@jrod49.bsky.social
Refugee from old-style newspaper journalism. Extreme lib. Dogs rule the world! Sports fanatic (gymnastics and football). Lifelong LeftCoaster. Univ. of Oregon alum. CA native now in WA. Proudly banned from X before it was cool ๐
What price controls? This is not law, but rather a fairy dust executive order. It only applies to enrollees in Medicare Advantage, which is just half of all seniors on Medicare. The tariffs on prescription drugs, combined with the decimated funding for medical research, makes this ridiculous.
12.05.2025 19:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think their weathervane is broken.
12.05.2025 12:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And Iโm sorry, but what is with those bandanas?
12.05.2025 12:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Remember when video was all the proof you needed? The GOP era says donโt believe your eyes.
12.05.2025 12:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I bought toilet rails for my elderly mother. Nephew assembled, according to pamphlet. Mom fell off. Note that we did not buy a Toyota Ram. Wayfair is refusing to send a professional assembler because nothing is damaged or missing. Pretty sure this would be considered both.
12.05.2025 03:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0By the way, thatโs Photoshopped. Good going there.
11.05.2025 01:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0BTW you are wrong. Unless said journalist has a DIAGNOSIS. hydration cream is amazing Or a family member whom they will ATTRIBUTE TO. This is getting tiresome.
10.05.2025 18:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Isnโt it that you who gave me the Newsweek link? They are โMSM.โ
10.05.2025 18:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0He fails that curve.
10.05.2025 18:25 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think thatโs why these opinion and editorial outlets came along. Like MSNBC, for example. They are perfectly within their scope to report a statement signed by that many neurology experts. Itโs just not something that you would put in a traditional, mainstream news story.
10.05.2025 16:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I believe them. But as a journalist, I was not able to report something as a fact, because other people thought it was true. Do you understand where Iโm going with this? You only report what is documented by his personal physician. Who is a shyster, I get it.
10.05.2025 16:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Wait, facts can be reported, even in the absence of facts? OK, goodbye.
10.05.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm about to end this discussion unless you show me proof that he has been officially diagnosed with any level of cognitive decline following in-person examinations.
You literally claimed that several physicians have reported it.
Now show me proof or Iโm gone.
I can tell youโve never worked for a news organization. You are sounding like a nut right now. No offense, but journalists can be very aware of things and still not include them in their reporting. Because oh my God, I canโt believe Iโm having this conversation. Blaming the media is just absurd.
10.05.2025 12:50 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This also reminds me of Terri Schiavo, whom a GOP senator diagnosed as not being in a persistent vegetative state, even though he never examined her. He saw a video. That is not become part of the fact record. And this discussion is totally ridiculous.
10.05.2025 12:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I donโt understand why you guys are having such a problem with this. You just showed me evidence of what the other guy said never happens. So Iโm kind of confused.
10.05.2025 12:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And Iโm still waiting for you to show me where he was diagnosed with a lack of cognitive ability sufficient to perform his job.
10.05.2025 12:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I was a journalist. You donโt report things like โdementiaโ without a formal diagnosis. Maybe you should start there. You are the one who claims there was a formal diagnosis and yet you have yet to disclose it. Thatโs odd, because Trump never allows his medical information to be released.
10.05.2025 12:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yeah, we are.
10.05.2025 03:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think the bandana element gave it a special touch, donโt you? I expected to see Calamity Jane, Noem in one of her cosplay outfits.
10.05.2025 02:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm sorry you donโt understand how journalism works. I canโt help you any longer. Journalism is a pursuit of attribution. Let it go.
10.05.2025 02:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0But if we annex Canada, just think of how many more House seats we would get. And I donโt think they would be Republican. ๐
10.05.2025 02:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I guess for me the funny part is they are not even really masks. They are goddamn bandanas.
10.05.2025 02:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Unless you have something countering this, please stop media-bashing. Itโs embarrassing.
10.05.2025 02:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Iโm sorry, but you just donโt understand how journalism works. You canโt look at a family member and determine that someone else has the same condition. I donโt know why some of you expect miracles out of journalists. Opinion writers can say all they want. Not straight news.
10.05.2025 02:38 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I have not seen any such reports. What doctors? The only physician he has is paid to say that he is fit to win a decathlon.
10.05.2025 02:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0And they seem to get a really special kick out of it, as if it gives them sexual pleasure. Thatโs just disgusting.
10.05.2025 02:36 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Downsize yourself, you obese orange ogre.
10.05.2025 02:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0No. They are not neurologists.
10.05.2025 01:58 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0