We're the only nation in the world built on the idea that we are all created equal. We haven’t always lived up to it. But we’ve never walked away from it. And today, as we honor those who've given everything to our nation, we must say clearly: We never will.

“And which great efficiency expert will lead this important new effort to streamline?” “Actually there will be two people in charge”

People are surprised, no shocked, that a Fox News host will be the Secretary of Defense. Folks, you just turned the free world over to the host of The Apprentice.

I don't know what Biden put in that fireplace, but hopefully the nuclear codes?

The Department of Justice isn't within 100 feet of a school, is it?

I am assuming the Menendez Brothers are going to be running the Bureau of Prisons.

At the rate things are going this wouldn’t even surprise me

the people who deserve contempt are not voters but instead well-informed Republicans who - for the sake of their pocketbooks, status within the tribe, hatred of the other side, whatever - accepted/promoted a man who is going to very badly hurt our country and its people

The ability of demagogues & autocrats to surprise, to create a new scandal every day, is their superpower. It diminishes attention to the previous day's transgressions & normalizes them. It slowly numbs the senses, including outrage. Values are the only defense. Hold them dear.

It seems timely to repost one of my favourite tables: cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-m…

Vaccines are the greatest biomedical innovation of all time:

Remember: 200,000 Americans needlessly perished bc they refused Covid vaccines in 2021-22 5X increase in pertussis cases from 2023 to 2024 15 measles outbreaks in 2024 Polio in NY wastewater in 2022 All from antivaccine activism in America, and now you put him charge

We are looking for Director of Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program- Tremendous leadership opportunity for an outstanding physician leader to be part of one of the best hospitals in the world Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic MD !

"While pundits have busied themselves over the past 10 days nitpicking Kamala Harris’s campaign, one thing is abundantly clear: She was held to the highest standards of leadership while Trump was held to no standard at all." publicnotice.co/p/anna-gifty-k…

Aw jeez, not this again. According to this consultant, hospitals now *lose* an average of $304,312 per physician per year. 🤦🏻 Guess it’s time for another thread on Budgetary Gerrymandering.

Torres: There’s a Turkish proverb that says, “If a clown goes into a palace, the clown does not become a king; the palace becomes a circus.” We’re witnessing the transformation of the American presidency into a circus, with Tulsi Gabbard as the potential Director of National

If only we had data on vaccine efficacy IF ONLY WE HAD THE DATA #vaccineswork

It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.