Lara Jirmanus, MD, MPH
@larazjmd.bsky.social
Physician, Community organizer, Social medicine practitioner. Parent. Lebanese-Palestinian @harvardmed. Opinions my own. Still 😷 #NotATarget #NoOneIsIllegal
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What to the Arab-American and the Child of Immigrants Is the Fourth of July? | Common Dreams
For me, it is hard to separate the explosions lighting our night sky from over 600 days of explosions, also funded by our tax dollars, setting alight universities, hospitals, tents, and children in Ga...
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“Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?” Fredrick Douglas asked in his iconic 1852 address.
This 4th of July, many ask this same question. The answer is up to all of us.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/4th-...
This 4th of July, many ask this same question. The answer is up to all of us.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/4th-...
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
“Harvard President Alan Garber has written, ‘The fearless & unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity.’ All scholarship rests on that ideal. But realizing it requires…. restorative justice: acknowledging harm, accepting accountability, & rebuilding trust.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/17/o...
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Harvard President Alan Garber has written, ‘The fearless & unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity.’ All scholarship rests on that ideal. But realizing it requires…. restorative justice: acknowledging harm, accepting accountability, & rebuilding trust.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/17/o...
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Why join #WednesdayWalkoutsforHealth?
Reason #1: Mass mobilization has been identified as THE most crucial response to authoritarianism. So this is an opportunity for #healthcare workers to speak up about the impact of federal actions on #health.
Reason #1: Mass mobilization has been identified as THE most crucial response to authoritarianism. So this is an opportunity for #healthcare workers to speak up about the impact of federal actions on #health.
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Why join #WednesdayWalkoutsforHealth?
Reason #1: Mass mobilization has been identified as THE most crucial response to authoritarianism. So this is an opportunity for #healthcare workers to speak up about the impact of federal actions on #health.
Reason #1: Mass mobilization has been identified as THE most crucial response to authoritarianism. So this is an opportunity for #healthcare workers to speak up about the impact of federal actions on #health.
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
I have been saying this from months... the first politicians thrown overboard by a working class tea party will be the Democratic dinos!!
"We don’t need a mass movement. We just need enough people who are willing to step up, change the narrative, and help to create the opposition party we so desperately need." (from March) www.liberalcurrents.com/its-time-for...
It's Time for a Democratic Tea Party
Enough is enough. We need leaders capable of resisting the rising tide of fascism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I have been saying this from months... the first politicians thrown overboard by a working class tea party will be the Democratic dinos!!
Reposted by Lara Jirmanus, MD, MPH
"We don’t need a mass movement. We just need enough people who are willing to step up, change the narrative, and help to create the opposition party we so desperately need." (from March) www.liberalcurrents.com/its-time-for...
It's Time for a Democratic Tea Party
Enough is enough. We need leaders capable of resisting the rising tide of fascism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"We don’t need a mass movement. We just need enough people who are willing to step up, change the narrative, and help to create the opposition party we so desperately need." (from March) www.liberalcurrents.com/its-time-for...
The only fire that ceased seems to be the international eyes on the ongoing genocide Israel is committing against Palestinians
Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
Israeli air raids hit Gaza City, drone targets southern Lebanon
Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The only fire that ceased seems to be the international eyes on the ongoing genocide Israel is committing against Palestinians
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Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
Israeli air raids hit Gaza City, drone targets southern Lebanon
Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Israeli air raids target eastern areas of Gaza City while an Israeli drone hits a vehicle in southern Lebanon.
Thanks to the leadership of @apha.org who sent monitors wearing body cams to our panel discussion about fighting #fascism, to make sure that no one felt unsafe. The monitors had were deployed to a list of events about #Israel, #Palestine or #socialjustice
Whew, we feel so "safe"! #APhA2025
Whew, we feel so "safe"! #APhA2025
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Thanks to the leadership of @apha.org who sent monitors wearing body cams to our panel discussion about fighting #fascism, to make sure that no one felt unsafe. The monitors had were deployed to a list of events about #Israel, #Palestine or #socialjustice
Whew, we feel so "safe"! #APhA2025
Whew, we feel so "safe"! #APhA2025
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I have a very novel place to spend NYC election day. I wonder where Andrew Cuomo will spend it…in the Hamptons, perhaps? Maybe Mar A Lago?
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I have a very novel place to spend NYC election day. I wonder where Andrew Cuomo will spend it…in the Hamptons, perhaps? Maybe Mar A Lago?
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The cruelty is the point.
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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Reminder that Spotify has still not gotten rid of their ICE ads. They think they can just stay silent without answering to the public. Let’s show them how wrong they are, let’s hit them where it hurts! These corporations don’t understand anything unless it hurts their bottom line.
November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reminder that Spotify has still not gotten rid of their ICE ads. They think they can just stay silent without answering to the public. Let’s show them how wrong they are, let’s hit them where it hurts! These corporations don’t understand anything unless it hurts their bottom line.
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Happy Monday y’all. Back to work?
Don’t forget to vote Tuesday. Seriously.🇺🇸
Don’t forget to vote Tuesday. Seriously.🇺🇸
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Happy Monday y’all. Back to work?
Don’t forget to vote Tuesday. Seriously.🇺🇸
Don’t forget to vote Tuesday. Seriously.🇺🇸
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He's in Hmart.
That is all.
That is all.
Exclusive: Zeteo’s Prem Thakker goes on the campaign trail with Zohran Mamdani on this final weekend, to talk Islamophobia, New York’s pigeons, Halloween costumes, whether he has any regrets, and more.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
He's in Hmart.
That is all.
That is all.
Exceptionally important read by Professor Amy Hagopian, who precisely pinpoints how our institutions are accelerating democratic collapse by quashing dissent, in opposition to their own ethical principles. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/civi... @apha.org
Civil society should be resisting Trump’s authoritarianism. It’s succumbing to it instead.
My American Public Health Association membership was revoked after over 20 years because I protested for Palestine. As authoritarian norms spread in government, they are metastasizing into civil socie...
mondoweiss.net
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Exceptionally important read by Professor Amy Hagopian, who precisely pinpoints how our institutions are accelerating democratic collapse by quashing dissent, in opposition to their own ethical principles. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/civi... @apha.org
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
Reposted by Lara Jirmanus, MD, MPH
Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.
During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.
During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.
October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.
During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.
During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.
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CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”
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October 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Call @edmarkey.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @massgovernor.bsky.social & demand protection of MA residents abducted by #Israel for bringing formula to starving #Palestinian babies #Gaza @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Neal: 202-265-5601
Markey: 202-224-2742
Warren: 202-224-4543
Healey: 617-725-4005
Neal: 202-265-5601
Markey: 202-224-2742
Warren: 202-224-4543
Healey: 617-725-4005
October 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Call @edmarkey.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @massgovernor.bsky.social & demand protection of MA residents abducted by #Israel for bringing formula to starving #Palestinian babies #Gaza @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
Neal: 202-265-5601
Markey: 202-224-2742
Warren: 202-224-4543
Healey: 617-725-4005
Neal: 202-265-5601
Markey: 202-224-2742
Warren: 202-224-4543
Healey: 617-725-4005
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.