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We now have a CDC grant tracker and are collecting information on CDC terminations. If your CDC grant was terminated, we need your help to gather data and documents! Please report!
grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
We now have a CDC grant tracker and are collecting information on CDC terminations. If your CDC grant was terminated, we need your help to gather data and documents! Please report!
grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
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"The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter."
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
"The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter."
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Imagine that
February 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Imagine that
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My office, Everytown, GIFFORDS, and law firms are holding Mean Arms, a gun parts marker, accountable for aiding the shooter in the attack at Tops in Buffalo.
Mean Arms sold a magazine lock that the shooter easily removed to turn his gun into a deadly assault weapon.
Mean Arms sold a magazine lock that the shooter easily removed to turn his gun into a deadly assault weapon.
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
My office, Everytown, GIFFORDS, and law firms are holding Mean Arms, a gun parts marker, accountable for aiding the shooter in the attack at Tops in Buffalo.
Mean Arms sold a magazine lock that the shooter easily removed to turn his gun into a deadly assault weapon.
Mean Arms sold a magazine lock that the shooter easily removed to turn his gun into a deadly assault weapon.
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"If lots of people believe it."
I am so glad we are wasting money on this because the people who thought ingesting disinfectant during COVID would cure you believe Ivermectin is a miracle drug
I am so glad we are wasting money on this because the people who thought ingesting disinfectant during COVID would cure you believe Ivermectin is a miracle drug
Holy shit—a terrible waste of $$
Bhattacharya is so kooky
“If lots of people believe it & it’s moving public health, we as NIH have an obligation, again, to treat it seriously,” Bhattacharya said at a MAHA event
Great reporting by @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Bhattacharya is so kooky
“If lots of people believe it & it’s moving public health, we as NIH have an obligation, again, to treat it seriously,” Bhattacharya said at a MAHA event
Great reporting by @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
US Cancer Institute Studying Ivermectin’s ‘Ability To Kill Cancer Cells’ - KFF Health News
At a January event organized by allies of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Cancer Institute Director Anthony Letai said results may be released “in a few months.” Ivermectin, used to d...
kffhealthnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"If lots of people believe it."
I am so glad we are wasting money on this because the people who thought ingesting disinfectant during COVID would cure you believe Ivermectin is a miracle drug
I am so glad we are wasting money on this because the people who thought ingesting disinfectant during COVID would cure you believe Ivermectin is a miracle drug
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If you missed the ad for explicit surveillance technology the Confederacy would've absolutely loved
Search Party from Ring | Be A Hero In Your Neighborhood
YouTube video by Ring
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February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
If you missed the ad for explicit surveillance technology the Confederacy would've absolutely loved
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Park Service employees are being bombarded with guidance telling them to promote Freedom 250, the Trump-run org, in place of America250, the statutorily-bipartisan congressional commission. They were even urged to add the Freedom 250 logo to email signatures. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Park Service employees are being bombarded with guidance telling them to promote Freedom 250, the Trump-run org, in place of America250, the statutorily-bipartisan congressional commission. They were even urged to add the Freedom 250 logo to email signatures. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Putting a leader’s name and image on everything is an authoritarian tactic. It is a symbol of submission to make the leader seem invincible to subvert opposition. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump’s obsession with renaming buildings after himself is about more than ego
Cultural omnipresence is a strongman tactic.
www.ms.now
February 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Putting a leader’s name and image on everything is an authoritarian tactic. It is a symbol of submission to make the leader seem invincible to subvert opposition. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Before Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to be his sock puppet at the Fed, he was spinning fairy tales about prices coming down under the President.
Kevin Warsh was spinning fairy tales about prices coming down under the President.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Before Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to be his sock puppet at the Fed, he was spinning fairy tales about prices coming down under the President.
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Kash Patel, a podcaster selected because of his fierce loyalty to the President, told FBI agents not to investigate the details on Renee Good's shooting because it would contradict the President. Fact matter less than the King's opinion in a personalist regime.
