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This... write/call your Republicans in Congress and ask them to explain how this is different than Smoot-Hawley.

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Thousands gather in Center City Philadelphia for the nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ anti-Trump protest, reports @inquirer.com. SEPTA trains haven't seen such a rush of commuters since the Eagles Super Bowl celebration.

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This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.

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"highly technical conversations with colleagues at other government agencies involving sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict..." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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The Dodgers meet with Trump soon. "Eight days after their White House visit, the Dodgers will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day. They will insinuate they are more than a baseball team. They will portray themselves as leaders of social progress. They will be full of it." --Dylan Hernandez, LA Times

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410 people at the Devon, PA Tesla Takedown today - still growing!

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In Fitzpatrick’s absence, local community leaders took the floor and delivered impassioned speeches about the harm and chaos the Trump Administration’s first two months is causing locally throughout Bucks County #PA01.

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Trump protest tonight at the stadiums - he’s spending our money to watch wrestling…

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Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.

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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

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"If a foreign country was to learn how the United States planned to fight a war against them, it could reinforce its defenses and address its weaknesses, making the plans far less likely to succeed." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

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Industrial Revolution Provides Millions Of Out-Of-Work Children With Jobs theonion.com/industr...

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Not surprisingly, Trump’s overall tax and tariff proposals would make the very rich much richer and working families poorer. If you earn less than $360,000 a year, your taxes are going to go way up. If you’re in the top 1%? Don’t worry. You’ll save big.

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Drove by it today, looking forward to joining next week!

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Went from 10 people two weeks ago to 70 people last week to 200 people this week (this is half of #TeslaTakedown in Devon today)

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Let the multiplier effects begin. 🇺🇸 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/h... SAMHSA funds provide evidence-based mental health and substance use treatment throughout the country. Call your congressmen; this is not the time to be slashing behavioral health care.

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Donald Trump said he'd abolish the Department of Education, and that's exactly what he's doing. If you send your kids to public school, Trump is sending you a clear message: he doesn’t care about you.

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"Mr. Kennedy’s focus on unverified treatments has frustrated some doctors in Gaines County, who have been trying to explain to patients that there is no antiviral for measles and that they have little control over which patients suffer serious symptoms..." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...

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Donald Trump is blocking the development of life-saving medicine. How does that help you?

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I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

submitted 31 days ago • 1164 comments

If there is a recession, it will not have been caused by complex fluctuations in the economy. It will have been caused by Trump’s intentionally reckless chaos. Presidents rarely have this direct responsibility for economic cycles but this would be an exception.

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Yikes! Peer review is critical for the integrity of our science, and outside experts are always needed to vet new grant proposals. By moving this all in-house at NIH, we lose scientific independence & make it easy for the government to determine what research should be funded. 🧪 #PeerReview

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Why is everything so dumb

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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh. This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

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An extraordinary scientist and excellent leader of NIH. Francis Collins Retires From N.I.H., Saying Colleagues ‘Deserve the Utmost Respect’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

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It’s an easy way to send a powerful message. Consume less, shop small, and support businesses who support our communities. Do this as much as you can, not just today. 50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement. Join us: www.FiftyFifty.one. #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social

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Why NIH pays universities far more for indirect costs than private foundations www.statnews.com/2025/02/27/w... via @statnews.com

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Jeff Bezos Sends Note To Whole Foods Staff Forbidding Criticism Of Grapes

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I really like this thread, talking through process, and each place we can stop them. Republicans tried to cut Medicaid in (at least) 1981, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2010, and 2017. Now 2025. This record of our success and their failure doesn't mean we'll stop them. But we can. We have before.

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March 4th For Democracy!! 🚨 Get more info, resources, or find a protest: fiftyfifty.one (check back next week for protest listings). 50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement. #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy @polrev.bsky.social FAQs + talking points + other ways to act next. 🪡🧵

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This is a five-alarm fire 🔥 for US science 🧪. (We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.) Trump and Musk are blocking ALL NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings. Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/

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The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug - WIRED

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Pres. Musk planning to use a government contract for his AI to simply replace the JFK library (my fav among presidential libraries, beautiful setting)?

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

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Yes. This is the message that every scientist should be getting out right now: “Trump/Musk are killing cancer research” — it’s a political slam dunk. Public pushback is what can stop them now. Please help 🧪. Scientists are in all 50 states, including in red areas.

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So our tax dollars are going to buy $400 million in Cyber trucks? And this is not a conflict of interest how?

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Philadelphia Enjoys Quiet Week Of Super Bowl Victory Reflection

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Go Eagles!

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u.... This will crush medical and mental health research in the U.S., and is bad for the economy ($1 of NIH funding generates $2.46 for the economy). Contact your Senators and Reps!

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We are hearing that Andy Singleton, director of a new and promising Alzheimer's research center at NIH, just announced his resignation. This will disrupt innovative new Alzheimer's work to go beyond the "amyloid hypothesis." Bad news for anyone who's been touched by this disease. 🧪

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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover - WIRED

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Well this is horrible and once again devoid of science…

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The HHS protects our lives with programs that depend on scientific research and proven health solutions. RFK Jr. can't be trusted to lead an agency so vital to our health and safety. Make sure your senators hear from you. app.sosha.ai/s/BSmYg8Hs

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