Dr.B

Practicing infectious disease doc; budding mycologist;

[Dr.B @boulware_dr]

@HealthNutDSc @IHateCilantro UnitedHealth Group was founded in 1974; Became a publicly traded company in 1984. HMOs have been growing in power for multiple decades.
Obamacare took effect Jan 1, 2014.
More needs to be done. I hear this administration with release a healthcare policy proposal in 2 weeks.

[🌊Zero Dark Twenty-Nine 🌊🖋️ @herotimeszero]

We now fully understand.

This election is not Republicans vs Democrats.

It's Russians vs Americans.

Pick a side.

[(((Dorit Reiss))) @doritmi]

A real loss. She was a wonderful journalist and a caring person.

"Helen Branswell, a renowned infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials around the world ...died Tuesday at age 69."
https://t.co/3I4UqzCO8z

[Smirkley @Smirkley]

US has not spent $350B on Ukraine. It has spent $132B, $33B of that is money. The rest is $21B in loans, repaid from frozen Russian assets, $4B in humanitarian aid, and the vast majority, $74B is military equipment.

Half that equipment is new, made in the US. The other half is old stockpile equipment, which soon would have had to be demilitarized at great cost. The replacement equipment is made in the US, so the money stays in the US.

Meanwhile, the EU and European countries have spent a combined $271B, more than twice as much as the US.

[Dr.B @boulware_dr]

Why is the USA now actively helping Russia -- both financially and militarily?

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

The NY Times reports that Ukraine’s military access to Starshield (the Pentagon-funded version of Starlink) was restricted overnight without warning. That’s what Ukraine uses to fly its drones.

Ukrainian officials say the order came from Washington.

The same night, Russia hit Ukraine with 39 ballistic missiles, the biggest barrage of the entire war. 600,000 in Kyiv lost power.

This comes after Trump said Ukraine should get a new president. He said Putin wants a deal more than Zelensky. He gave Putin a (likely illegal) sanctions waiver to sell diesel, a total betrayal of Ukraine. And today Kash Patel reportedly landed in Moscow.

Ukrainians are fighting for the same freedom our grandparents’ generation fought for, the right of a free people to choose their own leaders.

Meanwhile, Putin is a murderous thug.

I stand with Ukraine. I stand with democracy.
https://t.co/S90jeRWmFb

[Nic @puckrin]

You can't make this up.

Remember those suspicious oil trades that were placed back in March after Trump backed away from an Iran strike?

Those trades that made hundreds of millions for somebody trading just before announcement?

Those trades that the CFTC was going to investigate.

Well, a political appointee at the CFTC decided to retract it.

Rules for everyone but the insiders...

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

UnitedHealth reported $4.1 billion in profit for Q3 — up 75% from a year ago.

Your reminder that health insurance profits are your denied claims and cut coverage.

Demand Medicare for All.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

I don’t care how conservative you are. Abandoning Ukraine to Putin spits on everything Reagan stood for.

Tax cuts and party loyalty cannot excuse this betrayal. If your principles mean anything, this alone should cost Trump your support.

Grow a spine. Some things matter more than the GOP.

[Donald Trump Portfolio Tracker @TrumpsPortfolio]

A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT'S TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL IS NOW THE BIGGEST SHAREHOLDER IN DONALD TRUMP'S CRYPTO COMPANY

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed. UAE national security adviser. The man who runs intelligence and defense for a foreign government just wired half a billion dollars into World Liberty Financial

Trump's company. Trump's coin. Trump's family getting paid

Five hundred million dollars in. One hundred eighty seven million of it landed immediately in the Trump family's pocket as an upfront payment

Thirty one million more got routed straight to Steve Witkoff's family. The same Witkoff Trump then installed as his Middle East envoy

So the foreign official now holds nearly half the company. Nearly half of Trump's crypto empire now sits inside the hands of a man whose entire job is advancing UAE interests

Think about what that means. Every policy call Trump makes on the Middle East now runs through a business partnership with the guy on the other side of the table

Every sanction, every arms deal, every troop decision touching the Gulf now has a dollar sign attached to Trump's own balance sheet

This isn't a blind trust. This isn't distance. This is a sitting American president in active business with a foreign national security chief while that same president sets foreign policy for the entire region

Witkoff's family got thirty one million dollars and then Witkoff got a job negotiating with the exact governments paying him

Your tax dollars don't buy this kind of access. Your vote doesn't buy this kind of access. Half a billion dollars bought it in one wire transfer

This is not a conflict of interest. This is the business model

And they are not going to stop until foreign money owns every piece of this presidency

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

MAJOR BREAKING: Bloomberg reports that Trump’s CFTC officials were told to retract an insider-trading referral after suspicious trades were placed just 15 minutes before Trump reversed course on attacking Iranian power plants.

