Rob Cohen
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@Rob_Coh
Beacon Hill staffer, Double Husky (@Northeastern & @Nu_PolicySchool), @YoungDems committee person for @MAYoungDems. Red Sox fan & staunch pro-cat partisan
Reporter: Why are you fighting with the pope? Trump: I have to do what's right. I have nothing against the pope. Reporter: Then why are you fighting with him? Trump: I’m not fighting with him. The pope made a statement saying Iran can have nuclear weapon. Reporter: He didn’t say that. Trump: I can disagree with the pope. I have the right to do that.
New: House GOP appropriators are proposing another $1 billion cut to IRS funding in their fiscal 2027 FSGG bill - a nearly 9 percent hit to the agency's budget after the IRS already saw a 9 percent cut for fiscal 2026. The panel & subcommittee's top Dems blasted the proposal:
I hear the people saying "how authoritarian can Orban have been if he lost an election?" but part of the answer is "he banned the opposition leading from appearing on television."
a very confused Trump: "Look at Justice Ginsburg. She was not exactly a young woman. The election was taken. They had a Democrat who could've appointed a liberal justice. About two minutes after the election, she went out." (Ginsburg died in September 2020, when Trump was president.)
ICE is creating a humanitarian crisis in our own backyard. Feeding people one meal a day that makes them sick, overcrowding holding cells, denying medical treatment — they are denying people basic human dignity. Here’s what’s really happening: azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
TODAY: The Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group published a report detailing the Biden Administration’s weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. “This Department will not tolerate a two-tiered system of justice,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “No Department should conduct selective prosecution based on beliefs. The weaponization that happened under the Biden Administration will not happen again, as we restore integrity to our prosecutorial system.” 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
NEW: Trump explains to @NorahODonnell why he removed the AI image of himself: “Normally I don’t like doing that, but I didn’t want to have anybody be confused. People were confused.” He said he believed the photo depicted him as a doctor, not Jesus. More: cbsnews.com/news/trump-pop…
