Michael A. Cohen
MS NOW Columnist
Michael Cohen is an MS NOW columnist. He is also the publisher of the newsletter Truth and Consequences and hosts the weekly podcast That ‘70s Movie Podcast.
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Marco Rubio blaming Israel for the Iran war could have dire repercussions
The secretary of state’s comments about how the U.S. came to attack Iran — as well as some reactions from the left — could play a role in promoting antisemitism today.
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Trump didn’t even pretend to try to make the case for war with Iran
The U.S. has attacked Iran again, and the president has shown complete indifference to getting buy-in from Congress or Americans.
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Trump’s self-inflicted poll catastrophe
Americans supported going after “the worst of the worst.” But less than 14% of the more than 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE have been charged with or convicted of a violent crime.
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Why Trump may be getting ready to throw Kristi Noem under the bus
One Republican after another has bemoaned Alex Pretti’s death and called for an investigation of the shooting.
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Mark Carney’s Davos speech resonated for a reason. Here’s what he got wrong.
Perhaps this time is different. But what Trump has seemingly broken can still be put back together again.
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Schumer just showed why he’s a better leader than his Democratic base thinks
By recruiting former Rep. Mary Peltola to run for Senate in Alaska, like a good baseball manager, Schumer has put his team in the best possible position to pick up seats.
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The ‘60 Minutes’ fiasco confirms what we all knew about Bari Weiss’ role at CBS
The CBS News boss abruptly pulling a story about migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador is shocking — but not surprising.
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How anti-Israel rhetoric contributes to antisemitism and real-world violence
The massacre of Jews at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia shows that calls to “globalize the intifada” have consequences.
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Justice Kagan knows why the Supreme Court majority wrongly supported Texas’ redistricting effort
That the court’s conservative justices ignore the law and lower-court decisions when they hurt Republicans is no longer news.
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There’s only one real way to respond to Pete Hegseth’s disastrous tenure
The only thing surprising about this latest black eye for the defense secretary’s tenure is that it took this long for such atrocities to happen.