Just to be very clear: The Trump DOJ is stealing $1.2 million of your money to gift one of Trump’s cronies, who pled guilty to the crimes he was charged with, and whose suit against the government had already been tossed by a judge.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social Dan Dicker...I think thas his name...Oil trader. GREAT GUEST! Smart, on message, funny and unscripted
Loved the segment
A must read for anyone who cares (and these days, worries constantly) about American science and medicine.
Credit to Prof. Will Mair for sharing his story. There are many more stories like it.
The #NIH comprises less than 1% of the federal budget. 80% of that is allocated to universities and research institutions. That $$ ($36B) yielded $94 BILLION in new economic activity in 2025.
Jews are targeted in shuls & online.
Brown & Black people are abducted and sent to concentration camps.
Muslims are openly targeted by politicians.
Activists & journalists are targeted by the FBI.
Trans & queer people are being outlawed.
We are in this together. This is why solidarity matters.
The impacts of Trump's attacks on science can be found in every nook and cranny of the discovery pipeline. This chart from @joshuasweitz.bsky.social shows that even with a funding INCREASE in 2026, LESS SCIENCE is being funded.
That means fewer cures and treatments.
#standupforscience
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
In a week, as he retreats from his impulsive action, he will be saying how great he is...could have been thousands, the experts said there would be thousands. This is who he is!
To be clear: most officers in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps retire at O-5 or O-6.
She wouldn’t qualify to apply — but we’re supposed to salute her as an O-9?
A slap in the face to every officer who actually earned it.
Still time: call your senators. Vote NO.
Anthropic responds to Hegseth. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
$1.65M per day in DC alone. That’s approximately two NIH R01 Grant *years* burned per day. Ninety *five year* R01s projects burned in the last seven months with no end in sight.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
Listen to the fake-but-always-so-loud patriots with their latest hatred, & you see the truth in this
@jasonkpargin.bsky.social
quote:
“They didn’t have witch hunts because they believed in witches. They believed in witches so they could have witch hunts.”
We are led by such dumb hateful haters
In 2025, departures of govt scientists outnumbered new hires by a ratio of 11 to 1. This reduction in STEM PhDs translates to 106k yrs of federal work experience across 10,000 employees. These talents will take their expertise elsewhere. Experience is indispensable.
🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
There is a cost to science denial.
John Mitnick @JohnMitnick I helped to establish DHS in 2002 and 2003 and later had the homeland security portfolio as a White House Counsel and served as General Counsel of the Department. I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty. Impeach and remove Trump—now. George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts. The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
Post from Pete Buttigieg that reads: If there was ever a moment for libertarians and conservatives to step up and join the rest of us, we’re in it. Americans have to unite and stop this descent from a freedom-loving nation into the kind of place where masked, militarized government agents are sent to politically noncompliant areas to roam the streets, terrorize civilians, and deploy violence with impunity.
WATCH THIS:
Our message to the people of Denmark. (This will air in Denmark next week.)
youtu.be/2YriJ4WEqXI?...
Imagine what a tiny little man you would have to be to feel threatened by a dancing fox.
This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.
Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
This is just another example of lack of accountability for the use of tax dollars to further the goals of the American experiment
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
Oh interesting maybe someone show this clip to @durbin.senate.gov
Federal agent drew his gun and pointed it right at the face of a non violent protestor. THIS HAS TO STOP NOW
The constitutional remedy for a president who launches a war of acquisition against an ally is impeachment, removal, disqualification, and ultimately a criminal trial. And the same is true for every member of his cabinet involved in such an illegal undertaking.
Indeed...Ziggy Stardust, meet Ziggy Stardust, the 5 year old version!
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
The brainy, virile part...pretty sure we don't have that 😀
