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Jay Bhattacharya is a punk ass bitch.
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Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave. n.pr/4oFYdPL
She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she's been put on leave
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Stand Up For Science Condemns Retaliation Against Bethesda Declaration Whistleblower Jenna Norton

“an attempt to silence the many federal workers who are speaking out about the harms this administration is causing the American people”

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Stand Up For Science Condemns Retaliation Against Bethesda Declaration Whistleblower Jenna Norton Washington, D.C. — Stand Up For Science issues a strong condemnation of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) action to place National Institutes of Health (NIH) employee, Jenna Norton, on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. Despite the qualified description, the action appears to be in direct retaliation for Norton's involvement in the Bethesda Declaration, a dissent letter addressed to NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and signed by approximately 500 NIH employees. An anonymous HHS official cited the reason for Norton's leave being due to her status as a "radical leftist" and "criticizing the administration." Norton, a dedicated public servant and a Program Director at the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, helped spearhead the Declaration. Hosted by Stand Up For Science, the Declaration lays bare the Trump Administration's attacks on the NIH—the crown jewel of our nation's biomedical research ecosystem—highlighting the efforts of HHS Secretary Kennedy and Bhattacharya to undermine academic freedom, politicize research, and erode scientific excellence. “Jenna is a true public servant that embodies the mission and spirit of the NIH both when she is on duty and off duty.” says Dr. Ian Morgan, NIH scientist. “This appears to be an attempt to silence the many federal workers who are speaking out about the harms this administration is causing the American people in our own time and personal capacities, but we will not be silenced.” Stand Up For Science calls for the immediate and full reinstatement of Jenna Norton to active duty. Dissent about harmful policies and decisions is not misconduct—it is a protected act of whistleblowing, supported by the Pinkerton Balancing Test, and is a core First Amendment right. Disciplining employees for exercising their patriotic duty is not only unconstitutional, it is an abuse of power.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.

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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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In a video, Norton confirms the news and says: "I strongly suspect it is because I have been speaking up in my personal capacity about the harms I have been witnessing inside the NIH.

Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is a hero. We owe her a debt of gratitude. bsky.app/profile/dday...
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According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
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NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM