Alysoun Mahoney

There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings

Bad Bunny: Si no entendiste lo que acabo de decir, tienes cuatro meses para aprender.

Soy una de los miles de angloparlantes en los Estados Unidos que están aprendiendo español en este momento….

Aerial view of farmland at sunset.

Just posted: my Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund Q3 2025 grant report, focused on advocacy for humane & healthy food systems, and on research & investigative work underpinning that advocacy.

@sentientmedia.org @peta.org @pcrm.org @faunalytics.bsky.social

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The Study Big Meat Tried to Bury — and Why It Matters Again When a sweeping scientific study called for eating less meat, the meat industry launched a full-scale attack. And we could be in for a repeat.

When a sweeping scientific study called for eating less meat, the meat industry launched a full-scale attack. And we could be in for a repeat. Seth Millstein reports:

The one area where the current presidential administration is a force for progress is in promoting the phaseout of animal experimentation. Support for moving former lab animals to homes or sanctuaries is the latest step, and I'm grateful to friends at the Physicians Committee for their role in this.

Could the Fight Against Animal Testing Help Farm Animals? Some Advocates Are Shifting Tactics To win over conservative lawmakers, some animal rights advocates are stressing spending cuts in their pitch.

To win over conservative lawmakers, some animal rights advocates are highlighting cost-cutting in their pitch. Could this strategy work for farm animals? @jesslsr.bsky.social reports:

Our tax dollars at work, costing children's lives worldwide. Secretary Rubio, do you want this to be your legacy? My column: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Department of State Swearing In Ceremony - Sept 2002

Department of State swearing in ceremony pamphlet September 2002

23 years ago, as a new US Dept of State civil servant, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution, administered to my class by Sec Colin Powell — a defining life event. I’m retired now, but still #HonoringMyOath this #ConstitutionDay. Want more people in gov’t today to honor theirs.

Cancelled my WaPo subscription last October, and started several new subscriptions - including the Inquirer, largely for your writing.

Flood social media on Constitution Day Sept 17！

ICYMI: Here's a fun and easy but powerful action we can each take this Wednesday Sept 17 for Constitution Day!

Kadida Kenner of Why Courts Matter and the New Pennsylvania Project speaking at “What does it mean to vote YES? The judicial retention question.” (Harrisburg, PA)

Spent Sunday afternoon at Pennsylvania Capital Region Stands Up forum “What does it mean to vote YES? The judicial retention question” featuring Kadida Kenner of Why Courts Matter & @newpennsylvania.bsky.social. "Our vote in the judicial election in 2025 helps ensure we have an election in 2026"!

Trump wants to make war on Chicago. He picked the wrong fight President Trump's stunning online threat against America's third-largest city will test the power of the resistance.

It's getting harder to shock America, but Trump managed this weekend with a crude, fiery threat to wage war on Chicago

But a massive street protest Saturday, backed by a strong governor, shows Chicago isn't having it

Did Trump pick the wrong fight? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

#workersoverbillionaires Labor Day rally in Harrisburg PA - 1

#workersoverbillionaires Labor Day rally in Harrisburg PA - 2

#workersoverbillionaires Labor Day rally in Harrisburg PA - 3

#workersoverbillionaires Labor Day rally in Harrisburg PA - 4

#WorkersOverBillionaires rally at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg — one of hundreds happening across the country. The only way I can imagine spending Labor Day in 2025!

Labor Day Protest poster - Harrisburg PA Monday 9/1 11 am - 1 pm

Labor Day is coming up, and that means it’s time for another protest! Here’s where I plan to be — at one of the hundreds of events happening across the US, co-sponsored by well over 100 partner organizations. maydaystrong.org

Trump’s push to end mail voting will have ‘no bearing’ on Pa. elections, Shapiro says Gov. Josh Shapiro said that President Donald Trump has no power to ban mail voting in Pennsylvania.

“It will have absolutely have no bearing on our elections here in Pennsylvania and we will once again have free and fair, safe and secure elections,” Shapiro said at an unrelated press conference Tuesday.

Standing with our immigrant neighbors event Aug 23, 2025 in Mechanicsburg PA

I just registered for this local community event Saturday August 23 in Mechanicsburg PA, sponsored by Cumberland Valley Rising and Capital Region Stands Up.

Details and registration:
tinyurl.com/yhx4dvs4

Trump actually is ‘canceling’ the 2026 midterms, starting in Texas | Will Bunch Trump's outrageous push to kill 5 Dem House seats in Texas triggers a nuclear war that will end representative democracy.

It used to be a conspiracy theory: Trump will cancel the 2026 midterms. But the Texas remapping outrage is a plan to do exactly that, as extreme gerrymandering spreads to multiple states

The next election will be decided by a computer, not a campaign. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/texa...

The incredible global collapse of fur production, explained in one chart How animal activism, Covid-19, economic downturns, and better faux fur took down one of the cruelest industries.

How animal activism, Covid-19, economic downturns, and better faux fur took down one of the cruelest industries. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Inspiring town hall in York PA this afternoon—my former US Congressman @raskin.house.gov of MD-8 joining forces with my future US Congresswoman Janelle Stelson for PA-10!

A Conversation about the budget bill with Congressman Jamie Raskin moderated by PA-10 candidate Janelle Stelson, Sunday August 3, 2:30 pm, York, PA

I've signed up and am looking forward to hearing my previous US congressman @raskin.house.gov and future US congresswoman Janelle Stelson together!

With Daphna Nachminovitch at PETA 45th anniversary event in Norfolk VA

With Kathy Guillermo at PETA 45th anniversary event in Norfolk VA

Happy 45th anniversary to @peta.org! Photos from today at its Norfolk VA center for my 1st time in almost three years. I’ve been proud to support Daphna Nachminovitch & Kathy Guillermo in their impactful work to end cruelty toward animals in experimentation, agriculture, entertainment and more.

Good Trouble Lives On rally in Harrisburg PA - 1

Good Trouble Lives On rally in Harrisburg PA - 2

Good Trouble Lives On rally in Harrisburg PA - 3

This afternoon’s “Good Trouble Lives On” rally in Harrisburg PA. I understand this was one of 1,500 events held nationwide today, organized by @50501movement.bsky.social, @indivisible.org and many other groups.

I’ve not before spent birthdays at political events—but my US House district, the PA 10th, is one of 18 expected to determine party control of that body in 2026. So the best thing I could do tonight was attend Janelle Stelson’s new campaign launch, where @governor.pa.gov announced his endorsement.

I was recruited by the State Dept as part of a major hiring wave in the weeks after 9/11/2001. Decision-makers came to realize the value of diplomats that day, after State's ranks had been cut in the 1990s.

Just sayin'.

I retired some time ago, and am thinking of my former colleagues today.

YouTube video by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Desk: The Future of Animal Models in Research | NIH’s Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer

NIH leaders are spotlighting a shift in science.

In this new podcast episode, Dr. Bhattacharya and Dr. Kleinstreuer discuss the future of biomedical research and how we move beyond animal testing.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvk...

#NIH #NonanimalScience #BiomedicalResearch

All three of you are my greatest inspirations right now!

BREAKING: Millions of animals will be spared!

NIH’s Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer just shared an announcement that shakes the very foundation of the animal exploitation paradigm that has held biomedical science hostage.

The future is human-relevant research, which we've been working toward for decades.

With Rep Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin and Democracy Summer fellows

At today’s Takoma Park MD parade with @raskin.house.gov’s Democracy Summer fellows, where he passed out copies of the US Constitution to the crowd, I also got to chat briefly about politics in my current PA district, his longtime work for animals, & the legacy of his late son Tommy. Energizing day!

Jamie Raskin and Democracy Fellows at Takoma Park MD Independence Day parade.

Getting ready to march in the Takoma Park MD Independence Day parade with @raskin.house.gov Rep. Jamie Raskin and his Democracy Fellows (young people) and Democracy Dreamers (old people like me).

Q2 2025: Ending Animal Experiments and More - Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund Modernizing Research: This quarter’s grants from the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund focused on supporting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the Physicians Committee for Responsib...

Just posted my Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund Q2 2025 report. Grants this quarter went to @peta.org & @pcrm.org for influencing initiatives to phase out animal experiments at NIH & FDA -- what Vox calls "the one thing the Trump administration got very right."

gregoryreiterfund.org/2025/07/03/q...