@maggiemaythegreat.bsky.social
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Since we seemed to be making distinctions about “scientists”, I might point out the Dr. Jenna Norton earned an MPH and a PhD.
Bhattacharya completed an MD but never completed other clinical training. He then got a PhD in econ.
I believe he is the only NIH Director who never practiced medicine.
Bhattacharya completed an MD but never completed other clinical training. He then got a PhD in econ.
I believe he is the only NIH Director who never practiced medicine.
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Since we seemed to be making distinctions about “scientists”, I might point out the Dr. Jenna Norton earned an MPH and a PhD.
Bhattacharya completed an MD but never completed other clinical training. He then got a PhD in econ.
I believe he is the only NIH Director who never practiced medicine.
Bhattacharya completed an MD but never completed other clinical training. He then got a PhD in econ.
I believe he is the only NIH Director who never practiced medicine.
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Eric Green, who was director of the NHGRI until [he was forced out] this spring, has served on more than two dozen search committees for NIH leaders.
The process “has worked amazingly well for decades,” he says, and including non-NIH scientists “added broad and deep expertise”…
The process “has worked amazingly well for decades,” he says, and including non-NIH scientists “added broad and deep expertise”…
Is NIH cutting corners as it rushes to fill leadership positions?
Unlike in the past, agency searches appear to exclude help from outside academic researchers
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Eric Green, who was director of the NHGRI until [he was forced out] this spring, has served on more than two dozen search committees for NIH leaders.
The process “has worked amazingly well for decades,” he says, and including non-NIH scientists “added broad and deep expertise”…
The process “has worked amazingly well for decades,” he says, and including non-NIH scientists “added broad and deep expertise”…
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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The CDC RIFs are terrible in more ways than just immediate impact to people’s health.
It’s bad enough that we will lose access to our own health data. It’s worse that these data can and will be weaponized against us.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-health-d...
It’s bad enough that we will lose access to our own health data. It’s worse that these data can and will be weaponized against us.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-health-d...
A Health Data Surveillance State that Dominates
It's a short trip from "data modernization" to national eugenics registries
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The CDC RIFs are terrible in more ways than just immediate impact to people’s health.
It’s bad enough that we will lose access to our own health data. It’s worse that these data can and will be weaponized against us.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-health-d...
It’s bad enough that we will lose access to our own health data. It’s worse that these data can and will be weaponized against us.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-health-d...
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Finally, a good explainer of Dems' other shutdown demand, via @citizencohn.bsky.social. It's about trying to make it harder for the Trump admin to continue unilaterally (and illegally) cutting funding for government programs substack.com/home/post/p-...
The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government
It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.
substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Finally, a good explainer of Dems' other shutdown demand, via @citizencohn.bsky.social. It's about trying to make it harder for the Trump admin to continue unilaterally (and illegally) cutting funding for government programs substack.com/home/post/p-...
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CDC Library staff and the larger Office of Science Quality and Library Services have yet to be re-hired at the CDC!!! Please contact your elected reps to advocate for the reinstatement of the CDC Library. Every little bit helps!
#medlibs #firedbutfighting #publichealthsaveslives #CDC
#medlibs #firedbutfighting #publichealthsaveslives #CDC
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
CDC Library staff and the larger Office of Science Quality and Library Services have yet to be re-hired at the CDC!!! Please contact your elected reps to advocate for the reinstatement of the CDC Library. Every little bit helps!
#medlibs #firedbutfighting #publichealthsaveslives #CDC
#medlibs #firedbutfighting #publichealthsaveslives #CDC
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The CDC Library performs the behind-the-scenes work that enables timely, effective public health responses.
Without the library, the administration has placed a massive, unnecessary time tax on CDC staff, forcing them to spend hours searching for information instead of saving lives.
#medlibs
Without the library, the administration has placed a massive, unnecessary time tax on CDC staff, forcing them to spend hours searching for information instead of saving lives.
#medlibs
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The CDC Library performs the behind-the-scenes work that enables timely, effective public health responses.
Without the library, the administration has placed a massive, unnecessary time tax on CDC staff, forcing them to spend hours searching for information instead of saving lives.
#medlibs
Without the library, the administration has placed a massive, unnecessary time tax on CDC staff, forcing them to spend hours searching for information instead of saving lives.
#medlibs
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Hi, Every Library (a political group that advocates for libraries) just launched a petition and a way to email your reps to support the CDC librarians:
Petition: action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarype...
Email: action.everylibrary.org/emailcdclibr...
Please share!
Petition: action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarype...
Email: action.everylibrary.org/emailcdclibr...
Please share!
PETITION: Protect the Center for Disease Control Library
Staff at the CDC Library were laid off on October 10th and have not been brought back. Sign the petition to call for their return.
action.everylibrary.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hi, Every Library (a political group that advocates for libraries) just launched a petition and a way to email your reps to support the CDC librarians:
Petition: action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarype...
Email: action.everylibrary.org/emailcdclibr...
Please share!
Petition: action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarype...
Email: action.everylibrary.org/emailcdclibr...
Please share!
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“A horrifying read.”
Thank you for the kind words.🙏
Thank you for the kind words.🙏
His first book meticulously documented the lies & disinformation of anti-science contrarian physicians during the pandemic. Dr. Howard now documents in "Everyone Else is Lying to You” how they parlayed their prevarications into positions of power within the HHS. A well-written but horrifying read.
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!
COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.
Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.
How did that happen?🧵
sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.
Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.
How did that happen?🧵
sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
October 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“A horrifying read.”
