Sarah Blanton, PT, DPT

Such a profound loss - her legacy is immense

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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.

The budget reconciliation bill passed by Congress threatens children’s health – making sweeping cuts to programs children and families rely on. Learn more from AAP News at publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Lunacy. They just funded Trump’s private army.

With ICE's *enormous* new budget and its ability to hire *many* more agents, the United States is about to enter an era of brutal domestic terrorism that we've never seen before.

People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.

Please 👏keep 👏calling 👏 Especially if you live in a red state. Public pressure is our most powerful tool.

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When seniors in wheelchairs are arrested for defending Medicaid, we must ask: what kind of country are we becoming?

We call on all Americans to rise up and reject cruelty. Join us ⬇️ www.newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/with-freed...

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

Important update about local impacts of funding cuts.

Depressing but compelling...

Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.

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Stand Up For Science where you are! Join or create Stand Up For Science local actions! The more people who get involved across the country, the more powerful our movement will be.

The #StandUpForScience wave is rising - and Trump & his anti-science cronies are losing ground.

The people want research, not repression.
Truth - not tyranny.

We're flooding the streets, inboxes, and timelines.

Are you with us? Join our #SummerFightForScience here ⬇️

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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

Mario Guevara, the metro Atlanta-based Spanish-language reporter who built a mass audience with his coverage of immigration raids, could be deported following his arrest at a protest over the weekend, according to his attorney. A lawyer for Guevara told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged what is known as a “detainer” against the journalist, which is often the first step in deportation procedures.

ICE is attempting to deport an Atlanta-based Spanish-language reporter from El Salvador who has been covering their immigration abductions. He has legal work authorization and a path to a green card.

This is pretty obviously an assault on the free press.

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Termination of a Federal Infection Prevention Advisory Committee url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2835390?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=061625

No polio vaccine in 1949. I got these wheels instead. Vaccines save lives. No anti-vaxxers. Thank you science.

Sign of the day…

The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights "If we don't put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.”

The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights

The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.

AMA statement on Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Removal of sitting members of ACIP undermines trust and upends a transparent process that has saved countless lives.

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NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.

“I want people to know how bad things are at NIH,” Norton told The Associated Press.

🎤⬇️

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The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

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Scientists speak out against Trump admin’s move to defund research A new executive order claims the Trump administration is restoring a “gold-standard” for science. However, thousands of scientists, academics and researchers have signed onto an open letter that says ...

"Scientists speak out against Trump admin’s move to defund research" | My interview earlier today on @msnbc.com #KatyTurReports: www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

The FEMA head didn’t know about hurricane season and they’ve gutted NOAA weather monitoring. Musk and RFK eviscerated our public health programs. The FAA is in shambles. Trump’s tariff reckoning is coming due. And the DHS head of counterterrorism is a 22-year-old bro.

This summer is going to ROCK!

Big update to scienceimpacts.org: See the devastating impact of cancelled NIH grants across the country, and how losses at specific institutions ripple out to surrounding communities.

This is all in addition to the future losses that would result from cutting funds for indirect costs of research.

AAMC Urges Support for Health Professions Students and Student Loan Borrowers The AAMC joined 18 members of the FASHP in a letter urging congress to preserve programs that support health profession students and student loan borrowers.

The Grad PLUS program is key to making med ed financially accessible, enabling talented people across economic backgrounds to become physicians and scientists. This is particularly important as we look to increase the physician workforce in underserved rural communities. www.aamc.org/advocacy-pol...

RFK Jr.'s Obsession With Autism Is A 'Dangerous' Form Of Ableism. Here's Why. News that autistic people can't pay taxes is news to autistic people who paid taxes Tuesday.

“‘…all of this dehumanization is what ultimately led to the consequences of eugenics rhetoric: forced medical testing, forced sterilization, institutionalization, and unfortunately, mass killing,’ Dom Kelly said.”

Thanks for including me in this @brittanywong.huffpost.com and @huffpost.com.

It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power.

Guys, this is David Brooks in the NY Times. If it's like this 90 days into this presidency with people who wouldn't be caught dead saying it last year, imagine it in two years. Something good is happening, we just have to lift everybody up so they can see it.

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