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Leigha Horton
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Wonder. Wanderer. Communicator. Connector. 🌲❤️

Professional Voiceover Artist ||Forest Therapy Guide ||
Owner of Silvae Spiritus Northwoods Nature Retreat
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Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Federal workers SAVE the government money, that’s why firing them is COSTING the government money. This isn’t difficult.
April 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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The Trump Administration is stealing from us. NSF-funded research is for the public good by design.

Our future scientific workforce. Our ability to use science to solve real-world problems. The joy and wonder we get from learning about our world.

Science is for everyone, not just billionaires.
NSF announced that it has begun terminating awards. It's unclear how many affected. Sources say it could be over 200

It's also re-reviewing proposals that had already been approved for funding

Here's a breakdown of what's happened this week: cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

#ChemSky #Science
DOGE’s orders threaten NSF grants and proposals
Already-approved grants were sent back for review, while 200 active ones may face termination
cen.acs.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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This
April 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.
April 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The message is: crowd large.

Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.

Events like this puncture that delusion.
You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.
People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.
www.motherjones.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Libraries open the door to infinite possibilities:
March 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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“We are really trying very, very hard ... to move our world forward" through "foundational, sometimes groundbreaking research, and then you get flagged and blacklisted because there is a word like ‘female’ in your project.”

My latest, w/the brilliant Agnel Philip

www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
www.propublica.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM