... told he was next in line to see a doctor once a space in ER opens up.
SUNDAY 7am: jaundiced, weakened 85yo Father-in-law finally taken to a room in ER.
Sees an ER Doctor *for the first time* 40 min later - nearly 17 hours after checking in at ER.
This is a seriously broken system.
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Saturday afternoon: Liver specialist who's treating my father-in-law reviews lab results and tells family to get him to ER at Georgetown hospital immediately.
Saturday 3pm: check at Georgetown ER. See a tech within the first hour to take blood and record vitals. Sent back to ER waiting room.
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15.02.2025 19:26 โ ๐ 59789 ๐ 11113 ๐ฌ 736 ๐ 323
The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.
The battle will be fought over which companyโs AI will be used by the feds.
This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
15.02.2025 23:55 โ ๐ 49718 ๐ 8994 ๐ฌ 2436 ๐ 498
doddering old fool gets pantsed by Canada and Mexico
and Democrats finally wake the fuck up
here's today's post: "doddering old fool gets pantsed by Canada and Mexico" โ and Democrats finally wake the fuck up.
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04.02.2025 16:00 โ ๐ 3329 ๐ 562 ๐ฌ 118 ๐ 29
A couple of (actually serious) thought-experiment questions on where we are and where weโre going:
If a bunch of sociopaths are destroying the federal government from within, why should we pay federal taxes?
And if they succeed, whoโs going to make us pay those taxes?
04.02.2025 16:04 โ ๐ 14953 ๐ 3035 ๐ฌ 1747 ๐ 303
This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!๐บ๐ธ
04.02.2025 01:11 โ ๐ 76205 ๐ 11522 ๐ฌ 1347 ๐ 660
really weird how everything Kamala warned us would happen is happening
04.02.2025 01:01 โ ๐ 9058 ๐ 1276 ๐ฌ 348 ๐ 55
Senator Chuck Schumer sums it up
04.02.2025 09:48 โ ๐ 7077 ๐ 2179 ๐ฌ 781 ๐ 196
The DOGE kids showing up at Treasury:
04.02.2025 00:42 โ ๐ 27178 ๐ 5717 ๐ฌ 702 ๐ 234
If it feels like Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to destroy our country from within, thatโs because it is exactly what they are fucking doing.
04.02.2025 03:45 โ ๐ 13851 ๐ 2556 ๐ฌ 470 ๐ 87
Some good news for a changeโฆ๐
Pay ATTENTION, now!
04.02.2025 09:36 โ ๐ 16384 ๐ 3418 ๐ฌ 425 ๐ 158
not gonna lieโwere I potus I would def threaten Canada with ginormous tariffs if it would make them take Ted Cruz back
04.02.2025 04:11 โ ๐ 19506 ๐ 1772 ๐ฌ 1072 ๐ 109
My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like itโs more important to say, โWhat is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.โ
04.02.2025 04:56 โ ๐ 24822 ๐ 2419 ๐ฌ 448 ๐ 67
So naturally, you know what to doโฆ๐
Enjoy. ๐โจ
04.02.2025 10:03 โ ๐ 15924 ๐ 8009 ๐ฌ 789 ๐ 469
Just saying.
04.02.2025 02:56 โ ๐ 31139 ๐ 5773 ๐ฌ 966 ๐ 219
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Congrats to Meidas Touch for beating Fox in audience ratings. Talk about a light in the darkness!
04.02.2025 13:51 โ ๐ 27543 ๐ 3611 ๐ฌ 276 ๐ 111
Iโm old enough to remember when we had 3 branches of government. Forget checks and balances. I guess we are a Muskocracy now.
03.02.2025 19:20 โ ๐ 25107 ๐ 6496 ๐ฌ 1288 ๐ 343
This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?
04.02.2025 13:38 โ ๐ 69887 ๐ 10851 ๐ฌ 2700 ๐ 523
Any other person would be arrestedโฆ
04.02.2025 12:41 โ ๐ 25888 ๐ 8497 ๐ฌ 1125 ๐ 565
I think we are all searching in vain for evidence that Donald Trump or Elon Musk are serving America rather than other interests.
Their anger at USAID sounds like ventriloquism from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. It makes no sense whatsoever to anyone who actually loves this country and its values.
03.02.2025 23:22 โ ๐ 7657 ๐ 2357 ๐ฌ 255 ๐ 75
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
04.02.2025 02:34 โ ๐ 20980 ๐ 6116 ๐ฌ 594 ๐ 208
Front page of the nyt
In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.
Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding
04.02.2025 13:51 โ ๐ 31056 ๐ 9531 ๐ฌ 1479 ๐ 854
Congratulations to Trump on securing a $1.3 billion border security deal from Canada.... which was already negotiated in December 2024.
03.02.2025 22:33 โ ๐ 22389 ๐ 5796 ๐ฌ 658 ๐ 323
everything is a conspiracy when you don't understand how anything works
09.01.2025 16:51 โ ๐ 1196 ๐ 62 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 0
LA Fire TikTok comments are BLEAK. Every conspiracy theory Iโve ever heard plus a bunch that are brand new.
09.01.2025 16:18 โ ๐ 12174 ๐ 694 ๐ฌ 635 ๐ 149
Opinion | Itโs September 2026, and the Pentagon Is Alarmed
The effort to ban TikTok isnโt about whatโs on the platform but rather who runs it.
TikTok (and Donald Trump) deserve to lose.
The Supreme Court should give Trump a civics lesson. He does not have the authority to set aside the law. It should also draw a bright line between American speech, which is protected, and Chinese control of an American media outlet, which is not.
09.01.2025 16:38 โ ๐ 111 ๐ 23 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 3
when RAND corporation released their report on neo-medievalism I don't think they were expecting it to be this medieval
08.01.2025 17:39 โ ๐ 18550 ๐ 3031 ๐ฌ 758 ๐ 178
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