Donald Trump and the DOJ are breaking federal law by continuing to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein's decades-long, billion-dollar, international sex trafficking ring.   We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.

“It will take decades to undo the damage they have done and the lifesaving cures and treatments they have set back.” Yes. @murray.senate.gov covers Trump attacks on science, public health, and even on childcare. They must be stopped.

Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.

More on the continuing purges at #NIH. Now 13 out of 27 institute directors have been gotten rid of. This is not normal. @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...

Thank you for your years of service, Walter!

On the news that Walter Koroshetz will not be renewed as NIH/NINDS director: I made a video a few days ago, abt ppl saying to me “Congress rejected Trump budget cuts for NIH, so we’ll be ok, right?” No. Vought and Trump have a lot of ways to interfere inside NIH. Ask Congress to …🧪

Another Institute Director ousted. We need scientists and non-scientists alike to help us stand up to RFKjr and his brain worm. Help us, please! www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...

If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!

DOJ did not properly redact the Epstein files. Is this a super embarrassing error? Or civil servants continuing to serve the people and not the president? Maybe both? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Excited to share that our paper is finally published, with special thanks to Evelyn Li for her beautiful fluorescence microscopy and for bringing this over the goal line. I wrote a brief synopsis and “Behind the Paper” blog post. More to come next year. tinyurl.com/CommsSapio

Register now for the 39th annual Southern Pain Society Annual Meeting! January 30-February 1, 2026 The Westin Hotel, New Orleans

www.nature.com/articles/s42... great stuff and a treasure trove of important data. Well done @mattsapio.bsky.social and team at NIH.

Podcast Jay vows to turn around the stagnant US life expectancy while slashing NIH research to do just that. In this article, people who are ACTUALLY QUALIFIED to talk about this, explain why we need research, a proper healthcare system, and social programs to improve life expectancy.

Two weeks ago, this man patronized me for asking a simple question, refused to say that vaccines were better than the diseases they prevent, and then had the mic handed off so I couldn’t respond. And I have it on camera. Linked below.

A few reminders about the SCOTUS immunity decision for Presidents: It does not provide immunity for prior crimes. It does not provide immunity to the President's cabinet. Similar to Roe v. Wade, it can be overturned in the future.

Great article: “Why Americans are Dying Younger? NIH Is Not the Problem. Our Broken Healthcare Delivery Is” Bhattacharya keeps pointing to US morbidity & mortality as an NIH failure. But his argument quickly falls apart. academic.oup.com/jid/advance-... @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…

We are leading the charge to see RFK Jr. impeached and removed. Every life lost due to health misinformation is one too many. TAKE ACTION WITH US HERE: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

They aren't already in jail because there's a shortage of courage & corruption free courts. Destroying the legal system piecemeal. Pam Bondi faces calls to be jailed as bipartisan articles of impeachment are drafted Source: The Mirror US share.newsbreak.com/geh988ux

RFK Jr. has been busy this week: - Defunded the AAP for criticizing him - Funded an anti-vax group from Denmark to conduct an unethical Hep B study in Guinea Bissau - Made anti-science policy that is going to deeply harm trans kids - Instructed the CDC to stop recommending vaccines #ImpeachRFKjr 🧵

It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

New article in The Lancet on the NIH situation over the past year and into the future. www.thelancet.com/action/showP... 1/3

For diametrically opposed reasons, Mike Pence and I have come to the same conclusion. RFK Jr. HAS TO GO. thehill.com/homenews/565...

Podcast Jay: His job is to lie to the public about NIH while the Vought people destroy science and universities

Illegally terminated

The GOP’s health care “plan” does nothing for millions who will see their health insurance premiums go through the roof in January. Facing a choice between seeing the doctor and paying your rent is appalling but that’s life in Trump’s America.

Go @cdelawalla.bsky.social! Straightforward question that deserved a straightforward answer. Head of NIH does not want to come out and say that vaccines have saved millions of lives 🤯. This is embarrassing 🙈 and irresponsible. Jay: you know better! We expect more from you.

But no wait... he's curing disease, guys... the dastardly disease of *checks notes* DEI. This is one case where it seems the "treatment" (wasting employee hours defunding grants) is worse than the "disease" (critical research into overlooked communities) spectator.com/article/how-...

#GVerse via @captmarkkelly.bsky.social "Tonight, we learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation." If #Shit4Brains or #WhiskyLeaks think they can stop me from doing my job and serving the American people, they've got the wrong guy."

AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.

Enough is enough! The CDC has become a space of misinformation. The US is dealing w/ measles outbreaks. ACIP is incompetent. Michigan representative Haley Stevens introduced articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. @standupforscience.bsky.social was instrumental behind this. Let it begin! #Pinks

gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...

NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃

ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”

CO-SPONSOR ALERT! 🚨@ericswalwell.bsky.social (CA-14) is standing with science and signing on to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. Call your reps, and encourage them to sign on! standupforscience.net/impeac...

Your daily reminder that PRESSURE WORKS! Read the articles. Sign to endorse. Send a message to YOUR rep to co-sponsor. Here: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr @standupforscience.bsky.social

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Delighted to share our latest article on brain mechanisms of pain, appetitive & aversive learning, led by @yilizhao.bsky.social & In-seon Lee, out now in @sfnjournals.bsky.social! We show that brain mechanisms of expectancy are domain general, not unique to pain! www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

Tell Congress it's time to evict Kristi Noem.

Today, journalist Jimmy Lai should be home celebrating his birthday with family. Instead, this brave free speech and democracy advocate languishes in prison. The world demands Jimmy Lai be released and his sham charges dropped.

RFK Jr. and his anti-vax ACIP are responsible for doing harm to generations of Americans living in the shadow of his anti-science leadership, and Hep. B is just the tip of the iceberg It's time for Congress to impeach and remove RFK Jr. No ifs, no buts. Enough is enough. #ImpeachtheQuack

Chaos Is Coming open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa... If we can't get this destructive, asinine regime out of power soon they will permanently damage our relationships around the world. This damage will not only hurt us strategically, but financially as well. #MAGATraitors #CongressionalCowards

This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing. THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.

Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen. Help us move the needle!

Meet MD-08 Local Heroes Kevin Xia & Ryan Chen of Whitman HS & Peter Xiao of Blair HS. They won my 2025 Congressional App Challenge for their brilliant app SafeStride, which helps people who are blind or visually impaired navigate their surroundings safely and efficiently.

They have designed this year to crush feds. We can’t let them do this. It is so very hard. But quitting lets them win. And the American people will suffer more than they already are.

Check out the new issue of Notes on Pain, a monthly summary of @sutherlandphd.bsky.social’s coverage if pain research and the people behind it, on #PRF today bit.ly/43Bfb9I

@massih.bsky.social et al. assert that identifying pain-specific processes requires salience-matching noxious and control stimuli. Salience ratings fully mediate stimulus intensity and physiological arousal relationship, demonstrating adequacy for matching. #PAIN bit.ly/3LuWKgq