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A political conference in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the alternative to the Trump-aligned CPAC was evacuated after a death threat made against several of its speakers who have been critical of President Donald Trump.

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Exciting discovery 🧪 Yet another NIH government-funded study - critical for advancing life-saving discoveries to fight cancer. THIS is why we fund science!

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I needed to hear this voice and these words at this moment. "This chapter will not be written simply by whoever occupies the Oval Office or wealthiest among us. The American story will be written by you, by we the people." Thank you, VP Kamala Harris. #NAACPImageAwards youtu.be/bnmKwxjMKgs?...

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Across the US government, workers failed to get clear guidance on whether or how to respond to an email asking what they did this week, despite Elon Musk’s claim that their jobs are at risk.

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Pro Trump publication had to remind the President who is the dictator

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Friends, I pitched an op-ed about the importance of science funding to a local newspaper in Eastern Oregon where I spent summers as a kid . . and received a quick yes from the editor. @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social provides email templates for pitches & guidelines for the article. Join me! 🧪

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Media and stakeholder pressure on these firings is working. Some federal entomology-related jobs were restored today, not many, but it's progress. To those who have supported and kept up the pressure, please continue; you’re making a difference. #entomology 🧪 Contact me to learn how to help.

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Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

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LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

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He's gonna fuck up every single independent creator who depends on the mail for their business. Call your reps and tell them you didn't vote for Trump to destroy your business. reps.fyi

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🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

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My latest: MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com Is Now #1 Podcast, Beating Out Joe Rogan

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A US appeals court let stand an order blocking President Donald Trump from curtailing automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of the Republican's hardline crackdown on immigration and illegal border crossings reut.rs/3QqfJYM

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Actually it is now 8 I believe

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He should be our messenger.

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I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road. NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

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Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

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Again, there are literally not enough jobs to rapidly absorb all these displaced federal workers (who will also now be competing for non-government jobs with everyone else in the U.S.).

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

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All this effort, wasted. And the Rogers Lab is one really deserving of this type of recognition. Mark my words: we are not going anywhere despite some peoples’ best efforts and we will remember.

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Murphy: "Let's be clear about why he wants these mineral rights. This is just about the billionaires that he serves that can make a ton of money in Ukraine if they are taking those minerals out of the ground and selling them globally for a profit. It's consistent with the way that Trump operates."

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Meidas takes the #1 podcast spot, Trump’s DOJ is in chaos, Musk is dodging accountability, and MAGA chaos is hitting Social Security, Ukraine, and veterans. Protests are growing as the public grows angry. Don’t miss today’s bulletin!

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CZI has officially bailed. I have to say one of the most disappointing aspects of all of this has been seeing how many were only doing performative DEI and never really cared about diversity equity or inclusion

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Math is hard

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Hey bros in my replies telling me to “cry harder”, 89 people were cut in the FDA’s human foods program over the weekend, including staff with expertise in infant formula safety. I’m sure that shit won’t affect you right? Not people you love? Infants you love? Just us Libs right?

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First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.

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Bernie Sanders: "We're not only dealing with a move toward authoritarianism, we're dealing with what is new to America -- politicians have always lied, nothing new about that. But the level that we're seeing right now. The big lie, over and over again ... "

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RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

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I am part of the 25%. The lifestyle change is worth it. This is the way…

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these are the worst people and deserve worse fates than can be comfortably imagined

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Oh my fucking God.

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NIH grants peeps are working hard, on a Sunday night, trying to get our grants out to us as their world is in chaos. We owe them all a huge debt. Science peeps: be sure to send your grants personnel (grants management, POs and SROs) a note of encouragement and gratitude. @sarathomasy.bsky.social

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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

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Texas has canceled its biennial immunization conference because of confusion over whether CDC staff can be there or even speak publicly. As a reminder, Texas currently has a measles outbreak. www.keranews.org/health-welln...

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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants open.substack.com/pub/populari...

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BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants open.substack.com/pub/populari...

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🚨 Why NIH Matters 🚨 🔬 Drives life-saving medical breakthroughs 💰 Funds cutting-edge research & innovation 🏥 27 institutes tackling cancer, mental health & more 🌍 Supports critical clinical trials worldwide No waste, fraud, or abuse here. Leave it ALONE! If you AGREE 💙 Like 🔁 Repost ✅ Follow

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CFPB - closed USAID - closed Medicaid - under attack NIH cancer funding - frozen Department of Education - under attack But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today? SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk

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Most of us have used Global Positioning System (GPS) for navigation & we can thank Gladys West for creating the foundation for GPS. She used her mathematical & programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth. She was inducted into the US Air Force Hall of Fame.

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Everyone asking the Democrats in Congress to do something. Ask the Republicans to do something. They have the power. They’ve abdicated checks and balances. Dems lost. For the next two years, the GOP has oversight power. Talk to them.

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"the company’s elevated stock price becomes increasingly dependent on the belief that Musk the magician can deliver wildly creative new products. That image is fading." @davidzipper.bsky.social why boycotting Telsa could make Elon hurt

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Well… today I have my first DOGE subcommittee hearing along with a Judiciary hearing, all while DC is snowed in! If I had normal coworkers & the country wasn’t going to hell lead by DOGE Douchebags, I’d say, “nothing to see here,” but something tells me, today is going to be pure insanity…

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Just got the dreaded email. University of Iowa is halting all NIH grant submissions. Losing a generation of scientists here will send the state backwards. What a travesty.

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ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and it’s an invaluable accessibility service

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