Dr. DJ McMaughan
@paltryvirtues.bsky.social
PhD. Public health researcher. Queer, neurodivergent, disabled scholar of disability. A Way Forward. They/them.
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Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, called Kennedy's mass ouster of CDC vaccine advisors "a coup.”
“It’s not how democracies work. It’s not good for the health of the nation,” Benjamin told The Associated Press.
“It’s not how democracies work. It’s not good for the health of the nation,” Benjamin told The Associated Press.
‘A Coup’: RFK Jr. Ousts Entire CDC Vaccine Committee
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed every member of the CDC Vaccine Advisory committee and will install his own picks.
buff.ly
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, called Kennedy's mass ouster of CDC vaccine advisors "a coup.”
“It’s not how democracies work. It’s not good for the health of the nation,” Benjamin told The Associated Press.
“It’s not how democracies work. It’s not good for the health of the nation,” Benjamin told The Associated Press.
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great reminder to all of those Democrats and liberals saying that we need to abandon red states because they are gerrymandered into right wing autocracies where the vote isn’t in their favor instead of accepting that we are gonna have to fight for every American no matter where they are.
June 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
great reminder to all of those Democrats and liberals saying that we need to abandon red states because they are gerrymandered into right wing autocracies where the vote isn’t in their favor instead of accepting that we are gonna have to fight for every American no matter where they are.
One of my manuscripts got a brutal review. It was like pulling teeth to write it to begin with, I’m bored with the topic, and fretting over what to do.
One of my fabulous co-authors said ‘have a drink and say goodbye to the paper…it’s all good”
RIP Hospitalizations Scoping Review. You sucked lol.
One of my fabulous co-authors said ‘have a drink and say goodbye to the paper…it’s all good”
RIP Hospitalizations Scoping Review. You sucked lol.
March 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
One of my manuscripts got a brutal review. It was like pulling teeth to write it to begin with, I’m bored with the topic, and fretting over what to do.
One of my fabulous co-authors said ‘have a drink and say goodbye to the paper…it’s all good”
RIP Hospitalizations Scoping Review. You sucked lol.
One of my fabulous co-authors said ‘have a drink and say goodbye to the paper…it’s all good”
RIP Hospitalizations Scoping Review. You sucked lol.
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This is an incredible loss. PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) has been essential for understanding care access and outcomes in the perinatal and postpartum periods.
For example, intimate partner violence before or after childbirth www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38733...
For example, intimate partner violence before or after childbirth www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38733...
February 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is an incredible loss. PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) has been essential for understanding care access and outcomes in the perinatal and postpartum periods.
For example, intimate partner violence before or after childbirth www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38733...
For example, intimate partner violence before or after childbirth www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38733...
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Doing my job: teaching, research, service, increasingly feels like an act of protest, civil disobedience, defiance. Thinking of it this way makes it a tad easier to keep my mind on work amidst the doomscrolling about the kelpto-oligo-kakistocracy
February 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Doing my job: teaching, research, service, increasingly feels like an act of protest, civil disobedience, defiance. Thinking of it this way makes it a tad easier to keep my mind on work amidst the doomscrolling about the kelpto-oligo-kakistocracy
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Fed friends: we are aware that some HHS employees are being targeted for their public service in DEI and health equity. Now is a good time to ensure you are comfortable with the privacy status of your public profiles, including LinkedIn.
February 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Fed friends: we are aware that some HHS employees are being targeted for their public service in DEI and health equity. Now is a good time to ensure you are comfortable with the privacy status of your public profiles, including LinkedIn.
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Six days into Trump's monarchical reign of terror, the Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial board refuses to cower or bend its knee
Today, a powerful condemnation of Trump's pardon of violent Jan. 6 domestic terrorists as a gross abuse of presidential power www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
Today, a powerful condemnation of Trump's pardon of violent Jan. 6 domestic terrorists as a gross abuse of presidential power www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons make a mockery of American democracy and the rule of law | Editorial
Faced with choosing between the president and the Constitution, many elected officials, judges, business leaders, conservative media moguls, and MAGA supporters are cheering Trump on.
www.inquirer.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Six days into Trump's monarchical reign of terror, the Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial board refuses to cower or bend its knee
Today, a powerful condemnation of Trump's pardon of violent Jan. 6 domestic terrorists as a gross abuse of presidential power www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
Today, a powerful condemnation of Trump's pardon of violent Jan. 6 domestic terrorists as a gross abuse of presidential power www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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Unsurprisingly, Richard Hanania, an aggressively racist and sexist far-right pseudo-intellectual, joins Rufo in raging against the “disability lobby.”
This reveals so much about the Right’s defining political project: A crusade against any attempt at creating a fairer, more inclusive society.
This reveals so much about the Right’s defining political project: A crusade against any attempt at creating a fairer, more inclusive society.
🔊 PSA for nondisabled people 🔊
It's time to step the FUCK up if you wanna be an ally.
ASL interpretation is being targeted by right wing cry baby douchebags.
Shut this shit down when you see it. SPEAK UP. This barrage of ASL hate is heavier than usual.
It's time to step the FUCK up if you wanna be an ally.
ASL interpretation is being targeted by right wing cry baby douchebags.
Shut this shit down when you see it. SPEAK UP. This barrage of ASL hate is heavier than usual.
January 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Unsurprisingly, Richard Hanania, an aggressively racist and sexist far-right pseudo-intellectual, joins Rufo in raging against the “disability lobby.”
This reveals so much about the Right’s defining political project: A crusade against any attempt at creating a fairer, more inclusive society.
This reveals so much about the Right’s defining political project: A crusade against any attempt at creating a fairer, more inclusive society.
First coffee of 2025 💜
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
First coffee of 2025 💜
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
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Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 16, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
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I'm saving this post by @wihorne.bsky.social as my new "send this short article to anyone who still does not understand systemic #racism in America, or why it's important" link. Concise, impactful, and extremely well written.
open.substack.com/pub/drwillia...
open.substack.com/pub/drwillia...
Fascism or Democracy: The Work Behind, the Work Ahead
If America’s greatness is its love of freedom, who held the firehoses in Birmingham? Who wielded clubs on Edmund Pettus Bridge?
open.substack.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:12 AM
I'm saving this post by @wihorne.bsky.social as my new "send this short article to anyone who still does not understand systemic #racism in America, or why it's important" link. Concise, impactful, and extremely well written.
open.substack.com/pub/drwillia...
open.substack.com/pub/drwillia...
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From the ashes of the corporate media’s demise, we will build people-powered media where oligarchs are not welcome.
December 18, 2024 at 9:25 PM
From the ashes of the corporate media’s demise, we will build people-powered media where oligarchs are not welcome.
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Propublica reports this morning on how United Healthcare is strangling the gold standard therapy for children with autism—deliberately shrinking its provider network and authorizing fewer hours than the treatment demands. www.propublica.org/article/unit...
UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Propublica reports this morning on how United Healthcare is strangling the gold standard therapy for children with autism—deliberately shrinking its provider network and authorizing fewer hours than the treatment demands. www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator
Please share widely. 🧪🌎
therevelator.org/scientists-m...
Please share widely. 🧪🌎
therevelator.org/scientists-m...
Advice for U.S. Government Scientists: Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts • The Revelator
The next four years will be awful for the science and conservation community. By learning from past experiences, we can minimize the damage.
therevelator.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:15 PM
What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator
Please share widely. 🧪🌎
therevelator.org/scientists-m...
Please share widely. 🧪🌎
therevelator.org/scientists-m...
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For profit healthcare is a crime against humanity.
December 6, 2024 at 3:04 AM
For profit healthcare is a crime against humanity.
“The way some establishment Democrats and leading Liberals have acted suggests they feel a kinship with their Republican opponents that is rooted in class politics”
Elite Acquiescence and Treacherous “Normalcy” All Around Us
What are the reasons behind the pervasive tendency among ostensibly anti-MAGA elites to accommodate authoritarian power and preemptively signal compliance with Trumpism?
