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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Republicans want to talk about “men in women’s sports?” Dems should talk about Kentucky and how all they did was hurt a 13-year old kid while her young teammates showed that they aren’t constrained by the same bigotry that has led to so much hatred. Change the conversation. bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
The seventh-grader continued showing up to practices, but she couldn't bring herself to attend the game in which she'd be benched.
Her absence seemed to galvanize her teammates, who could not believe she had been ousted for being herself. For every goal they scored, they shouted, "For Fischer!"
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the moon report 🌗 @seachanger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i'm voting loud and proud for tina kotek and i am talking about it we are past the time for a better candidate to enter that race. we have got to focus and cut Drazan's momentum. anytime that name comes up it should come up with trump and his gas prices, shock troops, and wars. that's who she is
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Spotted new posters around DC today
OMG.
AMERICANS ARE LOSING ACCESS
TO
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CLINICAL TRIALS.
OMB.
UNITED SCIENCE
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us). www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union
Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
$9.5 Billion. That’s how much Trump paid Feds not to work. My >5 months on paid admin leave is barely a blip in the grand total. But I did see the waste first hand. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI.
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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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BIKETOWNpdx @biketownpdx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I-5 is closing, but the bike lanes are always open. Change your commute with a BIKETOWN annual membership. Now $25 off for the next 6 weeks. Use code “bikei52026” at checkout in the BIKETOWN app or online at biketownpdx.com. Add promo code under payment info.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 01/09/2026
The CDC still isn't counting two deaths from measles in PA, reportedly by order of the new director, Erica Schwartz. I reached out to her spox for comment last week, but haven't heard anything, and afaik she's made no public comments about measles. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts
RFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the deaths were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It's time to reject MAHA's deadly kookery "Everyone, from scientists to senators are now calling RFK Jr. 'dangerous to the American public,' and urging him to resign"
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
OMB's proposal to remake federal grantmaking was flooded with comments Now, they are withdrawing some from the public record — including some that point out Russell Vought's connection to the federally funded research that led to Trikafta www.statnews.com/2026/08/25/r...
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Comments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal website
Some comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage.
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Btw, championing special funding opportunities for URM has the functional effect of putting the superlative URM candidates in competition with the midURM and taking them out of the way of mid-majoritarian candidates. If anyone wonders why various programs over decades haven’t really moved the needle
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The civil rights movement in Mississippi
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I am once again saying on the internet the only reason to do shit like this is because The Trump Administration *wants* vulnerable people to die. They are eugenicists. They BELIEVE that people who can't ~naturally~ fight off illness are inferior and do not deserve to live. Period. SEND SKEET.
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Multnomah County Chair Vega Pederson hired Chris Oxley to lead their negotiations on the Moda Center renovation. Oxley formerly worked for the Blazers and currently serves as Board President at Sport Oregon, a nonprofit that has been lobbying for public funding of the Moda Center renovation.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is how the CDC honored Officer David Rose, killed a year ago in the domestic terror attack by a shooter who believed he'd been injured by a vaccine. Truly one of the most appalling things I have ever seen.
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Rip City Not Rip Off @ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It seems only sensible and fair, then, if we want to create an environment where a fair deal gets made in good faith from both sides, for these two pieces of leverage to be disposed of or dropped in tandem. That is, the City agrees to ditch the first-class claim and the Blazers agree not to leave.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
No child should be in prison. Shut down Dilley. Ensure dignity and due process for all children. End family detention.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Oh, I’m sure that the MAGA/MAHA Administration will use this identifiable information about us wisely & never for nefarious purposes They’re demanding “detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms” 😨 kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
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Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records - KFF Health News
The tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety is pressuring hospitals to turn over patient records from emergency room visits, including about injuries that have nothing to do with consu...
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Oregon GOP governor candidate, Christine Drazan, promises to purge the Oregon State Board of Education and fill it with anti-woke MAGAs. "Curriculum in the classroom that is not age appropriate" is a dog whistle for anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-sex ed. This is anti-equality, neo-segregationist rhetoric.
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Emily Bregel @emilybregel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
At nearly seven months pregnant, Lesli Vaca Díaz was helicoptered to a Tucson hospital after she says a Border Patrol agent struck her in the back so hard during her July 2 arrest that she had the wind knocked out of her and fell to her knees. CBP is investigating. @tucson.com tinyurl.com/bp6nny24
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Two pregnant detainees hospitalized in Arizona; one claims border agent struck her
Two pregnant women in immigration custody in Arizona were hospitalized this month in separate incidents. In one, a woman was helicoptered to a Tucson hospital after what she called an
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OmegaMom (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
With alt-text:
NIH & AHRQ Grant Termination
Information Collection Form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH or AHRQ grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected Pls, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks.
Public information about reported grants - titles, institutions, award amounts retrieved from USAspending.gov, will be shared at grant-witness.us, after we review submissions for errors.
WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."
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Abraham Gutman @abgutman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Park rangers fined Sandra Shachar for vandalism this morning at the President’s House, hours after the Trump admin installed its version of history. The 72 year old has been posting news articles on the site’s walls since the slavery exhibit was removed. If she does it again, she’ll be arrested.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A 28-year-old Mexican man was killed by a semi truck this morning after ICE and HSI agents caused him to flee for his life in St. Augustine, Florida. ICE is tearing parents from children, workers from job sites, neighbors from their homes, people from their cars, and neighbors from our streets. 1/
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is I believe the third incident where ICE has gone to arrest people, they flee, and someone is hit by a car or other vehicle and dies. In this case, ICE officers went to question some people at a gas station, they panicked, and one of them ran into the road and was hit by a truck.
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
If you get explosive diarrhea this summer, thank RFK Jr. and Donald Trump. In July 2025, they slashed the CDC program monitoring this exact parasite from 8 pathogens down to 2. Cyclospora was one they stopped tracking. It's now in 30+ states, with 7,000+ cases, and they can't find the source.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 14/07/2026
This is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the 26-year-old Colombian father and husband murdered by ICE fascists in broad daylight in front of his 3-year-old daughter. He was NOT the target of the ICE warrant. He was documented. He did everything right. ICE murdered him anyway. And yet… 1/2
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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Russell Vought has a daughter who suffers from cystic fibrosis like me son. She is for a fact benefiting from a miracle breakthrough drug called Trikafta. My son and I have been advocating for 38 years for this breakthrough. It is no way a cure, but Vought is halting further research. EVIL
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 14/07/2026
Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’
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‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11/07/2026
You can reduce your risk of Cyclospora infection by: Avoiding pre-washed bagged salads Thoroughly washing produce Cutting away damaged areas Heating food to 158°F, which kills the parasite Washing hands and surfaces
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lessergoldfinch.bsky.social @lessergoldfinch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/w...
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A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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Heyzell @heyzell.myatproto.social · 09/07/2026
PIRC had its highest number of reports of ICE abductions in Oregon for 2026 last month
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 09/07/2026
Mexican man shot dead by US immigration officer: The last day of Lorenzo Salgado's life began like most of his mornings for the past 35 years: he woke early, washed up, kissed his wife, pet his dog and left for work. An hour later, he was shot dead by an immigration agent u.afp.com/SKuN
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lessergoldfinch.bsky.social @lessergoldfinch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Still working on my public comment but this @standupforscience.net tool made it really easy for me to contact my members of Congress about the Voght rule to destroy the scientific enterprise: fight2win.standupforscience.net?utm_source=o...
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Every child deserves equal access to participating in organized sports. The joy, confidence-building, and resilience our kids gain is something I will relentlessly fight for in the halls of Congress.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
While it's obvious the next Democratic president should pardon these individuals on day one, the judge who handed down the sentences should also be subjected to a federal investigation to determine if he abused his power and whether it warrants prosecution and potential imprisonment.
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sanjukta paul @sanjukta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is completely insane and it needs to be a priority to free these people!
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/06/2026
the DOJ's counterterrorism messaging named "Antifa", "Anarchists" and "pro-trans extremists" as major threats. nearly a third of the 22 Prairieland defendants are trans. Autumn Hill and Meagan Morris, sentenced to 50 yrs each, have been held in men's prisons, even denied hormones in the last year.
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‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
One thing I don’t understand about this Moda Center thing: everyone says it needs renovation, but as a season ticket holder and Fire fan 🔥, I can’t see anything wrong. Maybe it’s only the luxury parts need updating? Regular fans probably won’t benefit at all? But they’re asking us to pay!
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STAT @statnews.com · 22/06/2026
Scientists who study health disparities say a proposed grantmaking policy may affect future NIH funding decisions. www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/h...
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Health equity researchers fear unseen level of scrutiny under White House proposal
Health disparities researchers say a new White House proposal could disqualify much of their work from federal funding — perhaps the most serious threat yet to the future of their field.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Public health decisions will be a matter of politics, not saving lives. Clinical trials are heavily regulated. They test new treatments for safety & efficacy in humans. Currently, 5000 clinical trials (including 1000 NEW cancer treatments) face termination. Why? 🧵 🧪 archive.today/pSUAa
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Proposed White House regulations could kill 5,000 clinical trials, analysis finds
The Trump administration is mulling new rules that would give political appointees final say on research grants
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
There's been a lot of attention on the OMB proposal, namely the changes to peer review, but I wanted to highlight another side of it: how health disparities research, already under a lot of political pressure, could be at risk www.statnews.com/2026/06/22/h...
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Health equity researchers fear unseen level of scrutiny under White House proposal
Health disparities researchers say a new White House proposal could disqualify much of their work from federal funding — perhaps the most serious threat yet to the future of their field.
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Making matters worse: Before Trump 2.0, deported parents could decide whether they wanted their kids to join them abroad, and ICE was supposed to facilitate that choice. Now, ICE will do so only if “operationally feasible.” Parents are being separated from their infants and struggling to reunite 7/x
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The face of family separation is changing. It's increasingly affecting US citizen kids—Americans who've lived their entire lives here, who want to go to college and pursue their dreams, but now have to choose between that and staying together. 6/x (all photos by the incredible Saul Martinez)
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I’m not sure people realize how huge this problem is. During Trump 1.0, ~5,000 kids were separated from parents at the border. During Trump 2.0, the Brookings Institution estimates *145,000* US citizen kids have been separated, mostly in the country's interior www.brookings.edu/articles/how... 5/x
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Around the country, ICE is arresting people and not asking if they have kids at home. While reporting, I heard about a dad who begged in vain for officers to let him call his babysitter; about parents stepping off deportation flights in tears because they didn’t know whether their kids were safe 4/x
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