Reposted by Denton A. CohenLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The tortuous, botched execution of Christa Pike is truly horrifying. And while it feels unique in some ways, in reality it is also only the latest in a history of botched executions going back years — YEARS — in numerous states. Please know: this is the reality of the death penalty in this country. 111262368
Reposted by Denton A. CohenHunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is monstrous. Lethal injections are neither painless nor humane; the paralytics just make it look that way. The government should not be allowed to execute people in this way, if at all. The Supreme Court Justices who ignored new evidence to push through this order are complicit in torture. 1327058
Reposted by Denton A. CohenFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 01/10/2026TODAY: @raxkingisdead.bsky.social on what we’ve seen in the men of Cornell University. “I want to diagnose it. I’m the naive fool who believes that in diagnosing it, I can cure us all of it.” flaminghydra.com/gentlemen-an...flaminghydra.comGentlemen and Scholars of the Ivy LeagueI heard the two men talking, this morning, before I saw them. Then I saw them, and then they saw me, walking up the steep ramp toward them to the pedestrian bridge over the expressway. Their talking s... 011425
Reposted by Denton A. CohenJules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When Ireland attacker Jack Moylan scored, he removed his black armband honoring Gaza. He then kissed the Ireland badge on his shirt, directing the gesture at supporters of Israel, some of whom had heckled Ireland during warm-ups. Ireland then walloped Israel 3–0. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comIrish Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu’s Refusal to Play Against Israel Puts Him on the Right Side of HistoryBazunu’s decision raises the perennial question: Why is a country that is currently committing a genocide allowed to compete in the first place? 011011
Reposted by Denton A. CohenPrism @prismreports.org · 26/09/2026Attorney Noura Erakat was arrested after refusing to leave a Palm Beach County meeting where attendees were barred from speaking about Israel bonds, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. “The whole scenario was absurd & a glimpse into how protecting Israel requires the sabotage of democratic norms.”prismreports.orgAs Florida residents challenge Israel bonds, public meetings grow contentiousHuman rights attorney Noura Erakat was arrested after refusing to leave a Palm Beach County meeting where community members were barred from speaking about Israel bonds 13532
Reposted by Denton A. Cohenlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026current state of the fix social media playbook: *nationalize facebook and hold it to rigorous privacy and content moderation standards *break up google and make youtube robustly fund a streaming PBS *turn off x the everything app *keep linkedin the same. that'd be a good bit *begin The Tribunals 331890323
Reposted by Denton A. CohenWeird Alger Hiss 🎉 𓅳 @itsjoelokay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026uh, let me be clear, *most unclear and wishy-washy drivel conceivable* 1001627155
Reposted by Denton A. CohenDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng 12652561588
Reposted by Denton A. CohenLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On Saturday @jpinckney.bsky.social saw a man in his Austin neighborhood being kidnapped by ICE. Every day since then he's passed by the car, still sitting there, a horrifying lonely symbol of what is being done. www.welcometohellworld.com/his-car-is-s...welcometohellworld.comHis car is still sitting thereAn ICE kidnapping in Austin 3355131
Reposted by Denton A. CohenScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982243351
Reposted by Denton A. CohenCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language 5951611222
Reposted by Denton A. Cohentweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 19/09/2026eliminate EV subsidies, ban cheap overseas EVs, ban EV component import, deport people bringing battery technology to the US, pay billions to kill clean energy projects, end fuel economy standards, and then do THIS is such an elaborate prank on the American people you almost have to respect it 453184752
Reposted by Denton A. CohenKelsey @yeskelsey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Reading this from Los Angeles 08710
Reposted by Denton A. CohenB.J. Bethel @bjbethel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Insane story from @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social . Unbelievable. MJ: Trump admin imprisoning Somali immigrants at Gitmo. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.” 23720
Reposted by Denton A. Cohenpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Now that everyone has turned on Ed Sheeran I finally feel comfortable saying this: you shouldn’t be allowed to get a bunch of tattoos if you’re a musician who makes wuss music 713370330
Reposted by Denton A. CohenDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Absolutely amazing that Trump is viewed as so untrustworthy that not one in five people will support the promise of free money 552585410
Reposted by Denton A. CohenAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026Every time one of these stories comes out, it's shown that the parents were actually abusive. There is an asymmetry where the parents are given a platform by Christian nationalist orgs and Fox News while the state cannot discuss any details due to privacy. So the narrative is set by the parents. 533624736
Reposted by Denton A. CohenEli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is ADL's solitary statement after Nazis won state elections in Germany for the first time since the Holocaust: 9445281057
Reposted by Denton A. CohenTommy Tomlinson @tommytomlinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756... 203669884
Reposted by Denton A. Cohengamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026found this in the top posts and it succeeds in being very funny while also inducing a borderline homicidal rage 14059921620
