Chloe Cockburn
@chloecockburn.bsky.social
Advising donors on where to give money to end mass incarceration. Lawyer, painter, movement nerd. Substack: https://justimpact.substack.com/
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last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"
anyways, great news! (1/X)
anyways, great news! (1/X)
September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"
anyways, great news! (1/X)
anyways, great news! (1/X)
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Important Texas news: last fall, Bolts reported that the sheriff of Fort Worth was flouting a state law that requires independent investigations of deaths in jails.
Well, as a result of that reporting, a Texas state agency has now taken charge of assigning who must investigate a death.
brief 🧵:
Well, as a result of that reporting, a Texas state agency has now taken charge of assigning who must investigate a death.
brief 🧵:
June 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Important Texas news: last fall, Bolts reported that the sheriff of Fort Worth was flouting a state law that requires independent investigations of deaths in jails.
Well, as a result of that reporting, a Texas state agency has now taken charge of assigning who must investigate a death.
brief 🧵:
Well, as a result of that reporting, a Texas state agency has now taken charge of assigning who must investigate a death.
brief 🧵:
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🧵 When authoritarian leaders attack judges as "enemies," history shows us exactly where this leads. Trump's assault on "USA HATING JUDGES" isn't just inflammatory rhetoric—it's following a script written by strongmen worldwide. But other countries show us how to fight back.
May 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🧵 When authoritarian leaders attack judges as "enemies," history shows us exactly where this leads. Trump's assault on "USA HATING JUDGES" isn't just inflammatory rhetoric—it's following a script written by strongmen worldwide. But other countries show us how to fight back.
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"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump’s Attacks Have Helped Heal a Deeply Divided Harvard
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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Reminder: they said they would deport murderers and rapists. But there actually aren't many of them at all, so they are going after anyone they can grab.
ICE agents rounded up around 40 people today across Martha’s Vineyard—grabbing some out of their cars. The sweeps were carried out as part of a series of traffic stops with the help of FBI and DEA agents. “You should be ashamed of yourselves,” one person shouted at several agents gathered outside.
ICE ‘Grabbing People Out of Their Cars’ on Martha’s Vineyard
Immigration agents reportedly rounded up around 40 people in the course of several traffic stops on Tuesday.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reminder: they said they would deport murderers and rapists. But there actually aren't many of them at all, so they are going after anyone they can grab.
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I take the subway by myself multiple times literally every day and the most memorable things that have happened recently are that a very cute dog in a purple sweater was on my train car a few days ago and today a guy with a cane got on and literally four people immediately sprang up so he could sit
Duffy: "If you're liberal, they want you to take public transportation ... the problem is that it's dirty. You have criminals. It's homeless shelters. It's insane asylums. It's a work ground for the criminal element of the city to prey upon the good people."
May 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I take the subway by myself multiple times literally every day and the most memorable things that have happened recently are that a very cute dog in a purple sweater was on my train car a few days ago and today a guy with a cane got on and literally four people immediately sprang up so he could sit
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New article based on data from my organization Mapping Police Violence shows police killings have surged in Red states. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
May 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New article based on data from my organization Mapping Police Violence shows police killings have surged in Red states. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
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it's pretty damning when it's all laid out like this www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Is Trump in mental decline? He sounds far worse than Biden ever did. | Opinion
For those who spent weeks, months and even years howling about then-President Joe Biden's 'mental decline,' what say you about Trump's rambling?
www.usatoday.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
it's pretty damning when it's all laid out like this www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Philadelphia will decide multiple ballot measures that touch on housing next week: whether to create an official who'd serve to a public advocate for unhoused people, and whether to increase the minimal sum that the city must devote to affordable housing. boltsmag.org/whats-o...
The 25 Elections to Watch This May - Bolts
Plenty of what’s on the ballot this May ties into national politics: JD Vance’s half-brother; a prosecutor who clashed with Elon Musk over the 2024 elections; the latest chapter in... Read More
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May 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Philadelphia will decide multiple ballot measures that touch on housing next week: whether to create an official who'd serve to a public advocate for unhoused people, and whether to increase the minimal sum that the city must devote to affordable housing. boltsmag.org/whats-o...
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"The way Pittsburgh has recently closed encampments differs from the methods many U.S. cities have used."
"[P]roviding 'credible offers' of long-term and sustainable housing."
"But its future is uncertain as [Mayor] Gainey faces a tough reelection bid on May 20."
#Pennsylvania #USA #Housing
"[P]roviding 'credible offers' of long-term and sustainable housing."
"But its future is uncertain as [Mayor] Gainey faces a tough reelection bid on May 20."
#Pennsylvania #USA #Housing
Pittsburgh Offers Housing When Closing Encampments. Will That Last?
Advocates pushed the city to prioritize longer-term housing during sweeps, but the policy's future is uncertain in the face of continued encampments and a mayoral primary on May 20.
boltsmag.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"The way Pittsburgh has recently closed encampments differs from the methods many U.S. cities have used."
"[P]roviding 'credible offers' of long-term and sustainable housing."
"But its future is uncertain as [Mayor] Gainey faces a tough reelection bid on May 20."
#Pennsylvania #USA #Housing
"[P]roviding 'credible offers' of long-term and sustainable housing."
"But its future is uncertain as [Mayor] Gainey faces a tough reelection bid on May 20."
