Brian Tyler Cohen is a progressive political commentator, podcast host, and YouTube personality known for covering U.S. politics.

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  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
June 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM

I Wrestled for 10 Years. Here’s How I Know Trump’s Not Going to Enjoy His UFC Birthday Party

View this post on the web at [link removed] I wrestled for 10 years. I’ve been following the rise and slow motion fall of Trump for almost as long. That these two things that have dominated my life will collide tonight on the monstrosity erected on the South Lawn for Trump’s 80th birthday UFC ext…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
June 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM

Trump just put me on his enemies list

View this post on the web at [link removed] The White House has officially added me [ [link removed] ] to a short list of what they’re calling “media offenders,” alongside other independent creators, including David Pakman . I don’t know what they plan on doing with this list, but I can tell you …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
June 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM

Trump just put me on his enemies list

Let me tell you what that means, and what I’m going to do about it . The White House has officially added me [ [link removed] ] to a short list of what they’re calling “media offenders,” alongside other independent creators, including David Pakman. I don’t know what they plan on doing with this lis…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
June 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM

Live w/ David Pakman & Brian Tyler Cohen

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  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
June 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM

Exciting personal news from Brian Tyler Cohen

Some exciting news! I’m releasing a new book, The Day After [ [link removed] ], [ [link removed] ] and I’m going on tour to talk about it in person. If you’ve enjoyed my political commentary over the years, I’d love for you to stop by and say hello. Here’s the info: July 14, 2026 at 7pm Sixth & …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
May 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM

CBS and 60 Minutes’ Messy Breakup

View this post on the web at [link removed] I’ve been waving my arms for months now about this administration’s assault on the media and press freedom. It’s been a multipronged attack, from extorting giant corporations for tens of millions of dollars (Paramount, Disney), to demanding the firing o…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
May 27, 2026 at 1:05 PM

One Democrat Just Capitulated to Trump in the Worst Way

View this post on the web at [link removed] The news broke about a week ago that Colorado governor Jared Polis commuted the sentence of election denier and Steve Bannon acolyte Tina Peters. I held off on saying anything because I’d been trying to get Jared Polis on for an interview to discuss. He…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
May 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM

The Art of the Deal with Yourself

View this post on the web at [link removed] Let’s do the math. We have roughly 1,500 convicted January 6 insurrectionists, who stormed the Capitol, assaulted police officers, threatened to kill members of Congress, and tried to overturn the election. Most have already been treated to a pardon. N…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
May 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM

The Supreme Court Drops All Pretense of Fairness

View this post on the web at [link removed] Let’s travel back in time to January 2022, when the Supreme Court did something that would seem unfathomable today: it ruled in favor of Black voters in Alabama. The Justices found that the state had illegally packed Black voters - more than a quarter o…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
May 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM

The Left is Good Governing Itself into Obscurity

View this post on the web at [link removed] The Virginia Supreme Court just struck down a congressional map drawn by Democrats that wipes out four left-leaning districts, which voters just approved. In a 4-3 decision, the court nullified 3 million votes overnight, on a technicality. It’s too inan…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
May 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM

SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act and Sent Southern States Sprinting to Gerrymander

View this post on the web at [link removed] I’ve said for a while now that this court was going to gut the Voting Rights Act. So when the court took a hatchet to it last week, I wasn’t surprised. What I wasn’t ready for was what came next. Brace for whiplash. This all happened so fast, it’ll mak…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
May 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM

SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Here's How We Fight Back

View this post on the web at [link removed] Here’s an exclusive excerpt from my upcoming book, The Day After [ [link removed] ], and why it explains this moment better than any headline. If you want early access to excerpts like this and the analysis behind them, upgrade to a paid subscription. …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
April 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM

When Trump You, It’s not You, It’s Him

View this post on the web at [link removed] It looks like FBI Director Kash Patel is the next man overboard off Trump’s sinking ship. Not that it should come as a surprise, after an expose in the Atlantic so damning he’s suing the outlet that alleged, among other things, that Patel has often been…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
April 27, 2026 at 1:25 AM

