Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025SHAME on @centeronhalsted.bsky.social and shame on Town Hall for letting Don down in such an unjust manner. 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Here is another article on this from Block Club Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/27/f...blockclubchicago.org'Founder' Of LGBTQ+ Apartments For Seniors Being Evicted From Building He Fought ForDon Bell, a key figure in creating the city's first LGBTQ+ senior housing complex, is fighting eviction from the Town Hall Apartments following a residency dispute involving his husband. 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025What is happening to Don indicates that NO ONE residing at Town Hall is safe. Our community has collectively failed to protect Don - a cherished, highly respected advocate who is hugely respsonsible for bringing to life the very place he is getting booted from. windycitytimes.com/2025/04/04/l...windycitytimes.comLifelong LGBTQ+ activist faces eviction and possible homelessness at 75 - Windy City TimesDon Bell, a lifelong LGBTQ+ activist and civil rights leader, is facing eviction from Town Hall Apartments, Chicago’s only culturally affirming LGBTQ+ senior housing facility. At 75 years old, Bell sa... 220
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 01/04/2025See you in the streets SAT APRIL 5 handsoff2025.com "Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on, and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back: Hands off!"handsoff2025.comHands Off!Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre... 020
Reposted by Jim PickettAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 28/02/2025🚨🚨 The #USAID clap out continues today Friday 2/28! More colleagues are already clearing out till 3:30 pm. Please join groups at the 13th/Pennsylvania and 14th Street entrance of the Ronald Reagan Building. This action has been a beautiful show of support appreciated by so many of us yesterday ❤️ 229839
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 28/02/2025"In each termination notice, organizations got the same explanation: Peter Marocco, USAID’s acting deputy administrator, and Marco Rubio, USAID’s acting administrator and secretary of state, determined the awards were “not in the national interest.” www.devex.com/news/god-ble...devex.com'God Bless America' and the death of 10,000 projectsOver the last 48 hours, thousands of programs have been terminated — many of which had already been granted waivers to deliver lifesaving humanitarian aid. 010
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This is what CHRISTOFASCISM looks like www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...nytimes.comU.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the WorldHere are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails. 010
Reposted by Jim PickettJ Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities Community Research Learning Exchange: Mar 20 bit.ly/Mar20arcc Panel with ARCC 2025 Award Winner: PrEP4Teens (bit.ly/ARCCaward) & breakouts focused on community organizing strategies for these times & ARCC seed grants (due 4/22. bit.ly/ARCCgrants) 154
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Hey! Where are all the ppl on the left who voted Stein or just couldn't bear to vote for Kamala because of Gaza? Bet you're feeling pretty good about your vote - or lack thereof - eh? You really taught someone a lesson! Nice work. Nice work. popular.info/p/trump-post...popular.infoTrump posts music video promoting his plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza and build a luxury resortOn Wednesday morning, President Trump posted a music video to multiple social media platforms that promoted his plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians and redevelop the area into a luxury res... 010
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Ppl who voted for Stein or didn't vote for Pres got us this mess. 100
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I have volunteered to help in Chicago - and I've gotten crickets! 150
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 26/02/2025The Capitol Police arrested a group of protesters [HEROES] who demonstrated Wednesday in the Cannon House Office Building against the Trump administration’s decision to freeze foreign aid and lay off thousands of U.S.A.I.D. workers. 010
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Helping to midwife the youth-guided, arts-activated PrEP4Teens social marketing and community mobilization effort into being, and support its onward journey, continues to be one of the greatest joys of my life. What a sweet treat - especially in the midst of fascist madness - to get this award. 030
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 21/02/2025How about MANDATORY vasectomies for ALL het cis men at puberty? They can apply for a reversal after proving their worthiness. 110
Reposted by Jim PickettMyles Helfand @myhelfy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Another major medical journal stands up 011
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025#standupforscience2025 - DC and nationwide MARCH 7 2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall www.standupforscience2025.org/STAND-UP-FOR... 0143
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Happy Valentine's Day to @asia-ilse.bsky.social of Health GAP and all the other HIV activists standing up against fascism. 152
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 14/02/2025www.politico.com/news/2025/02...politico.comJudge orders Trump administration to restore funds for foreign aid programsA U.S. district judge said the administration failed to account for the extraordinary harm caused by the broad-based halt. 021
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Every few minutes a new fresh slice of Hell. This slice is especially nasty. Literally one of the very worst people in the world is now leading HHS with MAHA (gag) plans.... www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...statnews.comTrump makes RFK Jr. leader of presidential ‘MAHA’ commission to study chronic diseaseRFK Jr.'s swearing in as health secretary officially puts the nation's health in the hands of the MAHA movement. 000
Reposted by Jim Pickettjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2025"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation." (gift link)nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil RightsThe genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people. 307126783159
Reposted by Jim PickettAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I am in Cairo, where I have been visiting with health organizations, including WHO and other partners of USAID. Trump and Musk say lifesaving assistance is not affected by the shutdown of USAID and support to WHO. I can tell you that is 100% false. #SaveAID www.instagram.com/share/_ogGRd...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 9593205
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025The rapid dismantling of US democratic norms over the past 3 weeks – including fundamental government protections and structures – threatens the nation’s democracy, diversity, society, and economy. prep4all.org/statement-en...prep4all.orgSTATEMENT: Ending HIV Requires a Functional US Democracy & GovernmentThe rapid dismantling of US democratic norms over the past 3 weeks – including fundamental government protections and structures – threatens the nation’s democracy, diversity, society, and economy. 001
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 12/02/2025"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others." - George Orwell, 1984 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Great piece from TheBodyPro - reminding us that gender is not binary and that gender affirming care is for ALL of us. Plus, beyond implications, the article also importantly includes strategies for moving forward. www.thebodypro.com/transgender-...thebodypro.com 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 09/02/2025And more 🏈Saved the lives of 25 million children suffering from severe malaria. We think this one has value on its own but maybe Musk would disagree. This Superbowl Sunday, tell Congress to #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 09/02/2025More 🏈Protected 30,000,000 football fields of tropical forest in Africa, preventing China & Russia from exploiting timber & critical minerals 🏈Shipped the 29,000 metric tons of American food products worth $40 million on American ships instead of letting it waste away inTexas warehouse 110
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 09/02/2025And here are a few more ways USAID would spend $$$ 🏈Bought enough emergency food-aid products made in Georgia and Rhode Island to treat 880,000 severely malnourished children 🏈Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training and support to 50,000 people in Central America 100
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 09/02/2025SUPPORT USAID! Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how USAID would’ve spent that $$: 🏈Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year. Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAIDyoutu.be 131
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 07/02/2025"Health institutions may be hesitant to criticise the new administration publicly, but this timidity is a mistake. Trump's actions must be called out for the damage they are doing." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comAmerican chaos: standing up for health and medicineWithdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function... 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Just another Friday in 1984 thehill.com/homenews/adm... PS - does anyone know of a program that can automatically cover up the faces of these maggots with clowns or piles of shit or something?thehill.comTrump calls for review of all US funding to NGOsPresident Trump on Friday called for a review of federal funding to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and for a halt on spending to groups that “undermine the national interest.” “The United St… 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Absolutely. This is pure poison that will last for generations. Decades and decades of work and progress up in flames. Millions upon millions of lives - forever harmed. Millions will die. And of course, this is much, much biggger than HIV care, tx and prevention. 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Snip “I’ve never seen anything like it in my 40 years of doing international research. It’s unethical, it’s dangerous and it’s reckless.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...nytimes.comDozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order (Gift Article)The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care. 010
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 05/02/2025"They're flooding their own zone." Excellent analysis from Ezra Klein. And in the midst of so much chaos and confusion - calming. youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...youtu.beDon't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein ShowYouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show 010
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025via Anne-christine d'Adesky/Resisting Project 2025 on Substack resistingproject2025.substack.com/p/dont-despa...resistingproject2025.substack.comDon’t Despair, Organize: A Resistance Roundup & Progress ReportAs more Americans realize we’re actually witnessing a government coup – via Executive Orders – the resistance is blossoming, in many forms. Here’s a rough picture. 100
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025"Regardless of the popularity or powerful interests behind a policy, the responsibility of the profession is to speak out when the science is clear that it will threaten health or safety. Silence is not an option." 000
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025How Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration? - JAMA viewpoint jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comHow Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration?This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration. 111
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Giving full nazi youtu.be/W37meHAVTYo?...youtu.beRep. Brian Mast says he supports potential plan moving USAID into the State DepartmentYouTube video by Face the Nation 030
Jim Pickett @jimberlyp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Eloon is the most dangerous pathogen on the planet. An evil despotic MAGGOT. No coincidence he is also the richest. Aaaaaand he has an office in Sh💩tler's house - where he can keep close tabs on his puppet. 010
Reposted by Jim PickettAsia Russell @asia-ilse.bsky.social · 01/02/2025We published the leaked guidance for @PEPFAR on the waiver to the funding freeze for "life-saving humanitarian assistance programs" here: docs.google.com/document/d/e... >> a thread 🧵:docs.google.com2025_02_01 Waiver Notice to DPs and PCOs FOR DISTRIBUTION.pdf.pdf 44526