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Lara Jirmanus, MD, MPH

@larazjmd.bsky.social
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Physician, Community organizer, Social medicine practitioner. Parent. Lebanese-Palestinian @harvardmed. Opinions my own. Still 😷 #NotATarget #NoOneIsIllegal

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Lara Jirmanus, MD, MPH @larazjmd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I voted for @pazforthepeople.bsky.social today! Hey Massachusetts, polls are open til 8pm!
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Jonathan Paz @pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Vote TODAY for Medicare for All, universal childcare, and abolishing ICE. Vote Jonathan Paz for Congress!
Paz w all endorsements
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Jonathan Paz @pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Integrity is on the ballot. A recent article in the Boston Herald highlights that six out of 11 of our MA members of Congress received failing scores - Clark being the worst. If we want policies that are going to transform lives, then our leaders can't be funded by corporations.
Integrity score comparison between clark and paz where clark gets an F and paz an A
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Courage For Democracy @couragefordemocracy.com · 13/08/2026
Son of an immigrant. First in his family to graduate college. Teacher. Union rep. One of the youngest city councilors in his town's history. Now Jonathan Paz is taking the fight to Washington. 🔥 @pazforthepeople.bsky.social
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Jonathan Paz @pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Vote for peace, human rights, and equality on September 1st. Vote out Lockheed "Liberals" ✌🏽🕊
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Jonathan Paz @pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Mahmoud Khalil came to Katherine Clark for help - she told him to go speak with genocide supporters. It's unacceptable and morally bankrupt for our country's most powerful leaders to ask their most persecuted constituents to prove their own humanity. #AIPACCLARK
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Jonathan Paz @pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Peace is in the ballot, set a reminder to vote this Tuesday September 1st! I'm talking to you CD5: Arlington Bedford Belmont Cambridge Framingham Lexington Lincoln Malden Maynard Medford Melrose Natick Revere Stoneham Sudbury Waltham Watertown Wayland Wellesley Weston Winchester Winthrop Woburn
Comparison chart!
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Indivisible Maynard Area @indivisiblemaynard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Vote tomorrow Sept 1 by 8pm. Our picks: @markey.senate.gov for senate @pazforthepeople.bsky.social for MA-5 see the guide below: bdsa.us/voterguide 🚨 Maynard does NOT have a dropbox. Mail-in ballots should be handed to the clerk at Fowler Middle School tomorrow #maPoli #Primary #Vote
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Boston DSA 2026 Democratic Primary Voter Guide
Table of Contents Tap on any of the links below to jump to the relevant section of the voter guide. Introduction US Senate US House of Representatives Fourth District Fifth District Sixth District Eig...
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Jonathan Paz @pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Pitch in to join the fight: secure.actblue.com/donate/pazfo...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We didn't deserve this day.
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Harvard United for an Inclusive Campus @harvardunited.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“Harvard fires us for teaching about Palestine.” Great @bostonglobe.com piece about our standout demanding an end to pervasive anti-Arab, anti-Muslim bias at @harvard.edu Silence kills. Repression enables gen0c1de
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026
The State Department is actively instructing consular officers NOT to tell applicants they're banned, even as those applicants pay fees and attend interviews.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026
A December 2025 proclamation alone blocks 1 in 5 legal immigrants from entering the US. It covers major origin countries including Cuba, Venezuela, Nigeria, Haiti, and Iran, with no end date and no refunds for fees already paid.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026
Three separate policies (signed by Trump, Secretary Rubio, and USCIS head Edlow) now bar citizens of 92 countries from receiving immigrant visas. That covers roughly half of all legal immigrants entering the US from abroad.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026
The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Yep. Since November, hundreds of thousands of people have had their applications simply put on total pause; no movement whatsoever. Even though they paid thousands of dollars to the government to adjudicate their cases.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The golden age of corruption. nymag.com/intelligence...
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Israel bombed an apartment complex in Lebanon today, killing a 3-year-old girl as Israeli officials reaffirmed their plan to steal land in southern Lebanon. Israel cannot continue killing kids and stealing land from other countries. It must be stopped.
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Israel kills three in Beirut as it intensifies attacks across Lebanon
Israel steps up attacks across Lebanon as more than one million people are displaced due to the conflict.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The Israeli government has displaced a total of 6 million people from their homes. (3 million Iran, 2 million Gaza, 1 million Lebanon). 6 million people. The equivalent of the entire population of Maryland displaced from their homes. By one government.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Nobody should attack ambulances. Israel has directly attacked at least 30 ambulances in Lebanon. Israel has attacked 36 ambulances in Iran. In the past month alone.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The only two-state solution Israel supports is a second Israel in Lebanon.
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Tiana🗽🇵🇸 @tianaadams.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
What Israel is doing in Lebanon is SICKENING. It’s reminiscent of the Nakba but on a wider scale. Lebanon isn’t getting news coverage just like Gaza at the beginning of the genocide. 🇮🇱 must be stopped before this turns into another Gaza situation! They’ve called for the annexation of South 🇱🇧
What The Fuck.
WHAT THE FUCK.
Israel got away with Gaza so now they are doing it all over again to South Lebanon.

