Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My book is here! May it serve advocates, family defenders and policymakers as a tool to usher in positive change. 162
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In the 1990s, foster youth began a newspaper written by and for themselves. They appeared in the radio, on TV, and gave deeply personal interviews. So why didn't anyone hear their voices in the lead up to the passage of the biggest child welfare reform bill, the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act? 111
Reposted by Mical RazZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/08/2026NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/citizen.orgMeet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public CitizenIntroduction On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new… 9830811573
Reposted by Mical RazCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...stlpr.orgOverland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportationsThe couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media. 33721437
Reposted by Mical RazSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 24/07/2026Ten years later, sweaty and slurring, he's still promising a health care plan he's never delivered on. Instead, Americans got the highest health care costs ever and hospitals laying off staff or shutting down entirely. All thanks to Trump's health care sabotage & Medicaid cuts. 1162406633
Reposted by Mical RazJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Netanyahu doesn’t represent my values, or the values of most American Jews. He is a war criminal and he deserves to be tried for it. The way for me to be safe as a Diaspora Jew is to not be associated with Netanyahu and his crimes. Our self-appointed community leaders seem to want the opposite. 5937127
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026New York Sun interviews some of my favorite child welfare scholars on the Buttigieg case. Was gratified to weigh in as well . www.nysun.com/article/butt... 020
Reposted by Mical RazMical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !uncpress.orgBreaking Families, Making FamiliesFamilies in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high... 0117
Reposted by Mical RazDoron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Happy to comment for @washingtonpost.com on the dangerous effort by anti-vaxxers to weaponize anti-discrimination protections in court. I wrote abt similar attempts to abuse disability law in Disability as Metaphor (Penn L. Rev). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...washingtonpost.comAnti-vaxxers are coupling up on apps for ‘Unjected’ singlesDating apps are pairing unvaccinated people across the country — and in some cases hosting controversial in-person events. 42911
Reposted by Mical RazJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026We are governed by idiots. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...nytimes.comScores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional 1011837
Reposted by Mical RazChristine Slobogin @slobogin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We have recently launched a Visiting Scholar Grant at Rochester to work with the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform. See attached flyer for details! #histmed #fellowship 02414
Reposted by Mical RazJennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Chaotic, unplanned cuts to US programs eroded the infrastructure that was keeping the world safe. Now, An American father is fighting for his life. The whole article is just damning. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/h... @apoorvanyt.bsky.socialnytimes.comEfforts to Contain Ebola May Have Been Hindered by Lack of U.S. Involvement 59247
Reposted by Mical RazEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Class in the US is entirely a matter of aesthetics now. Rich suburban kids are “country”. Beard Dudes who look like they love IPAs are “working class.” Teachers who make $32,000 a year but have to dress up sort of nice in JCPenney clothes are “elites“. None of these words mean anything anymore. 9456281135
Reposted by Mical RazTony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 03/05/2026why read for pleasure when you can scroll for misery 1437153
Reposted by Mical RazDoron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Very honored to be recognized as Researcher of the Year @setonhalllaw.bsky.social @setonhall.bsky.social. 2025–2026 has been an important year, both personally and professionally, and I’m incredibly grateful. 12777
Reposted by Mical RazShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals 46102232360
Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !uncpress.orgBreaking Families, Making FamiliesFamilies in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high... 0117
Reposted by Mical RazChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Anyone watching that speech has no idea whether Trump is escalating or deescalating the war with Iran. But to be fair, neither does he so🤷♂️. 34098921562
Reposted by Mical RazMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 25/03/2026If you're in New Haven tomorrow, come to @ispsyale.bsky.social, as I'm thrilled to get to discuss with @povertyscholar.bsky.social and @jacobhacker.bsky.social (two of my very favorite people) the Medicaid impact of the (not so) BBB. A great convo ahead! politicalscience.yale.edu/event/medica...politicalscience.yale.edu“Medicaid in a Post-Big Beautiful Bill World”: A Conversation with Jamila Michener & Miranda Yaver | Department of Political ScienceAPEX SPECIAL EVENT 1155
Reposted by Mical RazAmy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Graham Platner has an ad tying Maine hospitals closing to "Big Pharma." As a person who follows health policy closely, I have no clue why and how he thinks Big Pharma is related to hospitals closing. No one with health policy expertise would say that's the cause of hospital closures. 1/ #mepolitics 581490360
Reposted by Mical RazMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/03/2026It would've been reckless and inexcusable to cause generational damage by illegally defunding USAID, NIH, HHS, Dept of Edu, and so on just to reduce the deficit... ... but spending and the deficit are both higher than '22, '23, '24. It was all just harm for harm's sake. The cruelty was the point. 3426981105
Reposted by Mical RazFive-Time Regional Kosho Championship Semi-Finalist @unaha-closp.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Very on-brand for Gingrich to seek out a new, younger canal the moment the current canal starts having health problems 452103551976
Reposted by Mical RazJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Beautiful statement from Ayman Odeh, Palestinian MK and head of Hadash-Taal. For those who do not read Hebrew, I will translate: 6990373
Reposted by Mical RazJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...404media.coI Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For ThemselvesThe hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE. 19158512119
Reposted by Mical RazAbu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I really think Hesgeth believed Iran would get knocked out in the first round and there was no need to plan for everything that was obviously going to happen next, Israel knew better but kept that to itself, Trump was incurious and easy to persuade, and nobody in administration dared push back. 32859184
Reposted by Mical RazJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I know it's not as important as doing pushups or forcibly shaving off beards or getting Nazi tattoos or day drinking or whatnot, but it seems to me that the DEPARTMENT OF WAR COMMITTED TO LETTING THE WARFIGHTERS FIGHT WARS REAL GOOD should know a little something about wars, like "the enemy acts." 624846
Reposted by Mical RazEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026this picture is a good summary of how and why January 6th was, at a fundamental level, a successful insurrection. 2758198
Reposted by Mical RazAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care. 608177264752
Reposted by Mical RazDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things. 811655314
Reposted by Mical RazDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/03/2026So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for: - Who takes over; - Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation; - How to defend US bases in the region; - Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and - How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed. 601111563460
Reposted by Mical RazGershom Gorenberg גרשום גורנברג @gershomg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Page 1 ad in Haaretz today: Settler pogroms against Palestinians in WBank are war crimes. Prime minister responsible for not stopping them. Orders to army officers to allow these actions are illegally & must be refused. Among those signing: Former Likud justice ministers Dan Meridor & Meir Shitreet 25227
Reposted by Mical RazRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 08/02/2026the results are in from Heartland County, West Redstatekota. They've sent a Republican to Congress every election since 1962. In a shock this special election was won by a local teacher with no political experience running on a platform of putting ICE agents in a gigantic blender in the town square 954154
Reposted by Mical RazArieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 02/02/2026If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry. 6549921460
Reposted by Mical RazJames Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people." 4738561897
Reposted by Mical RazJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I was always told that one of the central lessons of the Shoah is that legal, juridical regimes can still be immoral. The claim that Anne Frank was in Amsterdam "legally" is false, but more than that, the question "Was Anne Frank an illegal?" is so grossly missing the point of Holocaust remembrance. 14775247
Reposted by Mical RazAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son. 10054690318036
Reposted by Mical RazDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder. 7039801594
Reposted by Mical RazBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Monstrous acts and crimes are being committed right now, in our names, with our tax dollars: -Renee Good - murdered by an armed agent of the state for protesting -Alex Pretti - murdered by an armed agent of the state for protesting -Liam Ramos (5) - used as bait to lure his father out of the house 515752
Reposted by Mical RazMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comMan shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research 5689340
Reposted by Mical RazSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 23/01/2026ICE keeps abducting babies. www.startribune.com/agents-detai...startribune.comAgents detain and send 2-year-old girl and her father to Texas despite court order to release toddlerAttorneys for the family say they were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant and did not have a final order for removal. 8121281278
Reposted by Mical RazDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars 13942540111982
Reposted by Mical RazJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 16/01/2026"Past or present, it’s not the leaders who disappoint me. It’s the led." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...nytimes.comOpinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans. 420048
Reposted by Mical RazKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Just want to stress that this was a woman who was simply trying to get to a doctor's appointment. 6144031394
Reposted by Mical Razryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 09/01/2026no no don't tread on ME, you see. I of course am going to tread the shit out of YOU 181076177
Reposted by Mical RazTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Nebraska is the first state to announce it will begin enforcing Medicaid work requirements early, starting May 1. Learn more about the data, policies, and questions that will influence how states implement work requirements via our interactive tracker: on.kff.org/4ozQHFmon.kff.orgTracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements | KFFKFF's interactive tracks key data and policies that will affect how states implement Medicaid work requirements, which are required under the 2025 budget reconciliation law starting in January 2027. T... 054
Reposted by Mical RazJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 08/01/2026So, ICE murdered one of our alumni. So nice to see the Administration try to gaslight the nation by claiming this woman, who won a poetry award as part of her studies, was a domestic terrorist. Zero shame. www.pilotonline.com/2026/01/08/o...pilotonline.comWoman killed by ICE in Minneapolis was 2020 graduate of ODUA 37-year-old woman who was fatally shot by a federal immigration officer as she drove a vehicle in a snowy Minneapolis neighborhood was a 2020 graduate of Old Dominion University. 1336
Reposted by Mical RazKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you. 10634383816965
Reposted by Mical Razjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/01/2026love to be a libertarian whose response to the summary execution of an american citizen is “you shouldn’t say bad words” 24287171030
Reposted by Mical RazDave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 29/12/2025What’s going on with the daycares in Minneapolis? 17946337
