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This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and inside NIH, about attacks on science in the US. Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪 We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have. /1
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Yes, “viewpoint diversity is a MAGA plot” whenever that diversity is achieved by jamming rightwing ideas and people into places they didn’t earn. That’s what the right is trying to do now: use the power of gov’t to force bad, losing rightwing ahead. bsky.app/profile/wamsleylab.…
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The marketplace of ideas certainly doesn’t mean that bad rightwing ideas that have lost in the marketplace need help.
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And if there are those out there on campus who think woke went too far and who agree with the Bari Weiss “I see wokeness everywhere” brigade, anyone who thinks that Weiss’ ideas are good, is welcome to stand up and defend them.
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As this article says clearly, true-biology research (working with animals), is a political wedge issue. Trump and RFK have embraced it because it is politically advantageous to them. They don’t care about cures, they care about politics. politico.com/news/2025/10/05…

Animal welfare is now part of RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda

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Hearing from someone in NIH program: “Our final Task Order for $6.2M went out today. Every obstacle DOGE put up to keep us from funding new TOs and extending others was overcome. My fired contract officers were rehired. It was a lot of work, but we did it. For now.”
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Hearing today the Trumpers are asking for a list of ALL reasonable accommodations at NIH under the ADA — suggesting they’re looking to break the law and deny them. We also hear that some executive officers (EOs) at NIH are complying 😡 and assembling these lists. No. Stand up!
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Modifying or denying RAs will FURTHER reduce staff capacity and make it harder to get grants out the door. Scientists, look at your institute’s executive officer and consider emailing them and telling them to stand up to Trump.
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Jay Bhattacharya claims scientists 'politicized science.' He's a liar. He did that, appearing on Fox and other rightwing outlets and endlessly attacking science to help Republicans blame COVID negative effects on others. Now he's going to this political hack conference. Feh.
Confirmed Speakers Dir. Tulsi Gabbard Featured Speaker Dir. Kelly Loeffler Featured Speaker Dir. Russell Vought Featured Speaker Nigel Farage MP Featured Speaker Dir. Jay Bhattacharya Featured Speaker Sen. Jim Banks Featured Speaker Harmeet Dhillon Featured Speaker Amb. Jamieson Greer Featured Speaker Sen. Josh Hawley Featured Speaker Tom Homan Featured Speaker Sen. Eric Schmitt Featured Speaker Christopher DeMuth Beaconsfield Prize Honoree Larry Arnn Featured Speaker Steve Bannon Featured Speaker Mike Benz Featured Speaker Rachel Bovard Featured Speaker Mike Davis Featured Speaker Patrick Deneen Featured Speaker Yoram Hazony Featured Speaker Tom Klingenstein Featured Speaker Albert Mohler Featured Speaker Rep. Riley Moore Featured Speaker Jack Posobiec Featured Speaker Kevin Roberts Featured Speaker

ALT Confirmed Speakers Dir. Tulsi Gabbard Featured Speaker Dir. Kelly Loeffler Featured Speaker Dir. Russell Vought Featured Speaker Nigel Farage MP Featured Speaker Dir. Jay Bhattacharya Featured Speaker Sen. Jim Banks Featured Speaker Harmeet Dhillon Featured Speaker Amb. Jamieson Greer Featured Speaker Sen. Josh Hawley Featured Speaker Tom Homan Featured Speaker Sen. Eric Schmitt Featured Speaker Christopher DeMuth Beaconsfield Prize Honoree Larry Arnn Featured Speaker Steve Bannon Featured Speaker Mike Benz Featured Speaker Rachel Bovard Featured Speaker Mike Davis Featured Speaker Patrick Deneen Featured Speaker Yoram Hazony Featured Speaker Tom Klingenstein Featured Speaker Albert Mohler Featured Speaker Rep. Riley Moore Featured Speaker Jack Posobiec Featured Speaker Kevin Roberts Featured Speaker

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Bhattacharya must be persona non grata in science social circles going forward. He should never step foot on Stanford's campus again without getting hecked and told he is a liar and anti-freedom, anti-human rights scumbag.
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Outstanding and depressing piece "Victor Ambros, a Nobel Prize-winning worm biologist, zooms in on mutant roundworms wriggling across a yellowish agar gel."
“We have this feeling of extreme uncertainty, in a context where, previously, we could depend upon a robust system, a merit-based system that was predictable for the right reasons — the best science will get funded,” said Ambros, who shared the Nobel in medicine last year. Jesse Lehman, a graduate student who focuses on understanding the speed and dynamics of immune defenses against pathogens, became hooked on science when he first felt the rush of discovering things no one else knew. There are no guarantees in this career — the contest for federal funding is exceptionally competitive. But what has fueled the system is its reliability. The federal government funds the best research, year after year, and scientists chase grants without worrying that the funder may lose interest in neuroscience or immunology and decide instead to buy a sports team. But now, federal funding may be there one moment and gone the next. “I have this fear that the career that I’ve worked 10 years on developing

