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Hamas killed 22-year-old Odai Naser Saadi, one of the leaders of the anti-Hamas protest movement in Gaza. He was kidnapped, tortured for hours, and then executed. His body was dumped at the doorstep of his family’s home, with a chilling message: “This is the price for those who criticize Hamas.”

Love the chant: Alone we are a drop of water, together #wearetheflood Thanks to all who were there.

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

Contact your representatives

When people just shout random things.....

With Social Security in the news, here are non-fiction and fiction accounts of the woman responsible for Social Security, Frances Perkins.

Keystone Mafia

I'm not convinced this will happen, but if it does, I would imagine that a LOT more people will suddenly start paying attention to DOGE.

New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government. The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...

We’re in this mess in large part bc the average American is uninformed about fundamentals of civics, history, basic biology, economics, etc, and media and the internet are not meeting the moment. Is anyone organizing teach-ins or similar for the general public, whether irl or online?

Malice in Wonderland?

I feel like our country is being run by a slapstick, bungling mafia.

Who is authorized?

Stop the Wreckonciation! When you gut a space, what you have left is a gutted space. How careful and thoughtful are these cuts? What are you okay losing? Assistance with abusive financial companies? Medical and Science Research? Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid? And the Ripple effect?