DocRock
@docrock54.bsky.social
I’m a geriatrician and palliative medicine specialist and a firm believer in democracy.
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Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.
Don’t they all?
Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Don’t they all?
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1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president’s tariffs.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Happy Birthday Professor!! Enjoy your day!
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Happy Birthday Professor!! Enjoy your day!
If you follow discussions of hepatitis B immunization of infants on social media, you’ll come to 2 conclusions: 1) none of those who agree with the ACIP’s new changes have read any experts’ comments about why they’re bad; and, 2) it wouldn’t matter if they had. #vaccineswork
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
If you follow discussions of hepatitis B immunization of infants on social media, you’ll come to 2 conclusions: 1) none of those who agree with the ACIP’s new changes have read any experts’ comments about why they’re bad; and, 2) it wouldn’t matter if they had. #vaccineswork
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Tennessee right now in a district that was Trump +22:
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Tennessee right now in a district that was Trump +22:
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"These people are garbage."
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"These people are garbage."
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
—Donald Trump, while being garbage.
“They took billions of dollars.”
—Donald Trump, while taking billions of dollars.
"They accomplish nothing."
—Donald Trump, while accomplishing nothing.
"All they do is complain."
—Donald Trump, while complaining.
#Projection
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Sen. Kelly: “[Trump] is ignorant to the Constitution and has no regard for the rule of law…I will not be intimidated by this president. I am not going to be silenced by this president or the people around him because I've given too much in service to this country to back down to this guy.”
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sen. Kelly: “[Trump] is ignorant to the Constitution and has no regard for the rule of law…I will not be intimidated by this president. I am not going to be silenced by this president or the people around him because I've given too much in service to this country to back down to this guy.”
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“I have absolutely no idea which part of my body the MRI was looking at. BUT I’M 1000% SURE IT WASN’T THE BRAIN!!!”
It was the brain, if only to see if he has one.
It was the brain, if only to see if he has one.
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“I have absolutely no idea which part of my body the MRI was looking at. BUT I’M 1000% SURE IT WASN’T THE BRAIN!!!”
It was the brain, if only to see if he has one.
It was the brain, if only to see if he has one.
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He doesn’t care about you.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
He doesn’t care about you.
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WATCH: “ICE has become a fascist institution and should be abolished in its current form.”
@timmiller.bsky.social of @thebulwark.com tells 20 Gen Z conservatives why masked ICE agents going after brown people and attacking even 🇺🇸 citizens is un-American
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRjAzHR...
@timmiller.bsky.social of @thebulwark.com tells 20 Gen Z conservatives why masked ICE agents going after brown people and attacking even 🇺🇸 citizens is un-American
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRjAzHR...
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
WATCH: “ICE has become a fascist institution and should be abolished in its current form.”
@timmiller.bsky.social of @thebulwark.com tells 20 Gen Z conservatives why masked ICE agents going after brown people and attacking even 🇺🇸 citizens is un-American
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRjAzHR...
@timmiller.bsky.social of @thebulwark.com tells 20 Gen Z conservatives why masked ICE agents going after brown people and attacking even 🇺🇸 citizens is un-American
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRjAzHR...
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The Three Stooges of Justice
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Three Stooges of Justice
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Pete Hegseth is right: Mark Kelly shouldn't be a senator.
He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF.
I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF.
I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Pete Hegseth is right: Mark Kelly shouldn't be a senator.
He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF.
I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF.
I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
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Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.
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Any vaccine related social media posts through Monday 11/24 need to let people know public comments to the CDC are open. We need comments from everyone who supports vaccines. bsky.app/profile/kait...
Tell the CDC: Childhood Vaccinations and the Hepatitis B Birth Dose Save Lives
Comments due 11/24 for CDC ACIP’s December meeting; Antivaxxers must not be allowed to jeopardize child and adolescent vaccine access
precaution.substack.com/p/tell-the-c...
Comments due 11/24 for CDC ACIP’s December meeting; Antivaxxers must not be allowed to jeopardize child and adolescent vaccine access
precaution.substack.com/p/tell-the-c...
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Any vaccine related social media posts through Monday 11/24 need to let people know public comments to the CDC are open. We need comments from everyone who supports vaccines. bsky.app/profile/kait...
Maryland launches free vaccine program for uninsured adults - yes! More of this please. #vaccinessavelives
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Maryland launches free vaccine program for uninsured adults - yes! More of this please. #vaccinessavelives
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"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
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Goddam right. You do the right thing -- which this republic desperately needs done -- and they pull your credentials. So what? You have a phone and your have your sources. or you should. And you continue to report on this presidency as your colleagues now do outside the Pentagon. Enough dishonor.
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Goddam right. You do the right thing -- which this republic desperately needs done -- and they pull your credentials. So what? You have a phone and your have your sources. or you should. And you continue to report on this presidency as your colleagues now do outside the Pentagon. Enough dishonor.
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Politicians exaggerate, distort, and lie all the time. This is—however regrettable—an accepted part of our democratic politics. But until 2025, it was assumed that important, apolitical government agencies did *not* lie. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
What If the Most Dangerous Man in the Administration Isn’t Donald Trump?
The U.S. government is now pushing misinformation.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Politicians exaggerate, distort, and lie all the time. This is—however regrettable—an accepted part of our democratic politics. But until 2025, it was assumed that important, apolitical government agencies did *not* lie. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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The CDC rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest infant vaccines may cause autism. The federal government is no longer a reliable source of truth. And that’s what authoritarianism looks like; when science becomes political messaging.
@jvl.bsky.social in The Triad: lnk.thebulwark.com/49xjMNW?utm_...
@jvl.bsky.social in The Triad: lnk.thebulwark.com/49xjMNW?utm_...
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The CDC rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest infant vaccines may cause autism. The federal government is no longer a reliable source of truth. And that’s what authoritarianism looks like; when science becomes political messaging.
@jvl.bsky.social in The Triad: lnk.thebulwark.com/49xjMNW?utm_...
@jvl.bsky.social in The Triad: lnk.thebulwark.com/49xjMNW?utm_...
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It’s quaint, I know, but the President of the United States calling for the hanging of Democratic service members for saying that no one should follow an illegal order should inspire a conversation about the 25th Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It’s quaint, I know, but the President of the United States calling for the hanging of Democratic service members for saying that no one should follow an illegal order should inspire a conversation about the 25th Amendment.
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"Kids will get sick because of what the CDC just did. Some of them will die. But the even bigger story is that the U.S. government is no longer a reliable source of information"
@jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
@jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
What If the Most Dangerous Man in the Administration Isn’t Donald Trump?
The U.S. government is now pushing misinformation.
www.thebulwark.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Kids will get sick because of what the CDC just did. Some of them will die. But the even bigger story is that the U.S. government is no longer a reliable source of information"
@jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
@jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad on RFK Jr. and his cranks. Only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...