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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

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...

Tariffs are about to hit lifesaving medical equipment "It's really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable...who need technologies to live."

For @motherjones.com, I wrote about how tariffs may soon hit medical devices and how it may affect disabled people on Medicaid. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention No shower for days, cameras trained on the toilet, women crammed into cells 'like sardines,' among the allegations.

This is a concentration camp.

There is a concentration camp in my county.

The administration is in the process of deputizing & converting state & local “correctional” facilities into concentration camps as well.

The presence of concentration camps speaks largely about a society’s barbarity.

‘Don’t Fight the Stupidity’ and Other Relevant Bonhoeffer Advice Lessons from Bonhoeffer's essay on Christian life under authoritarianism.

"Without external liberation, there can be no internal liberation for those trapped in stupidity. Until we find new ways to change the material conditions of the working middle class, the MAGA movement is here to stay."

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.

Tomorrow is the cloture vote.

KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️

Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.

Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

I hear a very weird messaging from the European sources about US exit of NATO (possibly announced at the SOTU) and an invasion threat to Canada/Mexico. I will share details if I have a proof, but I’m mentioning this as this was discussed on 3 different occasions today

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.

This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.

What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

Black and white flyer with does your child have a 504 plan or IEP at school? Those rights are currently in danger. Bullet point examples and two qr codes to follow to explainer and action items about 504 and DoED

News is overwhelming. People offline don't understand what's happening. Their rights are being pulled out from under them. Print out these flyers and take it to the streets. Featuring a QR cosd that links to explainer and action items. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/t...

Some Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards (Gift Article) The Times has obtained a list of 53 Venezuelan men the Trump administration has put in a wartime prison built to hold Al Qaeda suspects.

Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards
The Times has obtained a list of 53 Venezuelan men the Trump administration has put in a wartime prison built to hold Al Qaeda suspects. @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social @charliesavage.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

Good time to start masking up, friends. Things are not going to go well with the CDC not allowed to speak.

Marbury v Madison is a seminal case from 1803 that holds that the federal courts must determine the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches of government. Hope that helps, Stephen.

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has said he sees “no plans to invade Canada”.

People are getting numb to how insane America is right now, which is the plan.

The fact that Waltz even feels the need to say this… Imagine if this was uttered during any other presidency.

This is probably not a surprise to people in the disability community, and I apologize for my ignorance about it, but I have been genuinely surprised how much immediate government wrath is going towards people in the disability community

This is week two.

I told you. It can get worse. Much worse.

It’s here.

Trump is now talking about the U.S. “owning” Gaza long term and creating “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Gazans should leave permanently.

If your version of Christianity is easily used by wealthy oligarchs to justify the oppression of marginalized people around the world, then it is not the Christianity of Jesus.

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article) Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

Can anyone point me to good resources to give to a Trump supporter about the last 2 weeks? They were completely unaware of everything I told them and seemed concerned. They asked for sources.

This is exactly why you need to call your reps: many are actually this clueless.

Women deserve to know the TRUTH about the impact of Texas' total abortion ban.

Today, I along with Rep. Gerry Connolly, Rep. Summer Lee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent ANOTHER letter calling on
Texas to explain why it won't release maternal mortality data from the past 2 years after Dobbs.

Your daily reminder to call and email your representatives. I sent moral appeals to both Alabama senators. Do I think they’ll listen? No. But it’s my moral duty. And I’ll call again tomorrow. We have to let them know who they work for.

Hound your representatives offices. Call. Email. Over and over.

Since I haven’t changed my voter registration or state ids yet from moving, I called my old Senators office in Alabama to give them an earful. They’re trying to spin it like Trump didn’t mean to cut off Medicaid and food stamps. Okay 🙄

“Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed, making widows their prey and robbing the orphan.” -Isaiah 10:1-2

Andy, I would encourage you to study Black liberation movements since emancipation.
All of them had hope and joy as the bedrock.
Hope is the catalyst and joy is the sustainer.
They are both VITAL to movements and without them, there is no point to fight back.
Get you some joy and some hope pls.

I’m scared. One of my medications I need to take to be able to digest food is over 1k w/o health insurance. Medicaid has helped us since my husbands layoff. Will the legal fight hold?

As a disabled person, mask bans are terrifying. I get harassment for wearing masks enough as it is. It wasn’t like this before 2020. I’m begging people to stand against this.