Dr. Matthew Kulpa

Front-page-style graphic titled “BREAKING NEWS” with photos of RFK Jr. and Dr. Bhattacharya in front of a government hearing chamber. Text reads: “NIH Scientists Sound the Alarm as Health Research Faces Historic Threat” and “NIH Employees Send Trump Cronies Scathing Wake-Up Call.”

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.

This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
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Standing Up for Science (and Democracy) We the People take to the streets to fight to preserve America

Last week, I had the exhausting honor of serving as lead organizer for Stand Up for Science Texas. Took me a few days to decompress but now I have thoughts to share, and more importantly, awesome pictures to share. buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/standing-u...

Protestors advocate at Capitol against Trump administration science-funding policies Hundreds of protestors advocated at the Texas Capitol Friday as part of a nationwide movement against the Trump administration’s recent actions towards scientific funding. Stand Up For Science 2025 wa...

“Science is about more than just a procedure with beakers and lab coats. It is a fundamentally democratic enterprise of shared knowledge and curiosity about the world.”
-- Me, last Friday at Stand Up for Science Texas

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Thank you all the organizers that made this possible! @cdelawalla.bsky.social
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social
@phdidi.bsky.social

So awesome to co-organize Austin’s @standupforscience.bsky.social rally! Proud of whole community voicing their concerns about the recent policy decisions affecting critical science funding, ed and institutions. A lot more work to do but great first step! #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #austintx

Texans Rally in Defense of Science and Against Trump Administration Cuts - Reporting Texas Scientists and supporters rallied against actions by the Trump administration on Friday, March 7

"An energetic crowd, filled with people in lab coats, STEM college students and families with young children, erupted in chants of 'science not silence' as they cheered for speakers."

@cdelawalla.bsky.social
@phdidi.bsky.social
@kulpamat.bsky.social

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A protester holding a sign that says "Fund Don't Freeze" in front of a large crowd and the Washington Monument. Photo by Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Friday for Stand Up for Science, a rally to protest the Trump administration’s drastic cuts to the federal work force and to federally funded science. nyti.ms/3DruZlu

Maaan I wish I was half as awesome as all the great people who came out last night and you and Didi! I’m so happy we got to have our voices here and partake in #standupforscience2025

Press is waking up!

Stand Up for Science Rally Sees Mix of Science, Politics and Anxiety Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington for Stand Up for Science, a rally in response to President Trump’s federal-funding and job cuts.

Come for the coverage of a movement to preserve science and democracy in America. Stay for the Beaker costume that is the stuff of nightmares.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...

Local SUFS Events Stand Up for Science is officially supporting rallies in Washington DC and 31 other cities around the country. This means that a confirmed site leader—backed by our core team—is actively organizing…

Check out where your local US or international rally is! standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

Today's the day Texans and everyone in (& outside!) the US! Come out and support science and share why science (research, education, etc.) is important to you! For me, I want to protect the health of our public and wildlife communities. #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall

Thank you for standing up for injustice @algreen.house.gov ! We also are standing up to science injustice, if you can help spread our cause www.standupforscience2025.org. This Fri (4-7) we will be at capitol to defend our scientific institutions! #sciencenotsilence #standupforscience #scienceforall

I also just sent an email if you like to help us and spread the word! ....and of course come out to the event! standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall

Thanks for spreading word @aoc.bsky.social! We need to defend science and save lives! This Friday is #standupforscoence2025 please help spread the word of all the rallies across the country! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence #Austin #DC standupforscience2025.org

#standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #austin #texas

@mcuban.bsky.social Thanks for re-tweeting this! We also are setting up a local rally in Austin at the Capital!!! We greatly appreciate any support or retweet to get the word out in Texas! Thanks so much for supporting a cause that means so much to us and the community! #standupforscience2025

Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article) The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies

Gift link to share far & wide

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

Young researchers mobilize to protest Trump administration’s science policies Stunned by attacks on the scientific research system, early career scientists plan a D.C. demonstration and a national ‘Stand Up for Science’ event.

Thanks to @statnews.com for featuring #standupforscience2025! www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...

We’re Standing Up for Science because we believe science is for everyone and benefits everyone. It’s time to advocate for science, funding, and education. Join us on March 7th in DC and Nationwide!

THREE WEEKS AWAY!

How are you going to #standupforscience2025? Join us and make your voice heard!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Is the website down rn? I couldn't access it.

Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

Can you direct me how to help or people in Texas I can touch base with?

Trump policies sow chaos, confusion across scientific community U.S. scientists, unaccustomed to shock-and-awe political assaults, are reeling from President Donald Trump’s executive orders on DEI, gender and other subjects.

When Scientific American endorsed Harris, many scientists and science-friendly people were supportive and grateful, but some said: stick to science, science isn’t political, etc. But reality-denying right-wing fanatics will absolutely come for the scientists www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a NYT analysis found.

The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

This campaign needs you now Stop the USAID Stop Work Order – Protect Jobs, Security, and America’s Future

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My name is [Your Name], and I’m a constituent from [Your City, State]. I’m calling to express my deep concern about President Trump’s recent executive orders directing federal agencies to withhold congressionally appropriated funds. These actions appear to violate the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and undermine the Constitution’s separation of powers. I urge you to take all necessary steps to investigate these actions, ensure transparency, and demand the release of improperly withheld funds. Please stand up for Congress’s power of the purse and protect our democracy. Thank you for your time.

Here is a call script to urge your State Congress members to act against President Trump’s actions potentially violating the Impoundment Control Act:

Hello, [Representative/Senator’s Name],

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