Pantéa Javidan, JD, PhD.

These ICE agents in Chicagoland are exactly the kind of people who go door to door and massacre thousands of families like we saw in Rwanda or we are seeing still now in Gaza. There is no limit to the violence they will perpetrate when provided an opportunity.

Let's hope this holds for Chicago too, but, regardless, the fact remains that we cannot put our hope for defeating fascism in the courts. The Supreme Court has made clear that it is siding with fascism, and it's only a matter of time until law is bent to Trump's will.

These are fascists. They should be arrested and prosecuted for assault. Nothing about this is legal. Nothing about this is defensible.

This is outrageous.

For so much of the world, including for many, many American Jews, Israel has completely and forever lost its credibility.

Not only does the genocide need to end, but Netanyahu and others need to face human rights prosecution and the apartheid must be abolished.

Fascists have the same rhetoric no matter what country they’re from.

Wrote an essay this weekend from Chicago with Black Hawk helicopters flying overhead night and day and where my friends, patients, elected representatives, and neighbors are being assaulted in their homes, in hospitals, and on the streets by federal agents acting with total disregard for law.

Muñoz, OP township trustee, detained and released by ICE - Wednesday Journal Juan Muñoz, an Oak Parker who serves as an Oak Park Township Trustee, was detained by ICE Friday as he took part in a protest at the immigration detention center in Broadview.

More on the detention of Juan Muñoz at a Broadview protest —despite his being a US citizen and local official www.oakpark.com/2025/10/04/m...

The CHAAD Project By The CHAAD Project

My friends at The CHAAD Project are ecstatic that a certain well-known abolitionist organizer donated today. I encourage you to do the same. They're doing important work organizing restaurant, bar, and hotel workers in Chicago against abuse by both their employers and ICE.
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Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy

A moment that calls for collective action… to reject this transparent attack on academic freedom.

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

“These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations...”

Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...

Are you a healthcare worker or scientist (or know someone who is)? #RFKJr is bragging that he has your support. Time to let Congress know HCWs and scientists do NOT support this man. Take a few minutes to send in a postcard. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...

Many have been sounding the alarm about the rise of the anti-science movement as fascist-eugenics revival, especially since the pandemic. But bipartisan normalization of ignoring scientific consensus in favor of political expediency means we now have a much bigger fight on our hands.

Based on the body of evidence, what happens if pregnant women do not receive Covid booster vaccination?
Thousands of hospitalizations of infants and expectant mothers
@nathanlo.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I’m so sorry to hear this, though glad to see your dad doing relatively well at his age. The gaslighting about Long Covid’s harms has to end.

Imaging post-op showed numerous insufficiency microfractures in the spine. I blame the accelerated osteoporosis on COVID. Lazy clinicians call it old age. Just think of the millions of other undiagnosed cases of #longCOVID out there just like this

Trump’s troops in Portland will very likely target unhoused people in the city first, deploying violence against encampments. Defend your neighbors, including and especially your most vulnerable neighbors living in tents, struggling with addiction, etc. This where it starts.

What Is Political Violence? - Boston Review Pundits and politicians conceal the truth: it’s all around us, perpetrated by our political system itself.

Trump is ordering US soldiers to occupy my “war-ravaged” hometown of Portland, “authorizing them to use full force” against “antifa” (ie, anyone he doesn’t like) to stop “political violence.” As I explain here, the whole thing is premised on fascist myths.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

More kids are severely ill or dying from the flu, CDC reports As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric flu deaths in 15 years.

More kids are severely ill or dying from the flu, CDC reports

As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric flu deaths in 15 years.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

‘The new family separation crisis’: More than 100 US citizen kids left stranded by ICE enforcement actions, CNN finds | CNN Politics Children across the US have ended up in the care of relatives, neighbors, friends, coworkers and even strangers after ICE detained or deported their parents.

More than 100 US citizen children—from newborns to teenagers—have been left stranded without parents after “immigration actions” such as raiding workplaces, snatching them up after ICE check-ins, or while parents drop their kids off at school.

edition.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...

If you don't know @jeremymberg.bsky.social you should. He's a hero for our times. Scientist, former institute director at #NIH, former editor-in-chief for @science.org. He is what public service is about. None of the current Administration leaders even come close to his contribution to science.

Cover of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay'" with emails from Jeremy M. Berg to NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya.

All my emails to Director Bhattacharya now available...

