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Max A. Cohen

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Economic justice agitator. PhD @ Princeton. Writing an anthropology of venture capital, startups, & tech. Philly/Baltimore/SF Bay Area. Views my own. He/him. tinyurl.com/MaxACohen

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Agreed. You know it's bad when even corporate executives speak out like this. Good that some are. It's even a decent letter, but for the reactionary centrism/both-sidesism of advocating giving "employees paid leave...to safeguard the polls...against any intimidation from the left or the right." 🀦

28.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

28.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 10396 πŸ” 2851 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 138

She revealed that colleges and universities are artificially raising the cost of higher education through a shady price-fixing scheme designed by private equity companies.

04.02.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Quick round up:

- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies

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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.

That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.

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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/

30.12.2025 00:30 πŸ‘ 2404 πŸ” 411 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 9

Seems like Dems could do pretty well capitalizing on anti-AI & data center backlash, but lots of party elites and pundit types have instead made it their mission to win back the tech billionaires who are embracing Trump

29.12.2025 22:08 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

Wow imagine living in a society

19.12.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 417 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
Rubio Orders State Department Braille Signage Switch To β€˜Times New Roman’

Rubio Orders State Department Braille Signage Switch To β€˜Times New Roman’

Rubio Orders State Department Braille Signage Switch To β€˜Times New Roman’

11.12.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 1436 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 6

They want violence. They fear mockery.

05.10.2025 23:14 πŸ‘ 787 πŸ” 201 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 4

I don’t really understand the people who think we shouldn’t situate the current moment in context of the last 25 years in American politics, including the actions of the three Democrats who were president during that time

06.10.2025 00:14 πŸ‘ 1324 πŸ” 284 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 37
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11.09.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4

Just going to keep saying it, it is remarkable (you can still be shocked without being surprised!) that the rest of the Republican party has decided that blatant corruption and enrichment off the office of the presidency is legal for this one guy

01.09.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Cannot emphasize this enough.

On the whole, police don’t solve crimes for shit, and they don’t prevent crimes for shit. They are actively bad at both. The average Law & Order fan would be stunned to tears after following around real cops for a day.

21.07.2025 22:40 πŸ‘ 5411 πŸ” 1165 πŸ’¬ 268 πŸ“Œ 84

yup, the OP put it in his 2nd post on the thread

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Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

09.07.2025 20:21 πŸ‘ 10358 πŸ” 4925 πŸ’¬ 155 πŸ“Œ 232
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Happy 4th of July. 🍦

04.07.2025 06:15 πŸ‘ 8535 πŸ” 1704 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 238

I'm embarrassed at my alma mater @upenn.edu but not surprised. Grow a spine, Penn administrators. Protect trans people.

02.07.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"All of them hope that the [feast] will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But. . . [it] will not pass. It will rage and it will roar ever more loudly, ever more widely."
-Winston Churchill (an imperialist, yes, but he was right to skewer those who appeased the Nazi fascists) 2/

02.07.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

On appeasers like my alma mater, @upenn.edu: "Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

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On appeasers: "Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last."
-Winston Churchill*

Embarrassed but not surprised at my alma mater @upenn.edu.

(*Notwithstanding Churchill's imperialism etc., his point is apt.)

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

02.07.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

next up: can you primary the times ed board

25.06.2025 03:00 πŸ‘ 2709 πŸ” 327 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 15

I’m thinking of how Nathaniel Rich in his book, β€œLosing Earth,” recounts how environmentalists’ congressional climate hearings in the β€˜70s were way more effective at capturing headlines and swaying politicians’/public opinion when scheduled during sweltering summer than at any other time of year

24.06.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The heat wave can only but help Mamdani. Both bc it could lower turnout among older people, as @ericklinenberg.bsky.social rightly points out. & bc 100Β°, humid, sunny weather drenching voters in sweat might encourage people to give good climate policies more weight.

24.06.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just me reminding you all that Christian Nationalists are in charge and not a side show but rather The Show

18.06.2025 00:48 πŸ‘ 319 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This Machine Kills is a phenomenal anti-capitalist take on tech & political economy

Seasoned leftists might forget Democracy Now! when listing podcasts. But it’s vital for (esp budding) leftists as a reliable daily source not only of global news but of well-informed leftist takes on current issues

18.06.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the rest of the world be like

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I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.

And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.

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