Dave Cohen

Always cool to be interviewed about my research area, the White House Chief of Staff, along with some of the top presidency scholars in the world… www.newsweek.com/the-unexpect...

I’m a big fan of the @apnews.com and always answer the phone when they call. The AP will always be welcome in my (Oval) Office. apnews.com/article/trum...

NEW: After James Blair & Chris LaCivita donated the hundreds of thousands of dollars they were each paid for advising the pro-Russian government of Republika Srpska to the Trump presidential library, Trump said he is no longer concerned about whether their work represented a conflict of interest.

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

I was pleased to speak with @reuters.com about the deplorable ad in the Ohio gubernatorial race. www.reuters.com/business/med...

Always a pleasure co-authoring with my friend and colleague @bgsuprof.bsky.social.

I’ve been closely observing elections for 30+ years. This is the most heinous and deplorable ad I’ve ever witnessed. The blowback to the Ramaswamy campaign will be devastating as it should be.

“Watercane.” This is the dumbest timeline.

Idiocracy come to life…

It was great speaking with TIME Senior Correspondent Phil Elliott for this piece on the Ohio gubernatorial race. time.com/article/2026...

This is an example of why smart members of Congress have an effective constituency service operation…

BGSU poll of Ohioans finds that most politicians are viewed unfavorably. But you know who is viewed favorably? Librarians +57 Teachers +54 Medical experts +48 Professors +30 What do Ohioans view unfavorably? Billionaires -36 Flock Cameras -40 Data Centers -45 www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sci...

The entire cult, including the leader, is insane.

Soulless ghouls:

That’s not how it works tough guy.

This is the good stuff:

#CAPol: "Los Angeles, I will work my heart out for you. To end homelessness and end affordability crisis." Nithya Raman is up with a new #LAMayor ad. Aired general election ad support: Nithya Raman: $662K Karen Bass: $284K Attacking Raman: $648K

The narcissism of this candidate cost the country a real opportunity to flip this seat. Hopefully Democrats will never forget this act of hubris and not invite her back into the tent.

My advice to @ossoff.bsky.social is to always ignore David Brooks and to continue to call out Nazis for being Nazis.

Holy crap. We’ve reached the Running Man point on this timeline…

It's always great to share the commentary space with my brother-from-another-mother and partner-in-crime, the venerable @bgsuprof.bsky.social! www.ideastream.org/government-p...

I called it and have been calling it. If I’m wrong, so be it (but I’m not). The tsunami is coming. My only caveat is that it has to be a free & fair election with no funny business. It’s always great to go on-the-record with @joeygarrison.bsky.social & @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

😂 😂 😂

In the wake of Trump banning numerous MSM outlets from the White House, the White House announced the creation of Trump TV. Americans are now going to see what state-run North Korea-like leader-glazing propaganda broadcasting looks like. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

🇺🇸 Mark your calendars for Sept 17–18 & join us for the inaugural Ohio Presidential History & Politics Conference! Come explore Ohio’s presidential history at the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum. Event webpage: www.uakron.edu/bliss/ohio-p... Free & open to all!

Wait…have we now reached the point in this timeline where people are arguing about whether a pejorative term used to describe a robot is racist???

Hey, anyone remember when @michaelcohen212.bsky.social became anti-Trump, testified in front of Congress, went to prison, etc.? Well, I guess he’s back with his buddy…

“National security is not my thing.” Utterly embarrassing for a US Senate candidate to utter those words…

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Democratic voters still care about the longstanding kitchen-table issues—affordability, health care costs, etc.—but a Democratic candidate for POTUS who runs on “There will be consequences for Donald Trump’s and his underlings’ abuses of power” has their finger on the pulse of the Democratic Party.

This is a fantastic long-form investigation of Ohio’s march to eliminating free and fair elections…

I have thought for awhile now that if Watergate occurred today it’d hardly make a dent in the news. How far we have fallen as a country…

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A 22-year-old just got a $30 million investment valuing his new futures exchange at $300 million. He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz. His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY. Bipartisan capture in full bloom. fortune.com/2026/06/18/t...

Nervously watching what's unfolding in Belfast as racist bigots use a stabbing as an excuse to wreck havoc and mayhem, burning cars & buses, homes, and businesses of ethnic minority residents Meanwhile, Elon Musk is doing his best to escalate the violence. This is a good 🧵 of his efforts on Twitter

this is a crucial response to the "hur hur silly science experiments" anti-intellectual populism that allows for cuts like this to be politically possible. prospect.org/2026/06/09/w...

If FIFA was a real sports organization and not a corrupt money-making machine, it would move all World Cup events out of the United States under this authoritarian regime. But instead it will keep counting the $$$ even though they can’t sell out their events here…

Wow. Chaos on the Tennessee House floor. Tennesseans yelling in the gallery and Democrats locking arms in one final stand, as Republicans vote to advance new congressional maps that will carve up the state’s only majority-Black congressional district.

“Can you imagine what oil prices would be today if Joe Biden were actually in office?" Answer: I can. Oil prices would be way lower. President Joe Biden would’ve never initiated a reckless war with Iran that resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz & a sharp decline in the global oil supply.

Breaking news: The Trump administration’s move to drop the long-standing recommendation for newborn hepatitis B vaccination within 24 hours of birth will likely lead to additional infections and millions in added health care costs, new studies show.

Trump is posting fresh blasphemies this morning

These are “leaders” who are not made for this moment in history…

I hope when we wake up tomorrow (for those of us that can sleep through tonight) that this insane POTUS will not have unleashed nuclear weapons on Iran. If that were to happen, the world we have known up until that moment will have changed in a heartbeat and nothing will ever be the same.

Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air

The New York Times deleted Trump’s “open the fuckin’ strait” line to make him look less insane Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”