ICE raids continue to escalate in Maine and legal aid groups said young people are increasingly the target. Last week’s deadly ICE shooting in Biddeford of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a young father on his way to work, has only heightened the terror people are experiencing.

Trump's return to a trade war with Canada further imperils American businesses and industries – like California wine – that rely on Canadian markets. As Canada faces a serious natural disaster at home, this is the wrong message to send to our northern neighbor. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...

Public hearings on two citizen-initiated ordinances targeting a proposed underwater artificial intelligence data center in the Bay of Fundy’s Western Passage will be held next month.

20 July 1890 | Czech Jew Viktor Hönigstein was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 October 1944. He did not survive.

Thank you @strictscrutiny.bsky.social Podcast for highlighting the attempted overhaul of the Kansas supreme court and why Kansans must vote NO on August 4th! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwOs...

BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE detention, marking 53 deaths since Trump retook office.

🚨🚨🚨 Red Alert. If this happens, roughly 90% of archaeologists will be unemployed, including our daughter. Please take action immediately. Details for action are in the thread 👇👇 🚨🚨🚨

HI HELLO. Mitch McConnell and Tom Kean got longer medical leaves (with literally zero transparency and fully funded healthcare) than I, and most women get after having a baby…including having a baby via major surgery 💁🏻‍♀️

All NIH grantees need to pay attention to the new rules on foreign collaborations, including those that are soley scientific without any money crossing borders. Daniel's thread is a good place to start

“At this time, Taylor Fresh Foods has not publicly provided distribution information or a list of customers who received the product that was voluntarily removed from the market,” said the FDA. The fact that they have a choice in this is a problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/h...

TODAY IN MAINE Protesters demanding justice for Joan Sebastián Guerrero. His family deserves answers. I haven’t even been allowed to access his body, and his parents are still trying to get visas so they can bring their son’s body home to Colombia.

Today I made an unannounced visit to ICE’s facility in Scarborough, Maine. What I heard was unacceptable: no body cameras, no training, and no accountability. Johan Guerrero should be alive. Congress must act. Abolish ICE. End qualified immunity.

ICE: Virtually unlimited funding with no guardrails. Recruits rushed through training. Apparently cutting corners on the background checks that should come before anyone is handed a badge +a gun. Add in relentless pressure to hit quotas, and it's a recipe for tragedy. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

Missed the OMB Comment Period? You can't still fight back! Contact your MoC's and donate to fuel our legal fight against the proposal by visiting this link: zurl.co/5snpG #OMB #Vought #StandUpForScience #Science #SaveScience

Everytime Sam psychologically tortures contestants in the new Game Changer 😂

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

The reference > the artwork

‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h...

Sen. Alsobrooks tells Vought "I have been waiting for the opportunity to come face to face with you" and repeatedly calls his actions "depraved" and "evil"

NEW: ABC, Meta, and Paramount gave Trump's presidential library up to $56.5 MILLION to settle lawsuits. Now, financial disclosures show missing money and millions in expenses with no explanation. Where is the money? Americans deserve answers. I'm pressing for them.

According to the CDC if you do not want to contract cyclospora you should “avoid consuming food or water that may be contaminated with feces,” which is just further proof that slashing the budgets of the agencies that monitor contamination was a shitty thing to do.

BREAKING: Nearly half of House Democrats voted to cut off aid to Israel, a moment of reckoning as the party confronts years of voter outrage over the war in Gaza.

“There’s a whole Institute for disparity” says Vought. And it has run about 1% of the NIH budget for years. To cover health disparities acros/ ALL health domains.

Susan Collins faces political liability. PAXIS says: The victim was not the person agents sought. Masked agents, unmarked cars, no body cameras, hallmarks of a gang trying to carjack you. Collins funded ICE. Maine voters are linking her to a killing with no accountability. GoFundMe.com/PAXIS

On Monday, Joan Sebastian Guerrero was shot and killed by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. Reports say Guerrero was authorized to legally work in the US and not even ICE's target. @annayeo.bsky.social was on the ground Tuesday in Biddeford and spoke with locals—including one man who knew Guerrero.

The Department of Justice under Todd Blanche has lawlessly carried out President Trump's wishes and revenge fantasies. During his confirmation hearing for Attorney General tomorrow, members of Congress must address his record on civil rights and civil liberties.

🚨BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lawyers have told a court that the agency may have thousands of documents relevant to Democrats’ demand for the Trump administration’s possible plans to deploy immigration agents at the polls this fall. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Speaking of using your own words, don't forget that the NIH's RFI on limiting the number of RPG awards per PI/MPI is open for comment. I will remind you that the RPG designation includes everything from R03 ($50k direct, 2 y limit) to P01, huge U mechs and DPetc. rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a1f200c6e...

Who is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the man killed by ICE in Biddeford?

Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm

Use your own words drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/u...

Today is the final day you can leave a public comment on the OMB proposal that will destroy American science as we know it. Leave your comment at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/1M9hH and register for our OMB Deadline Day meeting today at the link in our bio! Article: zurl.co/3LQxi

OMB commenting period ends today. That's not the end of the fight. UNIONS will pick up where individuals left off and work together to sue the federal government. In my organizing, people constantly ask me what unions can do for higher ed. They can do this. And universities won't. So sign a card.

Seriously folks, if you haven't commented yet, DO IT!! Even a short comment will help!

341,699 comments as of yesterday. Today is the deadline. Your voice impacts the future of US research & science. Please submit a comment if you haven't already.

============= BREAKING NEWS 8:30AM "A person was killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well. These are the details that I have at this time." Ryan Fecteau, Maine Speaker of the House.

Russell Vought is working to advance a key part of his Project 2025 agenda by giving political appointees unprecedented authority over federal science funding decisions. Fight back by leaving your public comment by visiting this link: zurl.co/hdmlB Article: zurl.co/ijSUz

ok i am going on a 🧵 walk here shortly going to status check as many of the president's DC renovation projects as I possibly can this may end up being a multi-day event because of bad afternoon weather and the fact that this involves walking like 10 miles but we'll see how i do lol

"NSF employees are now concerned that the $1 billion of withheld funds will not be released. If they are not, the combination of withheld funds and clawbacks would result in funding cuts of more than 30% for most directorates compared with their planned spending for 2025"

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

This can help you get started if it all seems intimidating.

A phoebe sitting on a post. One of the mated pair that nests under the eaves of our house. Norwich VT, June 2026 As per @alan678.bsky.social's alt theme of #BirdsILove for #BirdOfTheDay #ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Nature #Birds #Wildlife

Stay up-to-date on the Senate candidates, their positions on issues and the process. Will be updating as things develop. We cannot and WILL NOT allow Collins to win. Activatemaine.com/senate2026 #maine #senate #voteblue

Platner officially withdraws his Senate candidacy, and the Maine secretary of state's office confirms receipt of the papers. This triggers the process for Maine Democrats to replace him, by July 27 under state law.

I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...

The Sam Noble Museum is hiring a Collection Manager for the Fish Collection! Come work with me in Oklahoma! Please share widely! #TeamFish #MuseumJobs jobs.ou.edu/jobs/curator...

"47th public release of TAIR@Phoenix data" Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/breaking-news#312 #News

NEW: After the Civil War, Congress readmitted the southern states under a key condition: don't expand felony disenfranchisement. But the states quickly violated their promise & weaponized criminal statutes to skew elections. It finally caught up with one of them this year. Fascinating read: