Give him hell,Senator! He jeopardized the health of all Americans by pushing psuedo science and unhinged political agendas
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Give him hell,Senator! He jeopardized the health of all Americans by pushing psuedo science and unhinged political agendas
Y’all need to fire him immediately, he has no qualifications for this job, where are the damn standards? Rehire all the scientists and give them their grants back too!
Tomorrow RFK is testifying in front of the Senate Finance Committee. He should be prepared to answer: Why are the world’s greatest scientists demanding that you resign? www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...
This level of corruption is not normal or acceptable. Even if we are exhausted by each report of it going further and further, we can never grow numb to it.
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
😢 I rushed out and got the old version of it right before access was shut down. I heard the decision was imminent, and it took some doing to find the old one still available, but I didn’t want to risk not being able to get it. So many people will be stranded. 💔
As your constituent, scientist, HHS staff, a father and a signatory of the HHS letter, thank you for elevating this issue. RFK Jr is endangering all of our lives. I have no joy in calling for resignation. It is my duty to do so given the scope of the threat to public health.
RFK Jr has taken a chainsaw to American public health and undermined the mission of HHS. It's no surprise the patriots who still believe in that mission are calling on him to resign. He is a danger to Americans' health. He should be fired immediately.
This is very good news. BUT, as we saw this year when NIH was operating under a flat budget, Trump and Russell Vought can effectively destroy NIH even if Congress holds the budget flat. To stop Vought and make sure NIH can function, Congress must go much further than “no cuts to budget.” 1/
100% agree!! Women’s health, LGBTQ+ health and science funding are all interconnected! Well done, NIH Vigils. @alexdainis.bsky.social @jessicavalenti.bsky.social
This is such a vital topic to learn about espeically given the state of science in 🇺🇸 #diversity #dei @savehealthresearch.bsky.social
I support the #FEMA36. Disaster preparedness is essential!
For the eleventy billionth time: Attacks on science funding and science jobs in the United States don’t mean that science will just move elsewhere. It means a lot less science for everyone. There aren’t enough jobs or funding everywhere else )combined) for US scientists to just move.
It is absolutely true and not covered enough that research on women’s reproductive health is also being targeted. Spread the word.
AFT members in hospitals, universities & public health agencies have experienced the harmful impact of Sec. Kennedy's leadership. Replacing experts with vaccine skeptics hurts public health & must stop. We thank the professionals at HHS for speaking up. www.savehhs.org
To be clear, federal workers do not just have a RIGHT to say “no” to illegal orders. It is an OBLIGATION. We took an oath, and illegal orders are still illegal no matter who gives them.
It is not just that these employees are risking being put on leave or even fired for standing up for science (see EPA/FEMA officials), they are standing in front of a workplace that was the subject of a terrorist attack a couple of weeks ago, by a man who believes what their boss believes.
Democrats are going to have to run against the party establishment if they want to revitalize their image.
Yeah, that was a long one, but also an important one. Thank you for the work you’re putting in to help us learn how to take effective action in such an intense situation!
Excellent 🧵!!
“what can I do today to build the alternatives that meet the needs of our people and keep them safe? How can I love my neighbors through my actions?” and commit to doing, at least, those two things, every single day.
6. Wake up every day & ask yourself, “what can I do today to contribute to the efforts to block this administration from harming people?” and…
5. Our opposition wants us to be silent and unseen. Our job right now is to be as public in our dissent as possible for as long as possible.
Symbolic interventions are for all of us (including our opposition) to see we’re not alone, find our people, and mobilize them into meaningful actions beyond the symbolic. We also have to get on the offensive and create consequences for the harm they’re responsible for.
3. We have to be noncooperative and noncompliant with evil forces. Not only can we not concede without a fight, we have to give them a fight they can feel.
Charity is fine, but mutual aid changes the game, is a political act that breaks the cycle of codependency with systems and people who don’t love the people, but who do think that “helping” them will keep the current social order intact.
2. We need to be the weavers of the social, economic, and physical safety net for our people. I don’t mean charity. I mean mutual aid. And let me be clear—mutual aid has to be reciprocal. It’s building community. It’s knowing we all have something to give and gain from being in right relationship.
Also true—some things we should all be doing isn’t that complicated: 1. We need to block further consolidation of authoritarian movements everywhere they’re grabbing for power: whether it’s taking over our governments, extracting wealth from our communities at the expense of our people or both.
No matter how your week is going, we’ll save a spot for you at NIH Vigils. Laugh, cry, renew your oath of office. Then get honks from cars and the occasional bus. Saturdays at 10 am Medical Center Metro Station
All the National Guard has to do to clean up crime in DC is get rid of everyone in the White House. Crime will go down significantly. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
I’m signed up and looking forward to it!
On Labor Day, we are reclaiming our power and demanding the future we deserve. Need more info? I got you, come join us on the Labor Day National Call! When: August 14th @ 7pm ET RSVP Here: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event... #workersoverbillionaires #peopleoverbillionaires #nokings #OneMillionRising
Zoom is maxed! Tune into the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bQ69AqM...
