Mr. Rogers said we should look for The Helpers like these -- a school cafeteria worker serving tomorrow's leaders & ICU nurse serving Veterans who fought for our freedom. You can support the rule of law AND accountability. The best time to say it's gone too far was earlier, the 2nd best time is now.

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.

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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...

Excellent turn for keeping already awarded medical research funds in place!

And history will repeat itself unless Republicans join us and stand up to these across the board tariffs.

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Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

:: BREAKING NOW: Multiple polling places across Milwaukee are running low or have run out of ballots as turnout is at record levels. MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots. If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.

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"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View

Good morning, US colleagues! In Switzerland, we'll speak up for you and #science everywhere! #Standupforscience walkout in #Geneva So many came even with little notice ☺️ We'll stay with you, and we'll only grow 🙏🏼 to the great leadership of #unige #ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky

What a photo. Green must be the start of something, not the end.

Well said!

Not so fun facts about measles 🦠 one of, if not the most contagious viral infection 🦠one person can infect up to 18 others 🦠can be deadly 🦠can have late effect of a deadly & progressive brain disorder Funnest fact about measles 💉two doses of the vaccine is 97% protective against infection

More not so fun measles facts 🦠wipes out up to 73% of your antibodies to bacterial and viral infections (immune amnesia) 🦠prior to the vaccine, measles killed 2.6 million people a year 🦠can survive 2 hours in a room after an infected person leaves 🦠99% of unimmunized that are exposed are infected

Sounds like a super great time for USAID to be under attack 🙄 Even if moral reasons don't compel them to help, do the Powers That (currently) Be not selfishly realize that instability anywhere in the world can quickly become instability on the home front? apnews.com/article/cong...

I'm with Peggy!

Per @isabellacueto.bsky.social: “Deep cuts at Health and Human Services over the weekend = loss of workers who: - inspected pharma manufacturing plants - guarded infant formula supply - reviewed medical products - monitored wastewater for mpox - expanded maternal health access +++ more”

Condemn

CISA – a federal agency that helps secure elections from foreign threats and disinformation – has placed its employees on administrative leave. The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. at risk.

NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

BREAKING: Donald trump is actually doing something GREAT, promising to crack down on overdraft fees and to BLOCK medical debt from being listed on credit reports! WOW!!! LOL, just kidding. Actually, President Biden did all that stuff to help Americans, and trump wants to reverse it. Fucking idiot.

“We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis right now. There have been so many unconstitutional and illegal actions in the first 18 days of the Trump presidency. We never have seen anything like this.” —Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of University of California, Berkeley law school. Time to stand up:

22 state Attorneys General filed suit to stop this catastrophic attack on biomedical research. Thank you @agellison.bsky.social for being one of them and standing up for Minnesotans and our vital research! www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/n...

Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

Just got off a webinar with a prominent national law firm on rules change on indirect rate. AAMC and other orgs on panel too. First, need to be convey that the rates are actual costs, not just overhead to pad the university coffers. Example- Institutional Review Board, space/utilities 1/4

Friday night Fright: an illegal notice came out in violation of negotiated F&A rates. Monday morning, Universities like UMN and academic hospitals like Mayo Clinic will literally lose hundreds of millions of dollars necessary to support life-saving research & clinical trials. CALL YOUR STATE AG!!

Watching powerless from Europe how democracy is crumbling in the US, reminds me of those movies where someone is mind-controlled by an alien or ghost. I want to yell: "America, we know you are still in there. If you can hear us, you must fight. YOU CAN DO IT. FIGHT THIS!"

Project 2025, Musk, and Trump want us to conduct experiments without the lights on? Without running water? Without support staff? This will be DEVASTATING to academia, research hospitals, literally all of Healthcare in America is on the line. CALL CONGRESS.

Starting tomorrow, get vaccinated. Everything you can. The CDC took down their list. Use this. www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...

it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

Democrats in Congress: WHAT IS THE PLAN? Going on Sunday shows and spewing consultant speak isn't going to cut it. Twelve inspectors general fired and there's no sit-in? No filibuster? No direction to voters? And in fact, some of you are actually voting for Trump's agenda?

Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

⚠️ BREAKING: Minnesota Issues Urgent Health Advisory, Mandates H5N1 Testing for Hospitalized Respiratory Patients. Minnesota’s Department of Health urges hospitals to test respiratory patients for H5N1 bird flu, with mandatory subtyping within 24 hours of admission.

CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960. Until today.

Virtually every👏 American 👏medicinal 👏 and scientific👏 advancement👏 comes from NIH funds. Basic science, drug design, clinical trials...bench to bedside and beyond. I implore you: contact your congressional representatives and beg them to let NIH function again!!! Lives are *literally* on the line.

Exciting paper in Science Signaling. Thanks to @mmolteni.bsky.social for a great article in @statnews.com. @jffoley.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/07/a...

Terrifying case report on the BC teen w/H5N1 (#BirdFlu). 4 days to go from pink eye+fever to life support in PICU. When it hits the fan, there won't be resources for weekslong ECMO or 3-pronged antivirals for everyone. The best time to take action was 1+ years ago; the next best time is today.

This story out of Montana is horrifying, outrage-inducing, and a reminder that @propublica.org may be the most important journalism organization in the country right now. Incredible work by @davidmcswane.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/thom...

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