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Nurse. Cancer researcher. Believer in science and the basic rights of all people.
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Read every word of this article to see what the Trump folks are doing to the good civil servants at NIH -- and to the important work that protects all of our health. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Get the word out on these special elections We win these three and we take the house No more trifecta No more BS from Trump We need people in these districts to step up and fight for it Contact your friends and neighbors and raise hell gayforcongress.com joshweil.us blakegendebienforcongress.com

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In Texas, said one doctor: “We’ve vaccinated multiple kids that have never been vaccinated before, some from families that didn’t believe in vaccines.” @nbcnews.com #measles www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

submitted 2 days ago • 315 comments

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

submitted 2 days ago • 1360 comments

#RIF #HUD Office of Field & Policy Management All locations. All employees GS-13 & below. "Approximate" date of action: May 18th. (*ONLY because of union requirements)

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

California friends! If you’re a constituent of David Valadao, Ken Calvert, or Young Kim you have more power to fight for Medicaid by making a phone call than 99% of other Californians.

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Big Deal: The office of special counsel, the head of which Trump recently tried to fire before being blocked by a judge, has issued an opinion which suggests that many of the recent firings are unlawful. The details here matter. So def read the piece. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

submitted 4 days ago • 38 comments

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at [email protected].

submitted 6 days ago • 1050 comments

Critical patient safety updates to ongoing cancer clinical trials at the NCI are being held in order to remove the word “gender” from the protocol documents.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: Sen. Ron Wyden sounds the alarm that Trump approves of the House budget resolution -- the only way they can meet their $880 billion in cuts is by cutting hundreds of billions from Medicaid, a disaster for millions. Make sure everyone sees this.

submitted 9 days ago • 121 comments

Richmond, VA Beautiful day to stand up for democracy, the constitution, compassion, the rule of law, checks and balances, equal rights for all.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Virginia 50501 Movement’s speakers for Presidents’ Day “No Kings Day” protest! Speakers: revdrl.com/about-rev-dr-l incredibleelijah.com/elijah-story... ballotpedia.org/Freeda_Cathc... #50501Movement #fiftyfiftyone #rva 50 States, 50 Protests, 1 Day Indivisible Virginia Diversity Richmond

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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

submitted 12 days ago • 480 comments

Musk fires hundreds of FAA workers www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

submitted 11 days ago • 85 comments

Next rva protest is 50501 on Monday the 17th. This is pinned to the top of the feed.

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 13 days ago • 2831 comments

300+ NCI (National Cancer Institute/NIH) probationary employees are being terminated today. Admin leave with pay for 4 weeks.

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2/9/2025 - Protesters gather in front of Richmond, VA's city hall to speak out against the Trump Administration's mass-deportation program. #photography #protest #rva #deportation #ICE

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