#onemillionrising is kicking off with @ashdashlee.bsky.social - lots of people from all over the US
#onemillionrising They are recording the session. Agenda: TX redistricting, calls to action, & what comes next live streaming on YouTube, too
One of the things they are asking us to do is to talk to people at local businesses that we frequent and ask them to post signs of support of immigrants and mark employee spaces as private to prevent ICE from entering. Sign up here act.indivisible.org/signup/signs... #nokings #onemillionrising
Portland!! Keep pushing to get #iceoutofportland @50501oregon.bsky.social @rosecityresistance.bsky.social @rosecityantifa.bsky.social @indivisiblepdx.bsky.social @resiliency-pdx-or.bsky.social @50501portland.bsky.social #onemillionrising #makeeviluncomfortable
My response to her is: #makeeviluncomfortable #onemillionrising
Great turnout for last night’s Indivisible Princeton meeting. @rorytruex.bsky.social spoke about authoritarian breakthrough and brought together insights from his new speaker series, The Civic Forum. Lots of good things unfolding in our local groups! #onemillionrising 💙
🚨🚨🚨🚨 #Alaska #akleg #onemillionrising @50501alaska.bsky.social @standupalaska.bsky.social Anchorage
It’s almost that time…See y’all tonight! 8pm-9:30pm ET! More information sharing and next steps if youre team #NoKings! RSVP HERE: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... Spread the word ❤️✊🏾 #OneMillionRising
💻TONIGHT, 8pm EDT Zoom call for One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism Let’s build a force bigger than fear and louder than hate. Let’s get ready. Let’s get organized. Let’s stop Trump. #Pinks #OneMillionRising www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
I signed up, but your concerns are understandable. Here’s the link to more info, including links to videos of the first 2 sessions. They’ll probably be getting the video for the 3rd one up there within a few days. These are so helpful to see how to reclaim our power! www.nokings.org/rise
Same!!
Wanna catch up on what this whole #OneMillionRising thing's all about? Check it out: nokings.org/rise
On this call right now. Join us! #OneMillionRising
“The Heritage Foundation is pushing its anti-trans agenda…” Trump is just the puppet.
I've become convinced that transphobia is mostly a proxy for misogyny.
Hey, U.S., let’s DO SOMETHING!! Find protests and other events to attend across the US: www.mobilize.us Join the One Million Rising campaign to resist authoritarianism: www.nokings.org/rise Watch last week’s “What’s the Plan?” call: youtu.be/V0aaGq5asrA Join Indivisible: indivisible.org
This is not just about anti-trans rhetoric (although that is abhorrent). It is about anti-women, anti-anything not cis,het,white man. All rhetoric against trans people is also going to lead directly (in milliseconds) to attacks on women.
The US is a menace and the international community needs to push back hard.
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Government get out of women's bodies!!!
IMO, all women should write N/A (not applicable) on any forms that ask for info about reproductive health that seems irrelevant or intrusive to the medical help they seek. If the information is important to their case, the nurse will explain why. Ask them to explain the relevancy.
This is where we're going to have to ramp up the resistance. I don't care what questions she's asking, the government's insistence is bull.
This person went to VA urgent care for something unrelated to reproductive health and was asked a bunch of NEW required questions about their birth control use and ability to bear children. WTF kind of under-his-eye bullshit is THIS?!!
Most women in the US currently have less bodily autonomy than a corpse.
I wonder what anti-trans bigots who pearl-clutched about the term "pregnant persons" will say about "host bodies"...
#FoxNews "host bodies" just in case you thought you were human or something (Florida Speaker Jose Oliva in a 2019 interview)
I hate this man. Why is he trying to kill all of us.
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 5! Join our Action Hour! Today at 8p Et/5p PT Meet the team, connect with others, take action, and get a little boost of hope. We have a very special guest: Nobel Laureate Dr. Victor Ambros! Sign up here: zoom.us/webinar/regi... #31days
#1millionrising #onemillionrising Don't underestimate the value of small things; they create change. We're just regular people, but all great leaders were. We are the leaders we've been looking for. This is in our bones. Regular people doing really courageous things.
Just spending a rainy Wednesday night hanging with 19,999 like-minded besties! 💙 #onemillionrising #nokings #indivisible
Thank you, @indivisible.org I feel so inspired to build community and stand up for democracy 💙🌊🫂 #onemillionrising #nokings #indivisible
We need to support those who are fighting against authoritarianism. Who are you supporting? Do they know it? Send them a text or call and tell them. They need to know hey are not alone. #nokings #onemillionrising #indivisible
That’s awesome!! Well done!!
