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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA

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An organization of scientists and allies, incl @ NIH NSF affected by the Great Science Collapse of 2025. We work to chart a new course for vibrant US science and academia, backed by democracy and supported by the public. www.scienceandfreedomalliance.org

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 6d

"As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening."

youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...

Jenna Norton, PhD - (NIH, Bethesda Declaration organizer, mom) *speaking in her personal capacity

YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h

It's a well-established global phenomenon: secret police organizations always recruit losers, mediocrities, people who can't succeed in a competitive environment, whether bureaucratic, academic or commercial. These are people who will follow orders and engage in depraved, violent conduct when asked.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 6h

It was a sign of weakness.

CNN @cnn.com · 6h

The Trump administration’s strategy to roll out mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown has shifted, officials familiar with the talks told CNN, as an increasing number of Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials acknowledge the potential political perils.

White House draws out mass federal firings timeline as GOP grows squeamish in funding fight | CNN Politics

The Trump administration’s strategy to swiftly roll out mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown has shifted in recent days, administration officials familiar with the talks told...

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 7h

We have been asking Democrats to stand up and fight for months.

We are glad to see Schumer being strong and saying this, and we are in full support of what he’s saying. Stay strong!

Democrats: Stand Up this September and Shut Trump Down

Democratic leaders can use budget negotiations to protect science — and democracy

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 7h

“The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.”

@schumer.senate.gov does some anger. He does some teaching. He has average people on camera.

It is really awesome. More of this- and we should make this trend!

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 7h

Here is the full video:

lhttps://youtube.com/shorts/Bl01OQFakSM?si=oc7DECmE4A74ASqi

The GOP is hellbent on taking health care away. Let’s break it down:

YouTube video by Senator Chuck Schumer

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 7h

This is a legitimately amazing video from @schumer.senate.gov

Please watch.

Thank you, Chuck Schumer!

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 14h

🧵on Bari Weiss at the Times written by one who knows

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 14h

Well well, so they are lawlessly ignoring Article I.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 15h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 14h

This is very relevant today. Again.

Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

That’s it. Congress controls the public’s money. Not the president.

Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 14h

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

That’s it. Congress controls the public’s money. Not the president.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 21h

None of our research exists in a vacuum. We are weavers.

We take a thread of tech made to do complete a different task, join it with preclinical work from a different species, and weave it together with statical approaches that were made to ask a similar question in a completely different field. 🧵

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 21h

The Trump administration and the Supreme Court are both lawless, and they are part of the same conspiracy to shred our law and Constitution — a conspiracy funded by rightwing billionaires.

We must stop this. And dealing with our billionaire problem is a vital step.

Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 21h

Their view is that the law isn’t real. And their corrupt Supreme Court supermajority is letting them get away with it.

Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito took bribes from a billionaire behind project 2025. Gorsuch’ “patron” is a Project 2025 billionaire.

AXIOS
• But the new White House memo from the Office of Management and Budget argues that GEFTA has been misconstrued or, in the words of one source, is "deficient" because it was amended nine days later, on Jan. 25, 2019.
• "Does this law cover all these furloughed employees automatically?
The conventional wisdom is: Yes, it does. Our view is: No, it doesn't," a senior White House official said.
Friction point: The new OMB analysis is a major departure from the administration's own guidance issued by the Council of Economic Advisers this month and the Office of Personnel Management last month. Both said furloughed workers should get automatic back pay after the shutdown.

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 21h

More lawlessness from Russell Vought at OMB.

The Project 2025 effort has always been about creating fig leaf — lawless — legal arguments that should be laughed out of court.

True for the RIFs, true for this “reinterpretation” of the law that explicitly requires backpay. 1/

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 1d

Join us this Saturday at the Medical Center Metro with NIH Vigils and bring your non perishables! We’re doing a food drive ! Hope to see you there

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

That’s it. Congress controls the public’s money. Not the president.

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

The government’s money is the people’s money. And only Congress decides how much money is spent, and how the money is spent. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is right.

The nation’s budget is something Congress does. Not the president.
That power is written into the Constitution.

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

So many lawless actions, and the lawless Supreme Court is complicit.

Kimmel, Comey, Soros harassment, troops in cities, seizure of the government’s money — all of these are lawless, and most are deeply unconstitutional. This must stop — and Congress must stop it.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

What's important is to understand the cumulative effect of it all. To not just see today's outrage.

See the silencing of Kimmel, the arrest of Comey, the harassment of Soros, the troops in our cities, the seizure of spending power, as all part of a plan to end our democracy.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

“My new book, “Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights,” details the origins and actions of Roberts, whom I believe will go down as the worst chief justice in American history.” - @thelisagraves.bsky.social

How John Roberts Won Over the Bush White House and Remade the Supreme Court

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

Worth noting here that Neil Gorsuch lied in the decision in Kennedy, and Sotomayor called him out for it.

A nontrivial amount of the radical and lawless action taken by this Supreme Court is based on lies.

Analysis | Gorsuch and Sotomayor’s extraordinary factual dispute

In a dissent, Sotomayor said Gorsuch's summary "misconstrues the facts." The dispute echoes what what happened at the appeals-court level.

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

Analysis | Gorsuch and Sotomayor’s extraordinary factual dispute

In a dissent, Sotomayor said Gorsuch's summary "misconstrues the facts." The dispute echoes what what happened at the appeals-court level.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone, is it bad to lie in Court?

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

“You cannot offer false evidence, and if you do so accidentally and find out, you have to correct that … They claim our work supports conversion therapy when our work clearly and specifically condemns conversion therapy on the same page they’re citing.”

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 2d

This is what John Roberts has been bending the law into knots (incorrect and bad knots) trying to avoid: a judicial branch confrontation with Trump.

And looks like he’s going to get one anyway. Good.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

She's going to make it crystal clear they can't send California National Guard into Oregon against the wishes of both governors.

What happens then is anybody's guess.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

Immergut almost immediately interjects: How is that not violation of my order...you are officer of court, how is that not circumventing? My order was based on conditions in Portland...

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 2d

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 2d

1) Trump-appointed judge rules admin cannot deploy Oregon National Guard to Portland 2) Trump admin deploys California Guard there instead, circumventing her ruling 3) CA joins Portland/Oregon in filing for a second temporary restraining order 4) judge schedules emergency hearing (about to start)

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