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it’s shocking to me how quickly the decades-long bipartisan consensus in support of NIH & research into cancer and other diseases evaporated the evisceration of NIH makes state & private fundraising all the more urgent as a stopgap, till we come to our senses we are leaving patients in the lurch

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some numbers: 1 in 5 US physicians was born & educated overseas per @aamctoday.bsky.social. Foreign MDs account for 1 in 6 residents & fellows at teaching hospitals. In 2024, ECFMG sponsored >15,500 foreign MDs to fill residency & fellowship spots at 770 hospitals. They're supposed to start July 1.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

No one named Markwayne knows a damn thing sorry that's the rules.

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

THIS IS HUGE! An HIV PrEP drug in the form of a twice-yearly subcutaneous injection has JUST been APPROVED by the FDA. Lenacapavir was 99.9% EFFECTIVE at PREVENTING HIV in clinical trials. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 2 days ago • 55 comments

The Trump Doctrine is betrayal of our allies at every turn in a variety of different ways. Except Israel. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-detains-...

submitted 2 days ago • 86 comments

NYC Comptroller, Brad Lander, repeatedly asks for these masked people (purported federal agents) to produce a judicial warrant.

submitted 3 days ago • 161 comments

This is bravery and decency. This is what people upset about this administration want. If you really believe this stuff is wrong, and you have a public profile and principles and want to say you're a leader, then get out there and do the damn thing.

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

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This is a helluva letter

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

“What if a wombat tried to kill your baby?!” Lady, if you bury your baby alive next to the foundation of the house, I’m thinking that’s on you.

submitted 4 days ago • 35 comments

Few are telling this trainwreck's tale with as much rigor and passion as @anniewaldman.bsky.social‬ @ #ProPublica. "[Trump] ...has terminated more than 1,450 [#NIH] grants withholding more than $750 million in funds." Read the full piece zurl.co/fCpUU & join us to fight back. #StandUpForScience

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The Trump Administration ignores the Constitution it is supposed to preserve, protect and defend. Now, it seeks to intimidate, assault and arrest members of Congress like @replamonica.bsky.social and @padilla.senate.gov as they exercise their constitutional oversight duties.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Good reminders for today's peaceful protests. Let's make it huge, loud, and safe for everyone! @50501virginia.bsky.social @indivisibleva.bsky.social @bluevirginia.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social @rva-indivisible.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Colin floating two stories here MSM keeps spiking about the mortality effect of defunding science. The fatal formula writes itself: Trump kills critically needed disease / virus research and people WILL die - millions maybe - who didn't have to die. Saving science saves lives. #StandUpForScience

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

As I noted in today’s post, this really was the most egregious thing that happened in LA yesterday and that’s saying an awful lot

submitted 7 days ago • 92 comments

ICE wanted the San Francisco Standard to blur the faces of agents who were taking immigrants into custody. The Standard told them "no." "...we believe that censoring images from this news event would set a harmful precedent for the media’s right to report and the public’s right to know."

submitted 19 days ago • 42 comments

Brilliant. Thank you, Senator.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Horrifying. We are here.

submitted 8 days ago • 44 comments

There's no justifying this. They want to hurt people. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

It's simple: states with stronger gun safety laws are safer for children. If the Supreme Court won’t protect kids, then Congress must, starting by passing my Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act—commonsense steps already adopted by VA to better protect our communities.

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

submitted 11 days ago • 220 comments

A perhaps controversial point from team #NIH: The attacks on science, and the MAHA garbage, at root arise from the fact that many Americans are very unhappy with their healthcare system. The US healthcare and health insurance system screws many people. This is the way forward.👇

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

As a Marine once stationed at 29 Palms, I can’t imagine being sent to do this in an American city. I figured we would be here if there was a second Trump admin, but I didn’t think it would be this soon. Sadly, it’s only going to get worse.

submitted 12 days ago • 143 comments

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

submitted 13 days ago • 2415 comments

Three months after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was flown back to the U.S. on Friday to face federal charges. Here’s what we know.

submitted 13 days ago • 23 comments

Armed federal agents in tactical gear threw flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd in Los Angeles during an immigration raid. https://trib.al/ndr77Xp

submitted 14 days ago • 52 comments