It was time for me to take a stand on the issue of immmigration enforcement. We all must use our voices in whatever way we can. www.mi-reporter.com/opinion/huma...
Craig Reynolds
Craig Reynolds
@lemwick.bsky.social
Actuary, city councilmember, math geek, progressive. Lover of the outdoors. A dog lover who only has a cat. Current events geek. Comments here are my own and not those of my employers or any organization with which I am affiliated.
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Everything Trump touches dies. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
@mitofficial.bsky.social this is an important start. But you need to follow the lead of your cousin up the river (Harvard) and call out government actions as the assault on science and knowledge and humanity that they are. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/furt...
Harvard gives me hope
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
Using the right language is important
Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Thank you @cantwell.senate.gov . I am sure it was my call to your office this morning, asking for exactly this that led to your decision to do this. :-)
Senators Chuck Grassley (R) and Maria Cantwell (D) just introduced a bill to reassert Congress’s power over tariffs. —President must notify Congress on new tariffs within 48 hours of imposition. —Congress must approve them within 60 days or they expire. www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
Glad to see not everyone bends the knee
🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸 Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇 1/
@booker.senate.gov had it right. The power of the people is greater than the people in power. @cantwell.senate.gov and @murray.senate.gov , where are you?
Here is a list curated by a friend of NIH grants that she knows that have been cancelled. Take a minute to explore it. (It works better on a PC than on a phone.) The scope is breathtaking and appalling. People will die. airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJ...
Make no mistake. This is a war on science and a war on health. People will die.
The fall out from these grant terminations will be immeasurable. Important, life saving work will immediately stop. Brilliant scientists will be pushed out of the field or the country, ensuring that even if NIH funding is restored, the US will be worse off for generations to come.
@murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov ….I respect you. I am proud of you. I appreciate you. I thank you. If only others in the Senate had the courage you do.
Where will we be without public health research? Less healthy. www.nature.com/articles/d41...