Boback Ziaeian
@boback.bsky.social
MD/PhD | Asst Prof | CVD Outcomes & HSR | no COI | social disparities=health disparities | facts over hype | funny on occasion 🤦🏻♂️
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Boback Ziaeian
@boback.bsky.social
· Nov 20
“Ultimately, the secret of quality is love. You have to love your patient, you have to love your profession, you have to love your God. If you have love, you can then work backward to monitor and improve the system.” - Donabedian
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Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
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Dennis Hastert Just Going To Assume He Welcome Back In GOP
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dennis Hastert Just Going To Assume He Welcome Back In GOP
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Gifted Khashoggi Head Mounted In Oval Office
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Gifted Khashoggi Head Mounted In Oval Office
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We've updated our Study.
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've updated our Study.
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
New stats (jaw-dropping imho):
1. DOJ noncompliance with court orders:
26 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of government information and representations:
Over 60 cases
3. Court findings of arbitrary and capricious government conduct:
68 cases
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Page after page after page was redacted. #foia
We got our decision in August.
The AG said Abbott's office must release some emails with Musk. About a month later, we got nearly 1,400 pages of emails.
I was stoked. Until I took a look at the records. They were almost completely redacted. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA
The AG said Abbott's office must release some emails with Musk. About a month later, we got nearly 1,400 pages of emails.
I was stoked. Until I took a look at the records. They were almost completely redacted. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Page after page after page was redacted. #foia
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17 out of 26 corporations funding Trump's ballroom project are clients of Brian Ballard, Jeff Miller, or Reince Priebus’s lobbying firms.
Those same firms helped raise $300 MILLION for the project.
The door is wide open for these lobbyists to seek favors from the Trump admin.
Those same firms helped raise $300 MILLION for the project.
The door is wide open for these lobbyists to seek favors from the Trump admin.
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
17 out of 26 corporations funding Trump's ballroom project are clients of Brian Ballard, Jeff Miller, or Reince Priebus’s lobbying firms.
Those same firms helped raise $300 MILLION for the project.
The door is wide open for these lobbyists to seek favors from the Trump admin.
Those same firms helped raise $300 MILLION for the project.
The door is wide open for these lobbyists to seek favors from the Trump admin.
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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The Epstein files could be released today if Democrats would agree to remove all mentions of Donald Trump and create mentions of James Clapper and Adam Schiff. The fact that they won’t shows how unserious they are.
by Marc Thiessen
by Marc Thiessen
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Epstein files could be released today if Democrats would agree to remove all mentions of Donald Trump and create mentions of James Clapper and Adam Schiff. The fact that they won’t shows how unserious they are.
by Marc Thiessen
by Marc Thiessen
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Larry Summers was doing dating the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Larry Summers was doing dating the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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So good
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So good
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Trump plans to invade Venezuela without giving any justification. Some liberal critics cry foul.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Trump plans to invade Venezuela without giving any justification. Some liberal critics cry foul.
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Blending family and governance
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blending family and governance
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The Ethicist | My husband was sentenced to 30 years in prison for defrauding homeless orphans on Medicaid. His lawyer says we should appeal, but is it okay to skip straight to mass-purchasing Trump crypto to get a pardon?
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Ethicist | My husband was sentenced to 30 years in prison for defrauding homeless orphans on Medicaid. His lawyer says we should appeal, but is it okay to skip straight to mass-purchasing Trump crypto to get a pardon?
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Whether it’s centrist pundits feeling politically homeless or then-Congressman Matt Gaetz having sex with a homeless 17 year-old, homelessness is having a moment.
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Whether it’s centrist pundits feeling politically homeless or then-Congressman Matt Gaetz having sex with a homeless 17 year-old, homelessness is having a moment.
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Masked Israeli settlers destroyed property belonging to a dairy farm in Beit Lid in the occupied West Bank.
The U.N. humanitarian office said there were the most Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in October since 2006. https://wapo.st/3WU0oDa
The U.N. humanitarian office said there were the most Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in October since 2006. https://wapo.st/3WU0oDa
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Masked Israeli settlers destroyed property belonging to a dairy farm in Beit Lid in the occupied West Bank.
The U.N. humanitarian office said there were the most Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in October since 2006. https://wapo.st/3WU0oDa
The U.N. humanitarian office said there were the most Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in October since 2006. https://wapo.st/3WU0oDa
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Donald Trump’s sex crimes raise new questions about Zohran Mamdani’s approach to law enforcement.
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Donald Trump’s sex crimes raise new questions about Zohran Mamdani’s approach to law enforcement.
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JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
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Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?