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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 13h

staff and shut down her lab after more than 30 years: “Such a waste,” she says." 4/4

Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 13h

funding from their institution to stay afloat between grants. But UW has warned its employees that “current federal policy volatility” may affect its ability to navigate a shutdown. Without funding, Kovacs fears she will ultimately be forced to lay off her 3/4

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 13h

meeting is rescheduled, she says any delays could leave her research group—which investigates how a certain class of enzymes fights tumors and synthesizes antibiotics—in limbo in spring, when funds from a different NIH grant run out.

Kovacs and other researchers would typically rely on bridge 2/3

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 13h

"The pause has many academic researchers feeling anxious. The timing couldn’t be worse for Julie Kovacs, a bioinorganic chemist at the University of Washington (UW) whose grant proposal was slated to be reviewed on 23 October. Even if the... 1/2

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As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’

Federal researchers confront growing uncertainty about future

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 20h

Supply chain delays are still a problem in science. Delivery of our new 57Co Mossbauer source has been delayed by one month due to supply chain issues. 🧪

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d

These *men* showed up at this market and grabbed the owner for no reason dressed in plain clothes with no identification.

They threw him to the ground as a Combat Vet shopping there calls the police on them! There was no warrant and he was a citizen.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 1d

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Sherri Siegel Cregar (@sherriscregar) on Threads

Share this. Show everyone who says the Democrats are keeping the government closed.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 1d

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Joe Scarborough: Mike Johnson is the one standing in the way of military families getting paid

Our men and women in uniform can see right through what the speaker is doing. They see a GOP House, a GOP Senate and a GOP White House blocking the way.

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Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Scarborough: "Mike Johnson is the one standing in the way of military families getting paid

Our men and women in uniform can see right through what the speaker is doing. They see a GOP House, a GOP Senate and a GOP White House blocking the way.

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Joe Scarborough: Mike Johnson is the one standing in the way of military families getting paid

Our men and women in uniform can see right through what the speaker is doing. They see a GOP House, a GOP Senate and a GOP White House blocking the way.

www.msnbc.com

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 1d

George Stephanopolous did what every anchor and host should have been doing since Bush 2000: Rejecting the bullshit, gaslighting, and rude, evasive filibustering the GOP has perfected to hide their lies.

NO MORE BULLSHIT.

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 1d

Well… We’re back to square one…. Federal grant review has been halted. NIH Study sections are not meeting. Science research has screeched to a halt and soon staff will be let go and labs shut down if this continues much longer. These disruptions have caused damage that will take decades to repair. 🧪

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jennifer Lizz💙🌈🤟 @jenniferlizzy.bsky.social · 6d

Stephen Miller said something he was not supposed to say out loud. He said Trump had "plenary authority," which is the same complete and absolute power that Hitler had. We now know exactly what we're up against. We are facing the same fascist threat as German citizens in 1933.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5d

America First, baby.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 5d

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 6d

Can you believe this sh**? I have to fire my staff because our government is still in 3rd grade. I give up!! Bullies always win! No matter what the situation.

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 6d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 7d

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Julie Kovacs @juliekovacs.bsky.social · 7d

“For the duration of the funding lapse, the NIH will not be able to conduct initial peer review mtgs..mtgs will be re-scheduled, and the pending applications will be processed and reviewed ASAP”