Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS
@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social
Infectious Disease doc and clinical researcher; runner, biker, liberal, gardener, hiker, and canoer. Professor @U of MN; Minneapolis VA ID. All posts my own. #BLM #abolishbillionaires
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Intro post since seeing lots of new faces. I’m an infectious diseases physician & researcher, with a focus on urinary infections and C. difficile. Passionate about public health, politics, & healthcare reform. Post about all of the above, plus COVID, life in Minneapolis, & dog pics 👍🏻 Hi and welcome!
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This is surreal to see with the feeble old president falling asleep behind him
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is surreal to see with the feeble old president falling asleep behind him
The @nytimes.com is just a bad faith agitator at this point 🙄
Mamdani rescinded every executive order issued by Eric Adams after Adams's indictment, but still the "New York Times" is focusing exclusively on two of those orders that had to do with Israel.
There is someone singling out Israel here. And it isn't Zohran Mamdani.
There is someone singling out Israel here. And it isn't Zohran Mamdani.
January 4, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The @nytimes.com is just a bad faith agitator at this point 🙄
Sounds like something a mustached guy said in 1939 after an “incredible thing” in Poland…😳
Watch this. Watch again.
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
"This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."
January 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Sounds like something a mustached guy said in 1939 after an “incredible thing” in Poland…😳
It’s day two of this shit show and they can’t keep their stories straight…🤦🏻♂️
STEPHANOPOULOS: Are you running Venezuela right now?
RUBIO: George, I'll explain again that the leverage we have here is the leverage of the quarantine. That is a Department of War operation. I'm obviously intricately involved in these policies
RUBIO: George, I'll explain again that the leverage we have here is the leverage of the quarantine. That is a Department of War operation. I'm obviously intricately involved in these policies
January 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
It’s day two of this shit show and they can’t keep their stories straight…🤦🏻♂️
Thanks, everyone that brought us to this serial regime change point🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Thanks, everyone that brought us to this serial regime change point🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
People are pushing back on this illegal war, and we need to amplify/join them
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
People are pushing back on this illegal war, and we need to amplify/join them
Pretty solid grifting. Not to the scale that Trump and his family are doing with crypto and selling pardons, but a solid scam that will appeal to millions who will pay you 20 bucks for your 50 cent beanie that does nothing besides keep you warm on warmer winter days. A solid B 🤦🏻♂️
January 4, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Pretty solid grifting. Not to the scale that Trump and his family are doing with crypto and selling pardons, but a solid scam that will appeal to millions who will pay you 20 bucks for your 50 cent beanie that does nothing besides keep you warm on warmer winter days. A solid B 🤦🏻♂️
More countries need to say this 👇🏻
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
More countries need to say this 👇🏻
Back at the dog park for the first time since surgery; loves it 👍🏻👍🏻
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Back at the dog park for the first time since surgery; loves it 👍🏻👍🏻
Would be karmic justice if they all got severe cases of traveler’s diarrhea with dengue fever for good measure 🤮
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Would be karmic justice if they all got severe cases of traveler’s diarrhea with dengue fever for good measure 🤮
The priorities of the powerful are pretty fucking obvious 🤦🏻♂️🤬🤮
The same editorial board described Seattle’s mayor raising taxes to pay for childcare as a totalitarian power grab
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The priorities of the powerful are pretty fucking obvious 🤦🏻♂️🤬🤮
I’m certain the 30 million Venezuelans will be happy being occupied indefinitely 🤷🏻♂️
The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I’m certain the 30 million Venezuelans will be happy being occupied indefinitely 🤷🏻♂️
🤔🤔
But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
January 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
🤔🤔
None. Chaos will ensue 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
There is no plan, gang
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
None. Chaos will ensue 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Vladimir Putin smiling and nodding. “Yes Donald, this is how we do it. You learn so fast!”
Trump on Venezuela: We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Vladimir Putin smiling and nodding. “Yes Donald, this is how we do it. You learn so fast!”
Wonder how satisfied Maureen Dowd and the @nytimes.com are today 🤦🏻♂️
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Wonder how satisfied Maureen Dowd and the @nytimes.com are today 🤦🏻♂️
“Darkly humorous” vs “fucking ludicrous” 🤦🏻♂️
it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy
January 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
“Darkly humorous” vs “fucking ludicrous” 🤦🏻♂️
WTF?? Pretty certain every country in the world possesses “Machineguns”
This is insane
This is insane
The US Attorney General confirms Maduro is being charged with "conspiracy to possess machine guns" - something Republicans usually call a constitutional right.
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
WTF?? Pretty certain every country in the world possesses “Machineguns”
This is insane
This is insane
Xi is paying attention: Putin attacks Ukraine; still in power.
Trump attacks Venezuela; seems giddy from it.
Why shouldn’t he try his hand at some real estate in the South China Sea? 🤷🏻♂️
After that, look out Taiwan…
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Trump attacks Venezuela; seems giddy from it.
Why shouldn’t he try his hand at some real estate in the South China Sea? 🤷🏻♂️
After that, look out Taiwan…
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Xi is paying attention: Putin attacks Ukraine; still in power.
Trump attacks Venezuela; seems giddy from it.
Why shouldn’t he try his hand at some real estate in the South China Sea? 🤷🏻♂️
After that, look out Taiwan…
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Trump attacks Venezuela; seems giddy from it.
Why shouldn’t he try his hand at some real estate in the South China Sea? 🤷🏻♂️
After that, look out Taiwan…
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Putin will have a field day with this as propaganda; “who are these people to lecture me, they who kidnap a sitting president and make his vice president take shelter in Russia?” 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Putin will have a field day with this as propaganda; “who are these people to lecture me, they who kidnap a sitting president and make his vice president take shelter in Russia?” 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
So we’re a country of thieves, led by a gangster 🤦🏻♂️🤬
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you see as the future of Venezuela's oil industry?
TRUMP: Well I see that we're gonna be very strongly involved in it. That's all. What can I say. We have the greatest oil companies in the world.
TRUMP: Well I see that we're gonna be very strongly involved in it. That's all. What can I say. We have the greatest oil companies in the world.
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
So we’re a country of thieves, led by a gangster 🤦🏻♂️🤬
So our criminal president is kidnapping other dictators. Great.
Can Macron or Starmer come seize Trump?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Can Macron or Starmer come seize Trump?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
US has captured Venezuela’s President Maduro and wife, says Trump
US president lauds ‘brilliant operation’ on social media as attorney general says couple will face criminal charges
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
So our criminal president is kidnapping other dictators. Great.
Can Macron or Starmer come seize Trump?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Can Macron or Starmer come seize Trump?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
So we’re invading Venezuela. Happy 2026 🤦🏻♂️
Full video shared by Twitter acct @weathermonitors.
Four helicopters, including MH-47s, landing.
Four helicopters, including MH-47s, landing.
January 3, 2026 at 6:47 AM
So we’re invading Venezuela. Happy 2026 🤦🏻♂️
Enjoy ICE getting stuck in their Tahoe in a pitiful amount of snow that my station wagon can easily handle (plus, I know how to drive in snow🤷🏻♂️)
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Enjoy ICE getting stuck in their Tahoe in a pitiful amount of snow that my station wagon can easily handle (plus, I know how to drive in snow🤷🏻♂️)
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 AM