Steve Tarzynski
stevetarzynski.bsky.social
Steve Tarzynski
@stevetarzynski.bsky.social
Retired pediatrician, long-time activist for Medicare For All, husband, father, grandfather, Immediate Past President of California Physicians Alliance (CaPA) www.caphysiciansalliance.org
Review: What the rich could learn from one man’s decision to disperse inherited wealth in the ’20s - An amazing 1920s fund that helped kick start labor unions, the civil rights movement, and much more. In very similar circumstances to today.
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Contributor: Authorities devalue the law when they hide behind masks - Former LAPD deputy chief writes …
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
October 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Commentary: Who knew ICE could be so funny? Just check out videos of their fails - Revanchists and buffoons indeed.
October 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Commentary: There’s much less than meets the eye in Trump’s ‘historic’ drug price deal with Pfizer - Smoke and mirrors. Basic NIH R&D research being cut. The Pfizer CEO in the photo with his hands up made $80 million in compensation from Pfizer in the past two years. No wonder he’s smiling.
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
CALIFORNIANS!! VOTE YES ON PROP 50!!
Share widely!!
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Commentary: From a Catholic school alum, a response to President Trump’s call to prayer - For all my fellow lapsed and observant Roman Catholics and everyone else for that matter.
September 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
September 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
His cellmates self-deported. He fought to get back to his family - Not quite “the worst of the worst.” America has always been great and this kind of individual is one reason.
September 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Commentary: The Trump administration’s attack on Social Security is looking worse
September 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
September 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Contributor: The internet made us stupid. AI promises to make it worse | “The more dependent on tech for crafting your thoughts, the lower your mental performance, the stupider you get. And the stupidifying endures over time.”
September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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September 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
prospect.org/politics/202... A sweeping review of resistance to date and discussion of where to go from here. Highly recommended.
Can Resistance Succeed?
The more authoritarian Trump becomes, the more he provokes effective opposition.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Commentary: Scientists strive to be apolitical, but they can’t keep politics out of their labs| Plutocrats, petrostates, professionals, propagandists, and pressures are behind it all. And how to fix this.
September 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Contributor: ‘Summer is ended, and we are not saved.’ We’re not defeated, either
August 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Commentary: Social Security turns 90 this week. Republicans are trying to keep it from reaching 100| Social Security beneficiaries age 65 and older, 39% of men and 44% of women receive half their income or more from Social Security…12% of men and 15% of women rely on Social Security for 90% or more”
August 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Commentary: Will Newsom’s ambitions save UCLA from giving in to Trump? | This isn’t just about California. Far more is at stake. Read on.
August 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Contributor: Of course Trump wants to flex on D.C. Where are the Democrats to stop him? “The only conceivable antidote is to elect a mad-as-hell Democratic Congress in 2026 and, in 2028, an arm-twisting, strong-arming, terror-inspiring Democratic president who’s in a hurry to get things done.”
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Researchers figure out what’s caused devastating sea star epidemic. A major turning point on the environmental front. Sea stars are a keystone species which are essential for kelp forests (95% decline) which store carbon, filter water, home to over 800 species and protect coasts from erosion.
August 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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May 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM