Adam Kluge
phd candidate @oxfordcrim.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk | formerly @columbiauniversity.bsky.social | he/him
interested in punishment, violence, stigma, family, gender, citizenship, and politics
more here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/adam-kluge
- Reposted by Adam KlugeThis is kind of wild -- the Los Angeles jails just had their 2nd in-custody death this month. It's the 9th in-custody death this year At this rate they'd be on track to more than 90 deaths this year.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeToday I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone. www.swarthmore.edu/u... please share!
- Reposted by Adam KlugeI think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeThere have been many successful campaigns to stop the construction of jails and prisons in rural areas. They have mostly relied on a combination of environmental, abolitionist, and Indigenous activists. (see also the fight in the Everglades) prismreports.org/2025/02/20/k...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeMy story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
- Reposted by Adam KlugeEpstein wasn’t a “bad apple” He didn’t “slip through the cracks” He was the logical outcome of systems designed to protect rich, powerful men & discipline the rest. Prisons didn’t stop him. Policing didn’t stop him. The state didn’t stop him. He was protected & enabled by institutions of power. 1/n
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- “If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeIn case anyone thinks OP is exaggerating the point
- Reposted by Adam KlugeOn Feb. 4, 1999. Amadou Diallo an African immigrant was shot 19 times in a hail of 41 bullets by NYPD, claiming his wallet was a gun. As organizers we hit the streets. African, immigrant, Black (also African) & others, all knew it was the same system of oppression
- Reposted by Adam Klugethe old fourth estate is dying. the new fourth estate struggles to be born. now is the time of newsletters I guess
- Reposted by Adam Klugejournalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
- Reposted by Adam KlugeFighting fascism requires a realistic analysis of power and force. The right-wing shouldn't feel they can reward their killers and motivate others to kill for them without any consequences. I wrote about the importance of unrelenting actions for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2026/02/04/f...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeWhatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
- Reposted by Adam KlugeNEW: The DHS arrest records make no mention of the Tren de Aragua gang even though officials repeatedly cited its presence in the building as motivation for the raid, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter and zip-tied U.S. citizens.
- Reposted by Adam Klugealways bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
- Reposted by Adam KlugeJeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power. They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeWith the immediate removal of 700 federal agents from Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan put the total number of agents remaining in the state at approximately 2,000. That’s still a dramatic increase from the normal immigration and enforcement staffing in Minnesota of around 150 agents.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeThe idea of buying commercial warehouses and converting them into detention camps is so viscerally chilling to people that it's being opposed even in places which might otherwise support new prisons.
- Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed. Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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- Reposted by Adam KlugeAbsolutely embarrassing for the govt. that they have proscribed Palestine Action before the trial and the jury has found them not guilty. This Labour govt. is so out of touch with the public, it is shocking. I think Cooper should resign over this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeIncredible news. This is why craven corrupt, irreparably dirty Labour wants to kill jury trials: realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeFor sure man: Larry Summers, Peter Thiel, Ehud Barak, Peter Mandelson, Bill Gates, and basically every other oligarch, power broker and political bigwig in the western power structure were all taken in by a devious Russian plot to enact the precise policy suite they’ve espoused their entire careers.
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- Reposted by Adam Kluge74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month. Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeThis is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeI say this as a victim and as a lawyer and as a journalist and as a woman in public, no one, literally no one in power, cares about victims of sexual violence. This is why they promise women more police and prisons (allegedly to help them) while fancy men who are friends with Epstein go free.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed. If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeWrote about the pleasure that conservatives took from the killings by ICE recently open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
- Reposted by Adam Klugesometimes i think about that thing a disco elysium dev said in response to someone asking why choosing fascist options lowers your morale. that being a fascist is miserable, since it requires you to believe that you are being dominated by the weak and unworthy in everything you do.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeHow did we get to the point where police body cams are deemed “best practice” when the # of civilians whom police have killed has only *increased each year* since the widespread adoption of the equipment? Tamar Sarai explains the body cam propaganda & who stands to benefit from “reform narratives”⤵️
- Reposted by Adam Klugerandom Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;) JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
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- Reposted by Adam KlugeMedia coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
- Reposted by Adam Klugeexactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...
- Reposted by Adam Kluge“In a little over a year, the number of detention facilities used by ICE *nearly doubled* to 212 sites spread across 47 states and territories. *Most of that growth* came through existing contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service or *deals to use empty beds at county jails.*” (emphasis mine)
- Reposted by Adam Kluge1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeDHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting. Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeAfter Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting. But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
- Reposted by Adam KlugeThe rampant sexual violence, the rape apologia in response to MeToo, and the fostering of misogynistic hatred under the guise of "populism" are all part and parcel with the Epstein Class's fear of democracy. It's an abhorrence for the very notion of consent, be it of the raped or the governed
- I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy. www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeAccording to this article from last week, they were down to 17 attorneys. So now just 9? In an office that usually has at least 50. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeThis needs to be at the top of every story about the ICE body-cam thing. They already have body cameras.
- The ProPublica story on the Pretti killers says DHS has bodycam footage from the incident but they refuse to release it www.propublica.org/article/alex...
- Reposted by Adam KlugeLe Monde has revealed that in the summer of 2025 a French criminal court issued indictments against two French-Israeli Jewish citizens for complicity and incitement of genocide due to their repeated attempts to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. It seems to be the first case in Europe.
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- Reposted by Adam KlugeDefinitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeProfessional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota. This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup. Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
- Reposted by Adam KlugeIncrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear
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