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Ceci Nakamura

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Ceci Nakamura @ceci-lotus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Check out this toolkit with training sessions and excellent resources. Tell your member of Congress during this summer recess to stop the attacks on science and invite others to join you! @ucs.org
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steve3797.bsky.social @steve3797.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/07/2026
Watch Homan trip over himself as he lies about ICE killing an innocent man in Maine. “They’d be alive today if they simply complied… Just comply.” That line sounds very familiar to me. It’s the same script cops have been using when trying to justify brutalizing or killing Black folks.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 21/07/2026
"El Niño and fossil fuel-driven climate change together make a terrible team (...)When you combine an El Niño event with the overall warming of Earth due to emissions from heat trapping fossil fuels, you get an exceptionally warm planet."
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Unprecedented Earth: Record Super El Niño, Marine Heatwaves, and Heat Domes
There's a roughly 90% chance of this El Niño becoming the strongest in recorded history.
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Ceci Nakamura @ceci-lotus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
During this hearing, the Smithsonian is accused of 'wokism' which really means the complicated truth of our history being shared publicly. Sadly, some would prefer to waste time attacking museums instead of passing legislation. www.youtube.com/live/jxxNjdI...
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WATCH LIVE: House hearing examines Smithsonian's U.S. history programs attacked by Trump
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 23/03/2026
Starting soon! Watch the livestream of our 30th anniversary special at 7 p.m. ET. democracynow.org/30
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 04/03/2026
I am back in D.C. to hear from cruel Kristi Noem on why she is complicit in the chaos happening at DHS, vote on a War Powers Resolution to rein Donald Trump in, and vote against a DHS funding bill that does nothing to address the reckless actions we’re seeing from ICE. The work continues.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 04/03/2026
2/ Abigail Rivera Seda, a PhD student at Tufts University in molecular microbiology, shared how research on C. difficile, a pathogen that threatens our health care system, has been halted putting public health at risk and potentially endangering lives.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 04/03/2026
4/ Are you interested in becoming a science advocate? Join our webinar and learn how you can use your voice and expertise to advocate on key issues such as climate change or public health policies. 📅Thursday, March 12, 3pm ET. 📍RSVP↘️
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Science Advocacy 101
The Union of Concerned Scientists invites scientists and experts to a training webinar to discuss what science advocacy looks like today. Learn how you can advocate on key issues such as climate chang...
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 04/03/2026
3/ Yarrow Axford, PhD in Climate Change and Arctic Science, shared three examples of how the Trump administration is targeting scientists, especially LGBTQ+ people and people of color, slashing science jobs and gutting federal science agencies putting workers and communities at risk.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 04/03/2026
1/ Last week, Rep. Katherine Clark (@whipkclark.bsky.social) held her own state of the union with constituents, including Science Network members who shared the impacts of the Trump administration’s actions on science, public health, and democracy. (🧵👇)
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 05/02/2026
If you’ll be at #AAAS2026 in Phoenix (Feb 12–14), stop by and meet us at Booth 609! Come connect with our team, take action, and learn more about science-informed advocacy. Hope to see you there! Learn more: act.ucsusa.org/45O19CA
Promotional graphic for the AAAS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, February 12 to 14, 2026, inviting attendees to visit the Union of Concerned Scientists at Booth 609.
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Forward Blue @forwardblue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
⚠️ 7 House Democrats just voted for muderous ICE agents to get more money! Don Davis (NC) Henry Cuellar (TX) Jared Golden (ME) Laura Gillen (NY) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Tom Suozzi (NY) Vicente Gonzalez (TX) You should call them to tell them how you feel: (202) 224-3121
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 22/01/2026
The Trump administration’s egregious actions in Minnesota are part of a broader pattern of antidemocratic and authoritarian behavior that makes everyone less safe. 🧵⬇️
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Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism
There is no single line that, when crossed, moves a country from democracy straight to authoritarianism.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Whistleblowers say multiple DHS personnel faced retaliation for balking at DHS's unconstitutional new policy, and one instructor resigned rather than teach agents to comply with it. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Yarrow Axford @yarrowaxford.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
175 U.S. scientists who do research in Greenland have already signed our Statement from U.S. Scientists in Solidarity with Greenland. With more signatures coming every hour. Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland.
A photo of the waterfront in Nuuk, Greenland from November 2025.
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Yarrow Axford @yarrowaxford.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
To Greenlanders: thank you for years of friendship and partnership; we stand with you. Qujanaq, ilagaasi. U.S. scientists: Write your reps in D.C. TODAY. Urge them to support Greenland's right to self-determination. Insist the U.S. engage respectfully and peacefully with our ally. bit.ly/3LjITdm
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Statement from U.S. Scientists in Solidarity with Greenland
STATEMENT FROM U.S. SCIENTISTS IN SOLIDARITY WITH GREENLAND Amerikarmiut Kalaallit Nunaanut misissuiartortartut nunatsinnut ataqatigiinerannu...
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 16/01/2026
“Asking scientists to spy on and report on their fellow co-authors” is a “classic hallmark of authoritarianism," said Dr Jennifer Jones, Director of the Center for Science & Democracy at UCS.
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Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With
The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sen...
