This is a legitimately amazing video from @schumer.senate.gov Please watch. Thank you, Chuck Schumer! youtube.com/shorts/Bl01O...

OSC tells us how to file a #HatchAct complaint. Nearly all federal sites are in violation. Do not accept this as normal. #FEDSTRONG osc.gov/Services/Pag...

Shared how the greater shutdown of NIH science has been underway since January on @msnbc.com today. We need Congress to stand firm to protect science, democracy and the American people. www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Proud that we have played some small role in this — in urge Congress to stand up to Trump, and supporting those who want to do that. Thank you @rephuffman.bsky.social - and to @ramirez.house.gov and @ivey.house.gov who stood with us on Monday outside the Capitol. 💪

Team Maryland will keep working for you. We won't back up, and we won't back down.

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time? BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

AOC: Donald Trump is trying to play this bluffing game of, well, maybe what we're going to do is hold the entire all the federal workforce hostage and fire everybody. Donald Trump has been firing everybody.

There is an abuse of power and destruction of norms and democracy. DJT and the Republicans are weaker than they look. They are facing record levels of unpopularity. They are underwater across the board and they know it. Via @aoc, msnbc on IG #Pinks

Speaking in my own personal capacity on our weekend Vigil: This week, autism has been in the headlines—not because of science that moves us forward, but because of misinformation that drags us backward.

Powerful words on politicization of autism research by an NIH PO and autism scientist and former clinician. Add your voice to stand up for health care and against abuse of power. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

Statement from SAFA: Friday night's Supreme Court shadow docket order is the Court lawlessly signing off on Trump admin actions that ignore our Constitution. Congress must stand up to stop this brazen attack on American freedoms. We call on Congress to use the budget to check Trump lawlessness. 1/

The NIH Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) launched Monday, but its impact was buried. With 90% of NIH’s science communication staff terminated, the rigorous science was drowned out by an administration intent on distortion. We were muzzled.   1/

Since there is some discussion that NIH institutes should not simply use paylines to determine which grants to fund, I thought I would share some old data. These are plots of funding probability fas a function of percentile score for 9 institutes. 1/7

@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.

Shaheen sends out signal for surrender from Schumer Dems. She will vote 4 blank checks to fund the Trump regime as long as she gets a “promise” that there will be vote on healthcare. This is probably how Schumer’s caucus will surrender bc he doesn’t hold his member accountable 4 surrendering.

Just going to point out that Congress can easily legislate to stop this. If there is a shutdown, and these illegal firings happen, Congress should then insist that any CR that ends the shutdown carries an explicit provision that those workers’ jobs are safe. 1/

Veep Vance takes Tylenol when pregnant women's screams give him headaches. #dontbelikejd

The end of FY 2025 is coming, and #OMB appears perfectly content to use us as targets. We are not their chess pieces. We serve our PIs. We are here in our personal capacities. Follow the #NIH.

More RIFs, more heartbreak. More lives disrupted. It’s all so needless.

Just so we are all on the same page, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, whom AAAS and Research!America tapped as their keynote speaking for the National Health Research Forum *LAST WEEK* was STANDING BEHIND TRUMP AND RFK JR AT THAT TYLENOL/AUTISM PRESSER YESTERDAY. He is not a hero, he is complicit.

The New York Times piece today about US science is terrible and wrong—in many ways. I could write a whole article about this, but as one example: “To close observers, the original crisis began well before any of this…” No. I’m a close observer of science, and this is incorrect.

📣📣📣 CALL TO ACTION - 🚨 🚨🚨 A thread on how you can join a growing chorus of federal workers and members of the public pressuring Congress to embrace its power and end the authoritarian takeover #FightingCR

The federal workers who take care of our veterans, inspect our food, and help people through natural disasters know Trump’s lawlessness is hurting everyday Americans and they are begging Congress to stop it.

Fascism only wins if we comply.

🇺🇸 Fed workers across the government are issuing a challenge to Congress: "We call on you to pass nothing less than a fighting CR: a funding bill that not only keeps the lights on, but that also includes statutory protections to rein in executive lawlessness." ✍️ Sign the letter. Spread the word 🔥

I am deeply saddened and angered by news that more NIH RIFs may happen next week. This is unacceptable, especially after NIH staff have worked nights & weekends to dig out from the backlog created by this admin's incompetence. Tell your Congress people NIH needs its staff to keep delivering cures

Yes. This would be an excellent ask for the Sept 30 CR fight. If Trump doesn’t stop his illegal actions, Republicans will get no help from Dems for passing a budget, short or long term.

Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals. In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed. Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph... 1/4

Hey @schumer.senate.gov, ready to stand up and fight for what your constituents want? Your constituents want a healthy, safe, and technologically advanced society. Fight for it. Do the job you were hired for, and fight for what you know is right

This is not a normal time and it calls for strong actions. Schumer and Senate Democrats must fight for a budget bill that stops Trump, and be willing to accept a shutdown if Republicans refuse. New post from us summarizing the state of play. 1/

Trump denies he's meddling in the NYC mayoral election but then within seconds admits that "I would like to see two people drop out and have it be one on one, and I think that's a race that could be won"

Let’s go!!! www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

Yes to all of these!!! We need a fighting CR that pushes back on attempts by Trump to circumvent Congress and harm Americans!

AFT members in hospitals, universities & public health agencies have experienced the harmful impact of Sec. Kennedy's leadership. Replacing experts with vaccine skeptics hurts public health & must stop. We thank the professionals at HHS for speaking up. www.savehhs.org

This Labor Day weekend as we enjoy barbecues and picnics, let's remember the farm workers who labor so hard to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay

All right, scientists. This is Stephen Miller saying that RFK Jr is vulnerable. The co-president doesn’t need to say things like this unless he feels like our hits have scored. Now is the time to turn up the pressure! Get RFK Jr OUT.🧪

Please read this thread. Then, send it to the presidents of Stanford and Columbia, Steve Pinker, Jeffrey Flier, and any other academic who is misled enough to think scientists are at fault for politicizing COVID.

Yes. This is important. A major story we could tell right now is that RFK Jr is corrupt. He makes money from lawsuits against vaccines! That story has purchase even amongst his fans. We should tell it.

Would you like that outbreak with biscuits or cornbread? 🦠 💀 #backlashthis

My work shrine is growing: “They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I… everything we can save is worth saving.“ - Rebecca Solnit #supporttheconstitution #serveallthepeople

In 100+ cases, OMB attached unusual conditions to funding, including requiring that funds meant to reflect Congress’s priorities be spent only if they align with Trump’s views. This lays the groundwork for them to choke off billions budgeted by Congress for education, health, housing and research.

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

Another one bends the knee, leaving the rest of us more vulnerable.

Great set of follows here. Diverse perspectives on all this [waves arms wildly]...

Washington Post story about the Katrina Declaration [Gift link] wapo.st/4mu7HfL 1/4

Join me in welcoming the CDC to the dissent letter club!!! As a member of a fellow HHS organization, I stand with you, always. @altcdc.altgov.info

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I listened to Bhattacharya on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast. If you want to know how it went, see the following email that I just sent. 1/13