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Bethesda Declaration signer. Science advocate. "... government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln Support: 🇺🇸🧪🔬🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 Like: ⚽🚲🎸🎶

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · Nov 27

If we are going back, can we at least go back to when we vaccinated our kids, drank pasteurized milk, and inspected our food?

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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 22m

With the extension of this federal hiring freeze, it now becomes one of the longest federal hiring freezes in history. This is going to harm the NIH, especially NIH early career researchers.

Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Background.

www.whitehouse.gov

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1h

“The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.”

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 1h

He's a one-trick pony. The funny this is that he been whining about "being censored" on right-wing podcasts for months, yet he still stumbles over his words. You'd think he'd have memorized the victim script by now.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 5h

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 4h

Remember that this is the administration that wants to prosecute 14 year olds in DC as adults.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Ben Hopkins @brhopkins92.bsky.social · 5h

The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!

Ichetucknee Springs State Park, a short drive from Gainesville, FL

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 5h

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Thank you: Judge Illston, #AFGE, @democracyforward.org, and all the Federal Employee Unions that brought the suit.

I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 5h

5/6 More delays so that the corrupt SCOTUS6 can save them.

“This hatchet is falling on the heads of employees all across the nation, and you're not even prepared to address whether that's legal?” Illston asked.

Hedges responded that was correct.

I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 5h

4/6 More unprepared lawyers ignorant of the law.

Elizabeth Hedges, a Justice Department attorney arguing on behalf of the administration, declined to say whether the government thought the reductions in force were legal.

I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 5h

3/6 More usurping Congress' power of the purse.

“and that they can impose the structures that they like on a government situation that they don't like. And I believe that the plaintiffs will demonstrate ultimately that what's being done here is both illegal and is in excess of authority.”

I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 5h

2/6 More illegal terminations from this lawless administration.

The Trump administration has “taken advantage of the lapse in government spending, in government functioning, to assume that that all bets are off, that the laws don't apply to them anymore,” [Judge Susan] Illston said.

I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 5h

1/6 These fuckers know they're losing. Read the quotes, starting with
The layoffs, the judge said, are taking a “human toll that cannot be tolerated.”

www.govexec.com/management/2...

h/t @hellabores92.bsky.social

Judge blocks shutdown layoffs after finding Trump's actions are likely illegal

The Trump administration is leveraging the shutdown to declare "the laws don't apply to them anymore," judge says, adding, "they can't do that."

www.govexec.com

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Michael Guertin @guertin.bsky.social · 10h

we are recruiting a postdoc with interest in using genomics and molecular biology to study transcription factors. We have an R35 to fund the project/salary.

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 13h

The GOP's job, from the President to congressional aides is fear mongering.

I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 14h

The GOP went from that to "I love Hitler" in 40 years.

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 23h

This Saturday, NIH Vigils will celebrate No Kings with @saralove4md.bsky.social, @evanmglass.bsky.social, @allstrike.bsky.social, a food drive for those impacted by the shutdown, and words from NIH staff and patients.

And possibly some members of Congress - we’ll see!

No Kings NIH Vigil and Food Drive

Come join us and bring your spare non-perishables. We'd love to have you join us for our event!

actionnetwork.org

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 1d

Send him some ducks

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's campaign for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize starts like this.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US strike on boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says

A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said in a social media post.

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 1d

Trump said he would bring down the cost of groceries. He said he would make our lives better.

He lied.

The only people whose lives have improved are Trump's billionaire friends.

Republicans prefer to shut down the government than ensure your family has affordable health care.

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty confident that Trump will do something malevolent in the next year and disqualify himself (if he was ever qualified).

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

"If convictions don't cost anything, then they're really just kind of fashion. They're not really convictions.”

@barackobama.bsky.social

I’m looking around seeing a LOT of folks and organizations wearing convictions like scarves and handbags 💁🏻‍♀️

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