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 20/01/2026
Dr. Rachel Cleetus recaps the devastation to US climate & clean energy progress in 2025 & the harms that will result. “The Trump administration’s destructive actions are a direct threat to our health, our economic well-being & to our nation’s ability to build a thriving, fair, innovative economy."
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One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy
Documenting the harms and injustices perpetuated by this administration now, as they occur, ensures we bear witness and that the hard work that made prior progress possible is not erased.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 21/01/2026
We’re following a likely significant winter storm this weekend across a large swath of the United States. The National Weather Service is forecasting heavy snow and freezing rain for many locations that don’t typically see this type of dangerous weather. Check out the latest #NWS graphic:
NOAA Weather Prediction Center graphic showing a major January winter storm forecast. Maps indicate high chances of heavy snow across the central and northern U.S. and dangerous freezing rain across the southern Plains, Mid-South, and Southeast from Jan 23–26.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 09/01/2026
The authoritarian, violent, and anti-science actions of the Trump admin over the past week show clear contempt for democracy and the public good, endangering people in the US and around the world. Congress must uphold its constitutional responsibility and hold the administration accountable.
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
“The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science are beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” says @gretchentg.bsky.social. My @nature.com story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency. Thx to @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, @briannosek.bsky.social, @katharinehayhoe.com & others.
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‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
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Ceci Nakamura @ceci-lotus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It is astonishing how much damage can be done in one year. Thanks to @nature.com for a deep dive on the effects of Trump administration's anti science agenda. I hate to think of the potential cures, treatments and innovations that we have lost so far...😡
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Nature @nature.com · 21/01/2026
From education to pandemic preparedness and public health, the past year has seen huge stress put on US science go.nature.com/4qF9gtK
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‘Every aspect of my work life has changed’ — scientists reflect on a year of Trump
From education to pandemic preparedness and public-health cuts, the past year has seen huge stress put on US science.
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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
By Luc Descheemaeker.
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Ceci Nakamura @ceci-lotus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🔬✨ Applications are open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change. Apply here: secure.ucs.org/a/2025-scien... @ucs.org
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Science for Public Good Fund—Apply Today
The Union of Concerned Scientists wants to fund your efforts to defend science. Apply today for up to $1,500 to support creative approaches for reaching people and and to advance equitable science-bas...
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Democratic Women of South Orange County @dwsoc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
California votes YES on Prop 50 with voting centers open now for early voting. Election Day is tomorrow November 4th. Find your vote center here: ocvote.gov/elections/vo... Find your ballot drop box here; ocvote.gov/elections/ba...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 19/10/2025
Shocking. Our planet has passed its first 'tipping point' with widespread coral reef die-off, a new report says, and other environmental systems including the Amazon, major ocean currents and ice sheets aren't far behind.
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The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN
The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
In America, we defend free speech in terrible times. We defend free speech even when it’s offensive. We defend free speech. www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/p...
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Hillary Clinton reacts to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension | CNN Politics
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria asks former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about Jimmy Kimmel’s show being pulled from ABC’s air. Watch Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sunday at 10aET/PT.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.
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Ceci Nakamura @ceci-lotus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
ABC network is owned by Disney Entertainment. I cancelled my Disney subscription and when it asks why - I wrote 'For pulling Jimmy Kimmel, bring him back to ABC and I'll be back.' If you have Disney and/or Hulu please consider doing the same.
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Ceci Nakamura @ceci-lotus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Stand up for free speech, support Jimmy Kimmel. www.change.org/p/ensure-jim...?
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Sign the Petition
Ensure Jimmy Kimmel Remains on ABC
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
You can never appease a tyrant.
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
BOYCOTT ABC TELEVISION. MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE THEY WILL GET THE TARGET TREATMENT.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Jimmy Kimmel deserves better than this. He’s a class act. Case in point - after my first appearance on his show back in 2018, he very thoughtfully asked whether I was receiving adequate security at that time, as Trump was repeatedly smearing journalists as “the enemy of the people,”
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/09/2025
First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.
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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Don't agonize — organize! Here are five steps you can take between now and the midterms to resist Trump's tyranny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-l...
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Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/08/2025
GLENN: You look fabulous in that suit TRUMP: That's the one that attacked you last time ZELENSKYY: I remember that. You're in the same suit. I changed mine.
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Ceci Nakamura @ceci-lotus.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Programming kids with lies is not education. Don't let PragerU slither its way into your school district.
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Ceci Nakamura @ceci-lotus.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
One corrupt tyrant gets to decide what is 'un-American' for ~340 million people. We will feel this loss for generations. apnews.com/article/publ...  Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
From prosecutor to senator to vice president, Kamala Harris has always been for the people. I know her next chapter will be no different, whatever shape it takes.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes. Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 31/07/2025
"When people work together, there can still be wins for federal science, even with the unprecedented number and ferocity of attacks on science we’ve observed since Inauguration Day." Stay up to date on federal science wins and challenges in UCS's monthly round-up by @jbd-phd.bsky.social.
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From the Courtroom to the Internet, the Fight Over Federal Science Is On
It’s been six months since President Trump took the oath of office and his administration began its all-out effort to gut federal science—though it’s understandable if it feels like even longer. If yo...
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