Rachel Cohen

@cohen489.bsky.social

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pragmatic optimist and well-known email author views are mine alone cohen489.substack.com americandemands.com

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Rachel Cohen·Aug 30

I got arrested yesterday! (real drop off from being a corporate law firm associate five months ago. or upgrade.) I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.

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Rachel Cohen·Mar 23

heard some people were talking about me on bluesky

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Rachel Cohen·Mar 25

if only someone had pointed out he was going to keep doing this if the firms didn’t unite! if only 1500+ people in the industry had pointed it out!!! what a lost opportunity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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can yall spot @annabower.bsky.social

picture of a man in an inflatable shark costume standing in front of anna at a bar in bedstuy
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Rachel Cohen·Apr 3

my boots are hurting my feet and the people close to me lack empathy

text exchange where I say ‘these hurt bc of the heel I think I need to suck it up and get insoles’ and my friend replies ‘ok Ron desantis’
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Rachel Cohen·Apr 2

Olivia Rodrigo making an album announcement on the same day Pam Bondi got fired is kind of my personal Dick Cheney/Zohran Mamdani Election Day

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Rachel Cohen·Apr 2

I for one cannot believe the Trump administration keeps fucking over its high-profile female appointees, it’s almost like aligning yourself with people who hate you based on your identity will ultimately backfire? Can’t be right

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Rachel Cohen·Mar 23

someone in IG comments said this has been called sane washing and that does feel correct

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Rachel Cohen·Mar 20

all I’ll say is that I hope Adrian Vermuele is right about one thing only (that there is an afterlife and in it evil people get punished forever)

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Rachel Cohen·Mar 19

seeing Chavez’s legacy be swiftly and correctly decimated is a powerful reminder that we as a society could, actually, hold people accountable when credible allegations are made that they are child molesters

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Rachel Cohen·Mar 17

I wrote about the decision to engage in tax resistance for @currentaffairs.bsky.social www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-im-...

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Rachel Cohen·Mar 17

hello to all Feds, I am not paying my federal income tax this year open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...

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Rachel Cohen·Mar 17

god I wish the left was as organized as Trump’s DOJ wants to pretend we are

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