New piece:
What are the reasons behind the pervasive tendency among ostensibly anti-MAGA elites to accommodate authoritarian power and preemptively signal compliance with Trumpism?
New piece:
Elite Acquiescence and Treacherous “Normalcy” All Around Us
What are the reasons behind the pervasive tendency among ostensibly anti-MAGA elites to accommodate authoritarian power and preemptively signal compliance with Trumpism?
thomaszimmer.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:22 PM
“The way some establishment Democrats and leading Liberals have acted suggests they feel a kinship with their Republican opponents that is rooted in class politics”
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the U.S. press does not require that Republicans take real ownership of unpopular and harmful policy
I know a lot of folks at major outlets are conditioned to BELIEVE they do, but they really don't, and never have
I know a lot of folks at major outlets are conditioned to BELIEVE they do, but they really don't, and never have
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
www.yahoo.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
the U.S. press does not require that Republicans take real ownership of unpopular and harmful policy
I know a lot of folks at major outlets are conditioned to BELIEVE they do, but they really don't, and never have
I know a lot of folks at major outlets are conditioned to BELIEVE they do, but they really don't, and never have
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Texas hospitals are now required to ask about patients' citizenship status. Here's what you need to know about the requirements, as outlined by an executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott:
Texas hospitals are now required to ask for patients’ citizenship. Here’s what you should know.
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to know how much hospitals spend caring for undocumented immigrants. Hospitals should not deny care based on how patients respond.
www.texastribune.org
November 21, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Texas hospitals are now required to ask about patients' citizenship status. Here's what you need to know about the requirements, as outlined by an executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott:
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Yeah, and also you can notice kindness, compassion & competence when you see it and fan the embers.
All resistance all the time doesn’t build anything to take its place.
All resistance all the time doesn’t build anything to take its place.
New piece is live. This one is about how to survive and resist fascism: not big and fast, but small and steady.
Understand that what we are about to experience will be heavy repression, along with a goal to break us apart and isolate us. We have to start building strong, resilient communities.
Understand that what we are about to experience will be heavy repression, along with a goal to break us apart and isolate us. We have to start building strong, resilient communities.
Community is Resistance
We expect big, fast answers. But the way to our goal is small and slow. And that is done through community.
open.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Yeah, and also you can notice kindness, compassion & competence when you see it and fan the embers.
All resistance all the time doesn’t build anything to take its place.
All resistance all the time doesn’t build anything to take its place.
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“According to The 19th, at least four of his picks ‘have been accused of sexual harassment and assault, and one has faced allegations of child sex trafficking.’”
New: I wrote about Republican members of Congress targeting their trans colleague on Trans Day of Remembrance because of made up threats to women’s safety when Trump’s entire cabinet cabal of predators is right there.
Trump's cabinet picks—not trans Rep. Sarah McBride—are the real threat to women
But guess which one is drawing Republicans' ire.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 20, 2024 at 10:50 PM
“According to The 19th, at least four of his picks ‘have been accused of sexual harassment and assault, and one has faced allegations of child sex trafficking.’”
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In 2015, Rick Green filmed a program inside Independence Hall, where he explicitly decried the use of recess appointments as an "abuse [of] the process" by those who believe that "the ends justify the means." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
November 20, 2024 at 9:23 PM
In 2015, Rick Green filmed a program inside Independence Hall, where he explicitly decried the use of recess appointments as an "abuse [of] the process" by those who believe that "the ends justify the means." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
Oh no. Definitely don’t do that.
"Over the past few weeks, users on X have been submitting X-rays, MRIs, CT scans and other medical images to Grok, the platform’s artificial intelligence chatbot, asking for diagnoses. The reason: Elon Musk, X’s owner, suggested it."
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Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged
Privacy experts cringed when people started feeding their medical images to the A.I. tool Grok.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Oh no. Definitely don’t do that.