Andrew Goldstein
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Andrew Goldstein
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Primary care doctor at a public hospital, in a health worker union. Activism and organizing.
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... The whole experience was so meaningful for me and thinking about it makes my eyes teary. In dark times, please know that with complete strangers who live totally different lives and who have many different perspectives, you can create absolutely beautiful moments!
...She wanted a picture with my Vote for Zohran sign to send a text to her son to let him know. And an hour later she actually came back! Just to show me her son's response praising her changing her planned vote! It meant a lot she came back. We hugged...
... I actually didn't feel very comfortable pushing her to vote for Zohran after all she shared with me, but by the time she had to go she said having our conversation shifted her views, and she was planning to vote for Zohran...
... offered to her why I though Cuomo's deep record was actually one of harm, one that hurt me and my patients in the pandemic, and how I felt confident Zohran would listen to voices I trust, not rich donors. We had a real conversation, very genuine...
... her son who wanted her to vote for Zohran, and about her concerns about Zohran's experience and how she was planning to vote Cuomo after reading a lot of worrying things about Zohran. I mainly tried to listen, I shared a connection that might help her with some of life struggles, and ...
... spending 45 minutes speaking with one woman. It started with her giving me a glaring look from 15 feet away, and me saying "hi!" and asking if she wanted to chat. She told me so much about her life (including a large dose venting about some terrible shit she's going through right now), about...
A story! Most of the 7 hours of canvassing I did today was educating people about when they could vote and celebrating the people voting for Zohran (yay to our amazing pep squad! we had a cow bell! we got cars honking for voters! so much fun!). But most meaningful was...
Mobilizing voters for Zohran and telling people opposed to him to at least not vote for Cuomo. If you’re in New York City, and you can volunteer in the next few days, do it!
While canvassing we've found many students don't know they're eligible to register here. So here's a PSA we should all share with students we know:

1) If your home is NJ or VA, sure, vote there this year!

2) Otherwise, register here for 2025 and you can register back in your home state for 2026.
They are all purposefully manufactured theft and destruction wrought by the same political and economic power structure that is Trump, the Republicans, rightwing tech bro culture, tech oligarchs, anti-tax zealots, far right bigots, financial speculators, and more. 2/2
AI, tariffs, DOGE, the budget reconciliation bill, and the current government shutdown are not separate, discrete causes of job losses. 1/2
The Infatuation’s EEEEEATSCON is the Wonder of food festivals...
David Adler, on Yom Kippur from the Global Sumud Flotilla, before he was detained by Israel:
From the #gazaflotilla, David Adler writes that “we are approaching interception at the onset of Yom Kippur—our annual day of atonement—which calls on us to reflect on our sins, and what can be done to repair them in the spirit of tikkun olam.”
From the Gaza Flotilla: “I’m Here Because My Jewish Heritage Demands It”
I hope that fellow Jews will join me in redefining their approach to atonement and move toward courageous action to put an end to this horrific genocide.
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Andrew Cuomo's whole campaign feels like Jeb Bush's "please clap" moment.
So concierge/DPC is just segregated care.

People shouldn't get better care just because they are richer.
Doctors want enough time with their patients. Patients want enough time with their doctors.

Your doctor's panel size (i.e. number of patients they are responsible for) determines how much of their time is for you vs. others.
It is wild to me as a primary care doctor that for concierge medicine and direct primary care practices, panel sizes are 200-600, while for the rest of people it's 1600-2000.
100%. Wonder epitomizes America in 2025. Slop. Enshittification. The hollowing out of anything that was good.
French fries, cooked in beef tallow vs. avocado oil, the true American culture war
Would love a great new candidate for my district! But a billionaire-supported Abundancebro with a thin resume and no real plans other than self-promotion seems like a terrible step down from Nadler.