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megz27.bsky.social
@megz27.bsky.social
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Scientist, activist, and a pissed-off America. Working toward a future that doesn’t suck.
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People have been asking for action items. Yes!

There is one very important action for everyone for the next 10 days: Demand your Senators bring the Senate to a halt. Maximal obstruction.

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altnih4science.bsky.social Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Mar 16
The bad NIH director nominee, Jay Bhattacharya, will likely be voted on the week of Mar 25th. (see below)

That gives us abt 10 days to yell at Democratic Senators and tell them to bring the Senate to a halt by objecting to all future unanimous consent agreements.

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UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS John Phelan (Cal. No. 36) (PN12-36) Christopher Landau (Cal. No. 41) (PN12-25) Ordered, That following the conclusion of morning business on Monday, March 24, 2025, the Senate proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the nomination of John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy. Ordered further, That at 5:30 p.m., the Senate vote on confirmation of the Phelan nomination, followed by confirmation of the nomination of Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State. Ordered further, That if any nominations are confirmed during Monday’s session, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the Senate’s actions. (Mar. 14, 2025.) Michael Kratsios (Cal. No. 38) (PN13-8) Jayanta Bhattacharya (Cal. No. 44) (PN12-2) Martin Makary (Cal. No. 45) (PN12-28) James Bishop (Cal. No. 39) (PN12-3) Aaron Reitz (Cal. No. 48) (PN12-37) Ordered, That on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the cloture motions on the following nominations ripen: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health; Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services; James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General. (Mar. 14, 2025.)
March 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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March 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Do it now
Reads Breaking - AOC "Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them to vote NO on the republican budget."
March 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
megz27.bsky.social
we need you to stand up and fight back. silent protests are not working. stop progress! shut things down! set off smoke grenades during sessions! do SOMETHING
March 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
megz27.bsky.social
This is terrible on so many levels.

Stopping research in these areas will have negative impacts both on underrepresented communities and the scientists who are trying to support them.

Science is something the U.S. is actually GOOD at. That’s going to end if these attacks continue.

-A scientist
March 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM