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Jonathan Kahn

@jkahn01.bsky.social
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Professor of Law and Biology. Northeastern University. Author of “The Uses of Diversity: How Race has Become Entangled in Law, Politics, and Biology” cup.columbia.edu/book/the-uses-of-d…

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026
There are now more than 2,200 No Kings events on the map for October 17! We hope to see you in the streets again with millions of Americans to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms.
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No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Northeastern is hiring in health law! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank), School of Law – Health Policy and Law
About the Opportunity Northeastern University School of Law is seeking candidates at all ranks for full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty positions to join our scholarly community and enhance our l...
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Calls for investigation after video shows ICE officers using batons on protesters
Residents in Frederick, Maryland, shaken after clashes as activists decry violence from officers as ‘unconscionable’
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.goodtroubleliveson.org
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Good Trouble Lives On • Weekend of Action • July 17-19, 2026 | Teach! Reach! Preach!
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Lisa Gannett @lisagannett.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I enjoyed reading and reviewing cup.columbia.edu/book/the-use..., a thoughtful new book by Northeastern Law and Biology Professor Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social -- rdcu.be/ftABc
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Race, biology, and society: what diversity does
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds
Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Well worth reading: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...
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Opinion | This Is How to Defeat an Autocrat
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
My colleague Nora Freeman Engstrom has put together a guide for bringing tort suits against ICE law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u...
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Remind you of anything? “It turns out that would-be authoritarians don’t need to staff their regimes with ideological true believers. . . They just need to figure out how to target their ideal labor pool: the frustrated and mediocre”. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
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Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A propos of the harm being caused by Trump: In The Return of the King Saruman mocks Frodo regarding the damage done to the Shire, saying: "I have already done much that you will find it hard to mend or undo in your lives.” I just hope the Democrats can find a little box with a “G” on it.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
indivisible.org/mayday2026
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May Day Participation Guide | Indivisible
May 1st is May Day and we’re calling on folks to make their economic power known. Learn how you can take action to show Trump and his billionaire buddies that we won’t just continue business as usual ...
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Don’t you mean epic fury?
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#NoKings Wellesley
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Perhaps of interest: cup.columbia.edu/book/the-use...
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The Uses of Diversity | Columbia University Press
Race, it is widely understood, is a social category that has no genetic basis, yet biological notions of race keep reemerging. Attempts to redress disparitie... | CUP
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
RFK jr - you can pry my Dunkin’ Donuts from my cold dead hands!
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
What is nonsense is PBS both-sidesing this by platforming torture memo John Yoo
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Jake V @viraldonutz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
See the banned Talarico interview here: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
As Michael Dorf has written: “One might wonder whether Congress can waive or modify Supremacy Clause immunity of an individual officer, as opposed to waiving or modify the federal government's own sovereign immunity or the preemptive force of the DCC. Wonder no more. The answer is yes.”
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Are you saying you made a mistake by not whipping the vote on ICE funding?
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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...
Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
🚨🚨🚨 "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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Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
www.threads.com/@aaronparnas...
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Aaron Parnas (@aaronparnas) on Threads
This is Minneapolis. H/T MN Reformer
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Shut down the government until they vote to remove qualified immunity from all federal agents and require identification
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/01/2026
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...
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DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
MS Now is covering it
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Resources for supporting people on the ground in Minnesota www.standwithminnesota.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
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Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🧵 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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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...
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Northeastern Law @nusl.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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-...
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RORO
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Also, 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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Better training is not enough. Still no mechanism for 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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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Jonathan Kahn @jkahn01.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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.
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