Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA

None of our research exists in a vacuum. We are weavers.

We take a thread of tech made to do complete a different task, join it with preclinical work from a different species, and weave it together with statical approaches that were made to ask a similar question in a completely different field. 🧵

The Trump administration and the Supreme Court are both lawless, and they are part of the same conspiracy to shred our law and Constitution — a conspiracy funded by rightwing billionaires.

We must stop this. And dealing with our billionaire problem is a vital step.

AXIOS • But the new White House memo from the Office of Management and Budget argues that GEFTA has been misconstrued or, in the words of one source, is "deficient" because it was amended nine days later, on Jan. 25, 2019. • "Does this law cover all these furloughed employees automatically? The conventional wisdom is: Yes, it does. Our view is: No, it doesn't," a senior White House official said. Friction point: The new OMB analysis is a major departure from the administration's own guidance issued by the Council of Economic Advisers this month and the Office of Personnel Management last month. Both said furloughed workers should get automatic back pay after the shutdown.

Their view is that the law isn’t real. And their corrupt Supreme Court supermajority is letting them get away with it.

Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito took bribes from a billionaire behind project 2025. Gorsuch’ “patron” is a Project 2025 billionaire.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

More lawlessness from Russell Vought at OMB.

The Project 2025 effort has always been about creating fig leaf — lawless — legal arguments that should be laughed out of court.

True for the RIFs, true for this “reinterpretation” of the law that explicitly requires backpay. 1/

Join us this Saturday at the Medical Center Metro with NIH Vigils and bring your non perishables! We’re doing a food drive ! Hope to see you there

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

That’s it. Congress controls the public’s money. Not the president.

The government’s money is the people’s money. And only Congress decides how much money is spent, and how the money is spent. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is right.

The nation’s budget is something Congress does. Not the president.
That power is written into the Constitution.

So many lawless actions, and the lawless Supreme Court is complicit.

Kimmel, Comey, Soros harassment, troops in cities, seizure of the government’s money — all of these are lawless, and most are deeply unconstitutional. This must stop — and Congress must stop it.

How John Roberts Won Over the Bush White House and Remade the Supreme Court This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...

“My new book, “Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights,” details the origins and actions of Roberts, whom I believe will go down as the worst chief justice in American history.” - @thelisagraves.bsky.social

Analysis | Gorsuch and Sotomayor’s extraordinary factual dispute In a dissent, Sotomayor said Gorsuch's summary "misconstrues the facts." The dispute echoes what what happened at the appeals-court level.

Worth noting here that Neil Gorsuch lied in the decision in Kennedy, and Sotomayor called him out for it.

A nontrivial amount of the radical and lawless action taken by this Supreme Court is based on lies.

Analysis | Gorsuch and Sotomayor’s extraordinary factual dispute In a dissent, Sotomayor said Gorsuch's summary "misconstrues the facts." The dispute echoes what what happened at the appeals-court level.

Worth noting here that Neil Gorsuch lied in the decision in Kennedy, and Sotomayor called him out for it.

A nontrivial amount of the radical and lawless action taken by this Supreme Court is based on lies.

Everyone, is it bad to lie in Court?

This is what John Roberts has been bending the law into knots (incorrect and bad knots) trying to avoid: a judicial branch confrontation with Trump.

And looks like he’s going to get one anyway. Good.

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Thinking about this whole "Dems need to move right on abortion to win in red states" thing. Since this spring we have been asking different variations of this RCN-ish inclusive populism message, and the results are like - blinding. There's just broad, almost overwhelming 🧵

Power of the purse. Like this

I get the argument about stick to healthcare (omg I am afraid to look at my ACA options) but "Congress needs to make it so Trump stops illegally doing [all of the everything] especially in terms of funds Congress allocated and we otherwise can't trust any deal you make" is important.

Well said!

Thank you @rephuffman.bsky.social and we are right with you as you speak up and show strength. Let’s do this, together.
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This is very powerful and everyone should watch.

Proud that we have played some small role in this — in urge Congress to stand up to Trump, and supporting those who want to do that.

Thank you @rephuffman.bsky.social - and to @ramirez.house.gov and @ivey.house.gov who stood with us on Monday outside the Capitol.

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The conservative Court is deeply corrupt. And lawless.

Fed worker here: absolutely correct. It was already happening quietly, piece by piece. At least now people will notice

I am a federal worker. I choose democracy, healthcare, and the rule of law. Charlotte Slaiman speech …for the Civil Servants Coalition, Mon Sep 29 at the Capitol.

@charlotteswwweb.bsky.social speech at the Capitol:

“I have been a federal worker for 5 years and have served under 3 Presidents. I came to the FTC to fight for American consumers and workers, not to do favors for the President’s billionaire friends.”

just read your emailed newsletter with Jenna Nortons speech . patriotic and honorable! 💙👏👏

"Nearly impossible for NIH staff to do our jobs": Jenna Norton's speech for the Civil Servants Coalition At the Capitol, Monday 9/29

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social ‘s speech at the Capitol on Monday.

“As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening.”

The term "vaccine injury" is a code word usually signifying an anti-vaccine agenda. Vaccine risks are certainly an important question, but it's not as if they're not looked at. There's a lot of data on that.

WaPo - Senior federal officials have quietly counseled several agencies against firing employees while the government is shut down — as President Trump has suggested he will. https://wapo.st/3KDJw0t

John Thune: "We don't control what Vought is going to do."

False. Congress has the power to control Vought.

They have the power of the purse— they could defund OMB, or his security detail. They have impeachment power. They have subpoena power. They can legislate.

Stop being a coward, Thune.