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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks to the corrupt (and stolen) SCOTUS, if the US gov't stiffs you, you'll have to take it up with the Court of Federal Claims. And this is essentially an arm of the Trump Administration. When we wake up and will take back all that has been stolen from us?

Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Aug 22

2️⃣ SCOTUS is seemingly pushing *all* grant termination litigation to the Court of Federal Claims.

This is expensive and time consuming, and some plaintiffs may give up.

But if they don't, they may face even more political hackery. Trump has appointed 10 of the CFC's 16 active judges.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jul 25

The Trump admin just asked the Supreme Court to let NIH cancel $783M in diversity-related research grants, after a federal judge ruled the cuts illegal and discriminatory.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow N.I.H. to Cut D.E.I.-Related Grants

www.nytimes.com

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jul 7

Ridiculous that we have to rely on the courts to prevent deaths from infectious diseases.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Jul 7

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
(Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

www.nytimes.com

amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thank you for spending your holiday doing the tedious work of fact checking. It must be documented.

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jul 3

Pure cruelty. "By attacking Medicaid directly, which provides health care coverage for 40% of people living with HIV in the United States, our entire domestic response to the epidemic will be destabilized. "

savehivfunding.org/cuts-kill-ho...

CUTS KILL: House Passes Deadly Reconciliation Bill Cutting Access to Healthcare & Decimating the Nation’s HIV Response

Today, by a narrow margin, the US House of Representatives forced through the Trump Administration’s domestic policy bill, a final hurdle in passing a reconciliation package that will rob…

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jul 2

The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.

It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.

Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 17

After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.

I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵

Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory

The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.

www.nature.com

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is false. Our trials have been halted and participants have been dropped. We wrote the NIH director to explain this disconnect and have yet to hear back. Go to grant-watch.us and see for yourself.

Thanks @maxkozlov.bsky.social for reporting facts

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 24

I missed that! Thanks :)

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 24

Not your fault. We appreciate all that that you do. From our experience POs have been provided little direction of how to handle policies. Leadership needs to provide direction for all policies before implemented so the communication is clear and timely.

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're tired of the false information and wrote this letter to the NIH director Jay Bhattacharya. FACT: clinical trials have been halted. With real ethical impacts. Is this what Americans want to be known for? Let's see what the director says.

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 21

Of course people aren’t dying. When you don’t track it.

The Waste Musk Created www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/o...

Opinion | The Waste Musk Created

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · Jun 16

🚨BREAKING: In a huge win for public health and democracy, a federal court ruled that the NIH’s ideological purge of life-saving research grants is unlawful.

Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 13

Um, sorry. We've been developing interventions to address disparities and those trials were DOGE-d. This adds fuel to the fire.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · Jun 13

“Health disparities research is an expensive parrot squawking the same things heard for years, telling us where disparities exist and why, but not much else,” Jerel Ezell writes.

Opinion | The One Area Where Trump’s N.I.H. Cuts Might Actually Make Sense

Health disparities research needs a reboot.

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 13

If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU.

Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 12

An incredible interactive look at the thousands of NIH grants and billions of dollars cut — and the real people, both researchers and patients, behind them.

Bravo @anniewaldman.bsky.social et al at @propublica.org

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding

The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...

projects.propublica.org

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 11

I can vouch for this team of researchers. Share your story with a 5 minute survey. The impacts of terminated NIH grants are real!

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Jun 11

Help us document the impact of NIH grant terminations!

If you had a grant terminated, please check your email for a VERY BRIEF survey. If you did not lose a grant but want to help, please share widely with academic colleagues.

Was your NIH-funded project terminated? check your email for a brief demographic survey. We are a team of researchers at UC San Diego, University of Maryland, Emory, and the University of North Carolina documenting the impact of NIH grant terminations. If you have not received a personalized email and want to be counted, please indicate your interest here [arrow indicating a QR code]. For additional questions please contact Rebecca Fielding-Miller at rfieldingmiller@health.ucsd.edu

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 11

For anyone protesting this Saturday, be safe and civil. These are great suggestions for signs to make it clear that PROTEST is not REBELLION.

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Katherine Franke @katherinefranke.bsky.social · Jun 10

The gov't doesn't have the exclusive power to (mis)interpret the law, the people can give it meaning too under the principle of popular sovereignty. The law doesn't treat protests ag immigration raids as a "rebellion" & I explain why (and provide signs!). youtu.be/bIEhD2hw2oM

Protest is Not Rebellion

YouTube video by Katherine Franke

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 10

Amazing and much needed work!! 🌷💐 Thanks again! 🌷💐

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 10

Whoever developed this brilliant website -- where can I send the flowers?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 10

New opportunity to help sustain global health research

re-fund-global-health.vercel.app

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 9

Shame on WAPO for calling this a 'rebellion'. That will just stir a police state response. This is scientists *standing up* for research ethics and human lives. Let's not let the norms slide here. None of this is normal.

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

NIH scientists have been angry for months. Now some are rebelling.

More than 90 NIH scientists sign their names to the “Bethesda declaration” in protest of Trump administration policies they say are harming people’s health.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 9

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🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.

NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.

📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯‍♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social

Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

www.standupforscience.net

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Katherine Franke @katherinefranke.bsky.social · Jun 8

Calling in the National Guard in LA to suppress protests against ICE arrests: yes we shd protest, but with awareness that this is part of the gov't's plan - provoking protests as a manufactured "crisis" that then necessitates a suspension of "normal law". youtu.be/MsuGWFgNg14

Is this the tipping point?

YouTube video by Katherine Franke

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 7

Want some extra protection for the UC attacks? Just joined the American Association of University Professors and UCSF Faculty Association. Took 2 minutes to sign up. Discounted rates for early career faculty!

Join UCSF FA and AAUP | Join UCSF FA and AAUP – UCSF Faculty Association

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amyaconroy.bsky.social @amyaconroy.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fridays come with blood-shed these days. I am told the DOJ was at UCSF today, with an emergency meeting of the chancellors. Have a wonderful weekend ya'll!

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 6

Next on the list for grants cancellation: California.

Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from CA. On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled, per @cnn.com.

Trump preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California, sources say | CNN Politics

The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding to California, an effort which could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.

www.cnn.com

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