@silvernina.bsky.social
So appreciate hearing that my Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov will be introducing this bill!!!
"The reality is, we have an economy where people are working for billion dollar corporations, and they're making two-thirds of what it actually costs to support themselves."—PM President and Founder Erica Payne with @katiephang.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xOx...
FED UP Millionaires FLIP THE SCRIPT With SHOCKING Proposal
YouTube video by Katie Phang
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
So appreciate hearing that my Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov will be introducing this bill!!!
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The man running the IRS used the very tax dodge the IRS tried to stop.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent avoided nearly $1 million in Medicare taxes using a loophole Wall Street loves and now he’s in charge of the agency that’s supposed to close it.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent avoided nearly $1 million in Medicare taxes using a loophole Wall Street loves and now he’s in charge of the agency that’s supposed to close it.
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The man running the IRS used the very tax dodge the IRS tried to stop.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent avoided nearly $1 million in Medicare taxes using a loophole Wall Street loves and now he’s in charge of the agency that’s supposed to close it.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent avoided nearly $1 million in Medicare taxes using a loophole Wall Street loves and now he’s in charge of the agency that’s supposed to close it.
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More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Thank you to PBS News Hour for having me on to discuss the threat that repeal of the Endangerment Finding poses to children. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How a White House plan to overturn a key EPA regulation threatens children’s health
In July, the Trump administration proposed revoking a landmark 2009 finding that’s been the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. If the proposal is finalized, ...
www.pbs.org
August 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Thank you to PBS News Hour for having me on to discuss the threat that repeal of the Endangerment Finding poses to children. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
This is the point.
Dunno how to break it to you but we're not going to vote our way to democracy. We're also not suing our way there. As absolutely vital as both of these things are, they're necessary but not sufficient. We need people to get to their bones that we are in extraordinary times & break out of habits.
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is the point.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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#NIH had another unofficial Montgomery County Day of Service. Today, we volunteered with @comfortcases.bsky.social. @robscheer.bsky.social has been a lifelong public servant to our country. Thank you, Angelika Stablow, for letting us prepare comfort cases with you. #FEDStrong #NIHStrong
October 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#NIH had another unofficial Montgomery County Day of Service. Today, we volunteered with @comfortcases.bsky.social. @robscheer.bsky.social has been a lifelong public servant to our country. Thank you, Angelika Stablow, for letting us prepare comfort cases with you. #FEDStrong #NIHStrong
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New HHS performance evaluation criterion: “Faithful Support of Administration of the Law and the President’s Policies”
This is very tricky because so many of the president’s policies are straight up unlawful
You literally can’t do both at the same time! 🤷♀️
www.huffpost.com/entry/hhs-em...
This is very tricky because so many of the president’s policies are straight up unlawful
You literally can’t do both at the same time! 🤷♀️
www.huffpost.com/entry/hhs-em...
Trump's Performance Reviews Have A Troubling New Criteria
In annual performance reviews, federal workers will be assessed on whether they “clearly and demonstrably support implementation” of Trump’s agenda.
www.huffpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
New HHS performance evaluation criterion: “Faithful Support of Administration of the Law and the President’s Policies”
This is very tricky because so many of the president’s policies are straight up unlawful
You literally can’t do both at the same time! 🤷♀️
www.huffpost.com/entry/hhs-em...
This is very tricky because so many of the president’s policies are straight up unlawful
You literally can’t do both at the same time! 🤷♀️
www.huffpost.com/entry/hhs-em...
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Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.
Extremely important document, please help raise this up!
“What can we do?” - Share Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline with Congress
Tell them: Read it. Act on it.
Call, write, email—then send this link ⤵️
steadystate1.substack.com/p/accelerating-authoritarian-dynamics, or a pdf of the report (available online)
Tell them: Read it. Act on it.
Call, write, email—then send this link ⤵️
steadystate1.substack.com/p/accelerating-authoritarian-dynamics, or a pdf of the report (available online)
October 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Extremely important document, please help raise this up!
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October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Here's my take on Vought's threats to deny back pay, from a federal worker:
It's lawless.
Congress made statutory law that clearly states federal workers must receive backpay. This admin is ignoring the law and Constitution—from mass firings to grant terminations to this—and SCOTUS is signing off.
It's lawless.
Congress made statutory law that clearly states federal workers must receive backpay. This admin is ignoring the law and Constitution—from mass firings to grant terminations to this—and SCOTUS is signing off.
The letter of the law is as plain as can be—federal workers, including furloughed workers, are entitled to their backpay following a shutdown.
Another baseless attempt to try and scare & intimidate workers by an administration run by crooks and cowards.
Another baseless attempt to try and scare & intimidate workers by an administration run by crooks and cowards.
A draft White House memo, reported by Axios, reinterprets the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, or GEFTA, to stiff federal workers on furlough amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history. trib.al/fWCjnLQ
October 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Here's my take on Vought's threats to deny back pay, from a federal worker:
It's lawless.