#Pennsylvania #USA #Housing
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Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But an investigation by Bolts and Injustice Watch revealed the department failed to report hundreds of thousands of stops. boltsmag.org/chicago...
Chicago Police Made Nearly 200,000 Secret Traffic Stops Last Year
Chicago police are required to document every time they pull someone over. But a new investigation reveals the department is releasing vastly incomplete data to oversight agencies, even as the superintendent pledges reforms.
boltsmag.org
April 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But an investigation by Bolts and Injustice Watch revealed the department failed to report hundreds of thousands of stops. boltsmag.org/chicago...
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African Elephants are my favorite land animal species, by far. During yesterday’s earthquake, my babies at the San Diego Zoo reacted to the quake, immediately protective of their most-vulnerable Community members. Humans could learn SO much from these beauties, if we’d just humble ourselves. 🐘🐘
April 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
African Elephants are my favorite land animal species, by far. During yesterday’s earthquake, my babies at the San Diego Zoo reacted to the quake, immediately protective of their most-vulnerable Community members. Humans could learn SO much from these beauties, if we’d just humble ourselves. 🐘🐘
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I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
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April 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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A Pennsylvania county forgave more than $65 million in “pay-to-stay” debt; this was money that had been charged to detained people for “room and board” at the local jail.
boltsmag.org/jail-de...
boltsmag.org/jail-de...
This Pennsylvania County Wiped Out Millions in Jail Debt
After Dauphin County ended the practice of charging people while they’re detained in jail, Commissioner Justin Douglas pushed it to forgive more than $65 million in lodging fees.
boltsmag.org
April 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A Pennsylvania county forgave more than $65 million in “pay-to-stay” debt; this was money that had been charged to detained people for “room and board” at the local jail.
boltsmag.org/jail-de...
boltsmag.org/jail-de...
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Rufo's real genius was recognizing how many people in elite spaces are so enormously self-loathing they'll offer him every opportunity they can to lie straight to their faces
Rufo would "like to see that prototype [what's happened at Columbia and elsewhere] industrialized and applied to all of the universities as a sector" and that he would like "to reduce the size of the [higher education] sector itself."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/p...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/p...
The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges
Christopher Rufo has helped inspire Republican messaging and bills on hot-button issues.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Rufo's real genius was recognizing how many people in elite spaces are so enormously self-loathing they'll offer him every opportunity they can to lie straight to their faces
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The racist violence/cruelty of US warmongering & policing are deeply connected.
"Jon Burge tortured suspects while he was a Chicago police detective. His contemporaries from Vietnam reveal where he may have learned the tricks of his trade."
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"Jon Burge tortured suspects while he was a Chicago police detective. His contemporaries from Vietnam reveal where he may have learned the tricks of his trade."
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April 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The racist violence/cruelty of US warmongering & policing are deeply connected.
"Jon Burge tortured suspects while he was a Chicago police detective. His contemporaries from Vietnam reveal where he may have learned the tricks of his trade."
chicagoreader.com/news/tools-o...
bsky.app/profile/slko...
"Jon Burge tortured suspects while he was a Chicago police detective. His contemporaries from Vietnam reveal where he may have learned the tricks of his trade."
chicagoreader.com/news/tools-o...
bsky.app/profile/slko...
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No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
This isn't a stove, this is the demon core.
Wanna start a bank run? This is how you start a bank run. Congrats, you invented the Great Depression. The FDIC as an independent agency exists specifically to prevent another 1929.
This isn't a stove, this is the demon core.
Wanna start a bank run? This is how you start a bank run. Congrats, you invented the Great Depression. The FDIC as an independent agency exists specifically to prevent another 1929.
BREAKING — DOGE will descend upon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) buildings tomorrow, an agency source tells me.
FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.
FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.
April 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
This isn't a stove, this is the demon core.
Wanna start a bank run? This is how you start a bank run. Congrats, you invented the Great Depression. The FDIC as an independent agency exists specifically to prevent another 1929.
This isn't a stove, this is the demon core.
Wanna start a bank run? This is how you start a bank run. Congrats, you invented the Great Depression. The FDIC as an independent agency exists specifically to prevent another 1929.
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Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.
All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Worth noting that this passed by one vote and two Democratic congresspeople have died in office in the last six weeks.
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I know this sounds like pedantic scolding but I really do believe that doubling down on the idea that criminal records are a meaningful distinction is like carefully digging a pit that we can be shoved into.
April 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I know this sounds like pedantic scolding but I really do believe that doubling down on the idea that criminal records are a meaningful distinction is like carefully digging a pit that we can be shoved into.
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"Initial findings showed that when the program first started, participants most commonly prioritized paying bills, followed by paying off debt." every time
NEW: Cook County touts the success of their guaranteed income pilot program. How people mostly spent $$$
✅ food
✅ rent
✅ bills
✅ transit
What’s next: planning the future of the program
tinyurl.com/2yr8y5k5 @wbez.org
✅ food
✅ rent
✅ bills
✅ transit
What’s next: planning the future of the program
tinyurl.com/2yr8y5k5 @wbez.org
Cook County leaders are touting the success of their guaranteed income pilot program
With federal funding for guaranteed income spent, a committee will determine what’s next for the county program.
tinyurl.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Initial findings showed that when the program first started, participants most commonly prioritized paying bills, followed by paying off debt." every time