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Dan Kohanski

@dankohanski.bsky.social
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Long-time computer programmer, also a retired Foreign Service Officer. Most recently the author of A God of Our Invention: How Religion Shaped the Western World (Apocryphile Press, 2023); Kirkus Reviews says "Get it!"

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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Congress Must Investigate, and If Necessary, Impeach Trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Congress Must Investigate, and If Necessary, Impeach Trump
Congress has the power to impeach, and upon conviction remove, officers of the executive branch and members of the federal judiciary. This is as much a political as it is a prosecutorial action (which...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
John Gotti had more class.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bottles can break. Use a d!ldo.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That description works for me.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The one problem with the press pool refusing to cover trump until CNN - and MS NOW and Poltico - are reinstated is that we will no longer have pictures of trump falling asleep all the time.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
trump appointee or not, the judge previously ruled in favor of the press and against trump.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Do NOT use Votesafe [dot] Org www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Do NOT use Votesafe [dot] Org
The chicanery never ever ends. Elon Musk has set up what looks like a legit website to help you protect your right to vote, but it’s a scam. From Democratic Underground: Elon Musk is running a fake…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
SCOTUS May Restrict Mail-In Ballots for its Self-Preservation www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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SCOTUS May Restrict Mail-In Ballots for its Self-Preservation
We all know why trump wants mail-in voting to be as limited as possible – he needs every tool of voter suppression he can get in order to avoid being called to account for his actions by a…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Midterms Must be All About trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The Midterms Must be All About trump
While there are still some primaries yet to come, the midterm election slate is taking shape. So let’s look at the general election strategy. It is almost an axiom of politics that the party in power…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I'm sure trump must have had at least one paper cut ripping up all those documents the law requires him to preserve.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Captain Has Turned Off the Seat-Belt Sign. You are Now Free to Preach About the Plane www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The Captain Has Turned Off the Seat-Belt Sign. You are Now Free to Preach About the Plane
The Washington Post had a disturbing story up yesterday (now posted to MSN, so I got around the paywall): Preachers are turning planes into their pulpits: Sometimes it’s just conversations with seat…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is what an abusive husband does - he cuts off all his wife's friends.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Murkowski Says No to Trump’s SAVE Act — and Alaska Shows Why She Can
Senator Lisa Murkowski defies Trump on the SAVE America Act, arguing it would create impossible barriers for Alaska voters. Her opposition shows how nonpartisan elections give lawmakers freedom from p...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This is Not a Second Gilded Age. It's a Brass Age. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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This is Not a Second Gilded Age. It’s a Brass Age.
It is often said that we are now living in a Second Gilded Age. The Gilded Age dates from around 1870 to the early 20th century, though I think it could be argued that it didn’t really end until the…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Israel is not a party to the MOU so it can't break it.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Recto - short for @sshole
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Mamdani is not a native-born US citizen, so does not qualify.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We should be talking about both.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
She should put medical gloves on first.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Unfortunately, the butterfly, who voted against the insecticide, also died.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Along with all the other ridiculous nonsense here, is he playing football, basketball, or soccer? Or all 3 at once?
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Trump Wants to Punish the US for Not Loving Him Enough www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump Wants to Punish the US for Not Loving Him Enough
Paul Krugman has one of his usual insightful columns this morning: Trump Has Given Up / No longer interested in governing, he is filled with rage and obsessed with revenge. Krugman’s focus is on trump...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Trump Now Thinks the Iran War is "Boring" www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump Now Thinks the Iran War is “Boring”
Remember Iran? The country trump said must never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon? The one he threatened to bomb back into the stone age? The war he said he had to focus on so much he couldn’t…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
He only used to rail against it BECAUSE he wasn't profiting from it.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Latest CA Poll Has Me Leaning Toward Steyer www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Latest CA Poll Has Me Leaning Toward Steyer
Ok, fellow Californians – one last shot at the polls. (I think this is the last poll before Tuesday, but I can’t promise that.) Emerson College has just released the results of its May 27-28 polling…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Maybe so, but you need than one possibly biased anecdotal source.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Ultimately, any system of government that does not depend on brute force depends on the good will of the governors.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Trump's National Prayer "Event" Is Leading to a Religious War www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump’s National Prayer “Event” Is Leading to a Religious War
The United States has never experienced a real religious war. We’ve had lots of religious fights, some very bloody. During the Civil War, God was invoked by both sides (go read the Battle Hymn of the…
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Nominations for 2026 closed at the end of January.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Putin has better taste.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Not so much fascist as demented narcissistic. That sort of delusion transcends politics.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I sometimes wonder if it's the journalists that don't or their editors and owners that stifle any reports out of fear of Trump. In any case, this photo of him zonked out in public IS making the rounds.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Jazz in New York City
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Source? Verification? Provenance?
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I have two problems with this theory: (1) the gunman had to have known he would be shot and killed; (2 - or maybe 1) Trump is a terrible actor.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The two problems I have with this are: (1) it's unlikely the assassin would have gone along with this plot, since he would be killed; and (2) Trump isn't a very good actor.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
There's even more to the story. Mossadegh only nationalized BP after failing to persuade them to pay their workers a decent wage and live up to their agreement to share the profits of Iran's oil with Iran. Also, Churchill tried and failed to get Truman's help. But he talked Ike into it.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Along with the Crusades: The Inquisition. The Thirty Years' War. England under the Tudors - and the Stuarts. The Ku Klux Klan. Etc.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Putin is a monster, evil, unscrupulous. But he isn't crazy enough to put up an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Tisza party is on track to win 2/3 of the seats, so from your mouth to God's ears!
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
El Pais is reporting that with 53% of the vote counted in Hungary, Tisza (Magyar) is on track to hold 136 seats in the National Assembly. 133 is a 2/3 majority. Magyar says Orban has already called him to concede.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Truman refused Churchill's pleas for help in ousting Mossadegh (who had nationalized Anglo-Persian Petroleum - now BP). When Ike was elected, Churchill convinced the Dulles Bros. that Mossadegh was a communist (he wasn't) and they convinced Ike. Once again a Republican president screwed up.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Trump Threatens Iran with Hell in God's Name (in 48 Hours)
Trump is now projecting his inner Hegseth: Trump Warns Iran ‘All Hell’ Is Coming Said Trump, on Truth Social: “Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is r...
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Please do not use "my ass" in the same paragraph with "pedophiles."
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I have to speculate that it was done with planning - by the Kremlin.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This is false, based on a misunderstanding of an interview: news.meaww.com/fact-check-d...
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Fact Check: Did Ukraine run 'sting operation' providing false info to US that was leaked to Russia?
The rumor circulated after French President Emmanuel Macron said France was providing two-thirds of Ukraine's intelligence
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Yes, really. We are lousy at teaching history to Americans. However, while the Moussadegh coup was a major reason, it wasn't the only one.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Mental incapacity only applies to a court trial. It doesn't stop an impeachment trial.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The rule on felons voting vary from state to state. Trump is a convicted felon, but he was not sentenced to any time, and IIRC Florida law allows a felon who has served his time to vote.
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Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"REinstalls the Shah." Otherwise accurate.
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