David Lovinger, MD, FACP
@davidlovinger.bsky.social
Physician, healthcare executive, IT enthusiast and skeptic
Oh, well then ok. Carry on.
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Kevin Hassett said during a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event that he would rely on his own judgment and not bow to political pressure to decide whether to cut interest rates if he becomes the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Kevin Hassett Says He Wouldn’t Bow to Pressure Over Cutting Interest Rates
Kevin Hassett Says He Wouldn’t Bow to Pressure Over Cutting Interest Rates
on.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Oh, well then ok. Carry on.
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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I was going to say that this was just unbelievable. But it’s not, it’s completely believable.
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I was going to say that this was just unbelievable. But it’s not, it’s completely believable.
Entitled to his views? He has a fixed delusion about vaccines that is completely resistant to data and other forms of proof.
“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”
Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.
Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.
Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans
It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Entitled to his views? He has a fixed delusion about vaccines that is completely resistant to data and other forms of proof.
The horror that was Nazi Germany did not happen overnight.
Tom‘s distinction is correct. We do not have a government that is fully captured by the fascists. But it also does not mean that we are not in serious danger.
Tom‘s distinction is correct. We do not have a government that is fully captured by the fascists. But it also does not mean that we are not in serious danger.
October 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The horror that was Nazi Germany did not happen overnight.
Tom‘s distinction is correct. We do not have a government that is fully captured by the fascists. But it also does not mean that we are not in serious danger.
Tom‘s distinction is correct. We do not have a government that is fully captured by the fascists. But it also does not mean that we are not in serious danger.
Oh, well then. I’m convinced now
DNC Chair Ken Martin says recent special election results show Democrats are on the right track for 2026, and tells detractors to "stop bitching" and help the party's efforts.
DNC chair says special elections show Democrats are winning, even when they lose
DNC Chair Ken Martin says recent special election results show Democrats are on the right track for 2026, and tells detractors to "stop bitching" and help the party's efforts.
n.pr
September 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Oh, well then. I’m convinced now
That’s gonna leave a mark
September 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
That’s gonna leave a mark
Kimmel’s fine, but I would go with Colbert if we’re given a choice
Wouldn’t it be wild if Kimmel ended up becoming our Zelenskyy
September 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Kimmel’s fine, but I would go with Colbert if we’re given a choice
Great thread on how our current cable news media developed
That is part of it, broadcast licenses hinge on 'serving the public interest', though most regulation in the FCC is about managing spectrum more than content. Cable doesn't have that obligation, or processes for challenging license renewals. 1/
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great thread on how our current cable news media developed
Both sides you say?
How courageous of you
How courageous of you
After the killing of Charlie Kirk, people on both sides of the political divide fear an assault on free speech may be under way on.ft.com/4gr1Y8o
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Both sides you say?
How courageous of you
How courageous of you
TNC: If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
TNC: If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
This meme is a great way to teach the difference between the median and the mean.
September 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This meme is a great way to teach the difference between the median and the mean.
She was just joking, ffs
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
She was just joking, ffs
Reposted by David Lovinger, MD, FACP
absolutely not
Stephen A. Smith is pushing $40M a year in earnings, sources tell The Athletic. And ultimately, he wants as big a voice in politics as he has in sports.
On Wednesday, Smith will formally launch his bid as a political pundit, if not a Presidential candidate.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TN7BNV
On Wednesday, Smith will formally launch his bid as a political pundit, if not a Presidential candidate.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TN7BNV
September 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
absolutely not
Somebody should check on the take machine, I think it’s on fire
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Somebody should check on the take machine, I think it’s on fire
Welp. Now we know what OUR Reichstag fire looks like. Bracing for impact.
September 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Welp. Now we know what OUR Reichstag fire looks like. Bracing for impact.
I really do not understand this. He lists many examples of right wing violence, and then moves on to deposit that the left has the same type of problem. Without any citations or evidence. Where are you going with this David French? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
September 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I really do not understand this. He lists many examples of right wing violence, and then moves on to deposit that the left has the same type of problem. Without any citations or evidence. Where are you going with this David French? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
Sounds to me like JD is too emotional to be president
JD’s mom was not getting drugs from cartels, she was a nurse who was stealing painkillers from her patients.
Her patients suffered and she got high.
As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients.
Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.
Her patients suffered and she got high.
As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients.
Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.
September 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sounds to me like JD is too emotional to be president
With all the damage the the GOP and so-called conservatives are doing to our democracy, our freedoms and our nation’s health and healthcare system, who in their right mind looks around and says, let me tell you why I’m not a member of the only group that’s putting up a fight.
Hard pass.
Hard pass.
September 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
With all the damage the the GOP and so-called conservatives are doing to our democracy, our freedoms and our nation’s health and healthcare system, who in their right mind looks around and says, let me tell you why I’m not a member of the only group that’s putting up a fight.
Hard pass.
Hard pass.
Lies, fellas. The word you’re looking for is lies.
September 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Lies, fellas. The word you’re looking for is lies.
As a hospitalist, I helped lead my organization’s response to covid in 2020, and that was very, very difficult - with support, vaccines and masks.
Doing that again, with a potentially more lethal H5N1 flu pandemic would be a disaster at an unbelievable scale.
This should scare everyone
Doing that again, with a potentially more lethal H5N1 flu pandemic would be a disaster at an unbelievable scale.
This should scare everyone
An H5N1 pandemic under RFK Jr.’s DHHS could be catastrophic.
Here’s what it might look like a 🧵👇
Here’s what it might look like a 🧵👇
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As a hospitalist, I helped lead my organization’s response to covid in 2020, and that was very, very difficult - with support, vaccines and masks.
Doing that again, with a potentially more lethal H5N1 flu pandemic would be a disaster at an unbelievable scale.
This should scare everyone
Doing that again, with a potentially more lethal H5N1 flu pandemic would be a disaster at an unbelievable scale.
This should scare everyone
Another segment in the series “Comedians Speaking Truth to Power”
To those who may be tempted to doubt the Epstein accusers: be aware that only an extremely tiny fraction of rape allegations are false. And that most women who are raped don’t come forward out of shame and fear of reprisals. The women who spoke out yesterday in DC are American heroes.
September 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Another segment in the series “Comedians Speaking Truth to Power”
“Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?”
You’re a doctor, not to mention a public health official. It’s literally your job, bro.
You’re a doctor, not to mention a public health official. It’s literally your job, bro.
Wow. Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo just vowed to end all vaccine mandates and compared them with slavery.
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery. Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery. Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"
September 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?”
You’re a doctor, not to mention a public health official. It’s literally your job, bro.
You’re a doctor, not to mention a public health official. It’s literally your job, bro.
With tears in his eyes?
August 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
With tears in his eyes?
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." - Mark Twain
James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." - Mark Twain