Donna Charlevoix, PhD
@charlevo.bsky.social
Scientist, educator, senior executive, MBC patient advocate, mother, wife, sister, cat-lover; looking to make a difference in all aspects of life.
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👇 We will be live posting but we need YOU to call your reps, especially folks in ID, TX, IA, SD, SC, OK, LA, OK, MT, KS, IN, TN and WY!
United States Senate Committee on Finance
• Committee Phone: (202) 224-4515
• Committee Fax: (202) 228-0554
United States Senate Committee on Finance
• Committee Phone: (202) 224-4515
• Committee Fax: (202) 228-0554
@altcdc.altgov.info,
HHS Sec RFK Jr. will testify at a Senate Finance Committee hearing about Trump’s 2026 health care agenda. Date: Th, 9/4, 10AM
Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Build. Email Statements to:
Statementsfortherecord@finance.senate.gov
www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the...
HHS Sec RFK Jr. will testify at a Senate Finance Committee hearing about Trump’s 2026 health care agenda. Date: Th, 9/4, 10AM
Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Build. Email Statements to:
Statementsfortherecord@finance.senate.gov
www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the...
The President’s 2026 Health Care Agenda | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
The President’s 2026 Health Care Agenda
www.finance.senate.gov
September 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
👇 We will be live posting but we need YOU to call your reps, especially folks in ID, TX, IA, SD, SC, OK, LA, OK, MT, KS, IN, TN and WY!
United States Senate Committee on Finance
• Committee Phone: (202) 224-4515
• Committee Fax: (202) 228-0554
United States Senate Committee on Finance
• Committee Phone: (202) 224-4515
• Committee Fax: (202) 228-0554
Meteorologists applying to work with the NWS are now asked to answer questions about how they support Trumps EO.
Science is non-partisan. This is nothing more than a loyalty test.
apnews.com/article/noaa...
Science is non-partisan. This is nothing more than a loyalty test.
apnews.com/article/noaa...
Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump
As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advan...
apnews.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Meteorologists applying to work with the NWS are now asked to answer questions about how they support Trumps EO.
Science is non-partisan. This is nothing more than a loyalty test.
apnews.com/article/noaa...
Science is non-partisan. This is nothing more than a loyalty test.
apnews.com/article/noaa...
There is not enough lobular breast cancer research, IMO, so I'm thrilled to see this radiation review by @mjsikora.bsky.social and co-authors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#bcsm
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#bcsm
Radiation therapy for lobular breast cancer: opportunities and challenges for leveraging radiosensitivity - npj Breast Cancer
npj Breast Cancer - Radiation therapy for lobular breast cancer: opportunities and challenges for leveraging radiosensitivity
www.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
There is not enough lobular breast cancer research, IMO, so I'm thrilled to see this radiation review by @mjsikora.bsky.social and co-authors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#bcsm
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#bcsm
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Grant terminations have grabbed the headlines and have seen legal action, but even more damaging to the US research enterprise has been the massive decrease in number of research grants issued by federal agencies
NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
July 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Grant terminations have grabbed the headlines and have seen legal action, but even more damaging to the US research enterprise has been the massive decrease in number of research grants issued by federal agencies
NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
Senate appropriations committee voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of NSF and NASA. The panel supported maintaining spending at essentially current levels.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding
Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed
www.science.org
July 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Senate appropriations committee voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of NSF and NASA. The panel supported maintaining spending at essentially current levels.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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My message to Trump’s NIH Director? No one in America wants us to do LESS cancer research.
No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.
No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.
June 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My message to Trump’s NIH Director? No one in America wants us to do LESS cancer research.
No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.
No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.
Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/c...
Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/c...
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Donald Trump ran on ending wars.
But 5 months in, he’s yet to end a single conflict abroad and brought us far closer to a wider war across the Middle East.
But 5 months in, he’s yet to end a single conflict abroad and brought us far closer to a wider war across the Middle East.
June 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Donald Trump ran on ending wars.
But 5 months in, he’s yet to end a single conflict abroad and brought us far closer to a wider war across the Middle East.
But 5 months in, he’s yet to end a single conflict abroad and brought us far closer to a wider war across the Middle East.
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They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.”
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
June 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.”
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
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NEW: The Supreme Court's conservatives halt a preliminary injunction that had restricted the Trump administration's ability to rapidly deport migrants to "third countries" where they have never lived and where allegedly face torture. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON
and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18,
2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District
Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25–cv–
10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is
timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall
terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted,
the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In matters of life and death, it is best to proceed with caution. In this case, the Government took the opposite approach. It wrongfully deported one plaintiff to Guatemala,
even though an Immigration Judge found he was likely to
face torture there. Then, in clear violation of a court order,
it deported six more to South Sudan, a nation the State Department considers too unsafe for all but its most critical
personnel. An attentive District Court’s timely intervention only narrowly prevented a third set of unlawful removals to Libya.
