Congress is about to decide whether to stand up to Trump’s lawless power or hand him another blank check. And Trump and Senate Republicans are betting that Democrats will fold, just like they did in March. We can’t let that happen. Here's the deal:

@shaheen.senate.gov, the real shutdown is already underway: the shutdown of our democracy. Resit short-term measures that will only delay the inevitable need for Congress to assert its power to stop authoritarianism. DEMAND a CR that defends the American Republic. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

@shaheen.senate.gov - please do not surrender. These people do not honor promises. They don't even honor their own oaths to the Constitution. If we - civil servants - can handle a shutdown, so can you.

NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)

A model of the courage, character, and integrity we need so badly right now ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 #NIH #StandUpForScience #PublicHealth #SaveHealthResearch apnews.com/article/nih-...

It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.

Trump is about to foreclose on the homes of 90,000 Veterans. www.rawstory.com/trump-vetera...

🧵RFKJ insists HHS cuts “won’t affect the science”. So let’s talk employee numbers. In January 2025, CDC had ~13,000 employees. On Feb 17, ~700 were fired (150 rehired). On Apr 1, 2700 were fired. Several hundred more will take early retirement. We have already lost over 1 in 4 workers.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Virginia Giuffre, the prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died by suicide. Giuffre, 41, died in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living. Giuffre was one of the earliest and loudest voices calling for criminal charges against Epstein. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The Trump administration has terminated The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), a 3-decade study that has enrolled tens of thousands of participants in clinical trials of hormones and other medications and tracked the health of many thousands more. #MAHA is a farce. www.science.org/content/arti...

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A group of NIH employees sent a letter to GOP senators explaining why an arbitrary 35 percent cut to contracts is completely absurd. "There are lives at stake."

Actual footage of HHS employees 1) in every meeting and 2) reading the news.

3,000 people die of food poisoning each year in this country. This is not Making America Healthy Again. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fda...

Because we can all use some distractions these days 🙄

Just a reminder: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lacks formal education or professional credentials in critical scientific fields such as biology, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, immunology, virology, epidemiology, genetics, pharmacology, or medicine.

‘Show Me Where You Make Autism!’ Shouts RFK Jr., Storming Sour Patch Kids Factory theonion.com/show-me...

Since January 24, 40,200 people have died because of Trump’s freeze on #PEPFAR funding for #HIV and #AIDS prevention and treatment. 3,867 of the dead are children. Elections have consequences. #DeathByDOGE #PEPFAR #health #childhealth #healthequity pepfar.impactcounter.com

We were they neighbourhood entertainment today #GreatPyrenees #DogLovers #PyrLife #FluffyCompanions #CanineAdventures

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

🚨 We need to talk about DOGE & the IRS This article covers actions that could be more damaging than the tariffs. This hackathon has the very real potential to deliver the personal and financial information of everyone to the dark web. 🧵 www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

There once was a man, RFKJ, Whose vaccine claims led many astray. When pressed, he denies, And twists truth with lies— While kids needlessly suffer and pay.

Since January 24, 34,899 people have died because of Trump’s freeze on #PEPFAR funding for #HIV and #AIDS prevention and treatment. 3,356 of the dead are children. Elections have consequences. #DeathByDOGE #PEPFAR #health #childhealth #healthequity pepfar.impactcounter.com

Ain’t no power like the power of the people cause the power of the people don’t stop 🙌

Reference labs support healthcare with advanced diagnostics, surveillance, and strain collections—critical for accurate results, outbreak response, and research. Closing them down is a giant leap back for patients and public health. #InfectiousDisease #AMR www.statnews.com/2025/04/05/c...

The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.

How many of you are going out to protest at one of the 1000+ nationwide Hands Off! protests around the country today? 🙋‍♀️

Tariffs are taxes. Consumers pay those taxes, and they are regressive—meaning they hit low and middle income people harder than high income people. Coupled with Trump's tax cuts for the rich, this will be the largest transfer of wealth from the working and middle class to the wealthy in history.

This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.

If our democracy dies, this is its epitaph

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

This #WorldHealthDay, WHO calls for renewed action to end preventable maternal & newborn deaths. Reducing postpartum haemorrhage—a leading cause of maternal mortality—can play a crucial role in transforming maternal care. Find out more in our Editorial: tinyurl.com/pn8zhnvd

Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

Since January 24, 33,494 people have died because of Trump’s freeze on #PEPFAR funding for #HIV and #AIDS prevention and treatment. 3,222 of the dead are children. Elections have consequences. #DeathByDOGE #PEPFAR #health #childhealth #healthequity pepfar.impactcounter.com

The science coup within the Us Government continues. @altnih4science.bsky.social

Interesting banner going up on a few of NIH institute sites (four of 27 so far, by my rough count)

A strong trade union movement improves the standard of living for all people. There is a reason why we are the only major country not to guarantee health care for all or have paid family and medical leave. We must grow the trade union movement in the United States.

Agencies informed staffers they were preparing to cut their workforces by up to half, then followed up with letters offering voluntary separation incentives. The move aimed at scaring employees into accepting the offer.

me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’

Cory Booker

@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social is right. You can humiliate and fire us. But we will not stay down. Because we truly believe in our mission. We fight for people. We fight for kids. For the right to survive and the hope to thrive. Goodnight friends. Get some rest. open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...