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briantylercohen.bsky.social
Swear her in.
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.

Every dictator in history has lied.

Donald Trump is no different.
August 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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owillis.bsky.social Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · Aug 22
It’s about racism and pretending it’s not about racism will not magically erase the racism
August 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
Everyone should pay more attention to this story.
ljrissler.bsky.social Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · Jun 25
Another day testing the limits of resilience.

The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.

Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.

The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover
Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...
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June 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
Read Peter Marks' resignation letter from FDA. Shame on #RFKJr, #Trump, #Musk, #Vought and the rest of these monsters driving the American public health and health systems to destruction.
enirenberg.bsky.social Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Mar 29
Peter Marks’s resignation letter. Everyone should read this.
Peter Marks, MD, PhD Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20903 March 28, 2025 Sara Brenner, MD, MPH Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20903 Dear Dr. Brenner: It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from FDA and retire from federal service as Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research effective April 5, 2025. I leave behind a staff of professionals who are undoubtedly the most devoted to protecting and promoting the public health of any group of people that I have encountered during my four decades working in the public and private sectors. I have always done my best to advocate for their well-being and I would ask that you do the same during this very difficult time during which their critical importance to the safety and security of our nation may be underappreciated. Over the past years I have been involved in enhancing the safety of our nation's blood supply, in advancing the field of cell and gene therapy, and in responding to public health emergencies. In the last of these, during the COVID-19 pandemic I had the privilege of watching the vision that I conceived for Operation Warp Speed in March 2020 in collaboration with Dr. Robert Kadlec become a reality under the leadership of HHS Secretary Azar and President Trump due to the unwavering commitment of public servants at FDA and elsewhere across the government. At FDA, the tireless efforts of staff across the agency resulted in remarkably expediting the development of vaccines against the virus, meeting the standards for quality, safety, and effectiveness expected by the American public. The vaccines undoubtedly markedly reduced morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in the United States and elsewhere. Many of these same individuals applied learnings from the pandemic during a flawless response helping… ongoing multistate measles outbreak that is particularly severe in Texas reminds us of what happens when confidence in well-established science underlying public health and well-being is undermined. Measles, which killed more than 100,000 unvaccinated children last year in Africa and Asia owing to pneumonitis and encephalitis caused by the virus, had been eliminated from our shores. The two-dose measles, mumps, rubella vaccine regimen (MMR) using over the past decades has a remarkably favorable benefit-risk profile. The MMR vaccine is 97% or more effective in preventing measles following the two-dose series, and its safety has been remarkably well studied. Though rarely followed by a single fever-related seizure, or very rarely by allergic reactions or blood clotting disorders, the vaccine very simply does not cause autism, nor is it associated with encephalitis or death. It does, however, protect against a potential devasting consequence of prior measles infection, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which is an untreatable, relentlessly progressive neurologic disorder leading to death in about 1 in 10,000 individuals infected with measles. Undermining confidence in well-established vaccines that have met the high standards for quality, safety, and effectiveness that have been in place for decades at FDA is irresponsible, detrimental to public health, and a clear danger to our nation's health, safety. and security. In the years following the pandemic, at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research we have applied the same unwavering commitment to public health priorities to the development of cell and gene therapies to address both hereditary and acquired rare diseases. During my tenure as Center Director we have approved 22 gene therapies, including the first gene therapy ever to be approved in the United States. However, we know that we must do better to expedite the development of treatments for those individual suffering from any one of the thousan…
March 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson told Gov. Wallace he would federalize the National Guard to protect Selma marchers. Alabama refused to defend justice, so the White House stepped in. A defining moment where federal power was used to uphold civil rights. #Selma
March 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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fpwellman.bsky.social
This is Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. Labeling the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient “DEI.” Pure racism. My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
March 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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ndrew.bsky.social
thered be calls for impeachment if a dem did this
A 1 month chart of the DOW falling off a freaking cliff
March 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
cwebbonline.com Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Mar 7
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence

National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.

This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
That is exactly true.
March 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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theblueworld.bsky.social
Breaking: Trump Golf Weekends’ Cost To Taxpayers Hits $18.2 million.

Trump has played golf at his own courses in Florida on six of the seven weekends since his second term began.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Trump Golf Weekends’ Cost To Taxpayers Hits $18.2 million
Donald Trump has played golf at his own courses in Florida on six of the seven weekends since his second term began.
www.huffpost.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The University of Houston mourns the passing of Sylvester Turner, a proud UH alumnus whose leadership shaped our city and state. His dedication, resilience and passion for service will not be forgotten.

Read more: uh.edu/news-events/...
Black and white photo of Sylvester Turner with text that says, “In Loving Memory — Sylvester Turner — Class of 1977.”
March 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM