Christine Mahoney, DO (she/her)
@drcrmahoney.bsky.social
Witch in a white coat. Feminist-mom-family doc. Health equity. Reproductive Justice. Interpersonal neurobiology. Believer of science and intuition and good in this world. #pwdp #medsky
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The US led the way in fighting malnutrition, and USAID provided a miracle peanut paste that brings kids back from the brink -- until now. Starvation is a problem that we can actually solve, but we're now retreating from the fight. Here's what I found in West Africa: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Opinion | This Problem Is Easy to Solve
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The US led the way in fighting malnutrition, and USAID provided a miracle peanut paste that brings kids back from the brink -- until now. Starvation is a problem that we can actually solve, but we're now retreating from the fight. Here's what I found in West Africa: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
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We welcomed these #asylum seekers into our state and now they are being detained.
#newMainers
Who voted for this?
www.pressherald.com?p=7467161&uu...
#newMainers
Who voted for this?
www.pressherald.com?p=7467161&uu...
Cumberland County Jail officer detained by ICE had applied for asylum
Gratien Milandou-Wamba was detained by ICE officers while driving to work on April 19. He is being held in a New Hampshire jail awaiting court proceedings.
www.pressherald.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We welcomed these #asylum seekers into our state and now they are being detained.
#newMainers
Who voted for this?
www.pressherald.com?p=7467161&uu...
#newMainers
Who voted for this?
www.pressherald.com?p=7467161&uu...
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Chris Murphy is fabulously kind. 😍
"Everybody here has to decide how much energy they're going to put in to trying to fight for that world.
Because you were so bold & courageous, I bet everybody in this room is going to work a little bit harder to make the world you're asking us to believe in."
"Everybody here has to decide how much energy they're going to put in to trying to fight for that world.
Because you were so bold & courageous, I bet everybody in this room is going to work a little bit harder to make the world you're asking us to believe in."
April 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Chris Murphy is fabulously kind. 😍
"Everybody here has to decide how much energy they're going to put in to trying to fight for that world.
Because you were so bold & courageous, I bet everybody in this room is going to work a little bit harder to make the world you're asking us to believe in."
"Everybody here has to decide how much energy they're going to put in to trying to fight for that world.
Because you were so bold & courageous, I bet everybody in this room is going to work a little bit harder to make the world you're asking us to believe in."
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Personally I’d rather have a Secretary of HHS who prevented my child’s death than one who attended their funeral.
Vaccines save lives. It is 2025. Kids in the US do not have to die of vaccine-preventable disease anymore.
Vaccines save lives. It is 2025. Kids in the US do not have to die of vaccine-preventable disease anymore.
April 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Personally I’d rather have a Secretary of HHS who prevented my child’s death than one who attended their funeral.
Vaccines save lives. It is 2025. Kids in the US do not have to die of vaccine-preventable disease anymore.
Vaccines save lives. It is 2025. Kids in the US do not have to die of vaccine-preventable disease anymore.
Reminder. RFK Jr is not a physician, has zero degree in healthcare or science. ZERO.
March 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Reminder. RFK Jr is not a physician, has zero degree in healthcare or science. ZERO.
@maddow.msnbc.com thank you Rachel. Thank you for being here. A beacon of truth. Thank you for holding your post. Watching the news can be so disheartening and triggering, and I find your presence centering and motivating, which lifts me out of hopelessness.
March 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com thank you Rachel. Thank you for being here. A beacon of truth. Thank you for holding your post. Watching the news can be so disheartening and triggering, and I find your presence centering and motivating, which lifts me out of hopelessness.
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Can't let Yosemite and Joshua Tree stand alone in their distress signals! Solidarity from the right coast.
March 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Can't let Yosemite and Joshua Tree stand alone in their distress signals! Solidarity from the right coast.
March 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Since the government is abdicating its responsibility to inform the public on basic health issues, we are filling the void.
For your top questions on the Measles outbreak, I tried to summarize the top take homes this morning.
I stay committed to ensuring you have the info you need.
For your top questions on the Measles outbreak, I tried to summarize the top take homes this morning.
I stay committed to ensuring you have the info you need.
February 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Since the government is abdicating its responsibility to inform the public on basic health issues, we are filling the void.
For your top questions on the Measles outbreak, I tried to summarize the top take homes this morning.
I stay committed to ensuring you have the info you need.
For your top questions on the Measles outbreak, I tried to summarize the top take homes this morning.
I stay committed to ensuring you have the info you need.
“The lessons of the 1930s are clear. Censorship of science is never about protecting the public. It is about controlling them…We in Europe have seen where this road leads. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.”
academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
Why the European Journal of Public Health and EUPHA are opposing President Trump’s attack on the language of diversity
The news that the Trump administration has ordered scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles co
academic.oup.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“The lessons of the 1930s are clear. Censorship of science is never about protecting the public. It is about controlling them…We in Europe have seen where this road leads. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.”
academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...
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Federal funding is not a political bargaining chip. President Trump’s threat to cut off funding to Maine is not only an egregious abuse of power—it’s an unconstitutional act of coercion designed to force states into compliance with his extreme and discriminatory agenda.
Maine officials vow to fight any effort by Trump to block federal funding over state’s transgender athlete policy
Both Gov. Janet Mills and Attorney General Aaron Frey criticized the threat and said they will fight any attempt to cut off funding.
www.pressherald.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Federal funding is not a political bargaining chip. President Trump’s threat to cut off funding to Maine is not only an egregious abuse of power—it’s an unconstitutional act of coercion designed to force states into compliance with his extreme and discriminatory agenda.
Thank you Gov Mills! Thank you for standing up to this bully.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thank you Gov Mills! Thank you for standing up to this bully.
We are with you @altnps.bsky.social Acadia NP, Maine #resist
February 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We are with you @altnps.bsky.social Acadia NP, Maine #resist
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President's Day Protest at State House in Augusta Maine · 50501 Fifty Fifty One Protests
An Indivisible Southern Maine event; all are welcome. Monday, February 17th or President’s Day represents another opportunity to show massive turnout to protest the hostile takeover of the US Governme...
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February 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Once you start believing that you need to comment/protest/scream about EVERY crazy thing Trump does, he wins.
Put down your phone.
Go for a walk.
Talk to a friend.
Choose your comments, protests and screams carefully and strategically.
Don't let Trump win.
Walk in beauty.
Put down your phone.
Go for a walk.
Talk to a friend.
Choose your comments, protests and screams carefully and strategically.
Don't let Trump win.
Walk in beauty.
February 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Once you start believing that you need to comment/protest/scream about EVERY crazy thing Trump does, he wins.
Put down your phone.
Go for a walk.
Talk to a friend.
Choose your comments, protests and screams carefully and strategically.
Don't let Trump win.
Walk in beauty.
Put down your phone.
Go for a walk.
Talk to a friend.
Choose your comments, protests and screams carefully and strategically.
Don't let Trump win.
Walk in beauty.
Thank you Maine CDC for supporting us through a pertussis outbreak in our community. Because of you, we swiftly prophylaxed close contacts and offer Tdap boosters. “If we don’t know it’s there, we can’t do our job”~local cdc epidemiologist. @altcdc.bsky.social @chelliepingree.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thank you Maine CDC for supporting us through a pertussis outbreak in our community. Because of you, we swiftly prophylaxed close contacts and offer Tdap boosters. “If we don’t know it’s there, we can’t do our job”~local cdc epidemiologist. @altcdc.bsky.social @chelliepingree.bsky.social
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“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
February 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
Can some explain to me why impeachment proceedings have not started? #impeachtrump
February 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Can some explain to me why impeachment proceedings have not started? #impeachtrump
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BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![TOTE ASTRICT COLOR
DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifoaihlyxzbiko32lmralzpicfxnzwfoxp3ki5w4wniiihonzxira@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
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Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.
February 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.
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In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million