Liam
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Liam
@liam74.bsky.social
Avid hiker and skier. Dedicated to teaching undergrads and promoting public health.
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Make this famous.
Trump's ICE regime forces and BPD kidnapped yet again another US citizen. They snatched Job Garcia based on the color of his skin outside Home Depot in Hollywood.

In addition the regime thugs destroyed his property and asked each other "how many bodies have you caught today?"
June 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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NEW: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of NIH grants was “void and illegal.”

He ordered funding for some of the grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be reinstated.

By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal
In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent month...
www.propublica.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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#ICYMI: We've added 23 staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 109.

We also revealed the makeup of the DOGE team at the Defense Department, a group made up primarily of tech startup founders.
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint
At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries…
www.propublica.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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What the lawsuits challenging the NIH grant terminations have shown is just how involved DOGE was.

As we previously revealed, DOGE provided lists of grants to terminate, as well as letter templates and boilerplate language.

A big issue in the hearing today.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
June 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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In March, VA officials across the US warned that their cancer-tracking databases were no longer being updated. Officials in the Pacific Northwest noted DOGE had marked its contract to maintain a cancer registry for “immediate termination.”

By @ericumansky.bsky.social@vernalcoleman.bsky.social
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests…
www.propublica.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This is how you make one of the model systems for drug and vaccine approval into a circus.

www.axios.com/2025/06/09/r...
RFK Jr. removes all 17 members of vaccine committee for CDC
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the panel that makes vaccine recommendations to the CDC.
www.axios.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congratulations to Coco Gauff for winning her second Grand Slam at the French Open today. Although her opponent refused to credit her for her play, claiming the weather was the reason she lost, Coco was a class act. I’m
Sure there are many more titles to come.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Coco Gauff ‘proud to represent Americans that look like me’ in French Open final triumph
Coco Gauff said she hoped she had provided some positivity for her supporters given the political situation in the United States
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This will impact countless people both here in gen US and across the world. No one, no matter how rich or powerful, is immune from the problems that researchers at places like the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health work tirelessly to solve.
"The cancellation of federal funding to HSPH is not only a tragedy for our colleagues and their staff and students, but it will also prove to be a tragedy for the health of our fellow citizens," read a statement signed by more than 20 retired Harvard Chan School professors.
Retired Harvard Chan School professors call federal grant cuts a ‘tragedy’ | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
A group of professors who have retired from Harvard Chan School are speaking out against the federal government’s cancellation of all research grants to Harvard University and the impact the move will...
hsph.harvard.edu
June 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Because what do scientists really know that RFK Jr. doesn’t?
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s surprise announcement ending coronavirus vaccine recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women blindsided the agency, according to officials.
CDC blindsided as RFK Jr. changes vaccine recommendations
Agency officials were not aware that the HHS secretary was going to change the recommended vaccine schedule.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Proud to see a new group from HSPH enter the Public health world. We need you now more than ever. Someday the craziness will end and we’ll have an enormous public health disaster to attend to.

Don’t give up!
The Harvard Chan Class of 2025 will walk across the stage at graduation in just a few weeks! We are so proud of this incredible group, who will soon join our global alumni network of public health professionals committed to our mission of building a world where everyone can thrive. #HarvardChan25
May 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The DEA once touted body cameras for their “enhanced transparency.” Now the agency is abandoning them, citing a Trump executive order.

Read the full story by @marioarizabaez.bsky.social: propub.li/4mcoUL5
May 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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As the Trump administration pledges to eliminate 80,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, we're investigating how changes at the VA are affecting veterans themselves.

If you've experienced setbacks in your care, we want to hear from you.
Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.
Have you experienced setbacks in your care or benefits amid the changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? ProPublica wants to hear from you.
www.propublica.org
May 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP

📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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You all know it is going to get worse, right? Sounds terrible coming from someone who had the ability and chose to leave. But for my people in the states, I can't not continie sounding the alarm 🚨: www.reddit.com/r/law/s/sANP...
From the law community on Reddit: I'm begging you, read the April 28th Executive orders
Explore this post and more from the law community
www.reddit.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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If you’re attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight, be sure to come prepared with a joke about the toddler cancer patient they just disappeared despite her being a citizen.

Otherwise it’s going to be awkward when you’re mugging for photos with Stephen Miller.
April 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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April 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
April 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
No state, no matter how rural or small, is immune from this kind of activity. Arrests have been called into 911 as suspected kidnappings. Since when do immigration arrests get confused with kidnappings? This is not normal.

www.aclumaine.org/en/press-rel...
ACLU of Maine Finds Expanded Immigration Detainment, Demands More Information
The ACLU of Maine learned of increased ICE detention in Maine and is seeking more information about local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
www.aclumaine.org
April 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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NEW from me: Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. Non...
www.propublica.org
April 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It’s a miracle that even Trump’s two main Supreme Court cheerleaders did the right thing here. I feel so bad for this poor man and his family. I hope he comes home very very soon.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Supreme Court instructs Trump to return man wrongly deported to El Salvador jail - BBC News
The government has said Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported because of an "administrative error", but has fought against his return to the US.
www.bbc.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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“Petulant child” who?
April 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of winning and winning and winning. That is what all those downward trending lines mean, right? That we’re winning? Like 1929 winning?
March 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM