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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sign the petition to call for the removal of RFK, Jr.

www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

Sign the IMPEACH RFK Citizens' Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Join with us to sign our Citizens' Petition to the US Congress to choose the people over Trump and Impeach RFK Jr Now!

www.standupforscience.net

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Article in Nature from a former NIH employee and Bethesda Declaration signer...

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘A whole body of health-equity research is being disappeared’ — why I resigned from the NIH

As federal support vanishes for research addressing the root causes of health disparities in the United States, we are left with a dangerous void and an urgent need to rethink science funding.

www.nature.com

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Diane Chen, PhD @drdianechen.bsky.social · Aug 12

Proud to have contributed to this commentary in response to the HHS report on pediatric gender dysphoria

urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

urldefense.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 2

Here is the Democracy Now/ACLU brief for the Supreme Court.

Thanks to all of the plaintiffs for standing up, and the attorneys and their staffs for all of their hard work.

Let's win this thing (again)

protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

protectdemocracy.org

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Diane Chen, PhD @drdianechen.bsky.social · Aug 1

www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...

State attorneys general sue Trump over targeting of medical professionals who provide gender identity care to trans youth | CNN Politics

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Friday over President Donald Trump’s effort to use the Department of Justice to go after medical professionals who pr...

www.cnn.com

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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · Jul 31

Here are some of the highlights of the appropriations bill that the Senate appropriations committee just approved:

$48.7 billion for NIH, an increase of $400 million

Rejects the proposal to cap
indirect cost rates at 15%

Includes a provision to prevent MYF that would reduce the number of grants

www.appropriations.senate.gov

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · Jul 29

A good explainer for #NIH funded researchers on why the multiyear funding scheme is going to squeeze NIH scientists and NIH science. open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...

A Quiet Policy Shift That Could Devastate American Science

Why NIH’s sudden move to multi-year grant funding should alarm every principal investigator and university

open.substack.com

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · Jul 28

Call these 14 senators.

Thank them for supporting #NIH.

Remind them that supporting NIH is meaningless if NIH cannot function.

This stay would:

1) Enable censorship of science.

2) Disrupt NIH’s ability to fund any research.

Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · Jul 27

Right now, the continuation of many restored NIH grants relies on the SCOTUS shadow docket. SCOTUS is not immune to pressure.
Also, if you are represented by one of the 14 R senators that called for the restoration of NIH grants, please write them a thank you. Good behavior should be rewarded.

National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Association

When political ideologies interfere with science, everyone loses.

open.substack.com

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · Jul 25

If the Supreme Court allows #NIH to terminate ongoing grants because it changed its mind on priorities, it will be the end of NIH and the end of the US as a leader in biomedical science. Period.

thehill.com/policy/healt...

thehill.com

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Diane Chen, PhD @drdianechen.bsky.social · Jul 24

American Psychological Foundation released a call for applications for crisis funding to support early career researchers who had grants terminated. Looks like a great opportunity!

ampsychfdn.org/funding/dacf/

Direct Action Crisis Funding - American Psychological Foundation

The APF Direct Action Crisis Funding grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected dat...

ampsychfdn.org

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jul 14

NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.

NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.

Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities

The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.

www.nature.com

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · Jul 9

So grateful to Katie Edwards for coming forward, for refusing to back down, and for helping lead the charge so many might have their grants reinstated. www.sciencefriday.com/segments/res...

After Her Grants Got Cut, This Researcher Is Suing The NIH

Katie Edwards has lost millions of dollars in grant money, bringing her research to a standstill. She’s taking the fight to court.

www.sciencefriday.com

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 25

Just in: NIH staff have been instructed to REINSTATE these ~900 grants to comply with the court order, per sources. This comes after staff were also directed to cease any further terminations.

You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 18

The judge intends to limit his order to universities in the plaintiff states (CA, MD, WA, AZ, CO, DE, HI, MA, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, WI), members of the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW), and the researchers named directly, he said today.

His written opinion will come in the coming days.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.

"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."

Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Jun 18

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.

In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.

You have a home here always.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jun 18

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.

Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights

The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights.

bit.ly

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.

"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."

Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.

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Diane Chen, PhD @drdianechen.bsky.social · Jun 16

“It is palpably clear that these directives and the set of terminated grants here also are designed to frustrate, to stop, research that may bear on the health—we’re talking about health here, the health of Americans, of our LGBTQ community. That’s appalling.”

newrepublic.com/post/196887/...

Reagan Appointee: Trump NIH Cuts Represent “Racial Discrimination”

“Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?” asked Judge William Young, in a ruling that reinstated funding to the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, among other programs.

newrepublic.com

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Jun 16

⚖️ HUGE day today in the NIH terminations cases

There's a trial (of sorts) at 10a ET in Boston today for arguments that NIH unlawfully terminated 100s of grants.

It's a 3 hour hearing and I'll post periodic updates.

Of note: this is the 1st lawsuit filed against the Trump Admin to go to trial.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 13

When the National Institutes of Health cut billions of dollars of research funding earlier this year, it jeopardized our wellbeing and scientific progress.

We'll be in court Monday arguing that scientific research should be guided by evidence, not politics.

Trump’s cuts to more than 1700 NIH grants get court hearing

District judge could declare terminations unlawful—or toss suit based on technicalities

www.science.org

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚨 NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya is testifying before the US Senate Appropriations Committee today.

The hearing is bound to be spicy, after more than 300 agency staff wrote him a letter decrying his leadership and actions as director. 🔥

I'll be live-posting the hearing, so follow along here.

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Diane Chen, PhD @drdianechen.bsky.social · Jun 10

A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous and committed professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...

ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff

Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

actionnetwork.org

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

“In an unusual act of public protest, more than 340 scientists and staff at the National Institutes of Health today released a statement charging NIH officials and their superiors with politicizing science.”

www.science.org/content/arti...

#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration

NIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdown

In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes

www.science.org

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

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.

This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
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Front-page-style graphic titled “BREAKING NEWS” with photos of RFK Jr. and Dr. Bhattacharya in front of a government hearing chamber. Text reads: “NIH Scientists Sound the Alarm as Health Research Faces Historic Threat” and “NIH Employees Send Trump Cronies Scathing Wake-Up Call.”

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 7

Funding freeze at Northwestern from Emma Mairson at
grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis.

Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.