Jonathan Kahn
@jkahn01.bsky.social
Professor of Law and Biology. Northeastern University. Author of “The Uses of Diversity: How Race has Become Entangled in Law, Politics, and Biology” https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-uses-of-diversity/9780231220132/
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.
January 27, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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.
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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...
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...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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...
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...
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🚨🚨🚨 "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...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM
🚨🚨🚨 "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...
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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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...
DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
www.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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
January 21, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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...
www.standwithminnesota.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Resources for supporting people on the ground in Minnesota
www.standwithminnesota.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
www.standwithminnesota.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
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🧵 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/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
www.science.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
🧵 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/...
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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-...
www.rorotoko.com/11/20260113-...
RORO
www.rorotoko.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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-...
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.
1. All federal agents forbidden from obscuring their identity (masks etc)
2. Waive immunity from State laws and state court prosecutions and tort suits.
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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.
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.
1. All federal agents forbidden from obscuring their identity (masks etc)
2. Waive immunity from State laws and state court prosecutions and tort suits.
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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.
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-...
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-...
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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-...
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-...
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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.
Breaking down the videos: A close examination of the shooting of Renee Good
In just seconds, an encounter with ICE agents turned deadly. The Star Tribune examined the video evidence frame by frame.
www.startribune.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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
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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
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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
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!
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
@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
October 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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...
“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...
Falling Far and Fast
verfassungsblog.de
September 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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...
“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...
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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...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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...