So I hope you all have some time to relax over this long weekend. BUT before you go, please send a letter to Congress and tell them this new OMB rule will hurt Americans from coast to coast by putting Russell Vought in charge of all federal grants. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, we can do better: we can support the public interest, freedom-including good health, equality for everyone, curbing the tyranny created by billionaires, and a free and fair marketplace of ideas. The opposite of what this is.

Stealth politics and oligarch ownership of media is why this article exists. Take what Atlas says with that bias in mind. He’s been selected and elevated by billionaires because what he says helps billionaires.

now he’s writing an anti-society pro-privatization article in the conservative Bezos Post. This book describes how far-right billionaires have pushed to harm democracy using “stealth politics” - lifting up junk ideas via thinktanks and rightwing media. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Now, why is Atlas writing this? I’m not saying he doesn’t believe it, he probably does. I’m just saying he wouldn’t have his recent career if he didn’t say things that benefit rightwing billionaires. Hoover, AIER, Trump 1 …

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There is no way for the private sector to replace public investment in science. youtu.be/A47gXLNc7vQ?...

The reason the US has such a powerful science and innovation ecosystem is simple: decades of public investment (via largely independent agencies, including NIH and NSF). Basic science builds future cures over a timeline too long for the private sector. /3 www.infotimes.us/basic-scienc...

make sad head voice go away by reading this thread of good news in public health

we see this again and again—fighting back matters.

Scott Atlas has always been a hot mess. He is always the champion of bad ideas (like let 'er rip--meaning the virus--during the height of the COVID pandemic) and gets all hot and bothered when people point out his sheer idiocy. Now he wants to burn it all down. No one should listen to this fool.

Appeasement doesn't work. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Happy 250th y'all. It don't worry me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYy...

Yes. I miss the “nuance” of “unconstitutional bigotry against an entire class of people is necessary to my kid has a better chance of getting a hockey scholarship.” Clearly, the fault is mine.

Losurdo also covers the “classical liberal” origin of the notion that “The basic idea is that if you don't come from a cultural background that comes from a traditional Western perspective-ideally Anglo-Saxon— then you aren't equipped for and properly formed for freedom” in depth.👇

This is an extremely vile but important new quote from Stephen Miller, highlighted below by @larryglickman.bsky.social. It's an expression of Miller's overt ideology of civilizational supremacy, which we tried to dissect at some length recently: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Stephen Miller is the decendant of people who immigrated to the US and were also attacked as fundamentally unfit to participate in the American experiment. What Miller did is simply move the arbitrary civilizational charmed circle outward to include southern/eastern Europe but not the "Third World."

Springer Nature sold Scientific American to a new company that is already laying people off TWO DAYS before their union election. If you want to sign an open letter in support of the union, you can do so here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...

Hegseth proudly announced that the flu vaccine would no longer be required for people serving in the military. A flu outbreak is now happening at Lackland Air Force Base, and flu vaccinations are again required. The AF has now been forced to admit that a 25-year-old recruit has died of influenza.

the use of “performative” as an insult here is why these people are losing their primaries. yes, voters want you to perform their anger and disgust! they want representatives to represent their symbolic interests! the idea that good representation is necessarily quiet and unobtrusive is wrong!

The explosion of MAGA rage at birthright citizenship ruling confirms again that MAGA is really a movement for ethnic cleansing. As we discuss on the pod, it's telling that sealed border and end to TPS/asylum don't sate MAGA. They want dramatic ethnic purges. Listen: newrepublic.com/article/2125...

Again, we've endured years of legacy media reporters chasing after Donald Trump supporters to find out what they want, and somehow "They want an ethnic cleansing" was never the takeaway, even though it's literally the correct answer.

What do we want? When do we want it? An economy that works for all of us, that puts care at the center of our politics. It's the polar opposite of what's on offer today from both parties. With @akapczynski.bsky.social. www.amacad.org/daedalus/soc...

An odious piece by Matthew Vines. As a gay Christian, he has no fellow-feeling for anyone but the G in the LGBTQ community. It's a gospel of selfishness--I've got mine and the rest of you: I want nothing to do with you. We fought for your rights you sad, little man. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o...