Traders had bet roughly $580 MILLION on falling oil prices before Trump’s announcement sent prices plunging.

According to Bloomberg, a senior adviser to the CFTC chairman intervened after analysts flagged the trades for investigation.

I wonder who was doing the trades. I’m gonna go with Don Jr. or Eric Trump since they are covering it up.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Since last evening and up to now, the Russians have attacked Ukraine with more than a hundred different weapons – jet-powered drones, loitering munitions, and ballistic missiles. A significant portion of these strike assets were shot down. But unfortunately, not all of them.

An ordinary residential building was destroyed in Kharkiv; the rescue operation continued virtually all night as first responders searched for people under the rubble. Four people were killed in this strike on the building in Kharkiv. My condolences to all their families and loved ones. In Kharkiv alone, 41 people were injured in just one evening. There was also a particularly vile ballistic missile strike on Kyiv – five missiles that hit civilian infrastructure. Unfortunately, we received no early warning from our partners about this strike. Intelligence on Russian ballistic missile launches helps save lives, and this is one of the most critical issues. This is precisely what helps prevent people from being killed – when there is an early warning about ballistic missiles.

Ukraine has not carried out strikes on Russian oil refineries or the energy sector in general for the two days since the American President announced an energy ceasefire. But Russia did not heed the American President. During this time, the Russians have attacked both our energy facilities and our critical infrastructure, sending absolutely clear signals that they have no intention of refraining from strikes on Ukraine. Nineteen regions of our country have come under attack in these two days alone. Our position remains unchanged: Ukraine is ready for reciprocal steps toward de-escalation, and effective pressure on Russia is needed to make de-escalation happen. Wars end when the aggressor realizes that it cannot prolong the war.

Global pressure on Russia contributes to exactly that – bringing peace closer. But direct or indirect support for Russia, slowing down assistance to Ukraine, and making it harder to protect lives against ballistic missiles will certainly not help bring peace. Everyone needs peace. A strong America, a strong Europe, and strong partners are needed. Thank you to everyone who is truly helping!

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party.

[Dr.B @boulware_dr]

It's really weak and humiliating to announce a made-up ceasefire which is immediately violated by Russia. Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians, committing war crimes every day. USA wants to give $Billions to support #Putin. #Weak

[Turnbull @cturnbull1968]

This is Anosh Ahmed, one of Paxton’s besties, who donated $190K to him. He’s under indictment by the DOJ for $195M in healthcare fraud.

He, Ken partied together in Dubai, along with Ken’s new mistress, over the New Year.

But tell me more about Talarico having the flu.

[Stop TB Partnership @StopTB]

🇱🇦 Finding TB where people live.

TB screening is reaching 13 villages in Vientiane Capital, led by the National TB Center (NTC) and local health teams, using portable digital X-ray and AI.

Supported by Stop TB Partnership, with funding from Japan’s @MHLWitter.

#LaoPDR #EndTB

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Murdered by Russians, yesterday in Zaporizhzhia.

Polina, 16
Lisa, 13
Anna, 6

Putin's global terror binge, now protected by the US.

[Warren @swd2]

Our new trading partner (Putin) just blew up a residential neighborhood near Kharkiv and killed 3 people including a kid on his scooter. But hey you guys, we're going to save $0.27 on diesel soon.

[Joe @electionsjoe]

THE WSJ HAS PUBLISHED A VIDEO OF REPUBLICAN TEXAS SENATE CANDIDATE, STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON, PARTYING IN DUBAI WITH TWO AMERICAN FUGITIVES INDICTED ON MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR EMBEZZLEMENT AND FRAUD.