@buddshenkin.bsky.social
Retired pediatrician, health policy analyst, reader, wide interests, athlete.
Predicting SCOTUS decisions on presidential power. Their guide is not the constitution, that's secondary.
What's primary? What are the powers of the Pope?
That's the way they think.
What's primary? What are the powers of the Pope?
That's the way they think.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Predicting SCOTUS decisions on presidential power. Their guide is not the constitution, that's secondary.
What's primary? What are the powers of the Pope?
That's the way they think.
What's primary? What are the powers of the Pope?
That's the way they think.
For some people, the enemy of today is tomorrow.
For others, the enemy of today is yesterday.
Some people say, today is really the only thing we have.
But for others, it all goes together.
For others, the enemy of today is yesterday.
Some people say, today is really the only thing we have.
But for others, it all goes together.
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For some people, the enemy of today is tomorrow.
For others, the enemy of today is yesterday.
Some people say, today is really the only thing we have.
But for others, it all goes together.
For others, the enemy of today is yesterday.
Some people say, today is really the only thing we have.
But for others, it all goes together.
If there is something worthwhile, like the power of the pardon, Trump's just the one to destroy it.
What a prick.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What a prick.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump pardons entertainment exec indicted by his own justice department
Tim Leiweke was accused of ‘orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If there is something worthwhile, like the power of the pardon, Trump's just the one to destroy it.
What a prick.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What a prick.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Isn't that close to a Beatles song? I was so much older then I'm younger than that now.
But it's true, there are these people who molder, who get more and more vile. Andrew Wakefield is one of them, btw. The acid just gets stronger.
But it's true, there are these people who molder, who get more and more vile. Andrew Wakefield is one of them, btw. The acid just gets stronger.
December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Isn't that close to a Beatles song? I was so much older then I'm younger than that now.
But it's true, there are these people who molder, who get more and more vile. Andrew Wakefield is one of them, btw. The acid just gets stronger.
But it's true, there are these people who molder, who get more and more vile. Andrew Wakefield is one of them, btw. The acid just gets stronger.
What do you do when a public entity becomes entirely corrupted? It's a real puzzle. In this case, however, there is a clear remedy at hand. There is no roadblock to expanding the court and limiting terms. All we need is a raft of great Dem candidates and then a decent Dem President. Voilà !
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What do you do when a public entity becomes entirely corrupted? It's a real puzzle. In this case, however, there is a clear remedy at hand. There is no roadblock to expanding the court and limiting terms. All we need is a raft of great Dem candidates and then a decent Dem President. Voilà !
This is a major story, I think. We have backed Ukraine as a model state trying to be free.
Seems like that was blindness. This is very depressing to read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Seems like that was blindness. This is very depressing to read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is a major story, I think. We have backed Ukraine as a model state trying to be free.
Seems like that was blindness. This is very depressing to read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Seems like that was blindness. This is very depressing to read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
America, or Nazi Germany?
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
America, or Nazi Germany?
fucking A. I want to see the parade, Watergate II jailings.
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
fucking A. I want to see the parade, Watergate II jailings.
I believe there is a secret codicil in this ruling, that she may continue to appear in public and act as though she were still a lawful appointee if she wears low cut dresses, which besides her loyalty to Trump, appears to be her major appeal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Appeals Court Says Alina Habba Is Unlawful U.S. Attorney
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I believe there is a secret codicil in this ruling, that she may continue to appear in public and act as though she were still a lawful appointee if she wears low cut dresses, which besides her loyalty to Trump, appears to be her major appeal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Why did Trump welcome Mamdani so?
Think of it as a meta moment.
Because it's all a game, you never mean what you say, you try to find the right vein to tap, and if you tap it, you win.
And Mamdani found it, as Trump has found it, and I welcome another winner, says Trump.
What you say is trivial.
Think of it as a meta moment.
Because it's all a game, you never mean what you say, you try to find the right vein to tap, and if you tap it, you win.
And Mamdani found it, as Trump has found it, and I welcome another winner, says Trump.
What you say is trivial.
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Why did Trump welcome Mamdani so?
Think of it as a meta moment.
Because it's all a game, you never mean what you say, you try to find the right vein to tap, and if you tap it, you win.
And Mamdani found it, as Trump has found it, and I welcome another winner, says Trump.
What you say is trivial.
Think of it as a meta moment.
Because it's all a game, you never mean what you say, you try to find the right vein to tap, and if you tap it, you win.
And Mamdani found it, as Trump has found it, and I welcome another winner, says Trump.
What you say is trivial.
Thanksgiving goes in stages. I'm at the stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce stage. Thinking of topping it off with white wine, even though I'm sitting here alone with football on. Refrigerator remains full, but I'm working on it. Gave two pies away....
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Thanksgiving goes in stages. I'm at the stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce stage. Thinking of topping it off with white wine, even though I'm sitting here alone with football on. Refrigerator remains full, but I'm working on it. Gave two pies away....
Trump's monetization of the presidency is vile, and doesn't receive near enough publicity. Yes, concentrate of affordability if that works, but the phenomenon of disgust is real - make Trump equivalent to disgust, which he and they deserve.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump's monetization of the presidency is vile, and doesn't receive near enough publicity. Yes, concentrate of affordability if that works, but the phenomenon of disgust is real - make Trump equivalent to disgust, which he and they deserve.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
JC making his bid to be the most cynical politician in the country, against huge odds. But he's got a real streak going
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
JC making his bid to be the most cynical politician in the country, against huge odds. But he's got a real streak going
If you want to understand Trump, resee The Manchurian Candidate
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you want to understand Trump, resee The Manchurian Candidate
Trump is the anti-LBJ. Both amassed power - LBJ legally and with respect, Trump not.
Then they revealed their inner selves. LBJ supported the poor and the abused. Trump the opposite. Because LBJ was good at heart, and Trump is bad at heart.
LBJ tried to surpass JFK. Trump is trying to degrade RFKjr.
Then they revealed their inner selves. LBJ supported the poor and the abused. Trump the opposite. Because LBJ was good at heart, and Trump is bad at heart.
LBJ tried to surpass JFK. Trump is trying to degrade RFKjr.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Trump is the anti-LBJ. Both amassed power - LBJ legally and with respect, Trump not.
Then they revealed their inner selves. LBJ supported the poor and the abused. Trump the opposite. Because LBJ was good at heart, and Trump is bad at heart.
LBJ tried to surpass JFK. Trump is trying to degrade RFKjr.
Then they revealed their inner selves. LBJ supported the poor and the abused. Trump the opposite. Because LBJ was good at heart, and Trump is bad at heart.
LBJ tried to surpass JFK. Trump is trying to degrade RFKjr.
Definitely an "I'm smarter than you" look.
A great reason to avoid academia....
A great reason to avoid academia....
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Definitely an "I'm smarter than you" look.
A great reason to avoid academia....
A great reason to avoid academia....
Saw @60minutes.bsky.social story on families of gunned down children, and how they work with their grief.
I'm a doctor. Know how much education we got on this?
Zero.
What a scandal, zero.
I've learned a lot on my own, but still.
Med school was so deficient in humanistic medicine teaching.
I'm a doctor. Know how much education we got on this?
Zero.
What a scandal, zero.
I've learned a lot on my own, but still.
Med school was so deficient in humanistic medicine teaching.
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Saw @60minutes.bsky.social story on families of gunned down children, and how they work with their grief.
I'm a doctor. Know how much education we got on this?
Zero.
What a scandal, zero.
I've learned a lot on my own, but still.
Med school was so deficient in humanistic medicine teaching.
I'm a doctor. Know how much education we got on this?
Zero.
What a scandal, zero.
I've learned a lot on my own, but still.
Med school was so deficient in humanistic medicine teaching.
In changing the power of the pardon, seems to me, maybe make pardoning close Presidential staff and cabinet illegal.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In changing the power of the pardon, seems to me, maybe make pardoning close Presidential staff and cabinet illegal.
They say opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference? Well, when you give up arguing with someone over something - Israel, monopolies, whatever - on one or two issues, ok. But if it goes further, and you just give up arguing, I think you're giving up intimacy.
Surrendering to indifference.
Lethal
Surrendering to indifference.
Lethal
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
They say opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference? Well, when you give up arguing with someone over something - Israel, monopolies, whatever - on one or two issues, ok. But if it goes further, and you just give up arguing, I think you're giving up intimacy.
Surrendering to indifference.
Lethal
Surrendering to indifference.
Lethal
Non-stop breathless coverage of a shooting in DC by national media -- MSNOW -- is ridiculous. There is almost nothing to report at this time - there was a shooting of National Guard. Tragic, senseless. Let's just dwell on it? Nothing else prepared, possibly? @msnownews.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Non-stop breathless coverage of a shooting in DC by national media -- MSNOW -- is ridiculous. There is almost nothing to report at this time - there was a shooting of National Guard. Tragic, senseless. Let's just dwell on it? Nothing else prepared, possibly? @msnownews.bsky.social
Kafka lives in the Trump Administration. Awaiting creation of new agencies.
Office of University Campus Harassment (OUCH) looms.
Office of Urban Intimidation (OUI).
Office of Idiotic Probes (OIP).
Office of Population Intimidation (OPI).
Office of Greed. (OOG).
What an idiotic nightmare.
Office of University Campus Harassment (OUCH) looms.
Office of Urban Intimidation (OUI).
Office of Idiotic Probes (OIP).
Office of Population Intimidation (OPI).
Office of Greed. (OOG).
What an idiotic nightmare.
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Kafka lives in the Trump Administration. Awaiting creation of new agencies.
Office of University Campus Harassment (OUCH) looms.
Office of Urban Intimidation (OUI).
Office of Idiotic Probes (OIP).
Office of Population Intimidation (OPI).
Office of Greed. (OOG).
What an idiotic nightmare.
Office of University Campus Harassment (OUCH) looms.
Office of Urban Intimidation (OUI).
Office of Idiotic Probes (OIP).
Office of Population Intimidation (OPI).
Office of Greed. (OOG).
What an idiotic nightmare.
Behind the Ukrainian debacle lies failure of Biden and Jake Sullivan to act bravely. Netanyahu got everything - wrong. Ukraine got too little - wrong.
Not wise, people - timorous.
Wrong.
Not wise, people - timorous.
Wrong.
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Behind the Ukrainian debacle lies failure of Biden and Jake Sullivan to act bravely. Netanyahu got everything - wrong. Ukraine got too little - wrong.
Not wise, people - timorous.
Wrong.
Not wise, people - timorous.
Wrong.