Diane Loewenstein Mulvey MD
@dimulvey.bsky.social
Clinical Bioethicist, MD, & Carbon-Based Lifeform.
It is not unreasonable for an industrialized nation to view health care as a human right and not a perk for the few who can afford it. And the Red Herring that the cost of healthcare is the real culprit is just that: noise.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care
It’s one thing for Republicans to deny hypothetical care. It’s another to take this tangible benefit away.
www.theatlantic.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is not unreasonable for an industrialized nation to view health care as a human right and not a perk for the few who can afford it. And the Red Herring that the cost of healthcare is the real culprit is just that: noise.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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JB Pritzker: “We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
JB Pritzker: “We’re a nation mostly of immigrants — that is who we are fundamentally at our core. We ought to always be that, it’s what’s made our country great — Immigrants are the most entrepreneurial. Immigrants are the most grateful & patriotic”
It is the eleventh hour to extend insurance tax credits. Yes, the Republicans are to blame for failing to come up with anything to replace the ACA (Obamacare) in over 15 YEARS, but that is irrelevant at this point. Understand the coming crisis because it could be you.
www.vox.com/health/47196...
www.vox.com/health/47196...
Blame Republicans for our health insurance mess
Conservatives haven’t taken health policy seriously for decades.
www.vox.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It is the eleventh hour to extend insurance tax credits. Yes, the Republicans are to blame for failing to come up with anything to replace the ACA (Obamacare) in over 15 YEARS, but that is irrelevant at this point. Understand the coming crisis because it could be you.
www.vox.com/health/47196...
www.vox.com/health/47196...
Why Republicans in Congress are turning against Trump
Republicans are also quitting in droves.
www.vox.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A Generation Slipping Through Our Fingers — And What We Must Do to Save It
They are savable
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Oh My God. Couldn’t we just give him Eric and Don, Jr instead of this grody plan?
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Oh My God. Couldn’t we just give him Eric and Don, Jr instead of this grody plan?
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
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“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
1. This moron was convicted by a jury of her peers and found guilty of election fraud after the 2020 election in Colorado.
2. The POTUS moron has NO LEGAL AUTHORITY to pardon a state conviction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
2. The POTUS moron has NO LEGAL AUTHORITY to pardon a state conviction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Colorado Officials Reject Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of a Convicted Election Denier
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
1. This moron was convicted by a jury of her peers and found guilty of election fraud after the 2020 election in Colorado.
2. The POTUS moron has NO LEGAL AUTHORITY to pardon a state conviction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
2. The POTUS moron has NO LEGAL AUTHORITY to pardon a state conviction.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
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I work extensively with veterans, Tricare, and the entire black hole known as the VA. I was convinced the place could not become less responsive or more inept. I was wrong.
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"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I work extensively with veterans, Tricare, and the entire black hole known as the VA. I was convinced the place could not become less responsive or more inept. I was wrong.
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Avian Virus (bird flu). Surprise! The USDA is not on top of its airborne transmission.
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📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Avian Virus (bird flu). Surprise! The USDA is not on top of its airborne transmission.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A significant share of the voters who backed Mr. Trump have decided that he has largely ignored the primary issue that pushed them his way, the cost of living,” E. J. Dionne Jr. says. “A billionaire regularly mocking concern about affordability only makes matters worse.”
“A significant share of the voters who backed Mr. Trump have decided that he has largely ignored the primary issue that pushed them his way, the cost of living,” E. J. Dionne Jr. says. “A billionaire regularly mocking concern about affordability only makes matters worse.”
Opinion | The Reasonable Majority Is No Longer Silent
Donald Trump is confronting a backlash of the reasonable.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A significant share of the voters who backed Mr. Trump have decided that he has largely ignored the primary issue that pushed them his way, the cost of living,” E. J. Dionne Jr. says. “A billionaire regularly mocking concern about affordability only makes matters worse.”
“A significant share of the voters who backed Mr. Trump have decided that he has largely ignored the primary issue that pushed them his way, the cost of living,” E. J. Dionne Jr. says. “A billionaire regularly mocking concern about affordability only makes matters worse.”
Reposted by Diane Loewenstein Mulvey MD
"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
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Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
Trump’s Mental Decline Is a Danger to Us All
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