I Was in DC During the Shooting. Here's the Perverse Irony

View this post on the web at [link removed] I got back to my hotel room around 2 am on Sunday. By now we all know what happened: shots fired at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump rushed out by Secret Service, mass confusion and fear among the people in attendance. It was an exclusive ev…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
April 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM

We're Getting Hit with Patel's Hangover

View this post on the web at [link removed] Kash Patel sued the Atlantic for $250 million over a report claiming his rampant alcoholism is affecting his job. Notice I didn’t call it a “bombshell,” since this guy was drinking (on camera) as recently as the winter Olympics. The Atlantic got 24 sou…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
April 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Compromise Is Dead, and Some Democrats Are Finally Acting Like It

View this post on the web at [link removed] To understand what’s changing in politics and what comes next, become a paid subscriber. If you’re still waiting for Republicans to meet Democrats halfway, you’re going to be waiting forever. The Democrats’ search for common ground with Republicans is …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
April 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM

Trump Sank Viktor Orbán’s Reelection. It Can Happen Here, too.

View this post on the web at [link removed] Viktor Orbán’s defeat is a blow to Donald Trump and JD Vance, and to the far right around the world. He was the spiritual godfather to Trump, who seems to have become so toxic that association with him has become a liability. It’s bad news for Trump, b…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
April 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM

The Real Reason Trump Keeps Getting Away With This

View this post on the web at [link removed] Trump launched the war on a whim, based on his “feelings” that “it will all work out.” But he didn’t get there alone. Congressional Republicans let him do it. This was a decision he made unilaterally, sure. He sent us to war without congressional ap…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
April 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM

Trump Threatens “Civilization Will Die.” Here’s What Democrats Are Actually Considering

View this post on the web at [link removed] This week has been a catastrophe for - amongst many things - accountability. We had Trump’s unhinged and unforgivable threat of nuclear genocide against Iran, warning that “a whole civilization will die.” So far it’s been met with something between tep…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
April 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM

Trump Tried to End Birthright Citizenship. Even His Handpicked Court Isn’t Having it

View this post on the web at [link removed] What Just Happened A lot. And if it’s making you feel insane, that’s the point. But cutting through the noise, here’s the big story, why it matters, and what comes next. Today, it’s Trump’s pet project: ending birthright citizenship for children born…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 31, 2026 at 2:03 PM

Republicans Are Funding the Iran War by Cutting Your Healthcare

View this post on the web at [link removed] We’re entering Week 5 of “Operation Epic Fury,” or as I like to call it, “The War No One Asked For.” In this week’s episode, we get exactly what Trump promised he wouldn’t do: boots on the ground in the Middle East. As Trump runs up the bill with this n…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM

We Sent Trump a Message He Can’t Ignore

View this post on the web at [link removed] This weekend, I spoke at the No Kings protest in Downtown Los Angeles, the biggest in Southern California. I stood in front of a crowd estimated at 150,000, all gathering for one reason: to tell our government that we see them, they’ve failed us, and we…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 27, 2026 at 8:57 PM

Congress Broke TSA, Then Left Town. TMZ Got the Receipts

View this post on the web at [link removed] While TSA agents went unpaid and airport lines stretched for hours, senators were quietly slipping out of Washington for spring break, and TMZ caught them in the act. TMZ put out a call for citizen journalists to send in photos of members of congress l…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM

What They’re Hoping You Don’t Notice This Week

View this post on the web at [link removed] On Tuesday, I took a look at the TSA shutdown. Now, the whole debacle is ballooning faster than airport security wait times. After blocking multiple standalone bills from Democrats to fund TSA while the debate over DHS funding continues, Republicans pu…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM

Tuesday Briefing: TSA, Explained

View this post on the web at [link removed] What’s Going On As Trump continues to flail in the aftermath of his disastrous handling of the economy, the Epstein files, and now a new war in the Middle East, he took to Truth Social with a pretty unhinged threat: If Democrats don’t agree to his dem…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 23, 2026 at 10:27 PM

I’ve been working on this for a year. It’s finally here.