Rather than allowing our lower court colleagues to manage this high-stakes litigation with the care and attention](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreietxy2onxpw2fhgui4rl6cuor52zfdsq5dirhspuslk7tqxfq4rty@jpeg)
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: The Supreme Court's conservatives halt a preliminary injunction that had restricted the Trump administration's ability to rapidly deport migrants to "third countries" where they have never lived and where allegedly face torture. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
www.propublica.org
June 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Old news but if you've not seen the FY 2026 Budget Request to Congress for NSF it's worth looking through. Not good news for scientific research.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov
June 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Old news but if you've not seen the FY 2026 Budget Request to Congress for NSF it's worth looking through. Not good news for scientific research.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
AIPs Federal Science Budget Tracker provides up-to-date information on appropriations proposals and outcomes for agencies that fund the physical sciences. www.aip.org/fyi/budget-t...
Federal Science Budget Tracker
FYI's Federal Science Budget Tracker provides up-to-date information on budget and appropriations actions for physical sciences programs.
www.aip.org
June 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
AIPs Federal Science Budget Tracker provides up-to-date information on appropriations proposals and outcomes for agencies that fund the physical sciences. www.aip.org/fyi/budget-t...
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After already killing more than 1700 active grants related to politically charged topics, the National Institutes of Health has flagged another roughly 3200 grants for review and possible termination.
Exclusive: NIH documents reveal inconsistencies in grant terminations as agency reviews 3200 more
Evidence of agency’s uneven guidance to employees and role of DOGE could play into legal case against cuts
scim.ag
June 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
After already killing more than 1700 active grants related to politically charged topics, the National Institutes of Health has flagged another roughly 3200 grants for review and possible termination.
Federal R&D Budget Dashboard - an interactive tool for exploring long-term federal funding trends within the context of the broader budget.
www.aaas.org/programs/r-d...
www.aaas.org/programs/r-d...
Federal R&D Budget Dashboard | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
www.aaas.org
June 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Federal R&D Budget Dashboard - an interactive tool for exploring long-term federal funding trends within the context of the broader budget.
www.aaas.org/programs/r-d...
www.aaas.org/programs/r-d...
Assassination of political leaders is unacceptable. apnews.com/article/minn...
Authorities still searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakers
Authorities are searching for a 57-year-old man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, officials tell The Associated Press.
apnews.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Assassination of political leaders is unacceptable. apnews.com/article/minn...
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I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.
Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org
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What do the Congresswoman who’s being prosecuted, the US Senator who was tackled & handcuffed & the judge who’s being prosecuted all have in common?
They were targeted by federal thugs building a police state to target not just immigrants but anyone who questions their fascism.
They were targeted by federal thugs building a police state to target not just immigrants but anyone who questions their fascism.
June 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What do the Congresswoman who’s being prosecuted, the US Senator who was tackled & handcuffed & the judge who’s being prosecuted all have in common?
They were targeted by federal thugs building a police state to target not just immigrants but anyone who questions their fascism.
They were targeted by federal thugs building a police state to target not just immigrants but anyone who questions their fascism.
The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
White House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding
The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies
www.scientificamerican.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
President Donald Trump today fleshed out his vision for a previously proposed 56% cut in the $9 billion budget of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and it’s not a pretty sight.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Final NSF budget proposal jettisons one giant telescope amid savage agencywide cuts
Trump’s 57% proposed cut to agency would drop grant success rates to 7% and gut education and training
www.science.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
President Donald Trump today fleshed out his vision for a previously proposed 56% cut in the $9 billion budget of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and it’s not a pretty sight.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump admin now saying VA physicians & scientists must get prior approval from Trump appointees before publishing in journals or speaking with the public.
Nothing says “we support veterans” like censoring the people who care for them.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nothing says “we support veterans” like censoring the people who care for them.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance
Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump admin now saying VA physicians & scientists must get prior approval from Trump appointees before publishing in journals or speaking with the public.
Nothing says “we support veterans” like censoring the people who care for them.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nothing says “we support veterans” like censoring the people who care for them.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Breaking research on GLP-1s and cancer from #ASCO25: For people with obesity and #diabetes, GLP-1 receptor agonists are associated with a modestly lower risk of obesity-related cancers, especially colorectal cancer.
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wT6p5 #OncSky
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wT6p5 #OncSky
June 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Breaking research on GLP-1s and cancer from #ASCO25: For people with obesity and #diabetes, GLP-1 receptor agonists are associated with a modestly lower risk of obesity-related cancers, especially colorectal cancer.
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wT6p5 #OncSky
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wT6p5 #OncSky
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Great session at the ASCO/ESMO Joint Session: Biomarker-Driven Therapeutics—Translating Innovation Into Practice. Exciting to see how advances in biomarkers are driving more personalized cancer care. #ASCO25
June 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Great session at the ASCO/ESMO Joint Session: Biomarker-Driven Therapeutics—Translating Innovation Into Practice. Exciting to see how advances in biomarkers are driving more personalized cancer care. #ASCO25
Do you like your phone GPS to be accurate? Federal cuts to NOAA and specifically the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) put our national infrastructure at risk.
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.
www.wired.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Do you like your phone GPS to be accurate? Federal cuts to NOAA and specifically the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) put our national infrastructure at risk.
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Information from the NSF about terminated awards is now available. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
May 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Information from the NSF about terminated awards is now available. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...