Colleen Farrell MD
@colleenmfarrell.bsky.social
ICU doctor. Medical ethicist. Writer. Mom.
Words here: https://www.colleenmfarrell.com/publications
Words here: https://www.colleenmfarrell.com/publications
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
That Clyburn thinks Andrew Cuomo is part of the future of the Democratic Party - and points to his character!!! — is the problem with the current Democratic Party leadership in a nutshell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
June 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
That Clyburn thinks Andrew Cuomo is part of the future of the Democratic Party - and points to his character!!! — is the problem with the current Democratic Party leadership in a nutshell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
June 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.
June 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.
I've never donated to Harvard because I never felt they needed it. But today I made my first alumni donation to let @harvard.edu know that I stand in solidarity in the fight against the federal government's attacks on our freedom of speech and thought.
April 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I've never donated to Harvard because I never felt they needed it. But today I made my first alumni donation to let @harvard.edu know that I stand in solidarity in the fight against the federal government's attacks on our freedom of speech and thought.
Today, I am very proud to be an alum and faculty member of Harvard as we stand up against autocracy.
"We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity"
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
"We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity"
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
The Promise of American Higher Education
No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today, I am very proud to be an alum and faculty member of Harvard as we stand up against autocracy.
"We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity"
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
"We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity"
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
This is fascism
ICE has detained a Tufts student who was here, 100% legitimately on a student visa and with a Fulbright scholarship.
From what I hear, they are planning to cancel her visa in part for her participation in pro-Palestinian protests.
www.reddit.com/r/boston/com...
From what I hear, they are planning to cancel her visa in part for her participation in pro-Palestinian protests.
www.reddit.com/r/boston/com...
From the boston community on Reddit: The feds are coming for our students now
Explore this post and more from the boston community
www.reddit.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is fascism
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.
inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...
inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...
My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner
A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.
inthesetimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.
inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...
inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...
We need all college presidents speaking out against assault on freedom of thought like @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social Michael Roth. There is strength in solidarity. Elite institutions have a particular responsibility. Looking at my own Alma maters: Williams and @harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
@msnbc.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We need all college presidents speaking out against assault on freedom of thought like @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social Michael Roth. There is strength in solidarity. Elite institutions have a particular responsibility. Looking at my own Alma maters: Williams and @harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
Those looking to DO SOMETHING today, we have three special elections coming up to fill seats vacated by Trump’s cabinet picks. If we win all three, we will have control of the House - a HUGE deal! Two are in FL (April 1) one in NY (TBD). Will post links.
March 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Those looking to DO SOMETHING today, we have three special elections coming up to fill seats vacated by Trump’s cabinet picks. If we win all three, we will have control of the House - a HUGE deal! Two are in FL (April 1) one in NY (TBD). Will post links.
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
Here’s the thing about opposition: You don’t need a clear roadmap specifying how one act of opposition will cause direct benefits and stop the malfeasance on its own. You just need to see that the malfeasance is causing direct harm and will cause more. Object to it, and rally more people against it.
March 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Here’s the thing about opposition: You don’t need a clear roadmap specifying how one act of opposition will cause direct benefits and stop the malfeasance on its own. You just need to see that the malfeasance is causing direct harm and will cause more. Object to it, and rally more people against it.
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
The cruelty is the point.
And for whatever reason, academic medicine is a target in so many ways. Our institutions must resist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
And for whatever reason, academic medicine is a target in so many ways. Our institutions must resist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The cruelty is the point.
And for whatever reason, academic medicine is a target in so many ways. Our institutions must resist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
And for whatever reason, academic medicine is a target in so many ways. Our institutions must resist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives.
Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.
Congress: #StopTheCuts!
Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.
Congress: #StopTheCuts!
March 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives.
Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.
Congress: #StopTheCuts!
Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.
Congress: #StopTheCuts!
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer.
"Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.
"Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.
March 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer.
"Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.
"Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
March 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
From a source inside a fed agency:
“How bad do things have to be for committed civil servants and scientists to be in favor of a shutdown?”
“How bad do things have to be for committed civil servants and scientists to be in favor of a shutdown?”
March 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
From a source inside a fed agency:
“How bad do things have to be for committed civil servants and scientists to be in favor of a shutdown?”
“How bad do things have to be for committed civil servants and scientists to be in favor of a shutdown?”
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
This is an utter failure of leadership @schumer.senate.gov
Schumer tells me Republicans might try to jam Democrats again in September, but thinks Trump will be less popular then and Republican appropriators might be more willing to stand up to him. He said they refused to do so now.
March 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is an utter failure of leadership @schumer.senate.gov
We need principled leadership, not appeasement @schumer.senate.gov.
A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, state, and country.
Musk has said he wants a shutdown, and reporting has shown he is already making plans to use the shutdown to expedite his destruction of key government programs and services.
Musk has said he wants a shutdown, and reporting has shown he is already making plans to use the shutdown to expedite his destruction of key government programs and services.
March 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We need principled leadership, not appeasement @schumer.senate.gov.
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
March 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
If I weren't taking care of patients today, this is where I would be. Our Harvard community must fight like hell to preserve our freedom of speech @harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If I weren't taking care of patients today, this is where I would be. Our Harvard community must fight like hell to preserve our freedom of speech @harvard.edu @harvardmed.bsky.social
If you haven't cancelled your @washingtonpost.com subscription yet, let this devastating account by @ruthmarcus.bsky.social persuade you to.
This week I left The Washington Post after 40 years, 6 months and 6 days. Today I have a piece in the New Yorker explaining my heart-breaking decision, and including the column that was spiked. I wish I never had to write it. www.newyorker.com/news/essay/w...
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
www.newyorker.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If you haven't cancelled your @washingtonpost.com subscription yet, let this devastating account by @ruthmarcus.bsky.social persuade you to.
Reposted by Colleen Farrell MD
If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.