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Lifelong Dem. Mom, grandma, cat lover, k-drama/k-pop. Promoting early literacy through library programming. Book lover. Artist. #ASD ♾️(no puzzle pieces) 🎗️Pediatric Cancer Awareness🎗️ DJT halted the clinical trials that might save my grandchild.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/n...
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NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
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MaskSays @cindyhc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How many will die due to this administration? Our precious boy is running out of time while funding is being slashed.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
He should study the effect of ivermectin on whatever the fuck is wrong with his head
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DGCassidy @dgcassidy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
PLEASE DO THIS. Russ Vought at OMB wants to politicize grant-making. It is foolish and dangerous. Please submit your own comment on this proposed rule, and contact your reps about it too. See the link below! Here's what I wrote...
The proposed rule OMB-2026-0034 should NOT be taken up. I have supported multiple for-profit and non-profit organizations in their pursuits and awards of federal grants. The competition for ideas was and remains strong. It should not be subject to political whims, culture war conflicts, or the passing notions of political appointees. America’s prosperity relies on this rule not proceeding.

The growth of our economy and businesses have been accelerated and increased by the federal government’s investment in the pursuit of breakthroughs and initiatives that the private sector is both unwilling and unable to take on. The ability for our government to select and invest in the right experts and organizations rests on its commitment to identifying the best proposals - NOT the best proposals subject to political qualifications.

The new rule will make America less competitive and entrepreneurial. It will reward fealty over daring. It will fund moribund ideas over pioneering visions. It will make us less safe, less healthy, and less wealthy - precisely the opposite of government’s intended purpose.

Additionally, the rule suffers from an obvious and fundamental strategic weakness: it places one organization - OMB - at the center of the grant-making enterprise. This is a classic single-point-of-failure organizational design. Not only is the federal grant-making enterprise too big to be managed or governed by one command-and-control node, it will also be fundamentally weakened by such centralized oversight. While OMB retains many powers in governance of federal dollars, it is NOT a research or grant-making organization, and has no experience in that activity; it does not possess nor can it retain the breadth of expertise required to effectively manage the variety of grant-making conducted by the government. Delegating that expertise to individual agencies ensures the rule itself will fail; as power dissipates through distance from OMB’s control, corruption and failure become…
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/06/2026
Our official guide to help you write a public comment on the OMB-2026-0034 is here: zurl.co/XgyzA Submit your comment and take additional actions here: zurl.co/RiDuv #StandUpForScience #OMB #Vought #SaveScience #FundScience
The graphic displays an image of the SUFS Foundation logo, a hand holding pen, and hands over a type writer. The graphic reads: "The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments, Written by: Cole Donovan, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO. BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: This is an opportunity to tell YOUR government that the OMB-2026-0034 "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance" is wrong. https://zurl.co/XgyzA "
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MaskSays @cindyhc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Below are screenshots of my Substack post giving an update on my grandchild fighting brain cancer.Please read & consider calling your Rep or making a statement on the link provided by the Stand Up ForScience Foundation. All clinical trials & scientific research is at risk. We have until July 13!
Cancer update on grandchild Plea to call Reps
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
HALF of all federally funded clinical trials would be “illegal” under the new OMB rule. LEAVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND YELL AT YOUR CONGRESS CRITTERS.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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MaskSays @cindyhc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If you are currently in no-show Wittman’s Virginia district, vote for Ericka Kopp! She is the best progressive candidate for the job!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/04/2026
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback. Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.” (Published Nov. 2025)
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What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 24/04/2026
You and your neighbors should not be subsidizing the electricity needs of a data center run by a trillion-dollar corporation.   My Power for the People Act would force Big Tech to pay for their own power needs. We should pass it today to protect consumers from rising costs NOW.
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Maryland electric bills to rise this summer as PJM faces data center strain
Mid-Atlantic electricity costs may rise this summer as PJM struggles with data center demand. Maryland relief may help, but supply issues persist, analysts say.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 19/04/2026
Pancreatic cancer usually kills within a year or two of diagnosis. In this trial, nearly all 8 responders are still alive six years later. The 5-year survival rate is usually only around 12%. We should be increasing federal funding for mRNA research, not cutting it.
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Ignacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
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MaskSays @cindyhc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I will never be over this, nor will I forgive the family members that are still supporters.
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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Remember when we said abolish the police, before something so much worse was created? It turns out giving lethal weapons to angry racist virgins is actually a bad idea #AbolishICE
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
USAID fraud - no arrests Medicare fraud - no arrests Social security fraud - no arrests Election fraud - no arrests If MAGA didn’t have the collective IQ of a moldy peanut butter sandwich, they’d realize they were being scammed by now.
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MaskSays @cindyhc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is so sad. Disinformation kills.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent. Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/02/2026
The 19 Buddhist monks carrying a message of peace made it to Richmond on Monday, the 100th day of their walk from Texas to D.C. The mayor’s office estimated 10,000 people lined the route through the city. wapo.st/3NUrWaj
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
NEW: President Trump is making new false claims about Tina Peters, calling into question whether Trump is aware of the basic facts about the case that has led him to repeatedly punish the State of Colorado
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Trump attacking Kaitlan Collins for asking about justice for Epstein survivors: You are the worst reporter. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. Your organization should be ashamed of you.
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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
#Epatein #EpsteinFiles
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Silver Hazel @silverhazel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Are you still shocked and surprised? Get up to speed on what Sarah's followers have known for a decade.
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MaskSays @cindyhc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Representative Fairbairn, racist much?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.” newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 27/01/2026
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody. She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care. We need to reform immigration detention.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
On Dec 8, 2025, Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev’s Telegram account posted that, “Traditional Europe still has a chance to survive. On one condition: the European Union must be destroyed.” t.me/kvmalofeev/3...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Yes, we do.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
We already have complete access to Greenland, including unfettered freedom of navigation into the Arctic. We have a military base. We have early warning radar systems in place that will integrate with the “dome.” And we have allies to help defend it. We don’t need Greenland.
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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Because it is. Trump is trying to instigate another George Floyd moment because he believes the summer 2020 BLM protests were good for him politically. He's specifically attacking MN to create an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and declare Martial law ahead of the midterm elections.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This is sad.
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 06/01/2026
As if having cancer or an immune deficiency as a kid isn’t bad enough, those patients also can’t receive vaccines. They rely on herd immunity, others doing the right thing. It’s the same with infants who are too young to be vaccinated but are also at increased risk of morbidity and mortality.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/01/2026
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force? MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO T: So force is on the table? M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/01/2026
MacCALLUM: You have about 100,000 dying from drug overdoses, most of those drugs from from Venezuela and other places CROW: That's actually not true. The majority of the deaths by drugs in America are the result of meth and fentanyl. Almost none of that comes from Venezuela
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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
nailed it.
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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
He is obviously neither mentally nor physically capable of serving as President. He is being manipulated by bad actors who are trying to accomplish their goals before he departs. Congress must stop him, and them. Greenland is next.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Under international law, this is unambiguously a war of aggression. There is no plausible pretext of self-defense. The objective is transparently to topple the government, install a surrogate of US liking, and to seize Venezuela's natural resource reserves. It exudes contempt for law in all forms.
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Live Updates: U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Dementia is a helluva drug
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
ALERT: Attorney for Epstein survivors estimates only 1% of Epstein Files have been released so far youtube.com/shorts/DLO7Y...
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BREAKING: Attorney for survivors estimates only 1% or Epstein Files have been released
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The first time I searched Trump, there were over 900 records found. I also confirmed there are now 332.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Destroying USAID will go down in history as one of the worst Trump foreign policy decisions in 2025. USAID needed reform, not dissolution. China didn't shut down its Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). Unilateral disarmament is not a rational strategy for competing with China.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four: *regular armed forces (most regulated) *ICE (minimally regulated) *private mercenaries (?) *MAGA thugs/militias (rogue) All pardonable
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