link.springer.com/collections/... Researchers studying political violence, please consider submitting your manuscripts for a special edition of Injury Epidemiology focusing on political violence. Injury Epi publishes many studies on violence and its prevention including political violence.

“Watchfulness is the most dangerous form of resistance because it obstructs the Trump regime’s project of habituation. Fascism works by making the extreme normal.” @fotoole.bsky.social “The sin of civic “interference” is in fact the saving grace of democracy.”

Congratulations, Elon Musk! The #1 cause of US job loss in 2025! #bankrupttesla #teslatakedown #cancelstarlink #boycottspacex #ElonMusk #doge #swastikars #USpol

Meanwhile www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/w...

I hope this gets a lot of attention and kaitlancollins.bsky.social asks Trump about his pardons of J6 criminals.

Pam Bondi’s Epstein Testimony Exposed the Whole Game - Slate Excellent piece that gets to the core of Trump’s and Bondi’s use of federal law enforcement to protect the powerful, aid Trump, punish those who don’t bow to Trump, and fail everyone else, especially the most vulnerable.

tracreports.org/immigration/... Less than 2% of immigration deportation orders during Oct-Dec, 2025 were prompted by crimes committed other than illegal entry. Billions of $s, countless violations of civil rights, many deaths & injuries, millions traumatized. This isn’t about public safety.

“I will not apologize because I did nothing wrong” defines who Trump is as a human being. The fact that so many people voted for and continue to enable this is sadly defining what America is as a country.

The United States government is retaliating against 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family for having the temerity to challenge their unlawful detention with a habeas petition. That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I have this, too. They are getting rid of one of the best things about The Post and one of the best sportswriting teams of any newspaper.

A souvenier in more ways than one. This freaking sucks.

I gasped: "Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Minnesota shooting scrambles America’s gun debate - The Washington Post The WaPost spin: both sides are being hypocritical! But the inconsistencies are mainly from the right. They’re fine with bugaloo & militia pals at political events with AR-15s. Dems aren’t praising Pretti for carrying a gun.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... It’s nice to see MN corporations and pro sports teams speak out; but what a lame statement, to call for a deescalation and for federal, state, and local govt to work together. Push them further, to call for ICE & CBP to leave and stop their lawless reign of terror.

👇This.

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"

Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times, up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street

FBI Field leader to NYT: "I remember praying that we didn’t have a terrorist attack, mass shooting or cyberattack slip through the cracks because my agents, who were highly trained to protect against such threats, were assigned to immigration enforcement."

FBI agent with high-level undercover experience previously tasked with protecting the US from foreign threats now sitting in a parking lot grabbing up immigrants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Justice Department weighs rollback of gun regulations Trump & Bondi cloak their gifts to the gun industry, especially its worst actors, as some sort of respect for the 2nd Amendment. It’s such BS. None of the regs they’re rolling back infringe on 2A rights. The regs keep guns from violent ppl.

This isn’t inevitable. A few Republicans in Congress could still stop a reckless annexation or attack on Greenland — right now. Silence is a choice.

"The abduction of Maduro was not about naming his crimes, but about ignoring them. The worst thing Maduro did is what Trump is beginning to do: killing civilians and blaming them for their own deaths. After Minneapolis, Maduro’s lies are being repeated: in American English, by American authorities."

I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota. If you have places for me to add, please DM me.

It is the Biden-Harris Admin who is to thank for reversing the historic surge in violence that took place in 2020 (Trump’s last year). Biden banned ghost gun kits, signed the BCSA expanding $s for community violence intervention & other public safety initiatives, curbing gun trafficking.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

And this is just less than a year. Each day RFK Jr. stays in office as the head of our science and health system, the more his negligence compounds. Congress made a mistake confirming him, but they still have a chance to fix it. It's time they #ImpeachRFKJr www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

So Baltimore & StL local leaders, public safety professionals including CVI workers faced enormous challenges and yet reduced homicide rates from their recent peaks by 40-45/100K in just a few years.

BTW, St Louis & Baltimore have commonalities that go a long way to explain their high homicide rates relative to other cities. Each is geographically small, are their own county and thus don’t benefit from suburban resources, lots of race- and policy-driven concentrated disadvantage & disinvestment.

(Side note: As a journalist I am still shocked by how quickly the attack on the CDC was set aside. How rarely I have read the name David Rose in the past few months is for me a pretty good indicator of how much a large swathe of US media has failed to meet this moment.)

Can anyone think of a death rate from ANY cause in a major city drop by ~40/100K population per year over a 3-year period? St Louis and Baltimore did what many thought couldn’t be done to lower their homicide rates. 👏👏🙌

A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.

New Orleans has also produced an incredible absolute reduction in homicide rates of 40.7/100 K population (-56%) from its peak to 2025. I applauded all cities reductions and underscore that nationwide policies and forces are at play. But Baltimore , St Louis & New Orleans deserve special love!

We mostly see year to date comparisons of homicides for cities. The overall % reductions in the past few years is historic. But St Louis & Baltimore have had the largest absolute reduction in rates per 100K Pop from their 12-mo rolling peak to 2025 - 44.9 (-44%) and 39.5 (61%) respectively.

Looking at the historic reduction in US homicides from many angles. I appreciate the Real-Time Crime Index data - 12-month rolling trends for 570 cities 2018-2025. But this graph from U Chicago Crime Lab made me appreciate what Baltimore and St Louis have accomplished from their peak to 2025.

Judge Boasberg's decision on the CECOT prisoners covers the grounds addressed by a 60 Minutes story that Bari Weiss spiked, and that is vital to this class of DHS prisoners.

This is a reminder of how much it matters that pediatricians, public health specialists, scientists and members of the public who care about vaccines and science based recommendations continue to speak up. Many voices break through. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

I’m happy to see some of my research and this of my colleagues cited in this report. One omission to the state policy recommendations is firearm purchaser licensing. Research shows this is one of the most effective measures to curb straw purchases and other trafficking and ultimately reduce violence

EGS connects the dots & $s between bad actors in the gun industry, traffickers, and gun violence. Exceptional efforts to curb gun trafficking under Biden, Trump’s gift to those profiting from gun trafficking by undoing those efforts, & sound policies states should adopt to minimize the harms. 👏👏

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

This is a real disaster in the making. Babies are going to die. Full-stop. "Why Denmark’s vaccine schedule works for Denmark — but not for the United States." www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/d... via @statnews.com

Like so many positive things that the Trump Admin is tearing down, their actions threaten to reverse the historic progress that most US cities in reducing homicides and other gun violence.

marylandmatters.org/2025/12/19/b... Nice summary of the hard work behind Baltimore’s success in reducing gun violence - the most recent 12-month rolling average is 60% lower than its peak in Sept 2021. Surprised that Group Violence Reduction Strategy wasn’t mentioned. Lots of credit to go around.

“Chairman Jordan made an excellent decision in not allowing Jack Smith to testify publicly, because had he done so, it would have been absolutely devastating to the President and all the president's men,” says @raskin.house.gov. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Every single argument that House Republicans are making on the floor right now to justify attacking drug traffickers from Venezuela without Congressional authorization could be used by Venezuelans to justify military strikes on US gun shipments to Central America.

Link to additional psychological resources: istss.org/public-resou... @meganranney.bsky.social

Using the murder of Jews as springboard for attacking immigrants is unbearably anti-Semitic. Exodus 23:9 is practically the only fucking thing you could get a room of Jews to agree on.