Rachel Cohen

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.

heard some people were talking about me on bluesky

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can yall spot @annabower.bsky.social

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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