Mohamad Safa
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Israel just wiped out an entire village in Lebanon, violating Security Council resolution SCR1701, ceasefire agreement, and international law with absolutely no consequences.
This is another war crime and International Criminal Court remains silent.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21/03/2026
Pay attention to Lebanon. Trump and Netanyahu started a regional war in the Middle East, creating a humanitarian disaster. And now, the Israeli army has killed over 1,000 people in Lebanon—about 20% of them are kids. Congress should not bankroll this escalating war of choice.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Ret. Major Genetal reacts to Pete Hegseth
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This is why you always follow the money...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
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Carol 🍁 @carolcdt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Jonathan Paz @pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
1 day and 3 different Democratic caucuses! Thank you Woburn, Natick and Lexington for the support and consideration. It was a treat to see so many people eager to take back our country. Special shout out to Woburn where my family also laid some roots and where I learned how to wrestle ✌🏽💛
Paz with voterPaz in Lexington Paz in woburn
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This facility was opened by Obama. I say that not to downplay what’s happening now but to emphasize that family detention was horrific from the moment it began.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The WSJ manufacturing consent for Trump’s war and pre-excusing what most consider to be war crimes. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Still figuring out what’s next. But I will say: To any candidate who wants help setting up a new style of campaign, who needs advice on integrating mutual aid in their operations, who has questions about any weird, fun, unconventional part of our race, I would love to talk. Let me know.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/03/2026
Lieu: "Undocumented immigrants want nothing to do with the govt! To vote, you have to first register. How many undocumented immigrants are gonna go, 'Yes, I'm gonna give all my information to the govt that's maybe trying to deport me. No way!' This is a problem that doesn't exist."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Exactly It’s all so painfully transparent and stupid. The SAVE ACT is voter suppression, period.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Rahma Zein exposes daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank apartheid. Israeli soldiers MURDERED a Palestinian family, STRIPPED the surviving children, and punched a 12-year-old boy in the face when he asked why they killed his parents.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 17/03/2026
Today, I asked a State Department official if it’s in our national security interests to allow U.S. weapons to be used against civilians. The silence I got in response was deafening, and only broken when Republicans on the committee interrupted my line of questioning.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
PROF. PAPE: "I’ve studied every air campaign since World War 1. I’ve modeled the bombing of Iran for 20 years. Air power alone has NEVER toppled a government… it only brings in more aggressive replacements.”
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Lara Jirmanus, MD, MPH @larazjmd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Great day to testify to stop law enforcement collaboration with #ICE and demand #ICEout of hospital, schools, places of worship and other sensitive locations! Call MA state reps and tell them to support the PROTECT Act H.5158 malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD... Details on how to support below!
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Jonathan Paz @pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I'm challenging Congresswoman Clark because she put Israel before her constituents. She took over $1M from AIPAC, continues to fund Israel's war machine including $3B this year and is a genocide-enabler in Gaza. That's not leadership for peace - that's complicity. We deserve better.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12/03/2026
🚨 NEW: Israel strikes at least 4 sites across Beirut since afternoon, including Lebanese Uni. Israeli strikes hit several locations across Beirut Thu. evening, including the Saint-Therese neighborhood in the southern suburbs, a building in Zoqaq al-Blat in central Beirut, Bachoura, just south of...
🚨 NEW: Israel strikes at least four sites across Beirut since afternoon, including Lebanese University

Israeli strikes hit several locations across Beirut Thursday evening, including the Saint-Therese neighborhood in the southern suburbs, a building in Zoqaq al-Blat in central Beirut, Bachoura, just south of Downtown Beirut, and the Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University in Hadath.

An Israeli drone strike on the Lebanese University campus killed the faculty’s director, Hussein Bazzi, and professor Mortada Srour, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA). The two men were reportedly in the outdoor courtyard when the strike hit.

Lebanese officials say this marks the first time a university has been directly targeted during the current escalation.

The strikes bring the number of Israeli attacks inside Beirut to at least four in a single afternoon and evening, according to journalist Hala Jaber.

Earlier, hundreds more families joined the more than 820,000 people already displaced since March 2 after Israel ordered towns north of the Litani River emptied ahead of “expanded operations.”
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@HalaJaber
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Israel has struck another building in the Zoqaq el-Blat neighborhood of central Beirut.

This is now the fourth Israeli attack inside the capital this afternoon/evening.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
See how this works?
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Bernie Sanders just said the quiet part out loud: "A lot of US Middle East policy is dictated by Israel. It was Israel who decided they wanted to go to war." He exposes how Netanyahu has manipulated America into wars for 40 years, from Iraq to Iran. 🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center www.instagram.com/reel/DVzUzoz... What a world
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Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A bad bad bad bad night in Beirut tonight 😣 8 dead so far in an airstrike on a tent where displaced people were sheltering on the beach.To feel outrage would imply some expectation of humanity on the part of the Zios. But Gaza has shown us the kind of depravity they’ve normalized in the world
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 11/03/2026
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature
The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Iran tells world to get ready for oil at $200 a barrel as it fires on merchant ships www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Iran tells world to get ready for oil at $200 a barrel as it fires on merchant ships
The International Energy Agency recommended a massive release of strategic reserves to dampen one of the ​worst oil shocks since the 1970s.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
“Can we pray for the moms as well? Or just the babies?” Allie Phillips bravely told a pro-FAILED abortion death penalty bill group her story of fleeing Tennessee for a life-saving abortion Men tried to intimidate/stop her. She persisted: www.instagram.com/reel/DVuUJfm...
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Lara Jirmanus, MD, MPH @larazjmd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Should be clear as day. The only solution is to #AbolishICE. A majority of Americans agree… so what are we waiting for @whipkclark.bsky.social?
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 12/03/2026
“In that moment, I believed I might not survive.” Ed Higgins is a veteran and a US citizen — yet he was still brutalized by federal immigration agents.
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