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Jonathan Cohn
@citizencohn
Writer on policy and politics
Ann Arbor, MI
Senior national reporter HuffPost. Author SICK (2007) and THE TEN YEAR WAR (2021). Lecturer U. of Michigan Ford School. Follower of policy and politics. Fan of Red Sox, Dolphins, Wolverines. Proud husband and dad.
18 Posts
Obamacare is on the ballot
Obama and Biden are teaming up today to celebrate the ACA’s 14th anniversary — and to remind everyone what Trump would do to the program You might want to pay attention A gay pastor A conservative megachurch A school board in turmoil I spent much of last year following the fights over sexuality, gender & youth tearing apart a California suburb Here’s my story on what happened — and what’s really at stake in these battles What would a second Trump term look like? Ask the Supreme Court Republicans Can't Talk Health Care, Part 682
Didn't expect Fox News would be the one that finally asked Ron DeSantis about Florida's dismal record on health insurance coverage Also didn't expect DeSantis to have such a weak, rambling answer It’s Trump 2016 All Over Again
Trump in 2016 convinced lots of people he was a different kind of Republican, not tethered to extreme elements of the party’s agenda It was a big reason he won And now it’s happening again Jackson v Thomas on whether race matters
Lots of right wing chortling over a statistic Ketanji Brown Jackson got wrong in her opinion But when it comes to her broader point, about what research says on race and health care, she got it right — and Clarence Thomas didn’t Pharma Suing To Block Rx Reforms
Democrats spent years fighting to enact prescription drug reform Now it looks like they’ll have to spend years fighting to defend it from lawsuits and repeal Feels familiar! New Georgetown CCF blog post from Joan Alker and me about how the #Medicaid work reporting requirements in the House-passed McCarthy debt ceiling bill would still place low-income parents at serious risk of losing their health coverage even though they are supposed to qualify for The latest from Ron DeSantis' Florida...
So Florida is now sending a state official to visit a 5th grade classroom -- and, maybe, interview some of the kids -- where a teacher showed a Disney film that includes a gay character. It's part of an investigation into whether the teacher violated the "Parental Rights" act -- A Prescription for Treating Poverty
Poverty is poisoning the kids of Flint just as surely as lead in the water did Now an acclaimed pediatrician and a high-profile policy researcher have teamed up on a plan to fight it I wrote about their idea — and why, as they hope, it could be a model for the rest of the country Notable in this article that many inside the state police force don't like how DeSantis has turned it into an instrument for his political agenda -- and at least one retired two years early rather than be part of it. Why the fight for abortion rights is tied to the fight for democracy
Ron DeSantis signed Florida's abortion ban at 10:45 p.m., in an unannounced ceremony w/no public remarks. He didn't even mention it in a speech at Liberty U. the next day. Gretchen Whitmer signed Michigan's abortion rights law in an afternoon ceremony, with speeches & fanfare. She A Ron DeSantis story that deserves some more attention
Ron DeSantis has been in the news a lot lately, thanks to his crusade to protect what he calls the "free state of Florida" from a "woke" agenda infecting schools, colleges and the culture more generally. These efforts deserve the attention they're getting. They are part of the mos On this weeks Strict Scrutiny, we previewed the case that’s an existential threat to unions. Manny Pastreich (SEIU 32BJ) joined us! (We also preview other cases and discuss other things too!) Endorsing this @matthewyglesias take on The West Wing -- especially, the focus on people in government trying to advance their goals because they believe in them. Not saying that's We should to be talking about Orbanism as much as we talk about Trumpism — and that, as @jonathanchait keeps pointing out, means talking about Ron DeSantis A Sunday Read
This is a beautifully written & reported piece by @lydia I've spent a lot of time pondering the dissonance in LGBTQ politics today -- i.e., the intense backlash of rhetoric, laws and violence, even as Some big political news from Michigan today: Sen. Debbie Stabenow is retiring. She's been a fierce, persistent advocate for mental health care & protecting the Great Lakes. Her decision opens up a Senat