democracy-projects-series-on-issues-concerning-the-2026-elections/

Donald Trump sought to deny our voice on Jan. 6, 2021 and stay in power. He has continued that egregious effort to thwart our democracy and the will of the people by operating in cahoots with the once-beloved US Postal Service before the midterms. He will fail to stop the wave that's coming.

#ELB: PBS Interview with Fired EAC Commissioner Thomas Hicks https://electionlawblog.org/?p=157353

BREAKING: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission now has no commissioners after President Trump terminated two members and the agency’s remaining Republican commissioner resigned. The bipartisan agency was formed to help states administer accurate, secure elections.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

If cost has been a barrier to picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is completely understandable), I just learned that the ebook is on sale for $2.99 on @bookshop.org, B&N, Kindle, and elsewhere. Huge thanks to everyone who has continued to read the book and spread the word. It means a lot.

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday

And in case anyone thinks my concern about Nazis, or Nazi-adjacent goons, or people who just think it's cool to pretend to be Nazis, is recent, here you go: As you can imagine, writing this does not incline me to wave away 18 years with a Totenkopf. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

It's Friday night. Did you know that we have FULL episodes on our YouTube channel? Dig into this week's interview with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on right-wing Christianity in the US and his book "Separation of Church and Hate⁠": youtu.be/I1WDtnU1Kfo

Breaking News: We Just Won the Kennedy Center Case! Thank you Contrarian subscribers!!!! www.contrariannews.org/p/breaking-n...

Simply damning

Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson to protest against redistricting schemes to weaken Black voting power on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that unraveled a key part of the Voting Rights Act. www.mississippifreepress.org/thousands-of...

It’s summer and the cost of a grill has doubled in just a few years. I break down why.

It’s no longer enough that women have to worry they’ll die of sepsis while surrounded by doctors that can’t legally treat them, or that they’ll be arrested for how they dispose of their miscarriages. Now the government is using family separation as an anti-abortion weapon.

Urgent conversation about voting rights litigation after the Supreme Court's disastrous Callais decision with Sam Blencke of NARF, Ellen Katz of U Michigan, Nina Perales of MALDEF, and Deuel Ross of the LDF. soundcloud.com/rick-hasen/e...

Many congressmen pretend to have been briefed about “inside information” regarding UFOs. They are always the weird ones too that no one hangs out with. They have NO special information . We don’t know any more than everyone else. If someone pretends they do, they don’t.

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

ProPublica (on Puerto Rico): “Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme ‘Locked Up.’ Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.” electionlawblog.org?p=155934

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

"When Trump attacks democratic institutions, he does so in the manner of a car wreck — so flagrantly destructive as to command public attention. When SCOTUS undermines our democracy ... it feels more like a slow poisoning: the attacks may be harder to notice, but they are just as deadly."

Here's the UK cover of End Times Fascism - and the Fight for the Living World. It really captures the uncanny trapped-in-bad-sci-fi element of our book and our current reality. We're busy plotting the tour etc and looking forward to sharing the whole thing 9/15. www.penguin.co.uk/books/480399...

@andrewguthrieferguson

Israelis for Peace 🕊️ NYC. Sunday 4pm Union Square 🙏

My new one @slate.com on Trump's new mail balloting executive order: Sometimes it's the chaos, not the cruelty, that's the point. slate.com/news-and-pol...

From the last time....

📌So basically Captain Cringe picked a fight, is getting his ass kicked, and is now trying to make that everybody else's problem. A metaphor for his entire miserable life ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is teaming up with the producers of “The Real World: Boston” to launch a YouTube series in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. https://www.notus.org/media/sean-duffy-real-world-producers-youtube-series-america-250

If all goes well, you won’t notice I’m the lead camera on this extraordinary streaming performance Sunday: howlround.com/happenings/p... KATHLEEN CHALFANT (Opening and Closing), NICOLE ANSARI COX, MACONNIA CHESSER (Narrators) DAVID RASCHE ALYSIA REINER,& more!

Finishing up some zine folding for handouts at #NoKings3 today. #ManyWaysToResist #Zines #CivicHandbook #CallYourReps #NoKings

TOMORROW: Be a part of history! Show the world that the majority of Americans oppose the most corrupt, inept, criminal, orange "president" in U.S. History. NO KINGS. Also: NO SERIAL LIARS/CONVICTED FELONS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS & NO ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN Be there. Make your voices heard! 🇺🇸 ✊ #NO_KINGS

And did I mention we booked PAUL GIAMATTI? Did I?

A huge win! The Senate voted unanimously early this morning to fund the Department of Homeland Security but without funding for ICE or Border Patrol deportation and enforcement operations.

Something decent, for a change:

🟢 Durant, OK warehouse has sold… to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma! ICE previously sought to buy the space to create a mega detention center capable of holding 8,500 people. This is the 13th warehouse they have been denied.

A warning from Glenn Beck: "I believe there is a possibility that we are living in the End of Days."

Ever wonder why ants build colonies that last generations without trashing their habitat? Or how bees pollinate without poisoning the flowers? No intelligent species will destroy their environment in the disguise for development and profit—nature proves it.

Sure, bring back all the marble for that great soul. Just because he whipped his slaves when they tried to run away, then rubbed brine in their wounds to make sure they got the message is no reason not to admire the man.

Look at some of the guests we have for @trektalks.net this year. ] ONE WEEK TO GO. 8 hours. Oodles of Star Trek pros. Watch on YouTube on March 28 starting at 9:45 PM PT / 12:45 PM ET and support @hollywoodfoodco.bsky.social while having the most fun day with us. Full line-up: bit.ly/trektalks5

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Another Misleading Mailer Coming from Republicans in Virginia Gerrymandering Ballot Measure Contest electionlawblog.org?p=154827