Patrick Clarkin

A running tally of orgs that have referred to Gaza as a genocide:

-Amnesty International
-Human Rights Watch
-B'Tselem
-Physicians for Human Rights
-UN Special Committee
- University Network for Human Rights (UNHR)

Children aren't even spared

As I left for the office very early this morning, my 18 year old was just coming home. Neither of us expected to see anyone, and we both scared the crap out each other.

I think I'd rather trade places with him.

Literally millions will die because of the shuttering of USAID (for all of its faults). Millions more will die (versus the policy status quo) if we undermine progress in creating new mRNA vaccines, which could save us during the next pandemic and much more.

The worst people.

Chill with the violent metaphors. This country is volatile enough.

This is really unconscionable. Trump admin also appears to be decommisioning NOAA satellites. These instruments provide critical data. Do we really want to rely on EU and other countries for all the environmental data NASA and NOAA instruments are collecting?

What’s Happening to the “Deep State”? Assaults on American state capacity are gaining steam.

Half a year in and Trump’s war on the so-called Deep State is gutting civil service protections, nuking USAID, and greenlighting Schedule G—returning us to the patronage swamp of 1883. If you think this ends with ICE as the country’s biggest police force, you’re right.

faculty in these states: stop scrolling and fill out this survey, pls

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Drops The Big ‘D’ Word On Trump In Alarming Authoritarianism Rant MSNBC host Rachel Maddow dropped a big "D"-word on Trump as she told viewers that "we have crossed a line" and are now living in a "consolidating dictatorship."

“The thing we were all warning about for the last few years isn’t coming — it’s here”.

"We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country."

www.mediaite.com/media/tv/msn...

Sign of the times. We had a recent job opening on our staff, and 89 people applied. The last time it was 38, and 26 the time before that. The difference could be a matter of timing (summer), employment rates, or something else.

Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations

It is not “deal-making.” It is extortion built on Christopher Rufo’s idea of “taking down” one or more elite university.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

She’s an icon, she’s a legend and she is the moment. Now come on now.

America under GOP rule.

What Will Be the Public Health Costs of I.C.E.? Summary: (1) Previous research shows that an immigration raid in Iowa in 2008 was associated with an increase in low birth weight. (2) This was true of infants born to both foreign-born and US born…

In all likelihood, terrorizing a population will degrade public health.

“And you can see, you can hear, you could feel the fear, the intimidation. You could feel the terror.” - Los Angeles resident

kevishere.com/2025/07/25/t...

This doesn’t seem like good judgment.

How long until Trump extorts URI?

It's no longer a question of if authoritarianism comes to America; now it's just a question of how bad it gets, and how long it lasts.

It's here. We can get rid of it if we fight together.

Went outside today.

We are the baddies.

Opinion | Netanyahu Is Choosing to Starve Gaza

Netanyahu Is Choosing to Starve Gaza, by Alex deWaal

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...

“They are at war with facts.”

In response to a photo, member of Congress Randy Fine wrote that Gaza deserved to be obliterated.

Wishing harm on innocent civilians signifies a lost sense of humanity. It’s much worse when a govt official does it.

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.

What if we defined the economy as the way we take care of one another? Since that's what it ultimately is/ What wood economic indicators then look like

Instead of the daily stock market - we could have an indicator for the number of homeless people?

The firewall between white supremacists/nazis and the GOP was never very strong, but it did exist. It's basically gone now. The main thing is the degree to which people in the GOP will openly acknowledge it. This guy's wife is an elected Republican official. Her disavowal rings hollow.

22 years later…

For a long time the FOH/ DOHaD focused on prenatal malnutrition and famines, but it’s since expanded to other prenatal stressors. Still, not much on infectious disease, though it makes sense that all early challenges could have long term effects.

Thanks for putting this together. 🙏