NIH Vigils

Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.

But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.

It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:

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Especially since those people randomly picked off the street are likely to be highly experienced and skilled fired Feds who used to make this government work.

Especially in foreign affairs and diplomacy.

Who would not have abandoned Americans in a war zone of their own creation.

Get in, dorks! @nihvigils.bsky.social , @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , and @standupforscience.bsky.social. Let's celebrate science like the radical leftist nerds we are. What could be better? #NIHStrong

We have a rotating exhibit of Cajal drawings at NIH. Along with the drawings, a 3D printed model of the image is printed to make Cajal’s work accessible.

I was invited to write captions for the images with a group of NIH neuroscientists but our last contribution, from Dec. 2024, never went up.

A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)

Directorates to follow

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The NIH Restructuring Congress Rejected Is Happening Anyway (I used Gemini Nano Banana 2 to create this fictional image.)

Another great essay from my colleague Elizabeth Ginexi on how NIH is being restructured by the White House (Russell Vought) despite Congress rejecting such moves.

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This aged well. Note the author.

Abuse of power? Impeach Vought

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The NIH Restructuring Congress Rejected Is Happening Anyway (I used Gemini Nano Banana 2 to create this fictional image.)

“This is not routine executive discretion over agency operations. This is systematic dismantling of an agency’s structure, mission, and capacity without the legislative approval that such changes have historically required. And it is accelerating.”

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Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...

Today’s call to sign the letter to Congress to impeach Russell Vought comes to you from the ongoing dismantling of NIH

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Can confirm

i thought sex offenders weren’t supposed to live in government housing

This is what they’re up to..We must stop them!

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on His Mission to Rebuild Public Trust in the NIH and CDC He discusses "DEI" research, campus funding freezes, ACIP, and the path forward for the nation's public health infrastructure

The @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social team asked some tough questions of NIH Director Bhattacharya. It's worth a listen: substack.com/home/post/p-...

I wanted to add some additional context on Bhattacharya's responses. Sorry, long thread.

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Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...

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Cabinet Apocalypse A News Review in an Imagined Conversation

Dramatization of the Trump administration’s policy goals

What is not covered is that much of this was Vought’s plan all along

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It's Time for the MSPB to Use Its Statutory Oversight Authority OPM — Before It's Too Late | Raymond Limon It's Time for the MSPB to Use Its Statutory Oversight Authority OPM — Before It's Too Late

Great article by Ray Limon on history of the MSPB, its statutory oversight power, and a call for it to exert a check on overreach by OPM.

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Yeah seriously. Vought is ideologically committed to “I got mine, F you.”

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“We are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Vought has inflicted on American communities. We are urging Congress to act now to protect the American people by impeaching and convicting Russell Vought.“

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Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...

The defacto President draws heat

Civil Servants Demand Impeachment of Russell Vought

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Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...

Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. We are urging Congress to act now to protect the American people by impeaching and convicting Vought. We invite all Americans to join us by signing on to our letter to Congress.

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Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...

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Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. We are urging Congress to act now to protect the American people by impeaching and convicting Vought. We invite all ... TikTok video by Jenna Norton

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Russell Vought is lawlessly slashing all of these programs and so many more.

We are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Vought has inflicted on American communities.

Impeach the Shadow President!

Read, sign, and share!

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Russell Vought is genuinely and without exaggeration a babykiller

Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...

Civil Servants Demand Impeachment of Russell Vought

Feds, state, and all citizens are asked to sign the form below.
Vought is wrecking your gov from the inside out. Help us stand against him & bring accountability to those subverting the Constitution.

RVSP For Sunday’s Town Hall: Federal Workers Speak Out on the Attack on Our Government - Progressive Democrats of America RVSP For Sunday’s Town Hall: Federal Workers Speak Out on the Attack on Our GovernmentFeb 21, 2026 | PDA News Do you know who Russell Vought is?The Atlantic recently described him as the “shadow presi...

Progressive Town Hall
Sunday February 22, 2026
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