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First they came for the scientists, and the National Park Service said "lol, no" and went rogue, and we all were like "I was not expecting the Park Rangers to lead The Resistance. None of the dystopian novels I've read prepared me for this." -- Anon.
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Not only did Paul Weiss bend the knee, they offered to lend their expertise to Trump's efforts to also get universities to fall in line. www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
March 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Not only did Paul Weiss bend the knee, they offered to lend their expertise to Trump's efforts to also get universities to fall in line. www.semafor.com/article/03/1...
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We'll see how this plays out but from what I can see, this is laying the groundwork for a bunch of very bad ideas:
-defunding evidence-based research
-suspending vaccine access for unnecessary safety studies
-replacing medicine w/ supplements
-discrediting scientists
-defunding evidence-based research
-suspending vaccine access for unnecessary safety studies
-replacing medicine w/ supplements
-discrediting scientists
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We'll see how this plays out but from what I can see, this is laying the groundwork for a bunch of very bad ideas:
-defunding evidence-based research
-suspending vaccine access for unnecessary safety studies
-replacing medicine w/ supplements
-discrediting scientists
-defunding evidence-based research
-suspending vaccine access for unnecessary safety studies
-replacing medicine w/ supplements
-discrediting scientists
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"ending Federal practices that exacerbate the health crisis or unsuccessfully attempt to address it" = bye, bye NIAID, NCI, most of CDC's ID epi portfolio, & any other agency that isn't jumping on board the anti-vax gravy train
"expert input" = the anti-vax industrial complex
"expert input" = the anti-vax industrial complex
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"ending Federal practices that exacerbate the health crisis or unsuccessfully attempt to address it" = bye, bye NIAID, NCI, most of CDC's ID epi portfolio, & any other agency that isn't jumping on board the anti-vax gravy train
"expert input" = the anti-vax industrial complex
"expert input" = the anti-vax industrial complex
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Pretty rich to hear this about transparency from an administration that is systematically deleting publicly funded health data from government websites. Of course, that's so it can be replaced with new "integrity"-having MAHA data, which is what is meant by "methodological rigor"
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Pretty rich to hear this about transparency from an administration that is systematically deleting publicly funded health data from government websites. Of course, that's so it can be replaced with new "integrity"-having MAHA data, which is what is meant by "methodological rigor"
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Instead of weight loss drugs or evidence-based treatments for mental health, let's send all the fat, sad, neurodivergent kids to wellness camps where they can heal on a steady diet of snake oil these people are selling.
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Instead of weight loss drugs or evidence-based treatments for mental health, let's send all the fat, sad, neurodivergent kids to wellness camps where they can heal on a steady diet of snake oil these people are selling.
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No more anti-depressants, anxiolytics, ADHD medications, or GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic, Mounjaro, etc) for anyone! Unclear if that last category would also apply to treating type 2 diabetes, which is also a chronic disease.
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
No more anti-depressants, anxiolytics, ADHD medications, or GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic, Mounjaro, etc) for anyone! Unclear if that last category would also apply to treating type 2 diabetes, which is also a chronic disease.
More on the heinous MAHA grift
"Expanded treatment options" = alternative therapies and supplements instead of approved medications
"flexibility for health care coverage" = insurers will not cover existing evidence-based treatments and will subsidize supplement sellers instead
"flexibility for health care coverage" = insurers will not cover existing evidence-based treatments and will subsidize supplement sellers instead
February 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
More on the heinous MAHA grift
Thread w details of heinous Executive Order establishing "Make America Healthy Again" (i.e., revive infectious disease epidemics & mass deaths from preventable diseases by demonizing vaccinations & prescription drugs). Good God, this makes Big Pharma *our ally* rn in fighting 4 evidence-based care!
Next, more explicitly NIH will not fund research that doesn't focus on "root causes". Here are some "root causes" according to MAHA: vaccines, approved medications, processed food, lifestyle choices (don't use drugs or have sex for fun, unless you're the HHS Secretary, I guess)
February 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Thread w details of heinous Executive Order establishing "Make America Healthy Again" (i.e., revive infectious disease epidemics & mass deaths from preventable diseases by demonizing vaccinations & prescription drugs). Good God, this makes Big Pharma *our ally* rn in fighting 4 evidence-based care!
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Houchul can remove Adams. And at this point, she must. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/n...
Gov. Hochul Can Remove Eric Adams From Office. Will She?
The governor indicated that she was examining her options, but removing a reliable ally could create political problems.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Houchul can remove Adams. And at this point, she must. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/n...
Instead of sending SMS alerts begging for campaign donations...👀
And people talk about how Koreans "showed up for their country" but like. Why do you think they showed up where they showed and when they showed up? The opposition party was literally sending SMS alerts and mass-printing glossy color cardstock signs for their voters
February 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Instead of sending SMS alerts begging for campaign donations...👀
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this would even have been a big scandal *in the previous trump administration.* we will see how much that's still true
February 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
this would even have been a big scandal *in the previous trump administration.* we will see how much that's still true
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It's getting tiring to keep saying this, but for posterity's sake I will: any previous administration would have been instantly sunk by this. Before January 20, 2017, this would have been the most stunning corruption scandal in the history of the American justice system. Now, it's...a Thursday.
Wow. The NYT reports that Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove coached Mayor Eric Adams' attorneys on what to argue in order to get the charges dismissed (namely, that the charges were interfering with the mayor's ability to cooperate with Trump's immigration crackdown): www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It's getting tiring to keep saying this, but for posterity's sake I will: any previous administration would have been instantly sunk by this. Before January 20, 2017, this would have been the most stunning corruption scandal in the history of the American justice system. Now, it's...a Thursday.
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Thanks to the 13,000 participants who joined me for our telephone town hall this week to discuss violations of the rule of law and escalating threats to key federal government programs, federal workers and vulnerable communities. We’re fighting back. Check it out below.
Rep. Raskin’s Telephone Town Hall on Escalating Violations of the Constitution and Rule of Law
YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thanks to the 13,000 participants who joined me for our telephone town hall this week to discuss violations of the rule of law and escalating threats to key federal government programs, federal workers and vulnerable communities. We’re fighting back. Check it out below.
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Trump's CFPB has set up a "tip line" where you can rat out any CFPB staff who tries to work
February 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump's CFPB has set up a "tip line" where you can rat out any CFPB staff who tries to work
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Yes think about how judges are supposed to decide if things the president does are constitutional, and why the richest man in the world who just bought the election might not be into that.
February 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Yes think about how judges are supposed to decide if things the president does are constitutional, and why the richest man in the world who just bought the election might not be into that.
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“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
February 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
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Some people seem confused by the “This is the way” reference. We mean that standing up to the Trump administration—no matter the cost—is the way forward for the resistance.
February 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Some people seem confused by the “This is the way” reference. We mean that standing up to the Trump administration—no matter the cost—is the way forward for the resistance.
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Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.
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Additionally, Trump announced his intention to immediately close the Education Department.
February 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Additionally, Trump announced his intention to immediately close the Education Department.
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Last night, the Trump administration stated that it would not fire probationary employees. However, layoffs of probationary employees have already begun at several offices, including the CFPB, OPM, and GSA, and are still continuing today.
February 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Last night, the Trump administration stated that it would not fire probationary employees. However, layoffs of probationary employees have already begun at several offices, including the CFPB, OPM, and GSA, and are still continuing today.
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Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
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Elon Musk’s staffers have taken an additional $7.4 million this week in expenses, bringing the total to $14.4 million.
February 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers have taken an additional $7.4 million this week in expenses, bringing the total to $14.4 million.
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Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.
February 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.