Their cruelty has no bounds! No way in hell he supports Early Carer Researchers! Time to prepare and get real creative on how to continue to support our future generation of researchers. We can do it together! Stay strong, science! ❤️

Yet again it pays to speak up & fight back! NIH has agreed to “evaluate each application individually and in good faith” for plaintiffs whose applications were unlawfully held in fiscal year 2025. In return, the plaintiffs dropped the lawsuit. www.aclu.org/press-releas...

Here's hoping that the hearts of Jay Bhattacharya — and all other members of the Trump Administration — grow three sizes this Christmas.

Well, this is an utter disaster for science. This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next. 🧪

New stories out about Official NIH Policy about "remediating" NIH applications so that they can be considered for funding. First, a story in STAT... www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/n... 1/9

From Judge William Young (in NIH grant termination lawsuits) 9/9

None of this takes into account the statements by Judge William Young, appointed by Ronald Reagan, who ruled that the administration's actions violated the Administrative Procedure Act BUT ALSO said the following (as part of a more extensive speech)... 8/9

RFK, Jr. should absolutely be removed. He is gutting of CDC and destroying NIH. Sadly, @nytimes.com emphasizes this as a political stunt by Steven’s, instead of calling out RFK’s damage or the many Republicans who have acknowledged it but refuse to act. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...

Today is the 68th anniversary of the creation of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, and over 200 recent employees have shared an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.

Oh my god the absolute depravity of this.

Thank you, @drdemetre.bsky.social for writing this important piece. We cannot ignore that #HIV/AIDS and other health conditions do not exist. Research, funding, and access to the health system are human rights. #publichealthsky

Why is the head of the world’s preeminent medical science research institute relying on an anonymous, anti-vax, software engineer known only as “Ben” for his COVID epidemiology? The answer does not bode well for the future of science based medicine. open.substack.com/pub/drbobmor... 🧪 #episky #NIH

"Thousands of attorneys have left the Trump Justice Department this year. We talked to 60 about what alarmed them most." nyti.ms/47YGwE0

Important reminder that we can continue to do better to make academia a safe & decent place for all. 💜

PhD students and Postdocs: The Night Science Podcast (@nightsciencepod.bsky.social) is producing an episode highlighting young scientists talking about their creative process. DM me if you'd like us to consider you for this, & read below what PhD student Davis Garner will contribute! ⬇️

The breach, which happened Tuesday, includes personal contact information, donation details and other data from fundraising and alumni engagement, Harvard said on its website.

And it will be the American public who suffers the most from this. It’s horrible. Federal agencies are already struggling to keep their programs (that haven’t been terminated) going. It’s about to get much much worse. 😔

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This makes me sick on so many levels! “When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.” TY for reporting, #HarvardCrimson!

Jay Bhattacharya's plan for a new pandemic is for everyone to suddenly be healthy.

“If this administration thinks that summarily ousting NIH employees whose only offense is calling on the agency to respect science and academic freedom will go unnoticed, they can think again.” www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...

Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up. Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.

Now a national news story as it must be, @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social placed on admin leave; not a household name for her title but should be for her courage to speak out in *her personal capacity* in defense of NIH's mission via The Bethesda Declaration and beyond. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

NEW: Jenna Norton, an NIH employee who is openly critical of Trump & RFK Jr, has been put on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. She says the administration is trying to "scare and silence me." An HHS official, asked to comment, called her a radical leftist. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

🚨🚨 @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is a force. Her voice carries power, truth, and courage—threats to the regime. The only thing authoritarians fear more than a voice they cannot control is a chorus. So let’s give them one: speak up, speak loudly, and don’t stop. Stand with Jenna. ✊🇺🇸

A federal SNAP employee who warned the public about the nation’s hunger crisis now faces termination, launching a rally in Boston on Friday Nov 14. Federal workers & allies are rallying to call for reinstating Ellen Mei, restoring staff + funding at FNS offices & protecting federal workers’ rights.

I just voted NO on the bill that fails to prevent the looming health care crisis and fails to rein in Trump’s lawless actions, but I won’t give up — and I urge the American people to stay in the fight despite this disappointing outcome.

Trump’s all-in for billionaires with special deals and tax cuts — but wants to shut down the agency that protects Americans from grifters and rip-offs. The CFPB’s returned $21B to cheated Americans. No wonder Trump wants it gone. He’s with the cheaters.

Speaking as a government worker: The paper that our whole professional class reads doesn’t know that it is not normal to end whole agencies lawlessly, shred the Constitution based on laughable legal justification, and kill cancer and Alzheimer’s research??? Either we have failed or they have.

While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

Touché 🤨

FLAG: The Trump admin has told states to "immediately undo" any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families for the month of November — threatening financial penalties if they do not comply. SNAP helps roughly one in eight Americans buy groceries.

The original Dem demands were: 1) Permanent ACA subsidies 2) Medicaid funding restored 3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission) You dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today. You screwed the American people.

Van Hollen a No, and suggesting they might drag this out and make it painful

One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law! That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise. Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families. Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! NIH staff are furloughed and cannot travel to SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS! Some are standing in food lines because they CANNOT AFFORD GROCERIES. Meanwhile, the director flew across the country to be lionized by the right wing. #FireJay www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-direct...

From our colleagues at Capital Area Food Bank. Bring your PIV card or US Military ID. Please share with your networks. #FEDStrong #furlough #foodbanks

Every person in science I talked to yesterday brought up the filibuster. (!!) So I recorded a video explainer on it. Should we be worried about getting rid of the filibuster? In short, no. Though there are a few wrinkles.

A 2020 study found that Amazon—which shares owner Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post—is one of the largest employers of people on SNAP.

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.