Reposted by Denton A. CohenPablo Torre @pablo.show · 03/09/2026Accountability for the wealthiest people on Earth is hard to come by. Thank you for believing in the power of independent journalism to accomplish it. (And, yes, more to come.) www.pablo.show/p/it-happenedpablo.showIt Happened.EPISODE 423: The biggest punishment in NBA history. 1153548453
Reposted by Denton A. CohenSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Not when he’s got his prescription pad out 1053385454
Reposted by Denton A. CohenThe Real News Network @therealnews.com · 01/09/202625 years ago today, the late Barbara Ehrenreich released her masterwork Nickel and Dimed, where she went undercover to report on the daily realities working people in America face trying to get by on minimum-wage.therealnews.comThere’s no such thing as ‘unskilled work’: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Nickel and Dimed’ 25 years later25 years ago, Barbara Ehrenreich saw the inhumane brutality of capitalism and the invisible realities of working-class life that so many Americans ignored then but can’t ignore now. 16332
Reposted by Denton A. Cohenthe kat from HOUSE (1977) @dogunderwater.bsky.social · 25/08/2026kxan.comDolly Parton sends signed, bejeweled guitar to Austin drag performer Brigitte BanditThe year ended on a high note for one local performer after unwrapping a gift sent from one queen to another. 431421079
Reposted by Denton A. Cohenutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 21/08/2026incorrect. Natalie Harp, if you are reading this, you ARE married to Trump by the orders of The Lord. NO ONE can stand between you and the president. Do WHATEVER IT TAKES to keep him safe with you. NO COST is too great to protect his soul... 119824
Reposted by Denton A. CohenBabad🎃🎃kakis @ryanwu2438.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Karen Bass reelection update: the mayor has come out as anti-taco stand. In Los Angeles. 2532392375
Denton A. Cohen @dent-on.bsky.social · 20/08/2026this is so awesome. the sepulveda basin isn’t even in cd4 lol 000
Reposted by Denton A. CohenSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Jon Ossoff tells Lawrence O’Donnell: “It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults — public officials, paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust… No one cares about their feelings.” 10977801111
Reposted by Denton A. CohenTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026to recap: so Hong got 40% in Wisconsin which shows voters decisively rejected democratic socialism, but Fishback 10% in Florida, so the far-right is winning. 20597102
Reposted by Denton A. CohenMaggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026NEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comTeen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle SchoolsTeen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools. 43036141764
Reposted by Denton A. CohenAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/08/2026Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for nightly killings in Gaza of dozens of people who he says are ‘not worthy of life’. It’s the latest in a series of attempts at making life unbearably harsh for Palestinians. 94419379
Reposted by Denton A. Cohen👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 15/08/2026IF WATER WORKED YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO KEEP DRINKING IT 302558366
Reposted by Denton A. CohenSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026if this ends up going to Crowley it's a sign that TV ads *really* need to remain part of the prog playbook 1058782
Reposted by Denton A. CohenThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is how you know we need a wealth tax 1299198766616
Reposted by Denton A. CohenWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Trump just gave a massive contract to Our Rescue to represent unaccompanied immigrant children. That's the group that does international anti-sex-trafficking stings, whose founder was dramatized in Sound of Freedom and who left because he himself was accused of sex trafficking his own employees.prospect.orgDisgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids - The American ProspectThe founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself. 30939420
Denton A. Cohen @dent-on.bsky.social · 11/08/2026In related news, Tom has been appointed Chair of the Jerry Protection subcommittee. 000
Reposted by Denton A. CohenSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Eight months ago, This American Life sent reporters from Chicago to cover the protests and counter-protests outside the ICE facility in Portland. They chose Karlyn Borsynko to be their local guide to the world of Antifa. What they failed to mention is that KB self-identifies as a fascist. 602590791
Reposted by Denton A. Cohenonekade @onekade.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Well this is terrifying. Good for him for fighting back…again. 192522959
Reposted by Denton A. CohenHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026“Winning is the worst thing that could happen to the left” is a genre of commentary that you can expect to get more and more popular now that the “These wackos will never win” genre has lost its plausibility. 302514460
Reposted by Denton A. CohenHunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Haverford College has declared that it believes Jewish people are inherently driven to commit genocide. That claim is not only untrue, it’s a blatantly antisemitic & fascist talking point. Don’t go to a college that supports the 21st-century version of skull-measuring. 716842
Reposted by Denton A. CohenBrady Klopfer @bradyklopfer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The legend Robin Lopez 383173519
Denton A. Cohen @dent-on.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The first point of this agreement Harvard is forcing on its students and workers is pure Jew-hatred. Treating Zionism as inherent to Judaism is not only completely ahistorical; it profoundly endangers Jewish students. We are headed in a very, very dangerous direction. 020