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Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the George Washington University. Bird enthusiast. Not just another pretty face.
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MaryBeth Hastings has devoted her career to human rights, one of the many people in #MD08 who have seen their lives, livelihood and work upended by the attacks on USAID. Thanks MaryBeth for reminding us: foreign aid is critical for democratic solidarity.

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JUST IN: A judge has enjoined President Trump's effort to block federal funds from going toward grant recipients who engage in DEI practices. The judge says the orgs are likely to succeed on claims that this is viewpoint discrimination, among other issues storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 8 hours ago • 33 comments

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.” Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Mark your calendars: March 4 Liberty mass protest in DC, on March 4th starting at noon. “We are stronger together” #3E #USprotests #NoKings #march4liberty #Mar4

submitted 1 day ago • 93 comments

@cfcamerer.bsky.social Musk has executed a systematic plan of gutting 32 investigations and enforcement actions of his companies by 11 federal agencies. All IGs of these agencies are fired. He has $14 billion of gov’t contracts. Value of his conflict of interest is over $800 billion.

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At the end of his CPAC speech, Steve Bannon exclaimed “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, raised his arm in a brief Nazi salute gesture, brought his arm down, nodded his head at the crowd, and then said, “Amen!”

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I feel so sick. Enough with the lies, enough with the games. They know exactly what they're doing. This is a neo-Nazi movement. Proudly so. The only reason they've kept it coded up until now was to take advantage of those who didn't want to believe it. No more looking away. Face up to what it is.

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Really wish that leadership at my institution had the wherewithal to put out a statement like this. youtu.be/EweZY_M-8HI?...

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CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices meeting, scheduled for next week, has been "postponed."

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Interesting that the military is being given a central role in managing cuts to its own budget, while no similar opportunity is being afforded to NIH, CDC, USAID, NSF, the IRS, etc. I think I know why. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

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Bad news — the effective freeze at the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review hits a major chemical biology study section. Not good. @jeremymberg.bsky.social

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BANGKOK/NAIROBI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Aid groups across the world have closed operations, laid off staff and halted life-saving work, including with malnourished children, because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance, according to a survey of 246 humanitarian organisations.

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The head of the Autism, ADHD, and Externalizing Disorders Interventions Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health was fired over the weekend, 21 days shy of the end of her one year probationary period. She posted about it on fb.

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.

submitted 2 days ago • 294 comments

No reason this can't happen everywhere

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Thanks for the info from reviewers... All 8 CSR study section meeting scheduled today have been cancelled (due to the Federal Register announcement issue). Some reviewers are finding out that their meetings are cancelled when they are notified by the travel agency that their tickets are cancelled.

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I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning. Without those grants, my lab must close within a year. And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues 🤬 #MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

National Day of Action TODAY.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I’m not sure the rest of the country fully grasps the panic and anger building in DC, MD, and VA. The entire economy of this area is about to collapse. Paychecks are stopping. Careers are ruined. Taxes are about to plummet. Yet no one seems able to stop this madness.

submitted 4 days ago • 357 comments

amazing opportunity for undergrads in DC area!

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