A genocide is about to place - is already taking place - and Americans are falling for the same post-9/11 propaganda again. I can hardly believe it.

What sort of country allows armed men to rove around shooting unarmed women in the face - a citizen, a legal observer, a civilian...a human being? This is not right.

Ice agents in Minnesota shoot 40mm pepper canister into a some ones face at point-blank range which can be lethal.

And while I'm (temporarily) out of twitter retirement, let me make my stance on what's happening in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities abundantly clear: Abolish ICE.

Note also the numerous rights violations described throughout the piece: "If our letters in support of a policy campaign are considered too similar, the DOC can deem them evidence of a “group demonstration.” This is strictly forbidden on the inside..."

Everyone in tobacco advocacy (no matter the side) should sincerely consider @jonmkirkpatrick's request. "Prisoners have critical contributions to make to THR, and we should be central to the movement’s focus. I’m asking the rest of the THR community to step up."

An article worth coming out of twitter retirement for. "We must have representation on the outside....without someone outside to connect these arguments to administrators or legislators, we will remain unheard."

My colleague @michelleminton in @thehill yesterday on the implications of federal rescheduling of cannabis:

This is the best primer on the salty scientific debate over sodium and blood pressure I've seen since writing my own little book on the topic. #nonotes

Because the Biden administration stands almost alone on the world stage in defending and enabling the far-right Israeli government’s campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza, administration officials must respond to the reported execution-style massacre of women,

The amount of first amendment rights violations I have witnessed over the last 60 days has been breath-taking. But it doesn't get much closer to what the framers actually envisioned when they thought of 1st amend. violations than this:

Was great to join CASAA Live yesterday. Come for the deep thought and reflection by @aftariak and @michelleminton, stay for my jokes.

BREAKING: 80 rabbis and rabbinical students across denominations and political affiliations have issued a video statement urging the larger Jewish community and U.S. representatives to call for a ceasefire in Gaza now. Watch, share, and add your name: https://t.co/KF0uJfDhHG

“A genocide and holocaust is unfolding in Gaza before the eyes of the world.” —Al Jazeera reporter Wael Dahdouh

Message from Gaza . Please please stop

People in Gaza are dying in the darkness. This unthinkable horror cannot be undone — and history will not forgive those who refused to treat Israeli and Palestinian lives with equal worth. Please, we need a ceasefire, now.

There you have it. Israel's president Isaac Herzog makes the Israeli state's official position abundantly clear: that the Palestinian civilian population have collective guilt. This is the mentality which, throughout history, leads to genocide.

#vaping does NOT cause 'popcorn lung'. Can we please put this myth to rest now? This is a tactic to create fear where NO risk exists, and even appears in the 2022 @nhmrc CEO statement (page 5) Excellent review of the evidence by @michelleminton ⤵️ https://t.co/61M6PKDAEZ

Excited to share a new working paper using sales data through March 2023 to find that state and local laws restricting flavors in #ecigs increase cigarette sales, including for cigarette brands disproportionately used by youth. 1/5 https://t.co/SdZy6Ef1Tk

There is no evidence that e-cigarettes cause popcorn lung. In fact, all of the evidence points to the contrary.  https://t.co/e6ZDLg03jp via @ReasonFdn @michelleminton