View this post on the web at [link removed] I’ve been working on something for the last year, and I’m finally ready to share it. My new book is called The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World. If you’ve followed my work, you know the throughline: Democrats need to fight. Because …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM

Pete Hegseth’s Attempt to Shut Press Out of Pentagon Doesn’t Hold up In Court

View this post on the web at [link removed] A federal judge just ruled that kicking journalists out of Pentagon briefings is unconstitutional. Newsflash: revoking press passes, muzzling journalists, and forcing them to publish propaganda slop is, in fact, a First Amendment violation. It was the r…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Mamdani Is Over Bari Weiss' (C)BS, Calls Off Interview

View this post on the web at [link removed] Bari Weiss is hammering so many nails in the coffin at CBS News, she’s building a mausoleum at this point. This time it’s with a tweet criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for… condemning the (war/excursion/incursion, you pick) in Iran. Mamda…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM

Trump's Soaring Gas Prices are a "Good Thing" for Anyone but You

View this post on the web at [link removed] Trump, in his latest spiral, just tried to rebrand soaring gas prices as a good thing. “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,” he wrote on Truth Social. Who is “we?” I’ll …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM

Trump Started a War and You’re Paying for It at the Pump

View this post on the web at [link removed] Trump’s not only launched a gratuitously unnecessary war, he’s obliterated the last shred of goodwill he may have had by spiking gas prices. A totally predictable outcome when you treat war like an impulse purchase at Target. Gas prices had been at a 4…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 6, 2026 at 3:49 AM

Kristi Noem Ran DHS Into the Ground. That’s Not Why She Got Fired.

View this post on the web at [link removed] It wasn’t because of her disastrous handling of the immigration raids in Minneapolis that left two Americans dead, or for reflexively calling them “domestic terrorists,” kicking off a propaganda campaign the Soviets would have called “heavy handed.” It …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 5, 2026 at 12:32 AM

The Texas Republican Primary: the Tremors Before the Earthquake

View this post on the web at [link removed] I’m not sure that the Texas primary could have gone worse for Republicans. Both John Cornyn and Ken Paxton failed to reach the 50% threshold to stave off a runoff. That means three more months of infighting between the two that all but guarantee their f…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM

Even Republicans are Turning on Kristi Noem

View this post on the web at [link removed] Kristi Noem was on the chopping block in today’s Senate hearing, and it was Republicans who wanted her head, which shows you just how badly things are going for the ASPCA’s most wanted Secretary of Homeland Security. Republican Thom Tillis came for her…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
March 3, 2026 at 1:42 AM

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  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM

The real reason for Trump's Iran bombing

View this post on the web at [link removed] I understand the inclination to believe that Trump is acting erratically when he seemingly arbitrarily bombs Iran. But this is the culmination of a long-term plan for which the chief beneficiary is, unsurprisingly, himself. You don’t have to look far fo…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM

One Merger After Another: Trump Cronies Take Over CNN

View this post on the web at [link removed] Paramount elbowed out Netflix to buy Warner Brothers Discovery after a months-long bidding war. When (not if) the deal closes, Paramount will control 25% of the entire media market, and half of the cable TV market. It will put CBS and CNN under one roof…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 26, 2026 at 11:08 PM

The Democrats' Secret to Success in Midterms and Beyond

View this post on the web at [link removed] The State of the Union handed Democrats a simple but powerful message to run with going into the midterms: “Are you better off than you were before?” For most Americans, the answer is no. The question now is what will Democrats do with it? Will they ca…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 26, 2026 at 12:43 AM

