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Highly contagious COVID strain detected in CA amid vaccine crackdown A highly contagious new strain of COVID-19 has been detected in California and in other states, a discovery that comes as federal officials announced they will no longer support booster shots for h…

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Judge Rips Trump Administration Over Failure to Give Deportees Due Process Read more here.

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News outlets are reporting the CDC has stopped recommending the COVID vaccine for pregnant women and healthy kids. That’s not true. It’s not the CDC . It’s RFK Jr 100 percent . The professionals at the CDC have zero input . It’s a shame the free press isn’t reporting that .

What We Know About RFK’s Announcement to Reduce Access to the COVID Vaccine U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr announced on Tuesday that COVID vaccines will be no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant people. Here’s why...

The process of changing COVID-19 vaccines recommendations today was strange, possibly illegal, not reflected on CDC's page and in tension with @fda.gov 's announcement last week, explains @lifehacker.com
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The article title says it all. 🧠💥
Lead poisoning causes brain damage — and hurts the little kiddos the most. 👶💔
So… where is CDC in this? 🤔🏛️
Ooooh, that's right... our experts were fired 😬🤐

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New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 detected by Stanford as US limits vaccines — San Francisco Chronicle A new, highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus, known as NB.1.8.1, was detected in California and several other U.S. states, prompting concern among public health experts as the federal govern...

Stanford scientists detect new COVID variant in California as Trump's CDC moves to restrict vaccine access

OPINION: A big reason why students with math anxiety underperform — they just don’t do enough math Students with high levels of math anxiety perform worse not just in math classes, but also in STEM classes more broadly. They avoid math as much as possible. Science, technology and engineering educators need to have math anxiety on their radar, too.

OPINION: A big reason why students with math anxiety underperform — they just don’t do enough math
#MathChat #Math #iTeachMath
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#STEM #education #MathEd #RightWingCoup #academia
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Judge blocks Trump administration from closing the Education Department The federal judge also told the administration to reinstate department employees who lost their jobs during the reduction-in-force announced in March.

BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from carrying out Trump's executive order calling for the closure of the Education Department.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 24A966 DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. GWYNNE A. WILCOX, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [May 22, 2025] The Government has applied for a stay of orders from the District Court for the District of Columbia enjoining the President’s removal of a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), respectively. The President is prohibited by statute from removing these officers except for cause, and no qualifying cause was given. See 29 U. S. C. §153(a); 5 U. S. C. §1202(d). The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. Because the Constitution vests the executive power in the President, see Art. II, §1, cl. 1, he may remove without cause executive officers who exercise that power on his behalf, subject to narrow exceptions recognized by our precedents, see Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 591 U. S. 197, 215−218 (2020). The stay reflects our judgment that the Government is likely to show that both the NLRB and MSPB exercise considerable executive power. But we do not ultimately decide in this posture whether the NLRB or MSPB falls within such a recognized exception; that question is better left for resolution after full briefing and argument. The stay also reflects our judgment that the Government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty. See Trump v. International

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just effectively overruled 90 years of precedent on the shadow docket, greenlighting Trump's firing of multi-member agency leaders while their cases are pending—despite Congress' effort to protect them against removal. A huge decision. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Trump acts like his rule is absolute, but this country doesn’t belong to a king.

On June 14, we’re coming together to send a clear message:
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

Find a #NoKings event near you: go.aft.org/nokings

An anti-abortion group that helped write Project 2025 puts out junk science on mifepristone—and now the Trump administration is calling for a "complete review."

Trump's FDA is laying the groundwork to rip away access to medication abortion.

We can't be quiet about it.

National Council of Jewish Women Statement on Antisemitic Murders at AJC Event at Capital Jewish Museum in DC - National Council of Jewish Women National Council of Jewish Women Statement on Antisemitic Murders at AJC Event at Capital Jewish Museum in DC

In response to the antisemitic shooting where two young people were murdered outside an event in Washington, DC, Sheila Katz, CEO of National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), released the following statement:

Republicans have the wrong priorities

Supreme Court allows Trump to fire members of independent agency boards — for now At issue is President Trump's firing of NLRB member Gwen Wilcox, who still has three years left on her term, and Cathy Harris, who still has four years left on her term as a member of the MSPB.

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted, for now, the Trump administration's emergency request to let him fire the heads of two independent agencies — the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Well, they did it. republicans voted to slash Medicaid and trigger $500 billion in cuts to MEDICARE, TOO!!

They lied about EVERYTHING.... they're trying to cut almost $1.25 TRILLION from our healthcare.

That is LEGISLATIVE MURDER!

#HealthcareCutsKill

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling Education Department

Breaking News: A federal judge blocked President Trump’s attempt to dismantle the Education Department and ordered officials to reinstate thousands of fired employees.

#BREAKING: #SCOTUS allows Trump to fire members of NLRB and MSPB pending full appeal; doesn’t say whether it’s overruling Humphrey’s Executor; and asserts that the Federal Reserve can be distinguished.

Three Democratic appointees publicly dissent in a feisty opinion by Justice Kagan, link to come.

Updates on NSF Priorities

NSF just released a public list of terminated awards. It’s linked on the bottom of the FAQ page at: nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities#termination-list

It's HERSTORY!

In honor of women's history month, here are excellent women's accounts to follow here on Bluesky.

Ignore the old guy with the cigar in the banner.

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“Firing half of all Social Security workers will guarantee that seniors will stop seeing their earned benefits arrive on time and in full,” Wyden said. “Trump’s promises to protect Social Security are a sham, just like the rest of his actions since taking office. A plan like this will result in field office closures that will hit seniors in rural communities the hardest. The goal of this effort is to hollow out an agency that currently delivers retirement benefits with a 99.7% accuracy rate, and hand over the keys to private equity and grifters who want to pillage Social Security for all it’s worth.” Senator Ron Wyden speaking TRUTH TO POWER on Social Security! WE ALL MUST FIGHT TO SAVE OUR MONEY from Trump & Musk!

Senator Ron Wyden speaks TRUTH TO POWER on Social Security! WE ALL MUST FIGHT TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY.

WE ALL MUST CALL OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT OR STATE! 202-224-3121

Former Social Security Head Warns System Could ‘Collapse’ in ‘Next 30 to 90 Days’ The agency’s former commissioner said the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts could cause disruptions in benefit payments.

The former Social Security chief has warned that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting spree could cause a system breakdown within the next 30 to 90 days.

Elon Musk’s $1 Spending Limit Is Paralyzing Federal Agencies The DOGE-mandated credit card freeze is delaying shipments of critical supplies, stalling travel, and stopping employees from doing their jobs.

NEW: Last month, the Trump administration placed a $1 spending limit on most government-issued credit cards that federal employees use to cover travel and work expenses. It's paralyzing federal agencies.

Live look at Trump running the country like he runs his businesses.

Elon Musk, who's taken tens of billions of dollars of govt money to enrich himself and his companies, calls Social Security "a Ponzi scheme." Beyond the hypocrisy and fallacy of his remarks, this man is exploiting his bought position to try and steal from SS and fund Trump's billionaire tax cuts.

Foreign students say the threat of Trump's executive orders is getting real President Trump warned international students that if they support groups the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, "we will find you, and we will deport you." It's left many student activists anxious.

President Trump warned international students that if they support groups the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, "we will find you, and we will deport you." It's left many student activists anxious.