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Your eccentric older relation who might go off at any moment. Public Health, Human Rights, Good Governance, and Good Music.
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Can’t go? Contact your Senators and Representatives.

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It’s no exaggeration to say that this data is a life and death matter.

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The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

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The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year. Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools. All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools. Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump

submitted 12 hours ago • 51 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 1 day ago • 115 comments

Did you know that 72 MILLION Americans rely on Medicaid for healthcare? The Trump Administration and MAGA Republicans in Congress want to take it away to give tax breaks to billionaires. Don't let them take away our healthcare. Let them know you didn’t vote for this shit.

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A year ago this month, Trump said he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies and "do whatever the hell they want" unless allies paid up. We thought it was so important, we ran it on the front page of the @mississippifreepress.org at a time when the New York Times and others didn't.

submitted 2 days ago • 37 comments

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Has anyone shown up to protest at a Russian embassy or consulate? Asking for a nation.

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CNN Made FOIA Request About DOGE—Only to Learn FOIA Staff Was Fired "Definitely never seen this type of response to a FOIA request," quipped one journalist. www.commondreams.org/news/cnn-foi...

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Letter signed by 800+ people who hold PhDs in political science expressing grave concern about the degredation of US institutions, rule of law, and democracy. Share with Congress, print for dramatic display, or cite as evidence of experts’ collective alarm. drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Trump is a Russian stooge. Putin may as well written this himself. And any Republican in Congress who said they support our allies before, but are silent today over this, are worthless.

submitted 3 days ago • 618 comments

You know this is 100% going to happen…

submitted 2 days ago • 367 comments

Wife was a probationary employee let go over the weekend. She was a researcher with CMMI. If anyone has leads on jobs for a PhD social science researcher with an expertise in Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance, please let me know!

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All Democratic governors should use their State of the State addresses in this way. Nicely done, @govpritzker.illinois.gov . www.c-span.org/clip/state-l...

submitted 3 days ago • 41 comments

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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19 February 1912 | A Dutch Jew, Mozes de Wolf, was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 October 1942 in a transport of 1,327 Jews deported from Westerbork. No. 69666 He perished in the camp on 17 February 1943, two days before his 31st birthday.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Please share how you have been protected by the CFPB, using the link in this article.

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Don't boo. Get involved with pro-democracy organizations. Don't boo. Write post cards and phone bank. Don't boo. Donate what you can to firms representing gov workers pro bono and filing lawsuits on behalf of us REAL AMERICANS Don't boo... Beat their asses in every election DONT BOO... VOTE!!!

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This is an important point that doesn't often get mentioned: there are MILLIONS of federal contract and grant workers, and with so much of that money frozen there are going to huge numbers of layoffs. See here: www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Perfection in a simile.

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Perhaps we should consider pooling some money to buy farmland, and keep it in American hands. No reason the same farmers can’t work it.

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