NoBo Pedro

NoBo Pedro

@nobopedro.bsky.social

greying lib, geek, smart-mouth yahoo and believer in earth one reality he/him/his and sometimes’y’

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NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

Such an important read -- already hazy in memory and too easily whitewashed, the sober recounting reminds us how deeply disordered, broken, damaging the administration has been in less than 2 years.

NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

In what universe has the current Attorney General of the United States not blatantly violated his oath of office? IMPEACH BLANCHE

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: What's the crime? AG TODD BLANCHE: What's the crime? Well it depends. There *could* be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are gonna be confused. BASH: The Alaskan Supreme Court ruled 4 months ago on this matter

NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

Me2

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

I may not be able to talk, but my vote can’t be silenced! I voted early and in less than 10 minutes. Check out your local early voting sites and VOTE 🗳️

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Jenna Norton
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

I will add my name to this, too. Another NIH scientist, not anonymous, declaring that RFK, jr. is destroying NIH. Don’t want to take my & @markhisted.org’s word for it? 39 current/recent NIHers put their name to this just a few months ago: www.27unihted.org/bethesda-dec...

27unihted.orgBethesda Declaration One Year Later — 27 UNIHTED
Mark Histed@markhisted.org

This week, NIH advisors rebuked RFK for harming #NIH and US science. Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported it. Then RFK posted calling her sources anonymous or corrupt. I'll say this hoping it does good: I'm an NIH scientist, I'm not anonymous, and RFK Jr is destroying NIH. More in attachment:

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

243 years ago, George Washington resigned his commission & made one thing clear: We will have no kings in America. Today, we have a president who's ripping up our Constitution & trampling over our democracy. We must show him that he won't get away with it. NO KINGS!

NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

Jay B's buddy, top HHS strategy advisor to RFKjr, and co-author of the Great Barrington Cocktail Napkin, Martin Kulldorff, to give the next Orwellian Prize Lecture at NIH (aka the Scientific Freedom Poetry Slam). You could make this sh*t up, but nobody'd believe it. www.nih.gov/about-nih/ni...

NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

...the blatant bribe scenario SCOTUS accepted in the executive immunity case --- on steroids!

Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov

New @washingtonpost.com reporting shows a majority of the money Trump has "raised" for his ballroom has come from companies or wealthy people with interests before the federal govt.   Make no mistake this is a two-way street: every single one of these donors wants something in return.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

🚨 A federal judge has halted Trump's attempts to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in MD.   For decades, experts at BARC have protected our food & farmers, including from threats like cyclospora.   We'll keep working to protect BARC & these dedicated civil servants.

wjla.comJudge halts Trump admin. plan that permanently closes key USDA research center in MarylandA federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration plan to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which included plans to shut down the Belt

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

Despite a court order, Trump kept using your tax dollars to run his propaganda ads. From his gold-plated ballroom, to his new DC golf course, to these illegal ads, Trump will use your tax dollars to do everything but lower your costs. He & his minions must reimburse taxpayers.

washingtonpost.comTrump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style adsA coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

Did you know businesses with federal govt contracts aren’t allowed to spend for or against federal candidates? How then has Elon Musk, whose companies get billions in contracts, spent hundreds of millions in our elections? The answer: A giant loophole I'm working to close.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

Trump's continued attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social the Somali American community, & our Muslim neighbors are a heinous attempt to distract from his complete & utter failure as president. Every American should be chilled to the bone: these are the actions of a dictatorship not a democracy.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

Trump’s destruction of parts of a DC public park in violation of a federal judge’s order cannot go unpunished. This land, like the Kennedy Center & Yosemite belongs to the people, not him. The perpetrators need to be held in contempt.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

A federal judge excoriated the Trump administration for cutting down hundreds of trees at East Potomac Golf Links. “More than just being upset and furious right now, I’m just beyond disappointed in the government,” she said. “There’s no excuse for this.” https://wapo.st/4zoTd6Z

NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

Such an important read -- already hazy in memory and too easily whitewashed, the sober recounting reminds us how deeply disordered, broken, damaging the administration has been in less than 2 years.

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Joshua Weitz
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social

The NIH proposal to conceal reviewer scores from program officers, investigators, and advisory councils is ill-conceived, introduces disproportionate weight to small percentile differences, diminishes the role of scientific peer review, and should be withdrawn in its entirety. a 🧵

joshuasweitz.substack.comWhat is NIH Leadership Trying to Hide from Researchers & the Public?A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13).
NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

The perverse inversion of 'academic freedom' under Bobby and Jay: because undermining public trust and eliminating sources of independent authority is essential for the authoritarian takeover.

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

The unethical, racist study of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau is back. Last year, we made a lot of noise and they dropped it. Time to get loud again! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

rollingstone.comCDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

Once again, an independent watchdog found the Trump admin illegally withheld funds, including ~$80 million intended for the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality here in MD. Congress must re-appropriate these funds & make clear we will not tolerate these illegal cuts.

washingtonsun.comCongress’ Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal FundsThe White House impounded funds from the EPA and HHS last year, the Government Accountability Office reports.

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Blue Dot in Red State
@bluedotin.bsky.social

(The Atlantic) Fascinating article... I recommend at least the first five to six paragraphs to get the flavor. It focuses on Kash Patel and his efforts to do anything he can to keep Trump happy. Stunning subservience and adulation, not the FBI director. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

theatlantic.comIs There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.”
NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

Anybody else intrigued how little buzz Trump's new Arch de Me is getting?. Maybe bc nobody can figure out what the f*ck he's talking about -- it's gonna store ammunition and release drones? Like from the columns? Gold eagles shooting lasers from their eyes? Really, does he know AI pics aren't real?

NoBo Pedro
@nobopedro.bsky.social

Transparency? Restoring trust? Openness? Horseshit. Bhattacharya and RFKjr have sold out the greatest biomedical research enterprise in the world.

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad.bsky.social

one of the biggest scandals at NIH in anyone’s memory we cannot hand over civilian science to the military they have their expertise we have ours like asking us to fight wars

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Steven Beschloss
@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

Trump will keep getting worse as his desperation of losing grows. It will take a massive voter turnout to ensure we overcome all the traitorous ways he is plotting to deny the will of the people.