I am thinking that in 2028 a Democratic Congress could pass a bill withdrawing qualified immunity from state prosecution from ICE agents. And that Democrats should let them all know they might be subject to facilitated state action that no Trump pardon could protect them from.

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

I am so tired of hearing Democratic Congresspeople say, “I’ve had #Republicans come up to me in private and criticize Trump, etc.”. Time to start naming names

Resources for supporting people on the ground in Minnesota www.standwithminnesota.com?fbclid=IwZnR...

🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In a ROROTOKO cover interview, Professor Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social explores themes from his new book, The Uses of Diversity: How Race Has Become Entangled in Law, Politics, and Biology. @clicatnusl.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social www.rorotoko.com/11/20260113-...

Defunding ICE is not enough, they can still move funds around and there is still no accountability. Instead, no ICE funding unless: 1. All federal agents forbidden from obscuring their identity (masks etc) 2. Waive immunity from State laws and state court prosecutions and tort suits.

Defunding ICE is not enough, they can still move funds around and there is still no accountability. Instead, no ICE funding unless: 1. All federal agents forbidden from obscuring their identity (masks etc) 2. Waive immunity from State laws and state court prosecutions and tort suits.

New interview up: On The Uses of Diversity: How Race Has Become Entangled in Law, Politics, and Biology Interview of January 13, 2026 www.rorotoko.com/11/20260113-...

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune offers an expert, frame-by-frame analysis of the events leading to the death of Renee Nicole Good and immediately thereafter. (1) There is no ambiguity or doubt about what happened. (2) The claims made by Trump, Vance and Noem are categorically false in every detail.

The obvious critique I have not heard explicitly articulated is that the point of making a self defense argument would be saying “but for” his shooting her, she would have killed him. Clearly, had he not shot Good the outcome for HIM would have been just the same - i.e. no threat to his life

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states. See if you can spot it! /s Then you can find today's story on p A23

@nytimes.com is hopeless! Puts it story on the No Kings protest on p. 23 of print edition. Online it gives it same weight as a story on Vance speaking at a military base in CA. 7 million protesters with the same weight as a couch f—er!

No Kings in Wellesley MA

Robert Post: “I have been studying and teaching First Amendment law for more than forty years . . . this week, for the first time, I have become frightened that freedom of speech in America might actually be endangered” verfassungsblog.de/turn-against...

Massive walkout at #CDC. Tick tock. Tick tock. RFK Jr. your time is up. (typo fixed). Spread the word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...

📊 New Research! With support from @changelabsolutions.bsky.social, Public Health Law Watch has released a new report tracking litigation that challenges governmental and health institution efforts to address health equity from January 2024 to May 2025. www.publichealthlawwatch.org/health-equit...

Now available! THE USES OF DIVERSITY offers bracing new perspective on one of today’s most vexed concepts. buff.ly/a2Z8KEE @jkahn01.bsky.social #Genetics #SocialScience #Philosophy #PoliticalTheory #Medicine #Bioethics #ReadMore #ReadUP

This is unprecedented. The AMA and other medical professional societies speak as one on respiratory virus vaccines and in their own way, say the Trump Administration cannot be trusted with your health. www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

Hey @maddow.msnbc.com youtu.be/5k07EXea0Cw

ONE WEEK UNTIL NO KINGS DAY! At this time next Saturday, we will be taking to the streets across the country. While Trump wastes millions on a birthday parade in DC, we’re showing up everywhere else to say NO KINGS. There are nearly 2,000 events planned. Join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Please, Democrats- if you haven’t already, develop a clear and coordinated strategy to refer to the budget exclusively as a “a disgusting abomination “ or the “We are All Going to Die” bill

absolutely!! dissent, advocate, resist www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/

I want to see a poll asking how people would vote if the Harris- Trump election were held today

“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.” Read, share, respond. Call your representatives. The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake. www.science.org/content/arti...

Harvard University is suing the Trump administration. Here is the school’s complaint, which was just filed in federal court in Massachusetts:

Look what the Easter Bunny Brought! The Uses of Diversity is out! cup.columbia.edu/book/the-use...

We don't know much about Canary Mission - they doxx others but stay anonymous - but if I was at U Penn I would be asking why a trustee is funding attacks on faculty/students. www.thedp.com/article/2025...

List five things you have done to repatriate Abrego Garcia www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

Excited to share my latest paper on the past and future of public health law, www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved

They are gutting services, raising prices, and slashing critical research and life-saving programs. It's time to make our voices heard. We’re mobilizing to show the strength of our movement. Together, we have the power to stop this takeover. app.sosha.ai/s/LuLcBGf1

NEWS: After an emergency meeting of Indivisible groups across the country, Indivisible is officially calling on Senate Minority Leader Schumer to step down from his leadership position. indivisible.org/statements/i...

Here is a list of town halls taking place next week that you should show up at. I am sorry, I mean Chuck Schumer’s book parties. If there are any missing, please add in the replies. The only thing he should be doing today is cleaning out his office.

Take note

This week I left The Washington Post after 40 years, 6 months and 6 days. Today I have a piece in the New Yorker explaining my heart-breaking decision, and including the column that was spiked. I wish I never had to write it. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...

Excellent piece by @gregggonsalves.bsky.social about Trump’s war on Universities. www.thenation.com/article/soci...