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Many 100s came together for our tiny Appalachian town’s #HandsOff protest. #HillbilliesNeedNoElegy
April 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Every House Republican but one voted to gut the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). Every GOP Senator voted to cut the CDMRP by 57% too. When it came time to allocate those cuts, they decided that lung cancer research should go from $25m in 2024 to 0 in 2025. Are we great yet?
March 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Several European countries are offering a sort of asylum to American scientists who feel they can no longer do their work here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts
Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruited
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
March 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
March 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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A demand that biopharma NOT cozy up to the Musk-Trump administration

"by the time you can unequivocally point to things that have started going wrong in industry because academic research has been stomped flat, it will be far too late to do anything about it"

www.science.org/content/blog...
Stand Up And Be Counted
www.science.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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If you’re a federal employee who got an email from Elon asking what you did last week, reply, “Not as much ketamine as you did, fuckwad”
February 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I love living in the United States, where I don’t even f*ck around but have to find out anyway.
February 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The 🍊🤡 & Elmo really want Americans to suffer:
“The NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins”

Research saves lives. Call your senators today!

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Johns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH funds
Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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“How many people need to leave Gaza?”

Trump (with Netanyahu): “All of them.”
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A transgender veteran at Syracuse VA Medical Center died by an apparent suicide outside the top of the hospital’s parking garage Monday.

Witnesses said the person was wrapped in a body-length transgender pride flag.

www.syracuse.com/news/2025/01...
VA patient died by suicide at top of hospital’s garage in Syracuse
The veteran, a VA mental health patient, was wearing a transgender flag, a witness said.
www.syracuse.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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hey quick question does Goliath win in that story
February 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Many people are waking up today to the fact Trumps pause on medical research has stopped the clinical trials for cancer research and their only chance of living is put on pause by then President of the United States.
January 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the country’s largest public biomedical research funder: $40b annually.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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This times a centillion.
If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.
January 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"There are gay, lesbian & transgender children in Democratic, Republican & independent families, some who fear for their lives."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwa...
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sent from my friend in Portland Maine on January 20, 2025. So many people across the country I love & am grateful for.

In solidarity with each of you, every day.
January 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The world is filled with people who are no longer needed - and who try to make slaves of all of us - and they have their music and we have ours. ― Woody Guthrie
January 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
More than ever, we need to engage with & support independent, rigorous journalism from people & sources with intellectual + journalistic integrity. No false equivalencies, no cowardice. Give @contrariannews.org a follow on Bluesky & Substack.
January 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Today, a North Carolina judge rejected a request from the Republican National Committee (RNC), North Carolina GOP, Wake County GOP and two voters to toss out nearly 60,000 ballots cast in all November 2024 statewide races. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Judge Denies Republicans’ Request To Toss 60,000 Ballots
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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SoCal friends:

Many animal shelters are overwhelmed from people dropping off beloved pets they can't take with them as they flee. Please consider donating and fostering. Pasadena Humane is one such org. Contact your local animal orgs to see if they need help.

pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
pasadenahumane.org
January 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
2024 "winners" of the annual Shkreli awards, the worst examples of profiteering & dysfunction in US healthcare. Named after Martin Shkreli, the pharma bro who increased the cost of lifesaving anti-parasitic drug Daraprim 50-fold (& he disrespected Wu-Tang): www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced
Selling body parts without consent and billing desperate parents $97,599 for air transport among worst examples
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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It's interesting to see news presenters saying that Starmer can't just ignore attacks on Twitter because they have real world effects, when for years they've been telling trans people, immigrants, Muslims etc. to do exactly that.
January 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM