Derek Cohen
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Derek Cohen
@CohenAtTPPF
@TPPF's Chief Policy and Research Officer. Ph.D. stats nerd; rugger.

Our comeback bid falls short, and we exit the @OpenCup.

Come for the parsing of Texas Republicans' statements on the fate of the #txlege House, stay for the "troglodytic reprobates." texasbullpen.com/fourth-reading…






Nathan MacKinnon kept it short and sweet postgame 😳 (H/T @JClipperton_CP)





UPDATE: @Stanford is proceeding to terminate graduate students from employment who do not pay dues/agency fees to the Stanford Graduate Workers Union by this Friday August 29.

2025 #Big12 Predictions Championship Game 🏆 • Texas Tech over Arizona State ● Yes, I made these predictions before the Quinten Joyner news but I'm going to stick with it. I'm all in on Texas Tech this season and I'm not changing my opinion!!!!!!!! ● The #Big12 was the toughest #P4 conference to pick with around 10 teams or so who could actually win the Conference. Who do you have winning the #Big12


@bradj_TX What's absurd about it? Crockett has power in DC, but her relationship with voters is already pretty weak. If she has to appeal to a new batch of voters over the existing office-holder, what makes you think she'll win? Aren't you supposed to know something about Texas politics?


NEW: In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a case on whether the 5th Circuit used the right legal test when assessing Texas' law requiring pornography sites to verify users' age, the court affirms the 5th Circuit's ruling against a trade group for the adult entertainment industry.











