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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:

Civil Servants Demand an End to Executive Overreach Join federal workers from across the federal government as we urge Congress to pass nothing less than a continuing resolution (CR) that reasserts Congress's constitutional powers, upholds our democrac...

@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.

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Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.

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.

Front-page-style graphic titled “BREAKING NEWS” with photos of RFK Jr. and Dr. Bhattacharya in front of a government hearing chamber. Text reads: “NIH Scientists Sound the Alarm as Health Research Faces Historic Threat” and “NIH Employees Send Trump Cronies Scathing Wake-Up Call.”

🚨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.
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N.I.H. Workers Denounce Trump’s ‘Harmful’ Health Policies

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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing 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.

A model of the courage, character, and integrity we need so badly right now ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 #NIH #StandUpForScience #PublicHealth #SaveHealthResearch

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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.

Veterans facing foreclosures as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program: report At a time when veterans with VA loans are struggling to keep their homes out of foreclosure, the Veterans Administration (VA) under Donald Trump's stewardship has decided to pull the plug on a program...

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.

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Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.

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...

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

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.

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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.
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'Taking the Side of Cancer': The War on Medical Research Is Being Fought Through Contracts Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

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."

Also would appreciate link to original source of the chart. Thanks!

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

FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.

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 EAST HANOVER, NJ—As part of the health secretary’s highly publicized pledge to determine the cause of the disorder in the next five months, a wild-eyed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly shouted “Show me where autism is made!” Thursday while storming the Sour Patch Kid factory. “Attention Sour Patch Factory people: Give me the autism and no […]

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