Mike Chesser
@michaelchesser81.bsky.social
physician, Navy veteran, pro-democracy
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
🇩🇪 Die Zeit reports that German investigators disrupted preparations for a suspected Russian intelligence assassination attempt on Stefan Thumann, CEO of drone maker Donaustahl (which supplies reconnaissance and kamikaze drones to Ukraine).
The Trump Organization had roughly 385 accounts closed by Capital One after the bank’s anti-money-laundering team spent months reviewing them. Imagine the reaction if this involved any other prominent political family.
The proposition that the president of the United States is an adjudicated rapist isn't an argument. It is a fact.
Historical & psychological studies show dictators share key personality traits, most notably extreme narcissism, deep paranoia & profound lack of empathy. Their behavioral patterns and psychological profiles display striking similarities. Core Traits:🧵 #Pinks www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/how-...
How to Best Understand Dictators, Autocrats, and Bullies
Personality disorders may be the best way to understand dictators, autocrats, and bullies, rather than labeling them crazy, mad, psychotic, fanatical, deranged, or demented.
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I wonder how many death threats that Cornyn and Tillis received from Donald’s thugs
What must it be like to devote your life to serving your country only to discover that your country doesn’t care at all about you? In one case, a soldier was FIVE DAYS away from having her military pension vested. That takes 18 years. They voted to boot her. It just makes me so angry.
This is an outstanding book about the history of capitalism. We are in an entirely predictable cycle of worsening wealth inequality. Trump wants to put fuel on the fire.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. No matter what happens, it can’t be forgotten.
Blanche’s appeasement is hollow. Trump still gets immunity from tax audits worth $100 million. And last week’s payout to abortion clinic blocker shows the path to payouts to rewrite history will be individual settlements instead of one designated fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal (Gift Article)
Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.
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Bernie just explained in simple terms why billionaires spend so much money to buy politicians, judges, and legislators.
Jeanine Pirro should be disbarred. It is absolutely indefensible and gross misconduct to rush through a criminal indictment for political reasons before an investigation has been completed, which resulted in false evidence being presented to a grand jury.
Watching this spectacle of Trump bloviating to his cabinet at Camp David it struck me that this must have been what it was like to witness Hitler’s delusional rants at the Wolf’s Lair
Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...
After Obamacare Cuts, Hospitals Are Treating More Uninsured Patients (Gift Article)
More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.
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'Narcissist' Trump proves he’s 'hearing the footsteps of the Grim Reaper': analyst
Political analyst David Rothkopf thinks that President Donald Trump is hearing the death rattle of the "Grim Reaper" creeping up behind him. Speaking to the Daily Beast's daily podcast, Rothkopf point...
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Trump and Musk promised to shrink the deficit. Instead, it's projected to grow — to $2.5 trillion a year within a decade (in today's dollars). That's a heavier burden for taxpayers, and it pushes up interest rates on credit cards, mortgages and beyond. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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New Research: Already-Stretched Healthcare Workforce in Jeopardy with Deportation Threats – Leah Zallman Center
Nursing homes, health centers, and hospitals across the United States rely on immigrant workers every day to meet their staffing needs and sustain this multi-trillion-dollar industry. An April 3, 2025...
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The Journal of Clinical Medicine: "Hydroxychloroquine was not efficacious for treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients and caused more severe adverse events." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Peter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."
This Fauci hearing is the biggest explosion of right wing brainworms I've ever seen. Years of debunked and absurd antivax and "gain of function" conspiracy theories expressed as incoherent screaming at an 85 year old man. It's absolutely demented and embarrassing to watch.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
No medical or technological breakthroughs have ever been achieved using conspiracy theories, which is why Rand Paul is a Republican politician and not a scientist.
There is more to this Rand Paul vendetta against Dr. Fauci than meets the eye. Rand Paul repeatedly flunked his ophthalmology boards, and even went so far as to form his own board so that he could pass it. Dr Fauci was at the pinnacle of academic medicine, widely revered. Town vs Gown redux
Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."
