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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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I keep thinking of the NIH employees who worked so hard to get these awards made before the end of September with a reduced workforce and I thank them!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16d
The fiscal year ends tomorrow.

Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.

The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.

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A graph showing the fraction of annual grant funding committed for NIH for fiscal years 2015 to 2025. The fiscal year 2025 lagged behind but then caught up over the last two months.
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
The fiscal year ends tomorrow.

Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.

The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.

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A graph showing the fraction of annual grant funding committed for NIH for fiscal years 2015 to 2025. The fiscal year 2025 lagged behind but then caught up over the last two months.
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NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...
NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025
I know Doctor Editor Director Professor Berg has more sophisticated analyses going but this simple data set made sense to me once I realized how few new R01 NIAAA has issued so far (5). Since we ar…
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Looking for ways to fight back? Our Civics Roundup has ideas. Send us other actions and rallies you want boosted. 51st.news/making-some-...
Your weekly roundup of ways to get involved in D.C.
How to fight back this month.
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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Choose Democracy has a video about what everyday citizens can do to resist authoritarian power and we don’t have to wait for wet blankets like Schumer or Jeffries to wake up. Just “we the people”.
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We Hold More Political Power Than We Realize - Pillars of Support Explained
YouTube video by Choose Democracy
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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As a DC resident we have no representation in Congress. If you live outside DC use your voice to tell your representatives to Free DC.
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Source: Free DC
Tell Congress to stand down federal forces and respect DC — Free DC
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by Joshua S. Weitz — Reposted by Katrina M. Walsemann

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You might find this relevant - scorecards by district on the local economic impacts of White House proposed FY26 budget cuts.

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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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And the congress wouldn’t have stolen $1 billion that DC residents paid in taxes. Give it back! Signed a DC resident who loves her city.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 11
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 
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Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 
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ssrc.org
In recent months the NSF has significantly reduced research funding. We're partnering with @sloanfoundation.bsky.social to launch a Research Rescue Fund, a citizen-led initiative to rescue societally valuable economics research.

Learn more: www.ssrc.org/programs/eco...
Economic Research Rescue Fund - Emergency grants available to economics-related research projects that have had NSF funding terminated
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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Didn’t the DNC also replace Hogg after he announced his plan to primary establishment democrats and replace them with progressives? I’m thinking he was on to something.
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Reposted by Katrina M. Walsemann, Jason Mittell, Paul R. Bierman , and 5 more

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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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The Trump admin can appeal this, but for now, this seems like good news. Not many details in this article...waiting for more information about how many of these illegally canceled grants will be restored. www.axios.com/local/boston...
Judge orders Trump admin. to restore hundreds of terminated NIH grants
"I've never seen government racial discrimination like this," the judge said.
www.axios.com
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Care about disability rights?

DOE is trying to change the rules so new buildings are NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE to people with disabilities.

The last day for public comment is TOMORROW Monday June 16!!

See how to submit a comment at this awesome site:

dredf.org/action-alert...
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
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Reposted by Katrina M. Walsemann, Jennifer Bussell, Cary P. Gross , and 1 more

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Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”

In the US alone.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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I mean, honestly, who did they think would show up to a fascist rally in the bluest cities in the country? 92% of registered voters are democrats in DC.
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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · Jun 14
Look at that crowd. Tens of people.
A screenshot of an overhead view on CSPAN showing almost no one showed up for Trump's stupid parade.
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Look at that crowd. Tens of people.
A screenshot of an overhead view on CSPAN showing almost no one showed up for Trump's stupid parade.
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Reposted by Katrina M. Walsemann, Kevin Jon Heller, Anand Swaminathan

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RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 12
RFK Jr is on Fox News going full anti-vax
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I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.” On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.” A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use. On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield. A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm. On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents. A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.
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by Sylvia Perry — Reposted by Katrina M. Walsemann, Jacob Montgomery, Sylvia Perry

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We got what I believe to be close to a "perfect" NSF score after our first submission--three "Excellent" reviews, highly competitive. The only minor weakness was that we could reduce our budget. It won't be funded. There is no path forward. I'm devastated.
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propublica.org
NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.

ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…
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by Shannon Vallor — Reposted by Katrina M. Walsemann

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New euphemism for authoritarian lawlessness just dropped
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If you’re in the Bethesda area, come join us in acknowledging the losses to #NIH science and public health. And this week, in honor of #NoKings Day, to rock out in defiant joy to @allstrike.bsky.social.
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WATCH PARTY!!!

Let’s fact-check Jay in real time bc #factsmatter and #jaylies!

www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo — Reposted by Katrina M. Walsemann

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As of this morning, the NIH Civil Rights notice that required organizations receiving NIH funds to certify that they didn't do any "DEI" at all (regardless of funding source) has been RESCINDED. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-090: RESCINDED - Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: RESCINDED - Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090. NIH
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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These NIH staffers are putting it on the line to save lives and protect science. They are heroes.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Jun 9
Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
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Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

katwalsemann.bsky.social
Good point. But why marry a man with such a fragile ego?
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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The question is, will there be a Lego celebration or not? 😊
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by Katrina M. Walsemann

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I am in the residual…I have a higher degree than spouse and kept my name. Also didn’t marry until age 30 so who wants to change their name at that point?
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