F. Thurston Drake (@f_thurstondrake) 's Twitter Profile
F. Thurston Drake

@f_thurstondrake

Endocrine Surgeon & Assoc Prof @ BU. Tweets = musings on medicine, politics, culture & are definitely my own opinion (+dog pics)🇺🇸🎿📚🚴🏼‍♂️🏃🧢🐕🏳️‍🌈 #BLM

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calendar_today23-10-2011 02:55:13

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Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. 

This is not a joke. This is not normal. 

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
The Bulwark (@bulwarkonline) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Ashli Babbitt was a traitor. She was a traitor to this country. She was part of a violent mob that tried to overthrow our democracy...She didn't die protecting our country. She died trying to turn it down...She wasn't a martyr. She was and is a traitor."

Andrew Fleischman (@asfleischman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kash Patel's performance as FBI director is exactly what we can expect from Pete Hegseth in a war, RFK jr. in a pandemic, or Tulsi Gabbard in a world where espionage exists.

Governor Newsom Press Office (@govpressoffice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT “SUBMISSIVE STEPHEN” (“SS”) MILLER IS THROWING THE BIGGEST, MOST PATHETIC “TANTRUM” IN THE ENTIRE WEST WING. CRYING, STOMPING, WAILING, “OUR QUOTAS! OUR ARRESTS OF CHILDREN! HOW WILL WE SURVIVE WITHOUT RAIDING THE INNOCENT?!” HIS TANTRUM WAS SO LOUD IT

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@peterhotez) 's Twitter Profile Photo

But none of this is true: outside of annual flu vaccines it’s closer to 30 immunizations, all or most tested in placebo-controlled trials. We’ve gone from immunizing kids vs 8 diseases when I was a resident in the 1980s, to 16, including 4 for bacterial meningitis, 2 for cancer

Bill Kristol (@billkristol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty. Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities. "What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"

William Melvin (@willmelvin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's amazing how quickly Republicans forgot that they were lying that Project 2025 wasn't real and wasn't their plan for governance.

It's amazing how quickly Republicans forgot that they were lying that Project 2025 wasn't real and wasn't their plan for governance.
Bill Kristol (@billkristol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At this inflection point for Trump's authoritarian project, the democratic resistance can rise to the occasion by linking together its legal prong (lawsuits), its political prong (the government shutdown), and its popular prong (No Kings). A moment of challenge and opportunity.

Michael Bennet (@senatorbennet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Republicans refuse to negotiate with Democrats and prevent health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions of Americans. That’s why I voted NO for the fifth time against Republicans’ partisan budget bill.

David Frum (@davidfrum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The ruler imposing taxes without consent by the people's representatives. The ruler deploying a masked army in cities to detain and imprison without due process. The ruler stamping his personal image on the coinage. Quite a way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of 1776!

Ruben Gallego (@rubengallego) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m hearing from people across Arizona who are terrified about what happens if Republicans let ACA tax credits expire and they lose their health care. Daylene from Casa Grande told me, “Because of the ACA, I’ve been able to stay alive. Without the ACA, there is NO WAY I would be

Rand Paul (@randpaul) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The U.S. should not be blowing up boats without even knowing who’s on them. There’s no due process in that — no names, no evidence, no oversight. I’ll be co-sponsoring a War Powers resolution to make sure military action abroad has congressional approval. We can’t drift into

Derek Thompson (@dkthomp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What makes me most angry is that there's nothing Americans "get" from destroying USAID in a way that directly results in the death of the world's poorest children. It barely even qualifies as an act of selfishness. We're doing it for nothing. The debt picture is completely