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It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

This was a beautiful episode and we encourage people to watch it.

I need y'all to understand what the NYT, Dem donors, and centrists are doing here. They're pushing the narrative that trans people went too far and we deserve what is happening to us. It's pure victim blaming and it's not done yet, there's a Confessore piece in the works with the same framing.

Let's be absolutely clear: physically assaulting a US Senator for simply asking a question is disgraceful. We stand with Senator Padilla and all those peacefully defending working people against this administration's attacks.

Waiting for the big outlets to put two and two together and realize that police whose identities are secret and facilities are secret are secret police.

Genuinely stunned at how little we’ve heard from elected Democrats about this today and yesterday. Shocking beyond words, in a totally different class than any of the party’s many other absences and delinquencies.

‼️ This is absolutely absurd. Trump is actively manufacturing a crisis. The Pentagon just announced that he’s federalizing another 2,000 California National Guard troops bringing the total to 4,000, plus 700 active-duty Marines heading into LA. This is a military occupation, not public safety.

Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.

Trump’s HHS is canceling a contract to develop an mRNA bird flu vaccine, even as the disease continues to spread through dairy cows across the U.S. Make no mistake: delaying the development of this vaccine puts people’s lives at risk.

This is an outrageous and unacceptable nomination. This is a test of Senate Republicans and the conservative legal movement. This is a nomination that must fail. trib.al/LSuSAX6

BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses. In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

The effects of Covid in pregnancy are devastating and preventable by vaccination; now we have strong data from Penn Medicine that vaccines protect children and adolescents from long Covid

I think this juxtaposition, sadly, sums up the US pretty well.

Why did six House Republicans who promised to oppose Medicaid cuts vote for the "big beautiful bill"? It could be because the bill now contains an expanded "pass-through" tax deduction that would personally benefit them. Follow the money.

My 10 commandments: 1. Care about others 2. Embrace others’ differences 3. Do your best not to hurt others 4. Help others to the extent you can 5. Be curious 6. Pursue lifelong learning 7. Always seek to improve yourself 8. Seek the good in life 9. Be honest 10. Do what is right, not what is easy

The headline puts it pretty well. We all have a stake in the cuts to science, at NIH, NSF, NASA, NOAA, EPA, and more. These are excellent investments in the future, for all of us, scientists and otherwise. theconversation.com/unprecedente...

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

We want to make sure DOL employees - and all feds - understand their First Amendment rights to free speech. Here are some things you need to know: 📌 Federal employees have the right to speak as a citizen on matters of public concern, so long as it doesn't interfere with their jobs or the workplace.

What Vinay Prasad is proposing is scientific misconduct that would violate legally-mandated institutional review board review in the United States. He has never conducted a randomized control trial. He is not a scientist. He is a fraud. They are mandating this to block approval, not encourage study

I’ve become convinced that the trolley problem was dreamed up by someone deliberately trying to absolve themselves of something they are (or should be) deeply ashamed of…

Trump's DOJ is reportedly considering dropping a criminal case against Boeing over two deadly 737 MAX crashes Reminder that the Trump admin has halted or withdrawn enforcement actions against 130+ corporate offenders since inauguration day. Is this being "tough on crime"?

Stephen Miller serves a deranged authoritarian who thinks he is all powerful and can do whatever he wants. He is wrong. Our job as lawyers is to stand up to him and defeat him in court. I, for one, will never bow down or seek a deal with Trump. I will stand tall and fight.

In a new study, researchers report a proof of principle of an antivenom cocktail that provides protection to mice against bites from 19 species of snakes categorized as among the most deadly by the World Health Organization. cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky #biosky 🧪

Reporter: I was watching your face during the meeting.. what was going through your mind when the President talked about erasing the border.. Carney: I’m glad that you couldn’t tell what was going through my mind Reporter: Oh I could

lol.

As we’ve said before now confirmed. FOIA requests reveal that DOGE employees are pulling in six-figure salaries, with many holding the title of “Expert,” a specific Office of Personnel Management (OPM) designation that pays around $190,000 a year.

It may be worth remembering that “Neurotypical” is a concept created by someone who thought they were the normal one…

A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.

A new report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37 billion in potential legal liability from 11 federal agencies on inauguration day. Many are now on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped their investigations into Musk's corporations. "Conflict of interest" is an understatement.

NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths. Exclusive via Ismael M. Belkoura for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...

If I wanted to destroy what is good about the the US, diminish its prestige and import in the world, and increase the suffering of all people, these are the types of things I would do.

We made a deliberate choice as a nation, until now, not to have a police state. We siloed off federal data and put in place laws, regulations, policies and internal norms to prevent the federal government from putting together everything it knows about you into one place. Trump is ending all that.

Off the scale dangerous.

Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP. "I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"

As Trump shuts down the suicide hotline, Canada has broadcasted their national hotline which now has a toll-free American version: 1-877-330-6366

i genuinely want to know what the hell is wrong with this guy. he is a total monster and i am a little interested in how he got to be this way.

ICE is now asserting it's a federal crime for bystanders to request that masked people in plain clothes show identification as they're handcuffing folks and stuffing them into unmarked vans.

1. This executive order - if implemented (which is a big IF) - would fundamentally weaken the Civil Rights Act of 1964. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...