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Roger Cohen

@notsojollyroger.bsky.social
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Historical fiction writer/Author: The Lincoln Interviews: a.co/d/01jNiHtk Future author of The Grant Interviews/Hovhaness/Jazz/Forever Jung

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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“ A devout Christian” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary, Trump says
US president announced departure on social media, saying Leavitt was leaving to ‘spend more time’ with family
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Trump Curse: Harry Kane confirms round of golf with Donald Trump: ‘A pretty surreal experience’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
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'A pretty surreal experience': Kane confirms round of golf with Trump
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Whats more “communistic” than this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’
CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
www.axios.com/2026/05/13/t...
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Trump shrugs off rising inflation as war deepens economic spiral
The bottom is falling out on Trump's signature issue.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2026
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ theonion.com/supreme-court-overturn…
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A good read, from A.R. Moxon: Deranged Trump spent Easter taunting Muslims-praising Allah while threatening to murder the entire Iranian civilization, which is itself a war crime. Though Iran has many human rights abuses,even the loudest propagandists can't defend him. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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A Confrontation with Truth
What it means to live in a deeply sick country that worships killing. Diagnosis as the first step of any journey toward health.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Melania Makes FATAL MISTAKE For Trump With BIZARRE Epstein Presser - Katie Phang Melania Trump’s bizarre press conference yesterday just poured kerosene on the conflagration that is the Epstein Files cover-up. Katie highlights the important moments. youtu.be/TFt2m4v4Kqg?...
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Melania Makes FATAL MISTAKE For Trump With BIZARRE Epstein Presser
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2026
Joe Kernen comes close to having a coronary on air as Pete Buttigieg dogwalks him all over the Squawk Box studio about Trump's economic mismanagement and inflation
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The biggest waste of our tax dollars ever! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...
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Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Tell that to the families of the murdered girls, you ghoul. Dimon says Iran war makes Middle East peace prospects better long-term www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/j...
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Jamie Dimon says Iran war makes Middle East peace prospects better in the long term
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued an optimistic viewpoint on Middle East peace, weeks into the war with Iran.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Gov. Pritzker is right on the money with this, as always. Prosecute the hell out of these criminals. Start at the top with Trump and work our way down. It’s long overdue.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Because the president of the United States is the dumbest motherfucker on the planet. It's just that simple.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Republican logic - based on callous indifference...
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Liberals🇨🇦🇺🇦 @saynotobs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Just this👇
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Spain MEP Irene Montero: “Send your son, Donald Trump — If you want war, send your own people to the front line. We in Spain want our children, our daughters, & our loved ones at home, safe. We don’t want war — those who want war should send their own children”
Irene Montero (right), speaking to reporters in Madrid, Spain. (Photo By Diego Radames/Europa Press via Getty Images)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The grift goes on…https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/09/trump-family-business-drones-merger?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Golf club firm owned by Trump’s sons merges with drone manufacturer
Merger to take drone firm public is latest business move by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr as father is in White House
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
How can anyone take the NYT seriously with this headline? The Three Conflicts Witkoff and Kushner Are Trying to Solve This Week www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...
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The Three Conflicts Witkoff and Kushner Are Trying to Solve This Week
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Bob Patin @bobpatin.com · 17/02/2026
REPOST THIS AS MANY TIMES AS YOU CAN! James Talarico has a good chance of helping to turn Texas blue. We went to see him speak in Dallas, and were very impressed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it …. it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Be thankful there is a paywall. The sugarcoating of fascism that is happening in the media is frightening. www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
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The High-Powered White House Couples Having Four Children
As U.S. birthrates decline, the Trump administration sees a baby boomlet
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
For lying? Trump would not have made it for 30 seconds www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Pritam Singh: Singapore's leader of opposition stripped of title after lying conviction
Singh, who was convicted for lying to MPs, has always maintained his innocence.
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Scum....
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Every time you think trump and his minions cant be any more vile, he defies expectations. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Catastrophic’: fears for families after Trump officials cut $10bn in social funds
Health department’s decision to freeze money for childcare and for families in need could lead to disaster, experts say
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Guess who else weaponized the judiciary ? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘She was the brains, Maduro was the brawn’: Cilia Flores’s role in Venezuela
Flores, Nicolás Maduro’s wife, wielded far more power than just being a first lady and played a front line role in politics
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
OMG The horse is out of the barn!https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/cdc-flu-vaccination?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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CDC officials urge US flu vaccination after record child deaths last year
Americans told ‘time to get vaccinated is now’ as concerning mutation of influenza virus circulates in US
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Horrified? When will people realize that this man is incapable of expressing empathy. He is extremely sick. www.huffpost.com/entry/reacti...
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Critics 'Horrified' By Trump's 3 Words About Brown University Shooting
The president's remark was slammed as "embarrassing."
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared
Visitors will have to reveal at the border all social media activity over the past five years
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Heartbreaking. Make sure you have a hanky with you when you read this tearjerker In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Where David Brooks totally misses the point: The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
@mluckovich.bsky.social By Mike Luckovich.
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Its reduced to this👇 open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The Big Smirk
The cruelty is the point, party edition
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Profile in weakness www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Canadian PM Carney apologises to Trump over anti-tariff Reagan ad run by Ontario premier
Carney said he had made the apology privately to Trump when they both attended a dinner hosted by South Korea’s president on Wednesday
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Quick and National Guard are a contradiction in terms.
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brandnewdaycoming.bsky.social @brandnewdaycoming.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A good moment for the courts dragging ICE for trampling the Constitution.
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Inagine dying on this hill. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I never wash our bread knife – and I won’t let the internet shame me into changing my ways | Emma Beddington
Apparently the mostly British habit of not cleaning your bread knife after use is ‘gross’ and unhygienic. If that’s true, then call me disgusting, writes Emma Beddington
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Anyone using that expression should be cattle prodded until merely the urge to repeat it brings nausea.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Swisher: "Nexstar is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna, and so they will do whatever it takes." Cooper: "That's an important point, because that merger would require the approval of the FCC."
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
In the US you’re rewarded with a second term. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
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Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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To the Idiot Who Killed Charlie Kirk
Against all odds, I hope you somehow come across this before they catch you, or I hope you’ll somehow read it before you take the coward’s way out by putting a gun in your own mouth.
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
THIS 👇https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/10/tech-companies-are-stealing-our-books-music-and-films-for-ai-its-brazen-theft-and-must-be-stopped?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Tech companies are stealing our books, music and films for AI. It’s brazen theft and must be stopped | Anna Funder and Julia Powles
If we don’t refuse and resist, not just our culture but our democracy will be irrevocably diminished
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Why I Am Not a David Brooks follower www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cach... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
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Opinion | Why I Am Not a Liberal
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Boohoo, Lisa Murkowski….its called courage, in case you forgot why you were elected Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
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Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
There goes the Nobel Peace Prize…again www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Frustrated After Thinking He Made Headway On Russia-Ukraine Talks Only To See Putin Balk
Trump said Friday he expected to make a decision on his next actions in two weeks if direct talks aren’t scheduled.
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Roger Cohen @notsojollyroger.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The depravity of this administration. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care after far-right campaign
Program providing key aid halted after complaints from Laura Loomer, the far-right influencer close to Trump
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