Andrew Goldstein

They are all purposefully manufactured theft and destruction wrought by the same political and economic power structure that is Trump, the Republicans, rightwing tech bro culture, tech oligarchs, anti-tax zealots, far right bigots, financial speculators, and more. 2/2

AI, tariffs, DOGE, the budget reconciliation bill, and the current government shutdown are not separate, discrete causes of job losses. 1/2

The Infatuation’s EEEEEATSCON is the Wonder of food festivals...

David Adler, on Yom Kippur from the Global Sumud Flotilla, before he was detained by Israel:

Andrew Cuomo's whole campaign feels like Jeb Bush's "please clap" moment.

So concierge/DPC is just segregated care.

People shouldn't get better care just because they are richer.

Doctors want enough time with their patients. Patients want enough time with their doctors.

Your doctor's panel size (i.e. number of patients they are responsible for) determines how much of their time is for you vs. others.

It is wild to me as a primary care doctor that for concierge medicine and direct primary care practices, panel sizes are 200-600, while for the rest of people it's 1600-2000.

100%. Wonder epitomizes America in 2025. Slop. Enshittification. The hollowing out of anything that was good.

Chaos inside CDC prompts massive staff walkout Dozens of staff members and leaders honored CDC officials who resigned under RFK Jr.'s leadership.

Doing what's necessary.

Healthcare Workers for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social let's go!

French fries, cooked in beef tallow vs. avocado oil, the true American culture war

UMich cancels doctoral epidemiology program admissions for 2026 The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a 2025-2026 admissions cycle cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program.

Fascism is killing public health.

Would love a great new candidate for my district! But a billionaire-supported Abundancebro with a thin resume and no real plans other than self-promotion seems like a terrible step down from Nadler.

Envisioning and Launching DPH State Community Organizing Teams The people's health is under direct assault by the Federal Government. If we do not defend the programs, policies, care, and communities, who will? Defend Public Health is standing up and fighting ba...

Defend Public Health (DPH) is standing up and fighting back.

Join DPH on August 5, at 5pm ET to discuss and co-design how we will build DPH State Teams.

actionnetwork.org/events/envis...

Plans to test prior authorization in traditional Medicare are deeply troubling Preauthorization is about to enter the lives of many seniors who have chosen traditional Medicare over MA, write former CMS Administrator Don Berwick and health policy expert Andrea Ducas.

Prior authorizations sound "rational" but are a bureaucratic mess.

They create frustration that reduces even care we all agree is appropriate.

And avoidance, delays, and interruptions of needed care is harmful and deadly.

From Don Berwick + @andreaducas.bsky.social:

If only there was a billionaire genius enough and hilarious enough to do this.

Projectors playing the South Park episode on buildings in every town across the country including on every federal and Trump building...

How states can mitigate Trump’s Medicaid cuts – and set their health care systems on a better path States are unlikely to fully neutralize the Medicaid cuts — but they have tools to scuttle the Trump administration's efforts.

"Although states cannot fully neutralize the impending Medicaid cuts, they have tools to scuttle the Trump administration’s efforts. Reining in excessive prices allows states to sustain Medicaid funding and even increase federal dollars flowing into the state."

Will you hire Colbert?

This far right, McCarthyism bullshit by Columbia is a new low from an already very low place.

As an alum, I tell anyone considering training or working at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social to stay away from this place of moral and academic rot.

Via @columbiabds.bsky.social

Oh no, alpha gal?

Not just young people!

I spoke with a few dozen of my Jewish neighbors in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who opposed Cuomo and supported Mamdani.

Some were moral clarity voters, others wanted a Democratic party that was fresh and energetic. Either way, it was great to see!

“I don’t want to be taxed $622 per year for roads. I want the freedom to pay twice that to profiteering private road companies, even if that means surprise bills and literal gatekeeping. No more communist roads!”

Stephen Colbert do a late show on @zeteo.com?

Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.

Cherish the people who can experience (and create!) beauty despite all the horror! www.newyorker.com/news/essay/z...

When @corybooker.com did the longest filibuster in history, he said:

"This is a moral moment. It’s not left or right; it’s right or wrong”

Months later, here he is, doing a photo-op with a perpetrator of genocide.

Words and deeds matter, and when they don't align, we see you!

Why are dozens of state leaders calling for an investigation into the firing of 2 UH pediatricians? The story of the termination of two University Hospitals pediatricians has made its way to the State House.

Reinstate these pediatricians who were fired for union organizing!

An empire in decay?! Would an empire in decay have accomplishments like this!?! Heroes like this?!?!