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The mayor of New York is uniquely positioned to play an important role in the future of the national Democratic Party," Mr. Clyburn said in a statement, adding that Mr. Cuomo had the "experiences, credentials and character to not just serve New York, but also help save the nation."

That Clyburn thinks Andrew Cuomo is part of the future of the Democratic Party - and points to his character!!! — is the problem with the current Democratic Party leadership in a nutshell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...

I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."

That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.

I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.

Terrified of spiders to this day because of that movie!

I've never donated to Harvard because I never felt they needed it. But today I made my first alumni donation to let @harvard.edu know that I stand in solidarity in the fight against the federal government's attacks on our freedom of speech and thought.

The Promise of American Higher Education No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue

Today, I am very proud to be an alum and faculty member of Harvard as we stand up against autocracy.

"We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity"

www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

This is fascism

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.

inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...

We need all college presidents speaking out against assault on freedom of thought like @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social Michael Roth. There is strength in solidarity. Elite institutions have a particular responsibility. Looking at my own Alma maters: Williams and @harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social

Those looking to DO SOMETHING today, we have three special elections coming up to fill seats vacated by Trump’s cabinet picks. If we win all three, we will have control of the House - a HUGE deal! Two are in FL (April 1) one in NY (TBD). Will post links.

Here’s the thing about opposition: You don’t need a clear roadmap specifying how one act of opposition will cause direct benefits and stop the malfeasance on its own. You just need to see that the malfeasance is causing direct harm and will cause more. Object to it, and rally more people against it.

If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.

Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.

The cruelty is the point.

And for whatever reason, academic medicine is a target in so many ways. Our institutions must resist.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives.

Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.

Congress: #StopTheCuts!

Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer.

"Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.

Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.

From a source inside a fed agency:

“How bad do things have to be for committed civil servants and scientists to be in favor of a shutdown?”

Our U.S. democracy is worth a government shutdown

This is an utter failure of leadership @schumer.senate.gov

We need principled leadership, not appeasement @schumer.senate.gov.

Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them.

We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.

Thank you for saying this!

If I weren't taking care of patients today, this is where I would be. Our Harvard community must fight like hell to preserve our freedom of speech @harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social

Wish I could make it (HMS faculty). Harvard's silence is deafening. We should be leading this fight.

If you haven't cancelled your @washingtonpost.com subscription yet, let this devastating account by @ruthmarcus.bsky.social persuade you to.

If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?

We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

Wow. Watch this from Zohran Mamdani. It looks like the exact "fight" and "conviction" people are hopelessly asking for from the people in charge of the Democratic party:

Doctors Sue HHS for Removing Patient Safety Papers 'This is my way of pushing back,' one of the physicians said

"We really need to put our values into action...if we're really here to serve patients and to advocate for patients, then we need to push back." Bravo Dr. Celeste Royce. #StandUpforScience

Doctors Sue HHS for Removing Patient Safety Papers www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...