Brian Chiglinsky
@chiglinsky.bsky.social
dad who pays for daycare and snack pouches with health care comms and speechwriting
Governor Youngkin has failed to join, but Virginia’s next governor could take a really important step here:
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
October 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Governor Youngkin has failed to join, but Virginia’s next governor could take a really important step here:
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
I wrote a thing about why Virginia’s next Governor should join a new group of governors working to protect public health despite the chaos from HHS and the White House.
Read it in today’s @richmond.com
Read it in today’s @richmond.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I wrote a thing about why Virginia’s next Governor should join a new group of governors working to protect public health despite the chaos from HHS and the White House.
Read it in today’s @richmond.com
Read it in today’s @richmond.com
I think about this like a lot - the most contextually, historically appropriate hope I’ve heard in a while, from TNC:
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I think about this like a lot - the most contextually, historically appropriate hope I’ve heard in a while, from TNC:
that silly little moment when you're trying to get the kids ready for a birthday party and you realize there's only enough time left for one parent to get showered and dressed:
May 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
that silly little moment when you're trying to get the kids ready for a birthday party and you realize there's only enough time left for one parent to get showered and dressed:
tfw you just got another fundraising text from the rebel alliance
March 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
tfw you just got another fundraising text from the rebel alliance
This is what the American people voted for:
more expensive eggs and health insurance that’s marginally less convenient to get
more expensive eggs and health insurance that’s marginally less convenient to get
March 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is what the American people voted for:
more expensive eggs and health insurance that’s marginally less convenient to get
more expensive eggs and health insurance that’s marginally less convenient to get
“if the answer isn’t ‘hell yes,’ then it has to be ‘no’”
March 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
“if the answer isn’t ‘hell yes,’ then it has to be ‘no’”
The Georgia Medicaid program works great if you ignore the cost, participation and whole purpose of it.
February 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Georgia Medicaid program works great if you ignore the cost, participation and whole purpose of it.
on a side note, states should try to use that argument to protect Medicaid
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
February 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
on a side note, states should try to use that argument to protect Medicaid
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
richmond.com/opinion/colu...
Maybe those oval office pressers with Elon Musk looming behind Trump aren't quite a masterful stroke of PR genius.
February 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Maybe those oval office pressers with Elon Musk looming behind Trump aren't quite a masterful stroke of PR genius.
here's the thing - Dems did not lose the health debate
RFK Jr. is underwater in approval ratings and the most disliked Trump cabinet official
Dems are more trusted on health care
Dems lost the inflation debate.
And as Congress cedes its independence to the Exec Branch, that's all that matters.
RFK Jr. is underwater in approval ratings and the most disliked Trump cabinet official
Dems are more trusted on health care
Dems lost the inflation debate.
And as Congress cedes its independence to the Exec Branch, that's all that matters.
February 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
here's the thing - Dems did not lose the health debate
RFK Jr. is underwater in approval ratings and the most disliked Trump cabinet official
Dems are more trusted on health care
Dems lost the inflation debate.
And as Congress cedes its independence to the Exec Branch, that's all that matters.
RFK Jr. is underwater in approval ratings and the most disliked Trump cabinet official
Dems are more trusted on health care
Dems lost the inflation debate.
And as Congress cedes its independence to the Exec Branch, that's all that matters.
had a great snow day with the kids!
February 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
had a great snow day with the kids!
We shouldn’t be timid in describing reality
Work requirements for Medicaid will get people killed.
from @crampell.bsky.social in the post:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ark...
Work requirements for Medicaid will get people killed.
from @crampell.bsky.social in the post:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ark...
February 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We shouldn’t be timid in describing reality
Work requirements for Medicaid will get people killed.
from @crampell.bsky.social in the post:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ark...
Work requirements for Medicaid will get people killed.
from @crampell.bsky.social in the post:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ark...
when you hear “I can’t control my powers!”
February 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
when you hear “I can’t control my powers!”
Apparently writing an op-ed means people can assign you homework.
Was not aware of these rules. I’m learning, and growing.
Was not aware of these rules. I’m learning, and growing.
February 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Apparently writing an op-ed means people can assign you homework.
Was not aware of these rules. I’m learning, and growing.
Was not aware of these rules. I’m learning, and growing.
I don’t know man, I think completely giving up on fellow human beings is a choice that we don’t have to make.
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I don’t know man, I think completely giving up on fellow human beings is a choice that we don’t have to make.
I wrote a thing to and about the place I grew up - southwest Virginia.
This region has the most at risk in this new Republican government
But also the best chance to defend the kids and families who need these programs.
This region has the most at risk in this new Republican government
But also the best chance to defend the kids and families who need these programs.
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I wrote a thing to and about the place I grew up - southwest Virginia.
This region has the most at risk in this new Republican government
But also the best chance to defend the kids and families who need these programs.
This region has the most at risk in this new Republican government
But also the best chance to defend the kids and families who need these programs.
teaching my 3 year old about the latest tech
February 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
teaching my 3 year old about the latest tech
looks like they’re singing a duet
January 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
looks like they’re singing a duet
this meme isn’t as comforting as the Facebook boomers intended
January 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
this meme isn’t as comforting as the Facebook boomers intended
I imagine this will come up in some hearings this week:
January 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I imagine this will come up in some hearings this week:
Fascinating stuff from JPM in FierceHealthcare’s round-up.
Welcome to the bold new future of American health care - where robots deny claims at superhuman speeds and other robots appeal those denials at superhuman speeds.
www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/jpm2...
Welcome to the bold new future of American health care - where robots deny claims at superhuman speeds and other robots appeal those denials at superhuman speeds.
www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/jpm2...
January 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Fascinating stuff from JPM in FierceHealthcare’s round-up.
Welcome to the bold new future of American health care - where robots deny claims at superhuman speeds and other robots appeal those denials at superhuman speeds.
www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/jpm2...
Welcome to the bold new future of American health care - where robots deny claims at superhuman speeds and other robots appeal those denials at superhuman speeds.
www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/jpm2...
already been done, pal
January 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
already been done, pal
That last one would be fun because in 2012’s NFIB v Sebelius case, John Roberts was BIG MAD about the feds suddenly cutting Medicaid funding to states
My cynicism of the Court knows no bottom now, but it’d be interesting to see how far this argument could go.
My cynicism of the Court knows no bottom now, but it’d be interesting to see how far this argument could go.
January 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
That last one would be fun because in 2012’s NFIB v Sebelius case, John Roberts was BIG MAD about the feds suddenly cutting Medicaid funding to states
My cynicism of the Court knows no bottom now, but it’d be interesting to see how far this argument could go.
My cynicism of the Court knows no bottom now, but it’d be interesting to see how far this argument could go.