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

Top 10 American Fears of 2024 (Chapman Survey) Horizontal bar chart ranking the top fears of Americans (percentage “afraid” or “very afraid”): 1. Corrupt government officials (65.2%, top fear for years). 2. Loved ones becoming seriously ill (58.4%). 3. Cyberterrorism (58.3%). 4. Loved ones dying (57.8%). 5. Russia using nuclear weapons (55.8%). 6. Not having enough money for the future (55.7%). 7. U.S. becoming involved in another world war (55.0%). 8. North Korea using nuclear weapons (55.0%). 9. Terrorist attack (52.7%). 10. Biological warfare (52.5%). Red bars display percentages; small arrows indicate change from 2023 rankings.

Top Public Worries in the U.S. (Yale & GMU poll, May 2025) Stacked bar chart of worries among U.S. adults. Categories ranked by share “very worried”: • Government corruption (54% very worried, top issue). • Other leading concerns: cost of living (48%), the economy (47%), state of democracy (44%), disruption of federal services (44%), cultural/social divisions (36%), treatment of immigrants (35%), global warming (29%), crime (26%). • Lower worries include job security (17%), health (16%), and being targeted because of identity/beliefs (15%). Green shades show “very/somewhat worried,” yellow/orange shades show “not very/not at all worried.

Perceptions of Federal Government Problems (AP-NORC poll) Bar chart showing the percentage of U.S. adults who consider various issues in the federal government to be a major problem, minor problem, or not a problem. • Corruption: Overall 70% major, 22% minor, 7% not a problem. Higher among Republicans (78%) than Democrats (63%). • Inefficiency: 65% major overall, with Republicans (81%) much higher than Democrats (55%). • Red tape (bureaucracy): 59% major overall, with Republicans (73%) higher than Democrats (47%). • Civil servants unwilling to implement president’s agenda: More partisan split—Republicans 56% major problem, Democrats 20% major problem; overall 34% major, 36% minor, 28% not a problem. Title: “Majority of the public believe corruption, inefficiency, and red tape are major problems in the federal government.

Word Cloud of How People Describe American Government (Berkeley Democracy Policy Lab) Large central word: “Corrupt.” Other prominent words: Broken, Chaotic, Dysfunctional, Shit, Clueless, Divided, Inefficient, Crooked, Hijacked, Justice, Woke, Bloated, Untrustworthy, Hopeless, Frustrated, Disastrous, Messy, Sneaky, Turmoil, Delusional. Smaller scattered words include both negative and neutral terms such as Crap, Important, Poder, Resilient, Unfocused, Needs Help. Visual emphasizes “Corrupt” as the dominant public perception.

I’m starting to notice a trend in the polling data…

—Top Public Worry: Corruption

—Biggest problem in Fed Gov: Corruption

—Top fear: Corruption

—What one word would you use to describe American government?: “Corrupt”

It’s almost like voters are trying to tell us something.

Breaking: Trump signed a memorandum today launching what he called a crackdown on “domestic terrorism,” focusing on Antifa and left-wing groups. He described protests, particularly Portland, as the work of “professional agitators” funded by rich leftists like George Soros and possibly Reid Hoffman.

Anti-science disinformation campaigns linked to real-world violence and erosion of governance.

www.hhrjournal.org/2025/09/18/p...

Indoor air contamination is an under-prioritized biohazard.

This scoping review calls for workplace IAQ standards to reduce airborne risk.

Indoor air quality & airborne transmission under the One Health framework

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

What Is Political Violence? - Boston Review Pundits and politicians conceal the truth: it’s all around us, perpetrated by our political system itself.

If you want to oppose “political violence,” then demand the abolition of ICE, the end of an ongoing genocide, and insist Congress stop killing people by forcing for-profit healthcare exclusion on us. If you’re not doing that, spare me the sanctimonious speeches.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.

We have an infant mortality crisis in many states in the US and this administration is making this emergency far, far worse. My latest for @thenation.com: "Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

NIH v. APHA and the Inequities of Two-Track Justice This past April, several groups successfully challenged the abrupt cancellation of NIH research grants involving disfavored topics or populations in district court. Once again, however…

Really important discussion on the legal fuckery that the Supreme Court is using nowadays to forestall justice in this country. lpeproject.org/blog/nih-v-a...

There’s no mooring anymore to reality. They just lie constantly about everything.

Like, even 10 years ago, the idea that a cabinet member would accuse the other party of supporting terrorists would be unfathomable.

This is like the John Birch Society as an administration. Just completely insane.