What happened to this RFK Jr?

Ivermectin

Happy Birthday Jeremy! A night to remember.

I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country. Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.

"All of these things frighten me, and they should frighten you as well. I made the decision to create a life for myself here, because I viewed this as a place that rewarded determination, hard work, and integrity. It still has a chance to be that place again."
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Trump administration drops court fight to cap NIH payments for research overhead costs www.statnews.com/2026/04/08/t... via @statnews.com

The Unlikely New Director of U.S. Environmental Health Research Kyle Walsh’s appointment to head the NIEHS, a $914-million public agency, is unprecedented. What is on his agenda?

Kyle Walsh's blatantly political NIEHS Directorship didn't get the concern it deserved, perhaps bc, as @undark.org notes "When organizations need to make an announcement they hope the public won’t pay much attention to, they often drop the news right before the weekend..." undark.org/2026/02/04/n...

Pete Kegseth is full of shit. This briefing for the benefit of Dear Leader is nauseating.

Pretty obvious.

Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Trump’s utter disregard, from the get go, for the rule of law made this moment inevitable. Here’s what we need to be doing about it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

I'm old enough to remember when everyone said America will never vote for a black man. Certainly not twice. Winning both the electoral college and the popular vote.

I'm old enough to remember when there was no way a Muslim would win mayor of New York City, not with 9/11 as part of its history.

There was a lot of craziness today, but let it not be lost that the Vice President of America spoke in person at a political rally for a brutal autocrat and said “I love Viktor.” Trump and Vance want to do to America what Orbán has done to dismantle democracy in Hungary.

a cartoon character from the simpsons is holding his hands together and says excellent . ALT: a cartoon character from the simpsons is holding his hands together and says excellent .

I am hearing from several sources that NIH will be doing the bulk of multi-year grant funding later in the year

Apparently the goal (presumably from OMB) is that NIH should hit the max legally allowed amount (the same as last year) which was intended as a cap not as a goal

Vought with this plan...

There are currently 431 House members (217 Republicans, 214 Democrats) – only 2 Republicans would be needed to impeach Trump – leaving 20 Senate Republicans (67 vote majority) to remove him from office.

22 people are needed immediately to prevent genocide/nuclear apocalypse.

Summon your courage.

And yet in their fear of rocking the boat, they've become powerless; the legislative branch of government has, under the leadership of Thune and Johnson, surrendered the power of the purse, the power to declare war, and most of its other powers, except when the Democratic minority prevails.

A positive uplifting video to start the day, discussing the benefits and the stakes.

@standupforscience.net

U.S. Marshals waived training rules for Musk's armed DOGE security, emails show The U.S. Marshals Service allowed some members of Musk’s security team to sidestep experience and training requirements, according to emails.

CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social: These emails — uncovered after months of work by our team — underscore the lawless way Elon Musk was allowed to run around Washington, wreaking havoc and abusing government resources, while American taxpayers are footing the bill.

A reminder: No SBIRs have yet been issued by the NIH this year.

Big pharma relies upon academia and startups because they themselves have gotten out of the business of research, relying instead upon acquisitions.

There will be nothing to acquire now and the perfect storm of pharma collapse is set.

It pains me to to say so, but it's difficult for me to disagree with this point below.

NIH watchers, you will be mostly unsurprised to see that the triage line will continue at ~one third past the first two rounds that were promised. I seen credible intel on that recently. In context that suggests this will be permanent. Ie CSR loves the results and the honoraria cost savings.

I've just been asked to share this petition to UCSF, which asks them not to put Vinay Prasad back in his old position, now that HHS has given him the boot.

It seems a good ask, so here you go (the guy is awful):

form.jotform.com/260836126659...

seperation?

Stanford, we're looking at you!

Alumni and others need to make it clear that they will pay a price if they do! I am already trying to do that.

Given that wild fires are getter larger and more common I would suggest it is bad to liquidate the scientific branch of the US Forest Service

It was posted here on 3-31

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Treasury moves to gut financial research office Documents seen by POLITICO show plans are underway to reduce the data agency’s workforce, ahead of bigger proposed budget and staffing changes.

The Treasury Department is working on a plan to gut its office that researches financial market risks.

Because the office is funded by fees on the financial industry, this won't save taxpayers money. But it will make it harder to spot and prevent the next crisis.
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Paul Offit vs. RFK Jr. Is the Battle of Our Times How Philly's leading vaccine doctor became MAHA's public enemy number one

www.phillymag.com/news/2026/04...

Nice try