ALT “We have this feeling of extreme uncertainty, in a context where, previously, we could depend upon a robust system, a merit-based system that was predictable for the right reasons — the best science will get funded,” said Ambros, who shared the Nobel in medicine last year. Jesse Lehman, a graduate student who focuses on understanding the speed and dynamics of immune defenses against pathogens, became hooked on science when he first felt the rush of discovering things no one else knew. There are no guarantees in this career — the contest for federal funding is exceptionally competitive. But what has fueled the system is its reliability. The federal government funds the best research, year after year, and scientists chase grants without worrying that the funder may lose interest in neuroscience or immunology and decide instead to buy a sports team. But now, federal funding may be there one moment and gone the next. “I have this fear that the career that I’ve worked 10 years on developing

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"Unlike Harvard University, which has had billions of dollars in funding choked off by the Trump administration, Chan hasn’t been targeted. But it is not untouched." washingtonpost.com/business/…
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Russ Vought's MAGA thinktank, AFPI, is advertising for software engineers on Reddit. Suggest people do not apply.
u/TourMission • 5 hr. ago Trump Administration Illegally Withheld N.I.H. Funding, Watchdog Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/trump-gao-nih-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE8.Zb_0.MHKSmHO7r_HI&smid=url-share Upvote 159 Downvote 5 Go to comments Share u/afpiofra avatar u/afpiofra • Promoted Join the America First movement as Software Engineer. Build tools that make good policies for America! Apply here: Join the America First movement as Software Engineer. Build tools that make good policies for America! Apply here: americafirstpolicy.com Apply Now UpvoteVote Downvote 27 Go to comments Share

ALT u/TourMission • 5 hr. ago Trump Administration Illegally Withheld N.I.H. Funding, Watchdog Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/trump-gao-nih-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE8.Zb_0.MHKSmHO7r_HI&smid=url-share Upvote 159 Downvote 5 Go to comments Share u/afpiofra avatar u/afpiofra • Promoted Join the America First movement as Software Engineer. Build tools that make good policies for America! Apply here: Join the America First movement as Software Engineer. Build tools that make good policies for America! Apply here: americafirstpolicy.com Apply Now UpvoteVote Downvote 27 Go to comments Share

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This is some Lysenkoist shit. Once Trump is gone and we are rebuilding NIH, this utter Trumpist fraud Memoli should be nowhere near science or medicine of any sort.
NIH NIH V @NIH Follow ... In accordance with Executive Order 14292, the Office of the Director asked NIAID to identify projects that could potentially fall under the definition of dangerous gain of function (dGOF) research. The NIAID staff identified those projects, but then inappropriately made an assessment to determine which were or were not dGOF research and reduced this list. Principal Deputy Director Dr. Matthew Memoli corrected NIAID staff to assure that NIH was in compliance with the EO by ordering them to submit the full list for temporary pause. Per the EO a final determination on these projects will be made according to the OSTP designated oversight policy. 3:22 PM • Jul 17, 2025 • 80.4K Views

ALT NIH NIH V @NIH Follow ... In accordance with Executive Order 14292, the Office of the Director asked NIAID to identify projects that could potentially fall under the definition of dangerous gain of function (dGOF) research. The NIAID staff identified those projects, but then inappropriately made an assessment to determine which were or were not dGOF research and reduced this list. Principal Deputy Director Dr. Matthew Memoli corrected NIAID staff to assure that NIH was in compliance with the EO by ordering them to submit the full list for temporary pause. Per the EO a final determination on these projects will be made according to the OSTP designated oversight policy. 3:22 PM • Jul 17, 2025 • 80.4K Views

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NIAID staff are good scientists, predating Trump, and Memoli is a craven chud. EOs are nothing more than fancy memos— and civil servants at NIAID have a responsibility to the Constitution not just the president.
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We are hearing NIH is hugely overloaded on peer review after the CSR review consolidation in the fall, and people are inside are panicking. But here’s something important: This was THE POINT. President Russell Vought WANTS to break NIH internally so he can cut the NIH budget…1/
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via rescission and/or impoundment. This was the Project 2025 plan: to interfere with NIH using any wedge issue available (review consolidation, animal/biology research, DEIA, grant sub limits etc etc) — to break NIH internally.
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There is a rally on MONDAY at 4:30 PM to stand up for NIH. Please join. Many NIH employees signed the Bethesda Declaration, objecting to the destruction of NIH. The Trump NIH Director asked the signers to meet. The rally follows that meeting, in support. actionnetwork.org/events/bet…

Stand Up For NIH Workers: A Rally to Support the Signers of the Bethesda Declaration

Join us in rallying to support the Bethesda Declaration signers and standing up for the NIH! On June 9th, NIH workers released the Bethesda Declaration, an open letter signed by hundreds of current...

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"If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle, which enables the majority to defeat its sinister views by regular vote." (Federalist Papers Number 10, Madison, 1787.) But the GOP is imposing its fascist vision via a minority.
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"It may clog the administration, it may convulse the society; but it will be unable to execute and mask its violence under the forms of the Constitution." More Madison. His dream is dead, and this is why we say the Constitution is dead right now.
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The framers expected the US Republican to act on majoritarian principles. The corrupt Supreme Court is appointed by minorities and deeply unpopular and unaccountable. Trump didn't get 50%. Senate is minority-ruled and House is gerrymandered. The Constitution is inoperative now.
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