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

Austin, TX
Joined August 2013
Werner Herzog visiting a county fair
Replying to @bradj_TX
Sights and sounds during the lunch rush: Ella Langley plays overhead as the dirtiest Joe Dirt with the most wretched mullet I’ve ever seen chomps down eggs and hash browns. A couple sits across me at the bar with matching teal racing tshirts. Some guy just looked at me and smirked like he knew what was up and was thoroughly entertained. Dudes with shoulder-length hair almost outnumber the ladies with it. A man with a fanny pack bounds toward his newly opened table.
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Derek Cohen retweeted
In: @GregAbbott_TX appointed @AprilAguirreTx & @CohenAtTPPF to the #Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct for terms to expire 12/31 2029 & @akahancrimesto1, Tracy Harrison, & Yinon Weiss to the Commission for terms set to expire 12/31 2031. gov.texas.gov/news/post/gove…,
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Definitely stings to not capitalize on the potential double, but still so damn proud of this team and what Mikel built.
Tomorrow we’ll be happy we won the league. Today…
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I’ve watched this through a good 20 times by now. So powerful.
22 years since the Invincibles. Arsenal are Champions again ❤️
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Derek Cohen retweeted
THEY'VE GONE AND DONE IT! ARSENAL ARE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 22 YEARS 🏆 ARTETA'S MEN CONQUER ENGLAND ONCE AND FOR ALL 🔥👏
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I saw The Troglodytic Reprobates open for Queens of the Stone Age at the Toledo Sports Arena back in 2006
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The Kings of College Basketball 〽️
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The chair of Louisville’s trustees, its president, and its AD wrote a piece rebutting the SEC/Big Ten white paper on pooling college athletics media rights.
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We will, Nathan, enjoy your Beanie Baby...
Nathan MacKinnon kept it short and sweet postgame 😳 (H/T @JClipperton_CP)
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RED, WHITE, BLUE AND GOLD. TEAM USA IS BRINGING HOME THE #WINTEROLYMPICS GOLD. 🇺🇸🦅
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The Tigers keep adding arms to their rotation after they signed Justin Verlander to a one-year deal 💪 Projections via @fangraphs
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Been coming to these games for years and I have no idea what just happened
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Derek Cohen retweeted
LANDO NORRIS IS THE 2025 FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION!!!! 🏆 #F1 #AbuDhabiGP
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Derek Cohen retweeted
The TV Networks (specifically Fox and ABC) are refusing to run this ad for @SavingCollSprts today during the games. No good reason given as to why - just ignoring us or telling us to contact their attorneys. The General Council for one major network told me it was a “business decision”. This was AFTER we’d sent them a large wire to pay for the ads! Why would the networks want to silence a legitimate debate around an issue that affects hundreds of thousands of kids and is existentially threatening to women’s sports and Olympic sports? What is the “business reason” that overrides the benefit and enjoyment that college sports provide to tens of millions of Americans? What are they hiding?? If there was ever a question that money, control, and greed are being prioritized over student athletes, fans, and communities…Here you go!! We all knew that the current situation in college sports seemed very slimy and was driven by people who couldn’t care less about the common good…. But we had no idea how bad it truly is!! It’s become obvious…We have to drain the swamp that College Sports have become!! This fight isn’t about me, and it certainly isn’t about TV ads - it’s much bigger. It’s about doing what is right and necessary to save a great American institution. I promise that I won’t stop fighting until we are successful in solving this problem, and I know I can count on many of you to join me!
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"Grandpa, what's it like trying to earn a living in a non-right-to-work state?"
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.
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The other guy’s consultant clearly got to Konni
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Texas's age restriction for pornography sites upheld #txlege
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.
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In the SCOTUS opinions released today, Justices Sotomayor and Jackson seem to be locked in a to-the-death struggle of who can be the greater policy advocate and less of an actual jurist. RBG would be proud of their (non)performance.
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It has been 11,686 days since a Canadian team has won a Stanley Cup. Move the HoF from Toronto to Branson, MO
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