Thank you for the kind words.🙏
Thank you for the kind words.🙏
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My op-ed just came out discussing how NIH leadership is failing early career researchers and, importantly, how we can push back and take our future into our own hands.
NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.
www.the-scientist.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My op-ed just came out discussing how NIH leadership is failing early career researchers and, importantly, how we can push back and take our future into our own hands.
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The thing we have learned very clearly about Jay Bhattacharya in the last six months is:
He wants to be a podcaster.
He seems to have no interest in running NIH or learning about science. He’s the leader of #darkscicomm
He wants to be a podcaster.
He seems to have no interest in running NIH or learning about science. He’s the leader of #darkscicomm
Bhattacharya is busy tweeting from his personal account about how he was right about lockdowns.
This is where he seems to want to spend his time, rather than doing his day job.
This is where he seems to want to spend his time, rather than doing his day job.
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The thing we have learned very clearly about Jay Bhattacharya in the last six months is:
He wants to be a podcaster.
He seems to have no interest in running NIH or learning about science. He’s the leader of #darkscicomm
He wants to be a podcaster.
He seems to have no interest in running NIH or learning about science. He’s the leader of #darkscicomm
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Battlefields are changing, as Ukraine has showed us. I suspect that instead of building proxy militias with RPGs and rockets, Iran will rearm new fighters with FPV suicide drones and If they can do that into the millions... and if they dig in to avoid IDF bombs... Israel will have a big problem.
October 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Battlefields are changing, as Ukraine has showed us. I suspect that instead of building proxy militias with RPGs and rockets, Iran will rearm new fighters with FPV suicide drones and If they can do that into the millions... and if they dig in to avoid IDF bombs... Israel will have a big problem.
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SAMHSA funds "are the backbone of behavioral health in this country," Rachel Winograd, a psychologist at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, told NPR earlier this year. "If those grants were to go away, we'd be screwed."
apple.news/A-qPCmN8WRbu...
apple.news/A-qPCmN8WRbu...
Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on — NPR
Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
apple.news
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
SAMHSA funds "are the backbone of behavioral health in this country," Rachel Winograd, a psychologist at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, told NPR earlier this year. "If those grants were to go away, we'd be screwed."
apple.news/A-qPCmN8WRbu...
apple.news/A-qPCmN8WRbu...
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
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Does the public has a good sense of just how radical are the Trump/Project 2025 claims of presidential power?
"In effect, OPM has asked the courts to invalidate any provision that restricts the president’s ability to remove [civil servants]" - @nicholasbednar.bsky.social
"In effect, OPM has asked the courts to invalidate any provision that restricts the president’s ability to remove [civil servants]" - @nicholasbednar.bsky.social
A Primer on the Senior Executive Service | Lawfare
The Trump administration argues that the removal power extends to top career executives, endangering civil service tenure protections.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Does the public has a good sense of just how radical are the Trump/Project 2025 claims of presidential power?
"In effect, OPM has asked the courts to invalidate any provision that restricts the president’s ability to remove [civil servants]" - @nicholasbednar.bsky.social
"In effect, OPM has asked the courts to invalidate any provision that restricts the president’s ability to remove [civil servants]" - @nicholasbednar.bsky.social
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There isn’t another side to the argument. Every actor in the system—from defense attorneys to Justices on the Supreme Court—recognizes what is happening. The only question is how the criminal justice system should respond.”
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
The Irredeemable DOJ
Why James has an even stronger case of selective prosecution than Comey.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
There isn’t another side to the argument. Every actor in the system—from defense attorneys to Justices on the Supreme Court—recognizes what is happening. The only question is how the criminal justice system should respond.”
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.
undark.org/2025/10/09/o...
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undark.org/2025/10/09/o...
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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation
The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind — and U.S. science at risk.
undark.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.
undark.org/2025/10/09/o...
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undark.org/2025/10/09/o...
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From our colleagues @27unihted.bsky.social
On October 1st, four #NIH directors and one high ranking official were all terminated. This is a devastating loss for our agency and our country. We spoke to some of their colleagues to learn about them and their amazing work.
From our colleagues @27unihted.bsky.social
On October 1st, four #NIH directors and one high ranking official were all terminated. This is a devastating loss for our agency and our country. We spoke to some of their colleagues to learn about them and their amazing work.
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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From our colleagues @27unihted.bsky.social
On October 1st, four #NIH directors and one high ranking official were all terminated. This is a devastating loss for our agency and our country. We spoke to some of their colleagues to learn about them and their amazing work.
From our colleagues @27unihted.bsky.social
On October 1st, four #NIH directors and one high ranking official were all terminated. This is a devastating loss for our agency and our country. We spoke to some of their colleagues to learn about them and their amazing work.
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Reporting on conversations with four, fired, infectious disease scientists, including two from USAID, about "their work, their lives now and the state of the nation’s pandemic preparedness".
They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reporting on conversations with four, fired, infectious disease scientists, including two from USAID, about "their work, their lives now and the state of the nation’s pandemic preparedness".
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Silly Makary says COVID and Lyme came from labs.
YouTube video by Jonathan Howard
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Why would they recuse themselves when that was exactly why they were inserted into the military?
“Tech Executives [From Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI] Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings” 6/27/25 www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings
The new formation is set to recruit tech executives to work on major Army challenges, but the service has not articulated exactly what those individuals would do -- instead focusing on recruiting tale...
www.military.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Why would they recuse themselves when that was exactly why they were inserted into the military?
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The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.
We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.
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The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4
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Reminds me of his answers on cutting pandemic prevention during COVID
October 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reminds me of his answers on cutting pandemic prevention during COVID