Tamara

I’m so tired

Support EPA Staff Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Your solidarity with the EPA heroes increases the pressure on their Administrator Lee Zeldin.

Now is a good time to sign on in support of the courageous folks at EPA who stood up for all of us.

www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...

'Excuse me, sir': RFK Jr. refuses to vow not to target staff with retaliation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter signed and delivered in protest of HHS cuts and layoffs.
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26724...

🧪 If you live in these States and care about biomedical research and the #NIH, please call your Senators:

Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.

NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

Hearing on "The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget" The Subcommittee on Health has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET) in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing is “T...

If you are interested in support for #NIH funding, the Subcomm hearing on the HHS budget is happening TUESDAY 👇👇

ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

Please sign on and add your voice in calling for an NIH that prioritizes the safety of research participants and public health over political momentum.
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...

a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

Bluetorial: Timing of getting grants out the door at NIH

The pauses and low rate of releasing awards may be a problem in terms of getting the NIH appropriation spent by September 30, 2025

RIF PREPAREDNESS KIT Pre-RIF Planning • Calculate Your Benefits: Depending on your age and length of service, a RIF severance may be better than taking a VSIP, VERA or fork type offer. GRIF Severance Calculator "- Fact Sheet Severance Pay &Severance Pay Estimation Worksheet . Understand that you are entitled to getting all of your Annual Leave paid out, but not your Sick Leave or Time Off Awards 6 Step 1: Still Employed? Hoard These Before They Boot You Virtual G o Bag: For more in depth information visit this link but find some key highlights below • Unemploym ent Benefits (UI): File day one--delays burn your payout. Your duty station is the location/state where you will file for unemployment benefits d State Ul Directory . SF-50 (Separation Notice): Your VIP pass for UI, appeals, or jumping back into fed work. Bug HR or OPF now--don't wait for the pink slip. ◦ Pay Stubs (Last 18 Months): UI wants proof you're not blufing. Pul'em fromn mypay and send to a personal email/computer. • Official Personnel Folder (OPF): Your career's paper trail. Google how to download your entire OPF folder from OPE. All SF-50s are included in this folder. Tax & Leave Records: ₩-2s, final stub, unused leave balances-crucial for cash-outs or audits. For HHS employees hit up DFAS, or IRS. &- IRS Transcripts d Note: Change your settings back to physical mail delivery (from electronic) foryour W2 to an accessible physical address for a year down the road in case of any iss ues accessing your future 2025 W2 for the whatever time you are left working in the fed • Debt Ledger (Advanced Leave): Owe leave? Get this sorted pre-exit or kiss waivers goodbye. Ask your agency's HR. & OPM Debt Rules • TSP (Thrift Savings Plan): Withdrawal rules shift post-separation-_know 'em now. Call or check online " ISP: 1-877-968-3778 tsp.gov

Apply for SNAP, Medicaid, and/or ACA as appropriate. • Ditch COBRA for ACA unless you'e loaded. • Rewrite your resume-fed jargon flops in private sector. Network a lot. • Consider joining Senate job fair meetings on the Hill on Tuesdays coordinated by Federal Workers Against Doge (look them up on instagram), First 45 Days: • Widen job hunt-fed hiring's frozen, but others in the private sectors are hiring - it has been most difficult in the humanitarian and foreign affairs space so you may need to be adaptable in that case and pivot your career for the time being & Civic Match • For health foIks d Join CMS Alumni group on Linkedin d- Reach out to Schedule F Consulting to put your resumne in their bank. • For education folks: d Open Edlucation Data, Research _ and Palicy Positions For intemational development folks: C Job Seekers _Job Opportunities for Int' Dey Professionals Other Resources • The following chart consists of organizations that are offering resources/support that may be useful to federal employees:

Here is a guide to practical steps to take in the aftermath of a RIF notification. Time is of the essence when you know you may lose access, so take a look here to help you keep track of what you need to do. We can't take credit for guide, but we hope it helps.

Former FDA commissioner on LinkedIn:

Florida & Wisconsin, I hope you understand the assignment today! The entire Country, no World, is watching you.

Please show up in record numbers and support candidates who will support the constitution & not the con!

Good morning. We’ve learned that RIF notices went out by branch overnight—timed for maximum cruelty. We’ll share info and resources throughout the day.

To those affected: We’re so sorry. This is a deep personal loss and a loss for everyone you keep safe and healthy through your work. 💚

😔

All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.

Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.

No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.

Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes.

The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.

That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
1/

If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.

Here is the text of the email: Dear Colleagues, We are writing to let you know that the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will be closing as part of the administration’s reorganization coming this week. We are proud of what we have accomplished together in advancing understanding, resources, and support for people living with Long COVID. Over the last 3+ years, we have built meaningful connections and fruitful collaborations across the federal landscape to support this work. While our office is closing, we hope that the work we have been dedicated to will continue in some form. Updates will be shared as they become available. Thank you again for your collaboration and commitment. Best regards, Ian Simon, Ph.D. Director, Office of Long COVID Research and Practice Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health et al…

The Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will close as soon as this week, according to an internal HHS email obtained by Inside Medicine.

This is the opposite of what you would do if you were genuinely interested in finding treatments for chronic diseases, as RFK claims.

Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.

History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

Protect the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division ⭑ 5 Calls Amid broad threats to slash Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staffing, the Trump administration is reportedly considering slashing …

Demand your reps and senators oppose elimination of the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division.

Eliminating this Division would reverse all of our hard-won gains and lead to a resurgence of HIV, taking us back decades.

5calls.org/issue/cdc-hi...

HLB destroyed the Florida citrus industry because one person on a flight from China managed to land in Miami while the Ag Inspection team was understaffed. I cannot state how devastating to our nation's agricultural industry a reduction in force across the country would be.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Gov. JB Pritzker

Gov. Tim Walz

these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions

THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER.

TOMORROW MORNING: everyone MUST call en masse.

Do you have a recurring donation to your Democratic Senator? PULL IT IF THEY ARE VOTING YES.

We can still fight back!!

Democrat Derangement Syndrome is strong.

The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over It's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here.

I’m sick to death of people saying we’re “descending” into fascism. The fascism is ALREADY here. THIS IS WHAT IF FEELS LIKE.
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”

@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains

CALL NOW: Tell Senate Democrats to Hold the Line Against the Extreme MAGA Continuing Resolution

🚨🚨🚨 ALERT: we are hearing from sources that there is a very serious danger that Senate Democrats are on the verge of folding on the MAGA CR. CALL THIS MORNING indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Dollars and nonsense: House Republicans vote to defund D.C. police and schools Congress could force D.C. to cut $1.1 billion out of its local budget, but no one really understands why.

NEW in @51st.news: House Republicans just voted to defund D.C. police and schools. As part of a spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, they could force D.C. to slash $1.1 billion out of its budget, and no one understands really why. 51st.news/house-republ...

Over $250M of $400M cut to Columbia is from NIH, agency says Over half of the approximately $400 million in grants and contracts that the Trump administration said on Friday it’s cutting from Columbia University is from the National Institutes of Health, that a...

The situation at Columbia...

www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

1/n

Freaking bonkers. 🤦🏻‍♀️

This Repub CR, that they claim will keep the government open, is a perfect example of why you must read bills.

Inside the text, you’ll find cuts everywhere, and so much money taken from vets you wouldn’t believe it. These guys are frauds.

Nice try! Hard NO! Throw it in the 🗑️