Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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This is a tremendous piece by Judy Stone at @forbes.com. This new OMB rule is going to hurt communities from coast to coast. Federal grants are not just about research! www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

Russ Vought — the Project 2025 architect — is rewriting an OMB rule to seize control of $1T+ in federal grants: roads, hospitals, fire departments, food banks, elections. By law, public comments must be read & answered. Yours matters.

The incredible @gregggonsalves.bsky.social has a new piece out on Sith Lord Russell Vought wanting to have final say over Federal funding. Thar be dragons. Have a read and then please help us slay them.

“A single Tomahawk cruise missile runs about $3.6 million, roughly what it takes to fund one scientist’s multiyear grant. The entire National Science Foundation budget is less than what we spent in the first week of the war with Iran.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...

Lysenkoism of the '40s caused devastating famines, 15-25M deaths, lost scientific advancement & brain drain. What an expensive mistake. At stake in 2026- The loss of scientific advancement, our ability to address health challenges & more. An important read. 🧪🧵 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

The administration's utter distain for truth, fairness and basic decency is stunning. History will judge them harshly.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.

Russell Vought is the director of the Office of Management & Budget. He is promulgating a new rule to install political control over ALL federal grant-making. Forget the experts. Russ is the decider-in-chief now. Write your members of Congress today. And share this. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Extremely helpful guide to help curb the Vought takeover.

yes, this appears to be accurate. Greenwater Services. O. M. G. Only the best!! -DJT

Need a road fixed or a bridge built in your town? How about funding for a rural hospital? Then you need to know that one man, Russell Vought, is about to have complete control over who gets federal funding and who doesn’t. To learn more and to write your elected representatives, hit this link.

Super helpful - please take action! #DefendResearch

It's Thursday and Russell Vought is still trying to take over all federal grant making, put it under his thumb and political control. It's a mad power grab. We need to stop it. Click on this and write a letter to your members of Congress. And share, share, share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

AND everyone can submit comments on the rule until 13 July. Read this on how to submit. Federal grants affect us all. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

we’re so desperate for good news we've accepted the scaffolding as our wire mother

To do list: 1. Stop Vought's proposed rule that will kill science (and every other public good). 2. Stop Vought, because we know he will keep trying this 💩 until he's impeached and removed. www.impeachvought.com/stop-voughts...

Good morning & happy Friday🌞 Here is your reminder that yes, science is real, whether you think so or not

Ross Douthat: number one in platforming the vapid right--especially if they're into space alien conspiracies.

The editorial: diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

When an expert on authoritarianism (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) is writing about your scientific meeting, alarm bells should go off. Write to American Diabetes Association CEO Charles Henderson at [email protected] and Chief Medical Officer Rita Rastogi Kalyani at [email protected].

Nearly a year after its publication, the authors of the War on Science can declare victory. Trans people are literally on the run and research into topics our government deems “DEI” is verboten as they intended. Has this ushered in a golden era of open scientific research and discovery? My latest.

Fire Bobby NOW. Before he kills again.

ALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)

BOYCOTT CBS I shan't watch Lucky Dog again, sadly

Today @sbm.org sent an email highlighting OMB/Vought's proposed grant-making rule. Credit for raising awareness & committing to comment. But I was incredibly disappointed they included the admin's threat of unlawful retaliation clearly designed to scare off commenters. Do NOT let them scare you. 🧵

RE: OMB-2026-0034 Comments Vought was unprepared for the revolt on his hands and they are struggling and/or obstructing to get comments up in real time. They have weeks to actually post things after a review, so the numbers and specific individual comments may take time showing up. 1/3

4/4 He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing. He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing. It’s time to start talking." Christina Lorey

Good to see @ascbiology.bsky.social stepping up. Other scientific societies and other organizations that depend on science need to do likewise.

Wake up to what’s happening

And in the beginning….

Zero credibility, Kevin Hassett is thy name.

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

Pete Hegseth's Pentagon invitee, extremist pastor "Douglas Wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life: He wants to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the vote." Hegseth to headline Rededicate 250 Christian nationalist rally today in DC. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Hardly a unique story, sadly.

Looks like a good time reprise Marc Andreessen's true ultra-right anti-democratic agenda, and his full-throated support for the Trump take over.

Open letter calling for the reinstatement of the National Science Board. This letter is from leaders of the National Academies Note: This does not refer to the leaders on paper such as presidents of the NAS, NAM, and NAE. www.standupforscience.net/nasem-letter... @standupforscience.net

merits re-reposting...

Limited release but well worth the effort to find a showing. stealthisstory.org

“Cancelling grants & reducing those to early-career investigators, defunding mRNA vaccine research, promoting layoffs & inspiring resignations of many skilled & dedicated professionals, arbitrary awarding of grants without peer review….are but a few of the offences of Bhattacharya’s reign.”

Weaponization of justice defined: "The agents did not harm Morens, but took off his pants and shirt, handcuffed him, and drove him 65 kilometers to the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he was fingerprinted, photographed, and jailed."

Accessibility features include ASL interpretation, live captioning, and Spanish audio translation. (2/2🧵)

Half the story is good news…

To be clear: this is the same admin that kicked nearly 3,000 Vermonters off SNAP and cut Medicaid because 'we couldn’t afford it.' Shame.

I chose the subtitle very consciously