Annabelle Rodriguez Oquendo MD

Wow.

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

Tell Congress: Cut ICE Funding Before More Lives Are Lost Another life has been lost at the hands of ICE, and the agency’s response has been denial and distortion instead of accountability. After an ICE officer killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, the ...

Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality!
#ICE #MPLS
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Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts

Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article) A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.

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Source: STAT

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

RFJ, Jr Is A Serial Killer And the death toll will be unimaginable

A very strong & powerful resignation letter from Dr. Daskalakis calling out RFK jr. “I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.”

NIH director Bhattacharya denies banned word list in meeting with staffers Bethesda Declaration signers insist that a list exists and further criticize new policies

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I sincerely hope Jay won’t be the NIH director for much longer.

@murray.senate.gov
A big, heartfelt thanks for supporting the NIH.

Full Committee Markup of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost!

Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%).

"Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov.

ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.

@vanhollen.senate.gov

Thanks for supporting the NIH

Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to NIH, other health agencies The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the Trump administration’s massive proposed funding cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), advancing a measure that would increase the agency’s…

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The NIH Undergoes More Shake-Ups Advisory council appointees dismissed, director's advisory committee disbanded, among other moves

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I’ll let you know how my grant application fares in this new environment. I’m working on another one for the October deadline.

@kyla.bsky.social
Do you have a perspective on the challenges of cuts to biomedical research and how academics can capture the attention of Gen Zers to improve healthcare for all?

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...

Timeline cleanser
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BOSTON — In a major victory for public health, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts today struck down the National Institutes of...
A step closer to restoring sanity in biomedical research. But expect Trump to appeal and delay, delay, delay. They need to be found in contempt.

Photo of Mahmoud Khalil outdoors, wearing a black and white keffiyeh.

Over 100 days after Mahmoud Khalil was unjustly arrested and detained because of his advocacy for Palestinian rights, he has been released on bail.

We celebrate that Mahmoud will finally be home with his wife and newborn son while his case proceeds.

The Reagan-Appointed Judge Fast-Tracking Trump to Trial

The Reagan-Appointed Judge Fast-Tracking Trump to Trial www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

She could be me!

🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️

Today I’m leading 152 House Democrats in challenging Trump's devastating cuts to life-saving NIH research grants. Congress—not Trump—controls federal spending.

Trump must do his job, “faithfully execute” the laws and stop violating the Constitution to undercut public health.

Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers sign letter criticizing agency policies: ‘We dissent’

We all need to dissent. Your life and that of your loved ones depend on it.

From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.

South Florida meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.

Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article) Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

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Please read and then contact your Senators. Stop these NIH cuts. I’ll keep you posted on what happens to my grant.