Maureen Flood

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Really wondering how zombie Mitch McConnell isn’t trending right now. Seriously, how is it possible that no one has walked into that hospital room to deliver a tray to a dead guy and then realized they could make a couple of tens of thousands of dollars off leaking the deadness?

“How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal… division is the oldest trick in politics.” Zohran rings in America’s birthday by reminding us our story is one of welcoming immigrants, not excluding everyone who doesn’t look like us. 🇺🇸 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaVzyL0...

I really want to hate AI but then it writes an absolutely devastatingly gorgeous appeal letter for a patient whose in-lab sleep study was denied…🥰🩺

I love my husband for so many reasons. One of the top ten reasons is that when I have a new cockamamie idea, he always says, “ That sounds terrific,” and makes it sound so sincere. 😍

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

"An ICE takedown caught on camera left a 19-year-old bleeding and requiring stitches to his head. Cellphone video showed the teen get tackled by agents. Once they figured out they had made a mistake, they dropped him off at a park, bloody and bruised..." www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/d...

How is it not time to open that specific bottle of bubbly yet?

I may start prescribing episodes of The Pitt as homework for patients. 🩺

Is it burn out or being honest? When I have to justify changing an order so the insurance will cover it, I tell the truth. “Insurance company prefers more complicated dosing regimen” “insurance company prefers to wait until she actually has diabetes before treating her obesity.” 🩺

Dear Congress, you were elected to REPRESENT the people. I think we have made it abundantly clear how we feel about the president. Fucking represent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Being a primary care provider in the current US health system is demoralizing. Insurance cos are making it nearly impossible to care for patients effectively. We can blame attrition on admin or EMRs, but the villain is the insurance industry and its chokehold on our elected leaders. #singlepayernow

As an homage to the original Melt The Ice Hat, I designed a bandana as a warm-weather alternative. Now that ICE is going to expand here in Baltimore, we need something that is better for the hot months. Proceeds from pattern sales will be donated to CASA of Maryland! www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Why doesn’t anyone want to work in primary care? So far this morning I have been blamed for insurance denying a med I have worked to get approved, insurer “approved” a med a patient needs to stay alive but will cost more than $700, because the soonest someone can see specialist is 2027.

It is snowing. The universe is no longer adhering to any recognizable rules of logic. Can someone please reset the simulation?

I’m a l tipsy rn but maybe we can just like our neighbors and make sure everyone is fed, housed, and educated before we start wasting money on things like killing random strangers in another country.

The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025. The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

A call to action for all of us. RIP Jesse Jackson.

This. 💯

Love this. bsky.app/profile/lmna...

Now that we’re all about “complying with the law” re Minnesota, does that extend to complying with the law re Epstein files?

PSA: Examples of a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant. ICE cannot enter your home with only an administrative warrant.

I’m really not in a great mental or emotional space for taking care of racist patients today. Send vibes.

NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL.

2025 was bad in so many ways, but a great reading year for me. I guess I was avoiding reality! 📚

Want a 2.5 minute primer on the ingenuity of randomised controlled trials? Of course you do.

ICE, please get the fuck out of my state.

Can we just have all the folks who still support Trump watch “A Christmas Carol”? I’d give him a good piece of my mind to toast him on…

We have 526 scientists signed up for spring semester. We try to get that to about 1000 scientists before unleashing the teachers on the database. Wanna connect a class of kids with science this spring? Sign up!

Ugly baby is on the tree, so it is officially the Christmas Season around here.

Fuck these fuckers.

We must stop tinkering around the edges of a broken healthcare system. Yes, let's extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions. Then, let's finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits. We need Medicare for All.

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Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA

JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.

Death seems to have the aim of a Stormtrooper.

In the face of this cruel government shutdown, we’re taking another significant step to protect Maryland families and children: I’ve signed an executive order releasing $62 million to help Marylanders who rely on SNAP benefits put food on the table.

Peeps💙This is a public announcement 📣 Please listen as it’s an emergency ‼️ for those affected by the shut down and in danger of losing snap benefits!! #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited #ProudBlue

Primary care has become a litany of miseries: can’t afford food, can’t afford rent, can’t afford insurance, can’t afford medicine, afraid to be deported, afraid to be LGBTQ+, anxiety, depression, not sleeping, specialists not available for 12 mos. If it weren’t for Lexapro…

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

🧵More messaging from the flag-waving over 60 year-olds declaring their intention to stand again tyranny and “not allow our neighbors to be kidnapped” here in Hudson NY #NoKings. I mean…shit Also exactly nobody objected when I asked to take a photo