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Kash Patel, a podcaster selected because of his fierce loyalty to the President, told FBI agents not to investigate the details on Renee Good's shooting because it would contradict the President. Fact matter less than the King's opinion in a personalist regime.
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You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever.
This is the country we live in now.
This is the country we live in now.
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever.
This is the country we live in now.
This is the country we live in now.
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It will be important to watch how this rule affects staff at NIH. People are already afraid to speak up inside NIH. This policy works against the academic freedom the administration claims to value.
OPM finalized its schedule F proposal — which could makes thousands of federal workers easier to fire
scientists are worried it could make federally funded science less ambitious and chase away top talent away from govt jobs
www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/n...
scientists are worried it could make federally funded science less ambitious and chase away top talent away from govt jobs
www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/n...
Scientists worry finalizing ‘Schedule F’ rule will further politicize NIH grant decisions
The Trump administration is moving forward with a personnel rule that critics say will subject a broader swath of the federal workforce to political pressure
www.statnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
It will be important to watch how this rule affects staff at NIH. People are already afraid to speak up inside NIH. This policy works against the academic freedom the administration claims to value.
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JD Vance was just ruthlessly booed at the Olympics during the Opening Ceremony when he was shown on the screen. But you would never know by watching the broadcast on NBC.
February 6, 2026 at 9:59 PM
JD Vance was just ruthlessly booed at the Olympics during the Opening Ceremony when he was shown on the screen. But you would never know by watching the broadcast on NBC.
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New, from me: Trump finalized his Schedule F policy, allowing him to remove job protections from career civil servants.
The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
Trump's Schedule F Rule Finalized
A bizarro rule formally justifies politicizing public services
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM
New, from me: Trump finalized his Schedule F policy, allowing him to remove job protections from career civil servants.
The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
The new rule is dishonest and unmoored from reality in its effort to formalize the politicization of the federal government 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trumps-sch...
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But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
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Some context… Bezos is killing the Post by choice, not by necessity…
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Some context… Bezos is killing the Post by choice, not by necessity…
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This is the guy we’re letting poison Memphis and drill a hole in Nashville?
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This is the guy we’re letting poison Memphis and drill a hole in Nashville?
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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$1.5T military budget
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol (over 4 years)
$100B on tax cuts for the 1% (per year)
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$496M to send National Guard into cities
$200M for Kennedy Center renovations
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
Priorities.
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol (over 4 years)
$100B on tax cuts for the 1% (per year)
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$496M to send National Guard into cities
$200M for Kennedy Center renovations
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
Priorities.
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
$1.5T military budget
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol (over 4 years)
$100B on tax cuts for the 1% (per year)
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$496M to send National Guard into cities
$200M for Kennedy Center renovations
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
Priorities.
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol (over 4 years)
$100B on tax cuts for the 1% (per year)
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$496M to send National Guard into cities
$200M for Kennedy Center renovations
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
Priorities.
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Investigators told their target that the subpoena did not include "emails, documents, photos...but the breadth of what federal investigators did ask for shook him." And the Trump administration is doing this at unprecedented rates.
February 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Investigators told their target that the subpoena did not include "emails, documents, photos...but the breadth of what federal investigators did ask for shook him." And the Trump administration is doing this at unprecedented rates.
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The government is claiming the right to compel organizations like Google to provide this sort of personal information without asking a judge for permission.
February 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The government is claiming the right to compel organizations like Google to provide this sort of personal information without asking a judge for permission.
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This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Counsel for civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong, lead defendant in the St. Paul church protest case, notified the court of the White House’s deepfake image of his client.
It’s evidence the government’s “nakedly obvious bad faith.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It’s evidence the government’s “nakedly obvious bad faith.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Counsel for civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong, lead defendant in the St. Paul church protest case, notified the court of the White House’s deepfake image of his client.
It’s evidence the government’s “nakedly obvious bad faith.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It’s evidence the government’s “nakedly obvious bad faith.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...