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Awful awful news for research & new knowledge…

We have very unfortunate news to share today... 😢 I've been an author for this report since 2020, and we just celebrated our 20th anniversary edition last year.

No Kings 3 in Durham NC— big crowd, great energy! #nokings3

Congressional Republicans unveiled their new “MEGA Act” bill, which could: ❌Impose strict voter ID requirements to vote ❌Create a centralized voter surveillance system in every state ❌Ban universal mail voting ❌And much more The kicker? These changes would happen all at once.

In 2025, departures of govt scientists outnumbered new hires by a ratio of 11 to 1. This reduction in STEM PhDs translates to 106k yrs of federal work experience across 10,000 employees. These talents will take their expertise elsewhere. Experience is indispensable. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Wow. This is devastating. www.science.org/content/arti...

ICE and CBP death squads are killing innocent people, terrorizing our communities, and violating our constitutional rights — and the House just voted to give them more money. Demand that your senators use their upcoming vote on the DHS funding bill to rein in the regime’s secret police.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

We are failing our kids

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

Tell your GOP representative to release the Epstein Files act.indivisible.org/sign/rep-hou...

It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I'm moving to another streaming platform that doesn't profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/52mHvtqL

Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings

No Kings Day in June: 5-6 million people 2,169 communities 27 countries The sequel is going to be even bigger.

Labor Day rally, Knoxville TN #workersoverbillionaires #labordayrally #knoxvilleprotest small city turning out in a big way #knoxvilleindivisible

When the Trump administration refused to reveal how many workers had left federal health agencies, ProPublica turned to a federal employee directory to quantify the impact. Here’s how reporters @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org did it.

NIH FY26 #SCIMaP scorecards are now available for * All states * All districts The White House has shared its vision of priorities for this year and years to come. This vision comes with consequences for our health and innovation economy. Explore and share: scienceimpacts.org/fy26

AMS State of the Global Climate in 2024. Continent Scorecard Nth America: Hottest on Record Sth America: Hottest on Record Europe: Hottest on Record Africa: Hottest on Record Asia: 2nd Hottest on Record Australia: 2nd Hottest on Record Antarctica: 2nd lowest sea ice www.ametsoc.org/ams/publicat...

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

While children are starving, the Trump Admin is literally setting food on fire — destroying 500  tons of US taxpayer-funded food that could feed 1.5 million starving children for a week. Destroying the food alone will cost $130K. This is heartless cruelty, not efficiency.

Federal workers across a dozen agencies are revealing how DOGE is dismantling essential services provided by the federal government: linktr.ee/FedsSpeakOut

Thousands of research projects—some years in, with taxpayer money already spent—were wiped out by Trump’s budget cuts. At the Science Fair of Lost Research, scientists showed what was lost: cancer breakthroughs, climate solutions, public health progress. zurl.co/1KB6I #standupforscience

Capitol Hill just hosted a science fair with a twist: 🔬 Nobel winners & other leading scientists stood by posters showing their work — and the cuts now gutting it. They came from across the country, many paying their own way, to call attention to the serious risks these cuts pose to our future.

Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Impressive No Kings turnout in tiny Hamilton NY with the university students on break… #nokings #hamiltonNY overheard: “I didn’t know there were so many people in Madison County that feel the way I do!”

Reminder that 988 and the crisis text line are both connected to emergency services and can track location. The other numbers here are not! You're not alone, please reach out for help if you need it! The cruelty is the point and we all need to stick together & use our resources to make it through.

Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.

Writing to Ohio voters about Medicaid support, with #ActivateAmerica . I’m convinced that it all helps move the needle back toward democracy.

NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...

Once again begging media reports to get the math right. For example, cutting a $5M five-year grant in year 4 isn't saving $1M, but it is wasting the $4M already spent. Stop letting this administration get away with so many lies.

Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

Everyone paying attention here, folks? Safety inspections of milk doesn't sounds like waste or fat to me. WTF?

This bodes well... 😡

My 3-yr old's #HandsOff sign (front & back) and my sign (f&b) @indivisible.org @indivisibleva.bsky.social @pbs.org #Elmo

Knoxville TN showed up today, spread out on sidewalks every which way at a busy intersection. Lots of visibility, lots of supportive honking! #indivisibleknoxville #handsoff2025

Don’t look at me, I voted for the black lady who didn’t want to burn down our economy.

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

People respond to “call your Senator” with “but mine are both Republicans.” Precisely. The only way anything will change is with PRESSURE. Signalgate is a serious breach & display of lying & incompetence at the highest levels. Call them! 202-224-3121 www.armed-services.senate.gov/about/member...

(AP) — Democrat James Andrew Malone won a special election for a state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning Pennsylvania suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset in a territory that a Democrat hasn’t represented in the chamber for 136 years. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/penn...

Bidenomics worked. The media failed.

Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10% in tax receipts this year compared with 2024. That would amount to more than $500 billion in lost federal revenue. The reason? Staff cuts and disruptions related to Musk's DOGE. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...