Randy Showstack
Environment, science, and health journalist, editor, communications strategist. Past President, DC Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists. http://RandyShowstack.com
- This is a powerful call to action from David Brooks, which I encourage you to read and re-post. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
- The April 9 U.S. Senate committee hearing to confirm Jared Isaacman as the next #NASA administrator got testy when he skirted around questions about his relationship with Elon Musk. youtu.be/2USBzmYinWo
- If you want to hear inspiring speeches from the April 5 pro-democracy rally in Washington, D.C., videos of many speakers are at: lnkd.in/dWDbz3TM These include remarks by U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin and leaders from Indivisible, League of Conservation Voters & Public Citizen.
- U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost speaking at the April 5 pro-democracy rally in Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Rep. Al Green speaking at the April 5 pro-democracy rally in Washington, D.C.
- "There is nothing more immediately urgent than for us to go to court and beat Trump again and again,” Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, said to pro-democracy ralliers in Washington D.C., where about 100,000 people protested against the Trump administration and Elon Musk on April 5.
- “Under Donald Trump, pollution is making a comeback,” Peter Maysmith, incoming executive director of the League of Conservation Voters, said to pro-democracy ralliers in Washington D.C., where about 100,000 people protested against the Trump administration and Elon Musk on April 5.
- “You are the patriots standing up for our country,” Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Massachusetts) said to pro-democracy ralliers in Washington D.C., where about 100,000 people protested against the Trump administration and Elon Musk on April 5.
- “Right now, we are all part of the single largest pro-democracy protest in years,” Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible, said at the pro-democracy rally in Washington, D.C. where about 100,000 people protested against the Trump administration and Elon Musk on April 5.
- “This is what kicking the shit out of fascism looks like," U.S. Rep. Eric Swallwell said to the estimated 100,000 people at the pro-democracy rally in Washington, D.C. and about the millions across the country who protested against the Trump administration and Elon Musk on April 5.
- U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin at the April 5 pro-democracy rally in Washington, D.C. youtu.be/GHx-3YZM_Xg
- A rally to save NOAA is scheduled for Thursday, March 20 at 10 a.m. in front of NOAA's Silver Spring, Maryland offices. The Trump administration and Elon Musk have targeted NOAA, one of the best U.S. science agencies, with drastic cuts to the agency and its workforce. www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...
- A national day of action is set for Saturday, April 5. Information from the website: "They’re dismantling our country. They’re looting our government. And they think we’ll just watch. On Saturday, April 5th, we rise up with one demand: Hands Off!"
- If Chuck Schumer is so afraid of Democrats being blamed if they don't vote for the awful Republican funding bill, why don't they just abstain or not even show up for the vote?
- A sign spotted at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C. on March 7.
- A sign spotted at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C. on March 7.
- A sign spotted at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C. on March 7.
- A sign spotted at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C. on March 7.
- An attendee holding a sign at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C. on March 7.
- Trump and Musk are going after science because science tells the truth.
- The truth.
- Congressional Republicans today, March 11, are targeting Washington, D.C. with legislation that would slash $1 billion from the city’s balanced budget and have a devastating impact on city services. City leaders are urging people to contact members of Congress today to revise the legislation.
- “This is the most challenging moment I can recall. For science itself is under an unprecedented assault,” climate scientist Michael Mann said at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C. on March 7. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
- Bill Nye the Science Guy jogged up to the podium to declare: "We are gathered to insist that our lawmakers stand up for science." Nye spoke at the 3/7 Stand Up for Science Rally in D.C. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
- "Everybody in America should be mad and angry about what we are witnessing right now in our country, including the illegal and reckless attacks on science by Elon Musk and the Trump administration," said U.S. Sen. Van Hollen at the 3/7 Stand Up for Science rally D.C. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
- “While ‘move fast and break things’ might be an appropriate mantra for a Silicon Valley startup, a better mantra would be “First Do No Harm," said former NIH Director Francis Collins at the 3/7/ Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
- Here is why the Trump administration and Elon Musk are attacking science, according to Dr. Atul Gawande, former assistant administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
- Here are some of the signs people had at the Stand Up for Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. On March 7.
- Stand up for Science on March 7 at rallies and walk-outs around the country and in Washington, D.C.
- Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
- "The DOGE team came into this [Trump] like a bull in a china shop. And you know what happens when you have a bull in a china shop, you get a lot of broken china and a lot of bullshit,” Rick Spinrad, @noaa.gov administrator from 2021-2025, said at March 3 rally to protect NOAA.
- The Trump/Musk cuts to NOAA really are this serious and this reckless.
- A rally to protect the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is planned for Monday, March 3, 10 a.m. - noon at NOAA's headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. Details are at this website: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
- On March 7, rallies will happen nationwide and in Washington, D.C. to stand up for science, in the wake of the Trump administration's and Elon Musk's threats to science and federal science agencies. standupforscience2025.org
- With events across the country planned for Presidents Day, February 17, this website has information about local events in states around the country and in Washington, D.C.:
- Events across the country planned for Presidents Day, February 17. Find your event here: www.fiftyfifty.one
- There is a lot of good advice in this essay by a retired research oceanographer and lab director with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. blog.ucsusa.org/science-blog...
- Here is a clarion call from @BernieSanders "In these difficult times, despair is not an option. We've got to fight back in every way we can...Whatever we can do is what we must do," Sanders says. "We can win. We will win. We must win." x.com/BernieSander...
- Looking for something simple and important to do today about our current situation? Here is how to get in touch with U.S. senators and representatives, particularly Republican elected officials: www.congress.gov/contact-us quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/senate-con...
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- A 2/11 rally decried Trump/Musk's efforts to dismantle #NOAA & slash the fed'l workforce. “We're going to stand with the rule of law & the Constitution against Elon Musk & his nighttime crew of adolescent racists and computer hackers,” said @raskin.house.gov. “A rally a day keeps the fascists away.”
- Reposted by Randy ShowstackCall to action: US national protest on Monday February 17 at your State Capitol or White House. Spread far and wide. End Impunity End Oligarchy End Autogenocide #3E #USprotests #eyesontheoval
- While the Trump administration and Elon Musk mount an assault on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, these documents remain powerful and inspirational. If you are in Washington, D.C. , it is well worth visiting the National Archives.
- Reposted by Randy Showstack(1/X) The media spent ten years ignoring Trump's obvious personality disorder. We were told "he's a pragmatist, a businessman". Now they are doing the same thing with Elon Musk....
- Here is something important to read while watching the #Superbowl.
- I urge all deep-pocketed caring Americans to quickly build up huge, effective efforts to protect our country, government, democracy, nat’l security, environment, health & way of life. We need you @8illgates.bsky.social @michaelbloomberg.bsky.social @reidhoffman.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social etc.
- Thank you for speaking out @mcuban.bsky.social
- At today's protest at the U.S. Capitol, speakers and protesters called for stopping the coup. "Elon Musk and Donald Trump are the worst of what our country stands for," U.S. Sen. Ed Markey said. "The only way to take back our government is to take to the streets by the millions."
- With Trump trying to use this air disaster to support his reckless and amoral agenda, what comes to mind is a quote said in a different context. At a 1954 Senate hearing, Army-hired lawyer Joseph Welch said to Sen. Joseph McCarthy, "Have you no sense of decency?" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
