J. David McSwane
@davidmcswane.bsky.social
Reporter @propublica.org
Author, “Pandemic, Inc.”
Colorado boy. 🐏
david.mcswane@propublica.org.
Signal: 202-556-3836
Author, “Pandemic, Inc.”
Colorado boy. 🐏
david.mcswane@propublica.org.
Signal: 202-556-3836
Journalism can take you to some fun places.
July 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Journalism can take you to some fun places.
For those who have followed this story, more to come.
July 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For those who have followed this story, more to come.
Being a Coloradan is stressful tonight.
May 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Being a Coloradan is stressful tonight.
My Alma mater just taking shots at Ohio 😂
April 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
My Alma mater just taking shots at Ohio 😂
Here for the @liseolsen.bsky.social chat at politics and prose. We met more than a decade ago at the mayborn. Both of us wanted to write books, and here we are.
April 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Here for the @liseolsen.bsky.social chat at politics and prose. We met more than a decade ago at the mayborn. Both of us wanted to write books, and here we are.
He did say prices would go down 🤔
April 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
He did say prices would go down 🤔
Being a millennial in one image.
March 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Being a millennial in one image.
I’ve seen literally none of these. Just here for Conan.
March 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’ve seen literally none of these. Just here for Conan.
For posterity.
January 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
For posterity.
12/ Olson sued St. Peter’s, which settled for an undisclosed amount. This is the one case in which Weiner acknowledged his patient was “needlessly” treated …
December 20, 2024 at 11:38 AM
12/ Olson sued St. Peter’s, which settled for an undisclosed amount. This is the one case in which Weiner acknowledged his patient was “needlessly” treated …
6/ Fast forward to 2020, when Weiner was fired by St. Peter’s, which alleged various types of patient harm …
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December 20, 2024 at 11:38 AM
6/ Fast forward to 2020, when Weiner was fired by St. Peter’s, which alleged various types of patient harm …
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Cancelling my subscription
December 15, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Cancelling my subscription
I am so proud to be a part of this news organization.
December 13, 2024 at 7:55 PM
I am so proud to be a part of this news organization.
15/ There were also fatalities directly tied to his care, according to interviews and records I obtained. For instance, medical reviewers found one elderly patient died as a direct result of him doubling her morphine …
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
15/ There were also fatalities directly tied to his care, according to interviews and records I obtained. For instance, medical reviewers found one elderly patient died as a direct result of him doubling her morphine …
11/ His patient load was “exceedingly high” & his compensation “a significant outlier." The pay and workload of 150,000 doctors were presented as dots in a graphic. That lone dot up in the corner? That’s Weiner...
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
11/ His patient load was “exceedingly high” & his compensation “a significant outlier." The pay and workload of 150,000 doctors were presented as dots in a graphic. That lone dot up in the corner? That’s Weiner...
5/ Citing that case, the hospital eventually fired Weiner. It split Helena in two - those who saw a brilliant miracle-worker who'd kept a terminal patient alive for 11 years vs those who had doubts. His supporters organized online, held rallies & raised funds for a billboard …
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
5/ Citing that case, the hospital eventually fired Weiner. It split Helena in two - those who saw a brilliant miracle-worker who'd kept a terminal patient alive for 11 years vs those who had doubts. His supporters organized online, held rallies & raised funds for a billboard …
2/ While reporting on COVID, I found myself in Helena, Montana, talking to medical staff at St. Peter’s hospital. It’s the only acute care facility in ~ 100-mile radius & was the only option for residents. It was home to a fabled oncologist named Dr. Thomas C. Weiner…
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
2/ While reporting on COVID, I found myself in Helena, Montana, talking to medical staff at St. Peter’s hospital. It’s the only acute care facility in ~ 100-mile radius & was the only option for residents. It was home to a fabled oncologist named Dr. Thomas C. Weiner…
Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