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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Bhattacharya is a jealous, petty, and vindictive man. He wants to destroy everything that Tony Fauci built in a long and distinguished career: HIV/AIDS research, pandemic preparedness, biodefense capabilities. All because he thinks he was "silenced" for wanting more Americans to die from COVID-19.

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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

NIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenue: the K99/R00. Devastating news for the international research training community, who strongly contribute to US biomedical research. All will feel this great loss! www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/n...

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NIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenue

The NIH plans to close the door on one of the few pathways available to international students on visas to forge a career in biomedical research in the U.S.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Abolishing the NIH has always been this admin’s plan. They told us in Project 2025. They’ve SHOWN us with their actions over the past 18 months. This is why a heads down approach will not work. The scientific community has 2 options: oppose this with all we’ve got, or let them carry out their plan.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Yesterday, I met Jay Bhattacharya briefly for the first time. I don’t think he’s a fan. 😬🤷‍♀️😇 He spoke yesterday at an NIH workshop on Health Disparities. I want to reflect on his talk, as well as the brief interaction that followed. Here goes… 🧵1/???

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

These "Scientific Freedom" lectures can seem trivial and best ignored But they reveal a lot about "Jay" Bhattacharya. He does not seem to be seriously interested in "Gold Standard" anything. He seems to be working to move up from being a C list political hack, unworthy of being associated with NIH.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Last year I looked at NIH grants for which the the titles had changed in the course of administrative renewal. These title changes were part of the negotiations required between program officers and applicants (a process referred to as "remediation" by Deputy Director Jon Lorsch). 1/5

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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

We have been holding vigils outside of the NIH for a year now. It's been a privilege to commune with such a kind, thoughtful and brilliant group of people. Together we push ourselves to fight for science, health and good governance. Happy anniversary, @nihvigils.bsky.social 🧁🎂🍰🥳🍾🍻🎉🎊

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Photo of several gravestones, protest signs, and a skeleton in front of the National Institutes of Health.

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Cara @picsuresque1.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This is what democracy looks like!!!! Democracy is not a static condition – it is living and it is fragile. The choices we make every single day determine whether it thrives or whether it crumbles. Progress has never come from silence.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This was fitting news to receive on May 1, international workers day. I will be returning to work on Monday after being kept on retaliatory administrative leave for 5 months and 3 weeks. I return along with the brave Katrina Declaration signers from FEMA, also reinstated this week. 🧵1/?

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Nate Brought @usfreepressspain.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hundreds of reports of U.S. troops told Trump was ordained by Jesus to attack Iran and start Armageddon. Now we're complicit in false flag attacks meant to draw NATO into a war... This timeline has jumped the shark. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-cyprus-raf-base-akrotiri-36817529.amp

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This story from @michaeldgreen.phd is way too common at the Trump/Bhattacharya NIH. Program staff can't give grantees clear answers; they don't have them. That is the MO: provide intentionally ambiguous guidance under threat of retaliation, creating an environment where staff over-comply out of fear

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 19/02/2026

More changes at #NIH. Any foreign (even a non-HS) component needs a PF5. US-based institutions who gave sub-awards in olden times should now use the PF5. It looks to be structured like a P01.

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PA-26-002: NIH Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional)

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 25/01/2026

I’m hearing people say that the DHS budget bill won’t affect ICE because of funding from the summer OBBB package. But Congress could remove that ICE funding. For example, amend this appropriations bill to zero out the ICE funding from the summer.

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

32 others died at the hands of ICE in 2025. Do not forget them. 2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody

The deaths came as the Trump administration ramped up immigration enforcement, detaining a record number of people

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is a starter pack of current & former NIH staff—that I highly recommend I’d also add that so many of these heroic folks have been a beacon of light, integrity, & moral clarity at a time when the NIH Director, Jay Bhattacharya, along with Trump & Vought, have, sadly, taken steps to weaken NIH

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

ALERT: Congress may flat-fund science, but Vought, Bhattacharya, Memoli & RFK still have a bag of dirty tricks: impoundment, multi-year funding, termination of programs, appointment of cronies to leadership, changes in scientific review to ratfuck research in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...

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Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

“To this day, grants continue to be ‘realigned’ with administration priorities, a clear form of ideological coercion.”

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

NIH is losing so may good people. First they were fired or RIFd or pressured to retire early. Now they are leaving because “no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity.” Proud to know these brave scientists! www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...

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The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left

“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

On a podcast today, NIH Director Bhattacharya said NIH would not renew grants reinstated under the APHA vs NIH ruling by District Court Judge Young - as reported by @aniloza.bsky.social at @statnews.com. This means the studies yet again will be cut off midstream. www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...

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NIH director says DEI-related grants that were restored under a court order won’t be renewed

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 15/11/2025

Please take the time to read this press release from the Civil Servants Coalition, and please share with your networks if you are a Fed. We stand firm in our resolve. We will not be deterred from our mission to serve the people of this country. We hold the line. ✊✊✊

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

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NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research

The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...

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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 10/11/2025

It is not a victory to have our salary paid when it is already codified. Both Chucks should know better.

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a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

Alt: This is what is happening in my mind.

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A. Chill @atchill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

"We have bowed at altar of caution and we have paid a mighty price." Zohran Mamdani

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 30/10/2025

Hi all, this headline does not give the right impression of what is going on with these notices. (HHS employee here speaking in my personal capacity about matters of public concern that have been publicly reported—I am not sharing details from inside the agency.) 🧵 1/

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/10/2025

The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad. I made a video explainer about why. Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social 1/4 🧪

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is a legitimately amazing video from @schumer.senate.gov Please watch. Thank you, Chuck Schumer! youtube.com/shorts/Bl01O...

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 04/10/2025

OSC tells us how to file a #HatchAct complaint. Nearly all federal sites are in violation. Do not accept this as normal. #FEDSTRONG osc.gov/Services/Pag...

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How to File a Hatch Act Complaint

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Proud that we have played some small role in this — in urge Congress to stand up to Trump, and supporting those who want to do that. Thank you @rephuffman.bsky.social - and to @ramirez.house.gov and @ivey.house.gov who stood with us on Monday outside the Capitol. 💪

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 02/10/2025

Team Maryland will keep working for you. We won't back up, and we won't back down.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2025

COLLINS: So you're telling me you're willing to vote no every time? BERNIE SANDERS: Damn right

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

AOC: Donald Trump is trying to play this bluffing game of, well, maybe what we're going to do is hold the entire all the federal workforce hostage and fire everybody. Donald Trump has been firing everybody.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

There is an abuse of power and destruction of norms and democracy. DJT and the Republicans are weaker than they look. They are facing record levels of unpopularity. They are underwater across the board and they know it. Via @aoc, msnbc on IG #Pinks

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Cara @picsuresque1.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Speaking in my own personal capacity on our weekend Vigil: This week, autism has been in the headlines—not because of science that moves us forward, but because of misinformation that drags us backward.

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Powerful words on politicization of autism research by an NIH PO and autism scientist and former clinician. Add your voice to stand up for health care and against abuse of power. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Statement from SAFA: Friday night's Supreme Court shadow docket order is the Court lawlessly signing off on Trump admin actions that ignore our Constitution. Congress must stand up to stop this brazen attack on American freedoms. We call on Congress to use the budget to check Trump lawlessness. 1/

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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The NIH Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) launched Monday, but its impact was buried. With 90% of NIH’s science communication staff terminated, the rigorous science was drowned out by an administration intent on distortion. We were muzzled. 1/

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Since there is some discussion that NIH institutes should not simply use paylines to determine which grants to fund, I thought I would share some old data. These are plots of funding probability fas a function of percentile score for 9 institutes. 1/7

Graphs of funding curves for nine NIH institutes from fiscal year 2012.

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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

@shaheen.senate.gov - please do not surrender. These people do not honor promises. They don't even honor their own oaths to the Constitution. If we - civil servants - can handle a shutdown, so can you.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Shaheen sends out signal for surrender from Schumer Dems. She will vote 4 blank checks to fund the Trump regime as long as she gets a “promise” that there will be vote on healthcare. This is probably how Schumer’s caucus will surrender bc he doesn’t hold his member accountable 4 surrendering.

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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is declining to rule out supporting Republicans’ short-term spending bill if leaders promise a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies later this year. “There are a number of ways to get this done that should satisfy both sides,” Shaheen, a longtime sponsor of related legislation, told Semafor on Wednesday, following a roundtable with small business owners who rely on the subsidies. “I’m not going to draw a line in the sand and say it’s got to be this way or that way.” Her comments point to an off-ramp for lawmakers seeking to avert a government shutdown next week: Senate Majority Leader John Thune told CNN the GOP’s proposal “enables us … to have discussions about other issues, like the premium tax credit issue.” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., predicted 10 Senate Democrats would vote for the funding bill on Monday. Meanwhile, the Office of Management and Budget ordered federal agencies to prepare mass layoff plans in the event the government shuts down.

— Eleanor Mueller and Burgess Everett”

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 25/09/2025

Just going to point out that Congress can easily legislate to stop this. If there is a shutdown, and these illegal firings happen, Congress should then insist that any CR that ends the shutdown carries an explicit provision that those workers’ jobs are safe. 1/

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Bad JD @dontbelikejd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Veep Vance takes Tylenol when pregnant women's screams give him headaches. #dontbelikejd

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