If you're looking for a little hope in humanity today, please read Sam's piece. He brings his humanity to the table everyday. There's life lessons in this, not just lessons for physicians.

imagine graduating from Harvard, producing a show at MSNBC, advising the Senate Budget Committee, and writing a book about US economic policy, only to be out-influenced by a guy who spent 15 years arguing about pants on an obscure menswear forum

I no longer feel like I belong in this country. On a deeply personal level, its values are no longer my values, as they once were. My persistence in it feels increasingly strange and unwelcome.

.Tom Nichols: “In the end, a majority of American voters chose Trump because they wanted what he was selling: a nonstop reality show of rage and resentment. Some Democrats, still gripped by the lure of wonkery, continue to scratch their heads over which policy proposals might

7 November 1914 | A Pole, Teodor Wojciechowski, was born in Reguły. A farmer. In #Auschwitz from 29 Mah 1941 No. 16742 He perished in the camp on 22 March 1942.

The global economy is about to be fucked up in ways that will have economists and historians studying the aftermath for generations to come. People have no idea. Those with savings and equities are most at risk.

Good point from Nate Cohn on The Daily--Trump reaps the advantages of incumbency without the liability of owning the status quo. Counterintuitive silver lining of having lost in 2020 (without ever acknowledging defeat.)

Right now, in Manhattan & surrounding counties, live 30 people who sat in judgment of Donald Trump in three trials tried to a jury verdict: the two E. Jean Carroll trials, each of which was tried to a jury of 9, and the Manhattan DA’s criminal case, tried to a jury of 12. 1/

Bibi will wipe Gaza off the face of the earth and annex the West Bank. He will drive who's ever left of the Palestinians into the Sinai. We won't see the protest movement here in the US roar back to life either.

Folks, don't do this. Lots of votes have yet to be counted. There aren't 20 million fewer votes. Michael McDonald calculates 158.5 million ballots cast. Total turnout in 2020: 159.7 million.

Washingtonian here. Pretty simple formula: high minimum wage, best OT policy, paid family leave, working family tax credit, expanded childcare, high road employers, top research institutions, diverse industries, focus on trades, and strong labor unions. Just to name a few. 1/8

My latest on Sidebars: with Trump winning re-election the criminal cases against him will be dropped, he can commit new crimes with immunity, and he can use the justice system to punish his enemies. The rule of law was on the ballot - and it lost. sidebarsblog.com/p/the-rule-of-…

Every woman who voted for Trump and the GOP should defeat do so.

Still seeing "Harris couldn't turn out millions of Biden voters," and the count in swing states says that's not true. In Wisconsin, Harris got 37k more votes than Biden. The most votes of any Dem candidate since Obama in 2008. She lost bc Trump added 77k more votes since 2020.

A man was found with a rifle, targeting Congressman Jared Moskowitz for being Jewish. This is America in 2024. How did we get here?

There it is. Trump plans to impose rightwing policies like voter ID on blue states where he is deeply unpopular.

What people voted for

Folks I really recommend people move, and move to Bluesky. Move, bc you'll want to stop generating content on this site (and if you can, you'll want to delete what's here). But also move TO Bluesky bc it offers structural tools that is a good replacement for Billionaire's algo.

Yup. "I didn't want to bother you doc but my wife didn't like the SOUND of this bleeding" - exsanguinating farmer

You were warned. #pales