“many of his former DOGE foot soldiers have leveraged their government stints to fuel private-sector ambitions: building companies that tap government largesse or that deploy knowledge they garnered during their brief tenures in Washington.” It’s the accountability, stupid. cc: Democrats

This is a fascist nightmare. Politicized law enforcement and deliberate targeting of an elected official who has been critical of the regime. Everyone involved needs to be identified and prosecuted. Trump needs to be impeached and removed from office and put on trial for his various crimes.

"When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for everyone to quiet down and be “civil”—an outcome that benefits those who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern for legality or civility."

“Current leadership at the NIH & HHS has cultivated an environment of fear among agency staff. Through threats, firings & other forms of retaliation, they have created a workforce that is largely cowed. The have used this fear to force compliance with administration orders, even when harmful” 😢

I'm something like 239th in line for the audio book from my library.

My quote of the day If anyone can say 'go back,' it's Native Americans. My Pueblo ancestors, despite being targeted at every juncture - despite facing famine and drought - still inhabit this country today. But indigenous people aren't asking anyone to go back to where they came from. Deb Haaland

Can confirm on the censorship. We screen every single grant that goes out the door for a list of keywords.

Agree with Don. I’d add that the H1 people mostly (in my expc) didn’t *really* think the right cared about threats to free speech. Instead the H1 folks felt status threat, objected to the way DEI was being handled, and didn’t know how to say it. So they deflected their feelings onto “free speech”

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disproportionate weight to small percentile differences, diminishes the role of scientific peer review, and should be withdrawn in its entirety.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 🧵

Read this thread & weep In our bioethics classes, we’re all going to be teaching our students about this grotesque RFK Jr-funded trial for decades to come White Danes flying in to Guinea-Bissau to withhold a proven intervention—the new Tuskegee And it’s happening in the year of our Lord 2026 🤯