We've hit the 3,000 mark in letters to Congress on the mad power-grab by Russell Vought at OMB to take over all federal grant making with a team of political commissars reporting to him. Let's get to 4,000 letters this week. Share. Share. Share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

James Carville and other establishment Dems embrace the philosophy of losers. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

So @jonfavs.bsky.social, @jaimeharrison.bsky.social and @tomsuozzi.bsky.social and the Dems complain about the progressives in the party and then give us…this? 1/

Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for writing about the proposed OMB rule that will put ALL federal grant making under the control of political commissars. There are lots of ways to take action to stop this. See a few actions below in replies. 1/ heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-27-2026

They keep screaming at us that they intend to steal the election. I know lots of folks on the Dem side are working against that goal, and I think the countermeasures will be effective, but we all need to be in this fight. Literally nothing is more urgent for our democracy.

My question is: why do certain reporters and editors keep saying there is ceasefire even though their own reporting details ongoing hostilities? What's the incentive here? It makes no sense. @ronfournier.bsky.social

NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵

A review essay for grown-ups on political violence and the political violence we normalise and even celebrate. Like the best review essays, it might be better than its source material.

Stand Up for Yale, a group representing thousands of #Yale alums condemns the Trump administration investigation and warns against settlement, calls on the university to defend its students, its independence, its lawful commitment to an inclusive academic community. More at www.standupforyale.org

Let's finish the weekend with 5,000 letters to Congress on Russell Vought's mad power-grab to take over federal grant-making. It will take you two minutes to do this. Click on the link and it does it all for you. Share. Share. Share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

According to internal data I obtained, only 57% of these non-competing grant renewals entering Status 19 in FY26 cleared within 10 days. During the same period over the previous three years, that number was over 95%. And the last 10% of the 'problem' applications can stay stuck for months on end.

I attended a die-in in Arlington to protest Vought’s schemes to gut federal science & health programs. Vought’s cuts have led to thousands of deaths already, to the ending of clinical trials for cancer, to the gutting of food aid overseas and here in the US. Let people die. That’s the Vought way.

From the bond market to biomedical researchers NO ONE thinks Russell Vought's mad power-grab to take over all federal grant making is a wise idea. Write, call your members of Congress. Submit a comment on the rule. Write an oped. STOP THIS NONSENSE. www.bondbuyer.com/news/moodys-...

“Yale recently offered a proposal to the government”? Collaborators! Take it back! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u...

I am so angry at my fucking university I cannot see straight. Yale has sold out completely.

I won't give to Yale any longer. I called the alumni office and told them why. If you're a Yale grad, you can, too! alumni.yale.edu/contact-us

Fresh off of endorsing Chris Rufo —by name—and his vision to destroy higher education, Yale is rushing to help the Trump admin resegregate education. An absolute disgrace.

OMB has proposed a new rule change. And, as @jvl.bsky.social describes it, it's goal is to disappear people and ideas. lnk.thebulwark.com/4uWvDvW

“The OMB has proposed a rule change to the Federal Register, 2 CFR §200.205. This rule change is an attempt to politicize all federal grants. This is a weapon designed to disappear disfavored people, groups, and ideas—and the blast radius on it will be enormous.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Now think about what this means if all federal grant making is under political control as per new OMB rule. Crony capitalism at its worst: do you want these people fixing your bridges, making sure your water supply is safe? @donmoyn.bsky.social

Globalisation, rising authoritarianism, declining solidarity, and retreating multilateralism are creating a perfect storm for amplifying the risk of outbreaks In this context, what exactly does solidarity mean? Our new @plosglobalpublichealth.org essay: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

@yale.edu bows down to fascism. President MacInnis and the trustees show what it means to obey in advance. A sad day for my alma mater. What cowards. #VichyYale www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/u...

I'm from Long Island. One thing we know about #TomSuozzi is that he all about Tom Suozzi. My mother was a GOP politician in Nassau County. One thing we could bond on? Suozzi is an opportunist who cares little for anyone, anything but his own career.

Grimly amusing Dem machines think they deserve some sort of entitlement hierarchy. My entire life, everything has been moving backwards, politically, democratically, bureaucratically, judicially. You are all failures. You are presumptively part of the rot that must be removed down to the root.

We could all use some good news these days Ghana cut malaria deaths by 86%!!! And they followed science and good public health policies healthpolicy-watch.news/how-ghana-sl...