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Spike Cohen

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11 Sep

2977 people lost their lives on 9/11.

When we hear of deaths in the thousands, it's easy to look at them as numbers, even though we know that each of them had lives, family and loved ones they left behind.

Each one has a story.

I'd like to tell you the story of John W Perry.

John was born with a severe learning disability. He was 9 before he could tie his shoes or read. But he discovered a passion for learning, and helping others, that would last his entire life.

John learned French, Russian, Spanish & Swedish, and graduated from NYU School of Law.

@LPQueens

As an attorney, John helped immigrants and asylum-seekers navigate through the ridiculous system so they could remain here.

An active member of @LPQueens and a board member of the @NYCLU, John fought for the rights and freedoms of others.

Then he did something unexpected.

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Spike Cohen

@RealSpikeCohen

1 Sep

The War on Drugs has created and empowered drug cartels.

The War on Terror has created and empowered terror groups.

The War on Poverty has made poverty permanent for tens of millions of Americans.

Government would totally succeed in the War on Abortion though.

Abortion is a gruesome practice. There are good ways to greatly reduce the number of them.

Government is the absolute last group I want involved, especially since most abortions are done for economic reasons, and government is most to blame for creating those economic problems.

Think of how the War on Drugs, through the creation of black markets, has made the drug problem much worse, and has created gang violence and daily infringements on our rights in the process.

Now apply that to abortion.

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Spike Cohen

@RealSpikeCohen

1 Sep

I can feel it coming in the air of the night.

This weekend, I will be back in FLORIDA for an action-packed 3 days of fun to support some incredible Libertarian candidates and causes, and you're invited!

@terMaatMike

It all starts Friday night in Tamarac with a dinner with me and @terMaatMike. We'll also have @MarthaBueno18 @DennisMisigoy there as well!

REGISTER HERE: miketermaat2022.com/dinner

@LPNational

Then on Saturday morning, join me and Mike in Fort Lauderdale for an airboat tour of the Everglades!

Anyone who remembers the @LPNational convention last year knows the kind of fun that can happen when Libertarians get around alligators.

REGISTER HERE: miketermaat2022.com/everglades

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Spike Cohen

@RealSpikeCohen

28 Aug

The attacks on civilians and retreating troops in Kabul were unconscionable. The victims were real people with real lives, whose loved ones will miss them. Whomever is responsible for their deaths needs to pay, dearly.

And we need to talk about who that may be.

A couple weeks back, I remember cynically thinking to myself "just watch, ISIS or some other group is going to come out of nowhere and do a terror attack in Afghanistan, and the neocons will use it to push for more war."

Lo and behold.

IS-K is at war with the Taliban, and it's very possible that they used this moment of vulnerability to attack the US and instigate a US response that would bolster ISIS recruitment and hurt the Taliban's newly-formed government.

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Spike Cohen

@RealSpikeCohen

28 Aug

Of the 13 US troops who were killed in Kabul, at least 4 of them were just a few months old when the US invaded Afghanistan.

Their names are:

David Lee Espinoza
Rylee McCollum
Kareem Nikoui
Jared Schmitz

Many more were toddlers when it began.

It's long past time to end this.

Bring the troops home.

No "enduring presence".

No "vigilance in the region".

This is never going to end if we don't bring them home.

All of them.

There is always going to be an IS-K, or a Haqqani Network, or a Taliban, or some other new boogeyman, because the reality is the people of those countries are never going to stop fighting the invasions and occupations.

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Spike Cohen

@RealSpikeCohen

27 Aug

Last May, Safarain Herring was shot. Michael Williams took Safarain to the ER, where he later died.

Michael, who is 64, was arrested for murdering Safarain, even though he claimed that Safarain was killed in a drive by shooting and he just took him to the hospital.

The key evidence that prosecutors used against Michael was the "fact" that the shooting happened where his car was parked.

Except, that "fact" simply wasn't true.

At the time Safarain was shot, ShotSpotter sensors detected a firework explosion about a mile away from where Michael's car was parked. Months later, ShotSpotter analysts changed it to a gunshot, and moved its location to where Michael was.

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