Dear new intern who just broke death news to a pt’s family member, It is okay to cry. Do not feel like everyone else is just moving on with their day. Everyone deals with this grief differently, and no, it does not get easier. Being you, a human, makes you a better doctor. (1/2)

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Bucket list item achieved! I got the opportunity to be a TEDxBuffalo speaker, discussing the pandemic of misinformation deeply affecting our country and its healthcare system. A cool opportunity to stand up on stage and be vulnerable while calling folks to action. Link in bio!

I’ve started seeing actual posts now - MAGA really thinks they “got us” by proposing that Clinton or other non-MAGA might be in the Epstein Files. Meanwhile, Megyn Kelly is defending pedophilia on her show calling 15 years old “barely legal.” Every accusation is a confession.

I miss the days of 2021-2024 or pre-2017 when we had a president who was willing to learn ANYTHING. (He shared this from a fake newspaper called Thr Dunning-Kruger Times because he thought it was real.)

I love Johnny Cash’s cover of Rusty Cage but I’m also tickled at the idea of Soundgarden hearing about it and all looking at each other going “wait, Johnny Cash wants to cover WHAT SONG?!” (Not a real story, just what I picture happening.)

but it starts with electing people that actually want to use government for the right reasons. And that’s not #communism or #socialism or #Marxism - Google is free so you can look up those definitions. Also everyone share this because she was really annoying to listen to. (4/4)

The Trump administration is trying to convince you that government is bad and we should just have a king who gets rich while everyone fends for themselves. But there is a better way. I don’t pretend to have an easy answer, (3/4)

#ZohranMamdani ran on a platform of service and outreach that felt more sincere than anything we heard from Cuomo or any establishment politician in a long time, and that’s why he won. Will he fulfill every campaign promise? Probably not, but it won’t be for lack of trying. (2/4)

There is such a thing as good government, taxes and funds are used to serve its people. In fact, when capitalism leaves everyone but the 1% behind (like Amazon and Walmart making billions but paying minimum wage), government should step in to uplift and even the playing field.1/4

So all of you in my comments scolding me for wanting kids to starve (false) because I supported the Democrats holding out for healthcare with this shutdown, you’re all calling your reps to tell Trump to fund feeding kids - right? (3/3)

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has received two different court orders to use those contingency funds for SNAP (which they initially refused) and now a third order to find the money to fully fund SNAP and WIC for November, and they are appealing.2/3

ICE raided a day care in Chicago. How evil can an organization be? They also shot a woman five times who turned out to be an AMERICAN CITIZEN. The idiot who shot her tried to flee to Maine and is being ordered back to face charges. Hate has no place in America. Defund ICE. (1/3

ICE raided a day care in Chicago. They also shot a woman five times who turned out to be an AMERICAN CITIZEN. The idiot who shot her tried to flee to Maine and is being ordered back to face charges. They have no place in America. Defund ICE.

From the guy who brought you AI-hallucinated reports and false promises about food dyes, and false claims about Tylenol causing #autism (he was forced to retract) comes more incorrect information about #mercury and vaccines. #RFKJr thinks we’re stupid and wants to unalive kids.

I have become one of the people that uselessly comment on political Facebook news posts because so many keep blaming Dems for the #shutdown and I am afraid that Schumer et al will cave to cowardice, Fetterman-style. Even after I call their offices to express my support.

The number of people who very loudly misunderstand or misrepresent what communism and socialism are continues to drive my face into my palm.

#ElectionDay Where I vote, there aren’t any big races, some uncontested. So I’m gonna talk about the big ones in other parts of the country, whose results will help shape the lives of a lot of people, hopefully for the better with the right result.

Eight months with this little Koala Butt. 🥰🥰🐨 #BabyWithBowtie

For whatever it’s worth, Chuck Schumer got at least one call today thanking him for protecting healthcare for American citizens and, even though it may not even be helpful, while chastising him for not endorsing a real progressive candidate in Mamdani.

Press secretary #KarolineLevitt lied that in 2024 we spent $9 billion on #healthcare for undocumented immigrants. Not true, of course. Call your reps, tell them to use USDA contingencies/other sources to fund #SNAP/WIC without eliminating funding for Medicaid and ACA subsidies.