Trump Just Repeated the Mistake That Cost Democrats the Election

View this post on the web at [link removed] In the postmortem on Trump’s State of the Union, we see a dead man walking. What we got last night, in the longest State of the Union literally of all time, was an exercise in self-congratulation that tells you everything you need to know about Trump: H…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 24, 2026 at 11:42 PM

Trump’s State of the Union Will Deny, Deny, Deny Reality

View this post on the web at [link removed] Trump’s going into tonight’s State of the Union on his back foot. And no amount of Team USA Olympic hockey players will help him play defense here. Look at the standings: Trump’s approval ratings are the lowest they’ve been since he took office. He’s…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 23, 2026 at 11:05 PM

Puck You: Women's Hockey Team Snubs Trump's Invitation

View this post on the web at [link removed] The US Women’s Hockey team has declined Trump’s backhanded invitation to attend the State of the Union after he was caught joking with the Men’s team that he’d be impeached [ [link removed] ] if he didn’t invite them. Both teams had an unbelievable run…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM

Stephen Colbert Tells Brendan Carr: Go FCC Yourself

View this post on the web at [link removed] What Just Happened Stephen Colbert revealed last night that CBS lawyers forced him to scrap an interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. The episode aired, but the interview did not. Not only that, Colbert was told he wasn’t even…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM

5 Takeaways From My Interview With President Obama

View this post on the web at [link removed] Last week I had the honor of hosting President Obama on my podcast [ [link removed] ]. To get personal for a minute, I got into politics because largely because of Obama. I think a lot of millennials did. Everyone knows exactly where they were when he …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM

House Passes SAVE Act to Solve a Nonexistent Problem

View this post on the web at [link removed] Here’s What Just Happened. The House just passed the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote, and gives DHS the right to seize voter rolls in any state. That puts us one step closer to obliterating voting rights in this country, and …
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM

Democrats Are Suddenly Winning Races They’re Supposed to Lose

View this post on the web at [link removed] In a run of special elections, Democrats have quietly picked up seats in deep red districts they normally have no business winning. These wins suggest Republicans may have misread the political terrain when they redrew congressional maps at Trump’s requ…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM

“Case Closed” Is Not Closure: Epstein Survivors Demand Accountability

View this post on the web at [link removed] Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has said the Department’s review of the Epstein files “is over.” Pam Bondi has nothing else to say. Case closed, we did what we came here to do. Epstein’s survivors say otherwise. I track institutional failure and…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM

Trump is Walking Straight Into the Epstein Files Trap

View this post on the web at [link removed] To say Republicans are fumbling the bag in the handling of this latest tranche of Epstein files is to do them a disservice. They’re going full Wile E. Coyote, stringing up the anvil that’ll come crashing down on them later. Between Deputy Attorney Gene…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 4, 2026 at 12:13 AM

Tulsi Gabbard is Trump’s Puppet in Attempted Election Takeover

View this post on the web at [link removed] I break down how power actually works, how it’s used and abused in real time. Subscribe to stay ahead of it. The Wall Street Journal reported today the existence of a whistleblower complaint against the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard,…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM

The Grammys Sounded Different This Year

View this post on the web at [link removed] I focus on how culture signals political change before it becomes obvious. Subscribe for more. Last night’s Grammys ceremony felt pointedly political, in a way these awards shows typically don’t. Artists spoke out openly on the red carpet and on stage,…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
January 31, 2026 at 11:26 PM

Global Leaders Leverage the World Cup Against Trump

View this post on the web at [link removed] In the seemingly interminable week since Trump stormed through Davos, trampling all over international norms with his threats to take Greenland (or “Iceland,” depending on the day) by force, our allies have had to reckon with an existential threat to th…
  Brian Tyler Cohen · [email protected]
January 30, 2026 at 9:57 PM

Justice Department Arrests a Journalist for Doing Journalism

View this post on the web at [link removed] This is what it looks like when power goes after the press. I’m documenting it in real time, without the spin. If you want coverage that follows power instead of spectacle, subscribe here. In a brazen attack on press freedom, Don Lemon and three others…