Assert & defend Congress' NIH funding mandates against Project 2025
Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly
Rise up and do something
How and why are democrats not doing something to stop what is happening with the administration? At what point will something be done to save our democracy and the people who live in this country? Far too many cannot leave or afford to leave, what are our elected officials doing to help us? Why are
Investigate unsanctioned global aid operations undermining US interests
The unilateral decision by a private entity to disburse funds and resources globally raises significant concerns about accountability and oversight. Such actions undermine established processes for international aid coordination designed to ensure transparency, alignment with national priorities, an
Reject H.R. 722, protect reproductive rights and liberty
I urge you to vote no on H.R. 722, the bill seeking to implement equal protection for "each born and preborn human person." This legislation lacks scientific grounding and would infringe on reproductive rights. A zygote is not a viable life that can survive independently outside the woman's body. Gr
The recent actions by the Trump administration to remove attorneys general without congressional notice is a grave movement toward authoritarianism. Along with the decision to remove prosecutors and FBI agents involved with January 6th insurrection, we are closer than ever. There needs to be a much
Protect sensitive payment systems from non-Treasury outsiders
Officials affiliated with Musk’s “Department of Government Efficien cy” have been asking since after the election for access to the Treasury payment systems. Appropriately, only a small number of career GOVERNMENT officials control the Treasury’s payment systems, which control the flow of more than
YOU KNOW THE RULES, USE THEM AS TOOLS TO STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY
We will not rubber-stamp extremism. We demand leaders who prioritize people over politics. Stopping harmful nominees and resisting presidential extremeism is about preventing real harm to real people. Rubber-stamping extremist maneuvers without checks and balances opens the door to authoritarian gov
SPEAK OUT LOUDLY NOW IN OPPOSITION TO BAD EXECUTIVE ORDERS
The house is being openly challenged to defend their institutional power. STAND UP NOW to preserve Congressional control of the purse strings, As articulated in the Constitution. Capitulate now and the House will lose its co-equal power. BE VOCAL. BE UNIFIED. SPEAK OUT LOUDLY against these abominabl
Defunding NOAA will hand power-and control over information-to oligarchs. Say NO
The House Ways and Means Committee's proposed cuts to weather forecasting research, NOAA supercomputers, and hurricane observations are alarming, especially after the devastation from extreme weather events this past year. Investing in these critical resources is essential for protecting lives and p
This is not the time to sit it out, find common ground, or make compromises. The purpose of this administration and its enabling majorities in Congress and appointees is the dismantling of our institutions, destroying the Constitution and the funneling of money to the obscenely wealthy who now make
Ban Temu app, protect privacy and ethical trade
Temu's data collection practices and potential links to the Chinese Communist Party raise grave national security concerns that urgently require action. The app's excessive access to user data and connections to entities involved in Chinese propaganda and surveillance efforts pose a threat to Americ
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