NIH Vigils
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We commemorate and mourn the losses resulting from cuts to funding, programs, and people that have been both discriminatory and indiscriminate. We gather every Saturday at 10 am at the Medical Center Metro station at NIH in Bethesda. Opinions are our own.
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NIH Vigils
@nihvigils.bsky.social
· Aug 6
No matter how your week is going, we’ll save a spot for you at NIH Vigils.
Laugh, cry, renew your oath of office.
Then get honks from cars and the occasional bus.
Saturdays at 10 am
Medical Center Metro Station
Laugh, cry, renew your oath of office.
Then get honks from cars and the occasional bus.
Saturdays at 10 am
Medical Center Metro Station
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The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 AM
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
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15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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hitting the streets
January 24, 2026 at 11:11 PM
hitting the streets
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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This is Alex Pretti.
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
January 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
This is Alex Pretti.
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
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i think the guy they murdered helped run research studies for the fucking VA
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
i think the guy they murdered helped run research studies for the fucking VA
Dammit Minneapolis now I’m crying again
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 23, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Dammit Minneapolis now I’m crying again
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Today, @statnews.com published a sit down interview with the new NCI Director. While I was glad to see @angusrohan.bsky.social asked some tough questions, I was disappointed that Letai's answers were platformed with no correction, pushback or contextualization. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/n...
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Anthony Letai says NCI is more stable than perceived and is heading for a big year
Anthony Letai says the National Cancer Institute is more stable than perceived and is heading for a big year.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Today, @statnews.com published a sit down interview with the new NCI Director. While I was glad to see @angusrohan.bsky.social asked some tough questions, I was disappointed that Letai's answers were platformed with no correction, pushback or contextualization. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/n...
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“The idea behind DEI was very simple, that the composition of institutions should reflect the public they serve...But I think the left took it too far."
I'd note how status threat and reaction often drives this feeling: "the left took it too far," and it serves to justify wrecking.
I'd note how status threat and reaction often drives this feeling: "the left took it too far," and it serves to justify wrecking.
Which of Trump’s upheavals in U.S. science are likely to stick?
A future president could reverse many changes, but greater White House control of science agencies may be here to stay
www.science.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 AM
“The idea behind DEI was very simple, that the composition of institutions should reflect the public they serve...But I think the left took it too far."
I'd note how status threat and reaction often drives this feeling: "the left took it too far," and it serves to justify wrecking.
I'd note how status threat and reaction often drives this feeling: "the left took it too far," and it serves to justify wrecking.
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After taking the first step to impeach Kristi Noem in December, I am leading 71 of my colleagues demanding the House Committee on Judiciary start the investigation hearings into her impeachable offenses.
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
After taking the first step to impeach Kristi Noem in December, I am leading 71 of my colleagues demanding the House Committee on Judiciary start the investigation hearings into her impeachable offenses.
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Trump v Anderson was wrongly decided. Trump was ineligible. We can read the plain text of the Constitution.
“No person shall hold any office … who, having previously taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion…” 1/
“No person shall hold any office … who, having previously taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion…” 1/
Trump v. Anderson was wrongly decided, is my hottest take. And obviously wrongly decided. There.
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Trump v Anderson was wrongly decided. Trump was ineligible. We can read the plain text of the Constitution.
“No person shall hold any office … who, having previously taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion…” 1/
“No person shall hold any office … who, having previously taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion…” 1/
Special vigil this week
ICE OUT FOR GOOD edition, this Saturday at the NIH Visitor Center at the Medical Center Metro, 10 am, rain or shine (it will be rain). Silent march to Bethesda metro at 11 am.
ICE OUT FOR GOOD edition, this Saturday at the NIH Visitor Center at the Medical Center Metro, 10 am, rain or shine (it will be rain). Silent march to Bethesda metro at 11 am.
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Special vigil this week
ICE OUT FOR GOOD edition, this Saturday at the NIH Visitor Center at the Medical Center Metro, 10 am, rain or shine (it will be rain). Silent march to Bethesda metro at 11 am.
ICE OUT FOR GOOD edition, this Saturday at the NIH Visitor Center at the Medical Center Metro, 10 am, rain or shine (it will be rain). Silent march to Bethesda metro at 11 am.
As we mourn and rage over the murder of Renee Goode and the lack of accountability that the ICE team will undoubtedly face, it is important to remember that BBB was part of a vision to reroute funding for education, housing, healthcare, and research into a weapon for murder and mass control.
January 8, 2026 at 7:14 AM
As we mourn and rage over the murder of Renee Goode and the lack of accountability that the ICE team will undoubtedly face, it is important to remember that BBB was part of a vision to reroute funding for education, housing, healthcare, and research into a weapon for murder and mass control.
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Director Bhattacharya spending more time on podcasts, this time taking about not renewing grants NIH was forced to restore.
Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
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Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social
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
www.statnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Director Bhattacharya spending more time on podcasts, this time taking about not renewing grants NIH was forced to restore.
Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
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Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
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Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
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January 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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This is why NASA exists. To reach the farthest parts of the universe and understand them through science. To understand our Earth and benefit all humanity. To create technology for the stars that can be used on land and sea. #savenasa
Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam, this shimmering “mountaintop” is actually cosmic dust
It has been sculpted and slowly worn away by intense winds and radiation from nearby new-born stars.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pagan (STScI)
It has been sculpted and slowly worn away by intense winds and radiation from nearby new-born stars.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pagan (STScI)
January 4, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This is why NASA exists. To reach the farthest parts of the universe and understand them through science. To understand our Earth and benefit all humanity. To create technology for the stars that can be used on land and sea. #savenasa
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ALERT: The Trump Administration is dismantling NASA’S Goddard Library and BURNING ARCHIVES!!
#SaveNASA #NASANeedsHelp #altgov
#SaveNASA #NASANeedsHelp #altgov
January 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
ALERT: The Trump Administration is dismantling NASA’S Goddard Library and BURNING ARCHIVES!!
#SaveNASA #NASANeedsHelp #altgov
#SaveNASA #NASANeedsHelp #altgov
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ALERT: NASA GODDARD LIBRARY IS CLOSED AND SCHEDULED FOR DESTRUCTION. REAPER VOUGHT IS DESTROYING OUR SCIENTIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE. @nihvigils.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
ALERT: NASA GODDARD LIBRARY IS CLOSED AND SCHEDULED FOR DESTRUCTION. REAPER VOUGHT IS DESTROYING OUR SCIENTIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE. @nihvigils.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
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85 days ago, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee declined to give Donald Trump the award.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
85 days ago, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee declined to give Donald Trump the award.
IMPEACH
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
IMPEACH