Monita Chatterjee

We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations.

On July 17th, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are mobilizing to ensure #GoodTroubleLivesOn and carry John Lewis’ legacy forward.

➡️Find a good trouble event: social.demcast.com/s/65nTti3j

It's unacceptable that the average Black woman has to work 6 months longer just to earn what a white man made last year—doing the same job.

On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re demanding what’s long overdue: Equal pay for equal work.

We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.

66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.

Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.

Pay Black women. Period.

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Thanks!

On Interstate 80

Support the EPA 🧪

I was briefed on the intelligence last week.

Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.

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Time to get to work

Masked agents of the state are now comfortable arresting citizens, including election officials, who challenge their operations

NEW: Rumeysa Ozturk is free from ICE custody. There was a delay as ICE sought to fit her w/ an ankle monitor, prompting a 2nd order from a federal judge clarifying that she was to be released without any monitoring or restrictions. She is with her lawyer; expected to return to Mass. tomorrow.

India approves first genome-edited rice varieties Using CRISPR-Cas9, scientists have developed high-yield, stress-tolerant, climate-resilient rice varieties free of foreign DNA

India approves two gene-edited rice varieties with improved salinity and drought tolerance. Heralding a new era of modern plant breeding in this major staple crop - article in Nature as below #plantscience 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d44... as

FYI.

Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.
www.savensf.com 🧪🌎🦑

U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures

I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...

Those costs are added to the “direct costs” that are more specific to the research project as a percentage that is negotiated with the institution. Together they are summed to give the “total cost” which is specific to each grant.

Brittany is getting the ball rolling. you should join her. #ScienceSky #MedSky 🧪🩺

Seems to be the MO, for sure.

Is this legal at all?

Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so.

They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.

I'm so proud of my 💙 friends & neighbors @coastaldemocracy.bsky.social who organized an Empty Chair Town Hall for our cowardly Rep, Buddy Carter - MIA since 2017.

I highly recommend anybody in a 🔴 district do this to give power back to constituents & shame your congressperson!

tinyurl.com/emptyTH

I wish more people understood this:

With billions at risk, Harvard rejects Trump administration’s request for policy changes | CNN Harvard University rejected the Trump administration’s demands for policy changes at the school on Monday, putting nearly $9 billion in federal funding at risk.

www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/u...

LGBTQIA+ activists and supporters hold a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in a major LGBTQIA+ rights case on whether a federal anti-discrimination law that prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sex covers gay and transgender employees in Washington, U.S., October 8, 2019

🎙️ A Life Line for the Trans community!?

In conversation with kai alviar horton, Executive Director of Trans Lifeline

The first Transgender crisis hotline in the US or Canada and the only suicide hotline with 100% Trans operators, trained to assist *without* police

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Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board He wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican.

“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.”

Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Anger, then relief after Pentagon restores Navajo code talker webpages Navajo Nation leaders and families of code talkers had pushed back against the removals.

Keep pushing back. Every win matters.
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First, some good news!

Meetings for ALL advisory councils have not been posted in the Federal Register and the first council meeting was held yesterday.

The dates and links are in the dashboard.

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📣 DC area folks! 📣

Please join us for a protest tomorrow, Sunday, April 6th, outside Peace Corps HQ to protest DOGE cuts to Peace Corps.

8:30am
1275 First Street NE Washington, DC

We’ve got the support of Dan Baker, head of the NPCA, and Rep Garamendi (RPCV) (D-CA).
Sign ideas below.
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

We rise with Senator Cory Booker as he holds the Senate floor against Trump’s attempts to rip apart the Bill of Rights and the rule of law. Stand strong, Cory! America is with you.