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MD/PhD hematology/oncology fellow at Northwestern Medicine @LurieCancer, studying epigenetics in cancer; @NU_IntMed, @NUFeinbergMed, and @umich alum; he/him

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@krystalball
Krystal Ball
1 month
Do you all realize Trump has destroyed our rights? DHS can break down your door in the middle of the night, with no warrant, trash your apartment and all your belongings, zip tie you, zip tie your children and drag you all out into the street naked, throw you into a van, imprison
@ReichlinMelnick
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
1 month
🚨What @DHSGov pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is insanely unconstitutional. They raided an apartment building, smashed down every door and dragged entire families into the street, and detained everyone for hours ("Kavanaugh stops"). One U.S. citizen was held for FIVE HOURS.
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@ReichlinMelnick
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
2 months
Justice Sotomayor is utterly scathing: "We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
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@NathanJRobinson
Nathan J Robinson
4 months
People don't yet realize the terrifying implications of tripling ICE's enforcement budget, making it the largest law enforcement agency in the country, and building tens of billions of dollars of new "Alcatrazes." If you think things are bad now, it's about to get way scarier.
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@bocxtop
prance
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nyc swung right in the presidential election but just nominated a Muslim socialist for mayor. this country isn't getting more rightwing, people are just fed up with cowards who don't stand for anything or care about making anyone's life better
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@oneunderscore__
follow @bencollins on bluesky
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@adamjohnsonCHI
Adam Johnson
5 months
here’s the thing with all the Biden/Harris counterfactuals: if they indeed would have done things differently now would be a great time to say so! They have a platform, they criticize Trump often and they—and Hillary and Obama—haven’t said a word criticizing Trump on Gaza or Iran
@YousefMunayyer
Yousef Munayyer
5 months
Between this, Biden’s total support of Israel's genocide, and the silent conset of Democratic congressional leaders I think it is safe to assume Biden would have done the same thing, maybe even quicker than Trump.
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@TheTNHoller
The Tennessee Holler
5 months
AOC: “grounds for impeachment” Jeffries: “Trump needs to explain”
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@JenniferEValent
Jennifer Erin Valent 🇺🇸🇺🇦
5 months
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
5 months
Tammy Bruce: "I think it's important to not second guess the president."
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@ReichlinMelnick
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
5 months
CBP under Trump: "I encountered a young woman, in tears, begging the guard for information. He told her he had no information to give her and that none would be forthcoming. 'That woman,' he said, pointing to a bundle of blankets in the corner, 'has been here for four days.'"
@alistairkitchen
Alistair Kitchen
5 months
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA for reporting on the Columbia student protests. My story here @NewYorker https://t.co/YJLEEjFnGE
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@prem_thakker
Prem Thakker
7 months
The Trump admin just deported two families, including three US citizen kids aged 2, 4, 7. Both families were detained & then blocked from communicating with attorneys or family. One of the moms is pregnant. One of the citizen kids has cancer. Both deported without medical help.
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@Tanvim
tanvi
7 months
This is the student ICE picked up at his citizenship interview.
@60Minutes
60 Minutes
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“The fight for freedom of Palestine and the fight against antisemitism go hand-in-hand because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” says Mohsen Mahdawi, co-president of Columbia's Palestinian Students Union. https://t.co/xh91MwzdHe
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@NerdeenKiswani
Nerdeen Kiswani
7 months
I’m the first citizen they’ve named—but I won’t be the last. If you think this begins and ends with naturalized citizens, you’re not paying attention. Political repression happens in stages. They’re testing the limits now. What comes next depends on how we respond.
@ggreenwald
Glenn Greenwald
7 months
This extremist Israeli group is now targeting Americans by handing lists to State to strip their citizenship for opposing Israel. If you want to say naturalized citizens aren't real Americans, the Trump Admin is full of them: Elon, Melania, Sebastian Gorka and well beyond.
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@EricLeeAtty
Eric Lee
8 months
Per @kenklippenstein's leaked State Dept doc ordering agents to monitor all student visa holders' social media posts, evidence that someone has criticized the US government on social media can lead to a finding that they are a terrorist. Totally unprecedented.
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@KelseyTuoc
Kelsey Piper
8 months
This is even worse than I imagined from the summary. They snatched him off the street and detained him overnight even though he was carrying his ID and social security card proving his US citizenship on him the whole time.
@csilverandgold
The Fact of Other Minds Stan Acct
8 months
well, we told you it was coming. ICE detained Julio Noriega, a 54-year-old US citizen, for the crime of walking while Hispanic. https://t.co/qv8BUc9MyS
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@RepRashida
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
8 months
Free Mahmoud Khalil. This is straight out of the fascist playbook. Criminalizing dissent is an assault on our First Amendment and freedom of speech. Revoking someone’s green card for expressing their political opinion is illegal. Protesting genocide is not a crime.
@maitelsadany
Mai El-Sadany
8 months
A U.S. greencard holder of Palestinian origin, active in Columbia's student encampment, was arrested by ICE yesterday from his home, separated from his 8-month pregnant wife, told his greencard would be revoked, and taken into custody. America today.
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@juliaioffe
Julia Ioffe
8 months
This administration has pardoned hundreds of violent rioters who tried to overturn a democratic election and has disappeared a non-violent student protestor for voicing his political views. https://t.co/VIMYhxSlMZ
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Mahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said.
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@sarahkendzior
Sarah Kendzior
5 years
If Dems and other officials do not hold the perperators of past admin crimes accountable *and* tackle the structural issues that made the US vulnerable to mafia state rule, all the Biden admin will be is a brief interlude between aspiring autocracy and entrenched autocracy.
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@mgoblog
mgoblog
2 years
Gauging interest: RT this if you'd be interested in an unreasonably nice and expensive version of the championship book we're putting together.
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@NWSChicago
NWS Chicago
3 years
.Thu 12/22 AM Update! 1) Key Messages for the Dangerous Winter Weather Today-Early Saturday: Conditions will deteriorate quickly late AM-aftn hours with snow, gusty winds & plummeting temperatures. The snow will taper on Friday though dangerous cold will remain. #ILwx #INwx (1/6)
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