So sorry for your loss!

I often think about what it will look like to rebuild NIH. It's going to be hard, expensive work.

And that's if we stop the damage and start rebuilding soon.

It's only going to get harder the longer this lasts.

In unfortunate news, one of the missions I work on, NASA TRACERS, is on the chopping block in the budget proposed by Trump and Vought.

A functional pair of sats that would just outright be shut off because the current federal government is anti science and anti exploration.

Can’t wait for discovery

PSA

It’s ok to not be ok. It’s ok to be angry, unfocused, traumatized. It means you still have a shred of empathy left

Do not try to weather this alone. Reach out to friends and allies. Many of us are feeling the same things. Support each other. Remind each other of the good still in this world 💚

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar.

Apparently like every day.

this reminds me, i don't think SCOTUS should be allowed to choose their own clerks. standardize the hiring schedule, put the applications in a pool, blind reads (perhaps by a panel of former clerks) and random assignments.

Someone knew.
$760 million bet that oil would crash placed 20 minutes before it did. This wasn’t a fluke. It happened three times in six weeks.

The feds are investigating. The question isn’t whether someone had inside knowledge of U.S. war decisions. It’s who.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

NEW: In the middle of the night, the House tried to pass a bill that would have given President Trump and Stephen Miller the power to spy on Americans without a warrant for years to come.

It failed due to pressure from the public — but they plan to vote again in just 2 weeks.

We should be learning from other countries...

Trump Proposes Deep Research Cuts, New Icebreaker for NSF The administration has requested a 54% cut to the agency’s funding and reupped other proposals Congress rejected last year.

The Trump administration continues its assault on federal science and scientists with its proposed FY27 budget, which would reduce the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget by 54%.

Breaking: In a 50-49 vote, the U.S. Senate passed the measure allowing sulfide mining in areas near the Boundary Waters.

What a great idea. Let’s make this happen!

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Amazon Accused of Hiding Worker's Death for a Week, Making Employees Keep Working as Corpse Lay on Floor According to a shocking new investigation by The Western Edge, Amazon tried to keep the April 6 death of a worker a secr

Amazon warehouse workers have been trying to unionize for years, largely in response to the corporation's well-documented unsafe working conditions.

But Amazon continues to squash organizing.

Every worker deserves to be safe on the job.

Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets prison sentence for possessing 'enormous child pornography collection' Daniel Tocci's attorney had previously argued that the case should be dismissed because “all the evidence" stemmed from his Capitol siege case.

This is not the first time a Trump January 6th pardon has led directly to a criminal conviction for something else entirely. It will not be the last.

She's not wrong...

For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩‍🚀🚀💕

*All four astronauts went to public schools!

Snopes: "The White House did indeed post and delete a video of Trump at an Easter event recorded on April 1, 2026, as can be seen on archived pages of the White House website. " bit.ly/4vt1So2
#TrumpPresidency #TruthRevealed

Trump Hosts Easter Lunch With Faith Leaders YouTube video by NTD

You can get there through the link posted, eventually. But here it is: www.youtube.com/live/FBuehSs...

🚨 A new poll shows more Americans doubt vaccine safety than trust it. That is devastating for public health. And let’s be clear: this didn’t happen by accident. It’s been fueled by people like RFK Jr. spreading doubt for years.

But we are not powerless. What can we do?🧵

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that…

Russ Vought direct quote: "I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral."

www.propublica.org/article/russ...

Damn, turns out I’ve thought more about these Forest Service site closures than the Secretary of Agriculture has.

Go figure.

A bit more info on where this stands.

It’s in the hands of the Senate.

‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week.

For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead.

One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.

DHS calling furloughed staff back to work despite shutdown | Federal News Network DHS is recalling thousands of employees who have been furloughed since Feb. 14 under the partial government shutdown.

federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

“all DHS employees, excepted and non-excepted/non-exempt” are to be returned “to a work and paid status, effective on your next regularly scheduled duty day.”

This includes CG civilians, who have been furloughed since the shutdown.

"According to Adm. Thomas Allan, civilian workers have not received a paycheck since Feb. 14, & the service has stopped processing merchant mariner credentials, affecting 16k applications. It has failed to pay 5,000 utility bills and it is not paying the vendors who feed recruits at [Cape May]."

That’s because the voice of Roy Cohen is an ear worm he can’t ignore. Ever. I mean Roy Cohen was a marvel at deceit. Brilliant. A Houdini escape artist. Trump is a clumsy acolyte. But he adheres to Roy’s maxim: never lose, always win. And he bulldozes ahead.