Thank you for your attention to this matter, APHA v. NIH legal team” 10/10
Survey respondents are encouraged to provide details about how the delayed or withdrawn application may touch on a disfavored topic or pertained to a diversity pipeline program. Lawyers will follow-up directly if there are any outstanding questions. 9/
Submissions must be received by 5 pm Eastern Time on August 1st to be considered for inclusion on the list, so that the lawyers can review the submitted information. It is possible that information submitted after that date will not be considered by the court for relief. 8/
The application is for a diversity pipeline program (non-exhaustive list: MOSAIC, F31 Diversity, IRACDA, MARC, ARC, IMSD, ReWARD, B-INSPIRE, CPACHE, BRAIN Initiative, Cancer Moonshot Scholars Diversity Program). 7/
1. The applicant is an APHA and/or UAW member; and 2. The application touches on a disfavored topic (DEI, gender identity, vaccine hesitancy, Covid-19, foreign subawards, influencing public opinion, South Africa, and/or China) or 6/
Importantly, the list will only include delayed applications that fit the following criteria: 5/
Likewise, we are asking that you share the link to the survey with your colleagues who may be similarly impacted: www.aclu.org/APHAvNIHform. 4/
If you have already submitted a survey reporting your delayed or withdrawn application, you do not need to re-submit the survey. However, if you have not yet submitted, it is imperative that you do so as soon as possible. 3/
“The court has asked for a final list of delayed or withdrawn applications to be submitted as early as August 4th, and we are hoping to provide as complete a list of impacted grant applications as possible. 2/
🚨URGENT UPDATE ON ACLU/APHA vs NIH CASE 🚨 Court accepting updated list of plaintiffs/grantees impacted! MUST BE SUBMITTED BY **AUGUST 1st 5pm EST**! Please disseminate!!! Message from ACLU team below: 1/
Yep!! Those tiny chips in the pillars add up and weaken them!!
I keep reminding myself that I don't need to do EVERYTHING. It's small actions that can chip away at each pillar. Every drop adds to the bucket that can wash away fascism 💙🌊🫂 #nokings #onemillionrising #indivisible
#1millionrising #onemillionrising Who can you reach out to plant seeds of noncooperation? Reach out to someone in your circle who is or who could be doing noncompliance.
#OneMillionRising I forgot the hashtag.
#1millionrising #onemillionrising You could also reach out to someone you don't know but probably have shared values. Send letters of support to someone like librarians or park rangers.
Check out the recordings of this great training. Tonight was session 2. Let’s get this going! #OneMillionRising www.youtube.com/live/yqhFZjH...
Avelo Airlines, which has a contract with ICE to transport detailed people, is shutting down its West Coast operations, but of course that has NOTHING to do with consumers boycotting Avelo for collaborating with ICE. www.reuters.com/business/aer... #onemillionrising
Daniel Hunter brings an important reminder for those eager for mass actions of non cooperation, mass boycotts etc: It takes TIME to build to the biggest actions. ALL mass movements start small. It's like Springsteen says: "From small things, big things one day come." #OneMillionRising
🫂 Keep hanging in! We can find and exercise our own power by participating in stuff like this!
I know it’s upsetting and overwhelming. 🫂 We can’t fight back effectively without knowing what we’re up against, though, and these trainings are also giving us specific ways we can take action. We’re only powerless if we give up our power, and joining the training is you asserting your power! 💪
Same!
That’s awesome!! Welcome! I’ve been finding these trainings to be VERY helpful!
Emphasizing that it takes courage. Backlash can come. (Backlash can also help noncompliance gain support and succeed.) #OneMillionRising
Wanna be in the convo about some of what we should be doing to stop the consolidation of evil? Well, come to the 2nd call of the 3 part series called #OneMillionRising. A special invite to all the good people wondering what’s next after the massive #NoKings mobilizations. These calls are for us.
Talking about the teacher who refused to take down her welcoming poster. Lawyers who spoke out against Paul Weiss's capitulation. Woman who followed ICE, warned folks when ICE was coming. Talking about success from "bringing your circle in" - expanding to your community. #OneMillionRising
They're talking about LEVELS OF NONCOOPERATION. Not cooperating with authoritarianism. Individual & Small Group Noncooperation Collective Noncooperation Mass Noncooperation. #OneMillionRising
I’m on the call, too!!
On this call now! Here's the zoom link!
Thank you for standing up against these horrors! They wouldn’t be keeping you out, if they didn’t know they had something to hide. No one in the US is safe with what they’re doing, so pushing back is essential for all of us!
ICE has illegally prevented me from conducting oversight of their mass deportation dragnet. I joined 11 colleagues in a lawsuit against the Trump Admin for blocking us from carrying out our constitutionally and statutorily mandated oversight of detention facilities. Accountability is coming.
“.. At no point in the unfolding Epstein scandal has Trump focused on the young victims of these heinous criminals. .. The president has shown no concern for anything other than protecting himself.” @rexhuppke.bsky.social @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
If the starvation of civilians in Gaza horrifies you, please call your US senators and demand they vote in favor of Sanders' resolutions to block weapons transfers to the Israeli government. Find your reps here: reps.fyi
Friends, I just got through to both Schumer's and Gillibrand's offices and talked to staffers about this! They ARE answering phones! PLEASE call today and tell them to vote FOR Sanders' resolutions to block weapons transfers to Israel! #DidThisToday Schumer: 202-224-6542 Gillibrand: 202-224-4451
#didthistoday Wrote to an assortment of companies involved in the current (and future) Florida detention camps for immigrants, urging them to reconsider and letting them know they are likely underestimating how angry people are about all this.