Congress made statutory law that clearly states federal workers must receive backpay. This admin is ignoring the law and Constitution—from mass firings to grant terminations to this—and SCOTUS is signing off.
It's lawless.
Congress made statutory law that clearly states federal workers must receive backpay. This admin is ignoring the law and Constitution—from mass firings to grant terminations to this—and SCOTUS is signing off.
This was a pivotal event for me. So glad to have the opportunity to have a front row seat. At the signing afterword, @michaelemann.bsky.social straightened me out: if we decarbonize now, things will NOT continue to get worse! This is based on old science!!! New models suggest this is not true!
October 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This was a pivotal event for me. So glad to have the opportunity to have a front row seat. At the signing afterword, @michaelemann.bsky.social straightened me out: if we decarbonize now, things will NOT continue to get worse! This is based on old science!!! New models suggest this is not true!
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Federal workers are speaking out on how the Trump regime is harming Americans:
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
Mark Histed, NIH Scientist *speaking in personal capacity
YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Federal workers are speaking out on how the Trump regime is harming Americans:
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
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For those searching for medically accurate information, a friendly reminder that @acog.org is a trusted source. Here’s their statement on Tylenol/acetaminphen. www.acog.org/news/news-re...
ACOG Affirms Safety Benefits Acetaminophen Pregnancy
"The data from numerous studies have shown that acetaminophen plays an important—and safe—role in the well-being of pregnant women."
www.acog.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
For those searching for medically accurate information, a friendly reminder that @acog.org is a trusted source. Here’s their statement on Tylenol/acetaminphen. www.acog.org/news/news-re...
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Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”
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🇺🇸 Fed workers across the government are issuing a challenge to Congress: "We call on you to pass nothing less than a fighting CR: a funding bill that not only keeps the lights on, but that also includes statutory protections to rein in executive lawlessness."
✍️ Sign the letter. Spread the word 🔥
✍️ Sign the letter. Spread the word 🔥
Civil Servants Demand an End to Executive Overreach
Join federal workers from across the federal government as we urge Congress to pass nothing less than a continuing resolution (CR) that reasserts Congress's constitutional powers, upholds our democrac...
actionnetwork.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🇺🇸 Fed workers across the government are issuing a challenge to Congress: "We call on you to pass nothing less than a fighting CR: a funding bill that not only keeps the lights on, but that also includes statutory protections to rein in executive lawlessness."
✍️ Sign the letter. Spread the word 🔥
✍️ Sign the letter. Spread the word 🔥
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This is not a normal time and it calls for strong actions.
Schumer and Senate Democrats must fight for a budget bill that stops Trump, and be willing to accept a shutdown if Republicans refuse.
New post from us summarizing the state of play.
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Schumer and Senate Democrats must fight for a budget bill that stops Trump, and be willing to accept a shutdown if Republicans refuse.
New post from us summarizing the state of play.
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This Is Not Normal: Insist on a Fighting CR or Accept a Shutdown
Trump's fascist takeover of the country is not normal, and Congressional Democrats should act like it is not.
scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This is not a normal time and it calls for strong actions.
Schumer and Senate Democrats must fight for a budget bill that stops Trump, and be willing to accept a shutdown if Republicans refuse.
New post from us summarizing the state of play.
1/
Schumer and Senate Democrats must fight for a budget bill that stops Trump, and be willing to accept a shutdown if Republicans refuse.
New post from us summarizing the state of play.
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FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ‼️🧬💪
⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET
📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️
⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET
📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️
September 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ‼️🧬💪
⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET
📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️
⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET
📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC
🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️
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Live in Maryland? Come to the Science Funding Town Hall to talk about saving science funding!
docs.google.com/forms/d/12xL...
docs.google.com/forms/d/12xL...
September 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Live in Maryland? Come to the Science Funding Town Hall to talk about saving science funding!
docs.google.com/forms/d/12xL...
docs.google.com/forms/d/12xL...
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Sharing stories matters. If you’ve faced grant terminations, funding delays, loss of research jobs, etc., your voice is needed. Help show the real impact of NIH funding interference - tell your story so we don’t lose innovation, cures, and hope for the future. www.27unihted.org/biohealthbeats
Biohealth Beats — 27 UNIHTED
www.27unihted.org
September 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sharing stories matters. If you’ve faced grant terminations, funding delays, loss of research jobs, etc., your voice is needed. Help show the real impact of NIH funding interference - tell your story so we don’t lose innovation, cures, and hope for the future. www.27unihted.org/biohealthbeats
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My latest on the impending government shutdown: “Shutdowns start and end with those who hold the gavel. If the GOP is in charge, they own the crisis.”
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Republicans Own the Shutdown Threat—If Democrats Make Them
Schumer’s last capitulation cannot be repeated in this high-stakes standoff
open.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My latest on the impending government shutdown: “Shutdowns start and end with those who hold the gavel. If the GOP is in charge, they own the crisis.”
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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