From the StarTribune article. The decision to extend eviction notices isn’t as cut and dry as I thought.

Evidence of an intentional disregard for civilian lives. I hope this is part of the evidence that holds the administration accountable for war crimes. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Another example of xenophobic policies by our government. We are taxing remittances, a core aspect of family financial security for immigrants, but leaving companies to freely fling money around. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/10/f...

It’s hard to exercise when working two jobs, hiding from ICE, can’t go for a safe walk, can’t afford a gym, need to worry about eviction, and so on. These soap boxes articles need perspective. Let’s Stop Getting Distracted From This Crucial Question About Exercise www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

I’m sure our very rational markets, the opioids to the monied, will have a very rational reaction to this after jumping all over his previous statements. The greed is good people certainly are very emotional.

This is why we need to speak up and connect policies to our patients health outcomes. People need to know in clear ways what is impacting their health.

But you know who Americans trust the most? Their primary care providers. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

I’m starting to think the lesson of The Emperor Has No Clothes was not explicit enough for many Americans.

This isn’t the threat he thinks it is.

I thought there’d be more of a run on gas at Costco.

Seeing people who have been released from detention is harrowing. The “healthcare” they receive is unethical and would be considered negligent in any other circumstance. This is what happens when accountability is eroded. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Angie Craig voted for the Laken Riley Act eyes wide open, despite many of us telling her what the consequences would be. Her regret means nothing, and is only happening because Minnesotans took a stand, while she sat.

JFC just talk to some people trying to live their lives and get a job and pay rent and get food.

This is a partial frame. What’s their charity care percentage? www.startribune.com/mayo-clinic-...

This is the proper frame. Also, payor mix is only 7% Medicaid. Turns out you can make money in healthcare when skimming off the top. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

A privilege of being a physician is that I see people from all over the socioeconomic spectrum. My experience over the last 6 months is that economists and pundits have been wrong about the economy and blinded by the market. The report today is closer to what people are experiencing.

Is there a way to short prediction markets?

“Foreign Policy”

This is an end justifying the means I get what I want forget about international law or human rights complete and utter sycophantic bullshit. “Foreign policy” implies a coherent policy that isn’t predicated on fits and whims. www.startribune.com/president-do...

A good, short, read as to why the immigration system is far more complicated than “legal” or “illegal” labels suggest. The system simply doesn’t work, and that’s on the people in power, not immigrants. www.startribune.com/minnesota-ic...

A sitting senator went on TV and admitted violating the constitution. Violating the constitution is better known as a crime. Crime is the rationale for mass deportation. It turns out we live in a country where the law is relative.

Since when does Lindsay Graham get to ignore the war powers act because he thinks it’s unconstitutional? I think ICE is unconstitutional, so I guess I get to ignore all their activities.

My Fermi paradox solution was social media leading to the end of civilization but now I think it’s social media plus idiot AI leaders leading to the end of civilization.

Yeah this sucks, but the 340b program is a lifeline for people who don’t have insurance and have chronic disease. This article misses that point entirely and goes only for the hospitals getting rich angle. www.startribune.com/minnesota-ho...

The University of Minnesota uses Microsoft Copilot, which is powered by ChatGPT. The web of connections is broad, but they are now supporting the use of AI for war and surveillance. It’s time to drop that support. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

Seeing a lot of post ICE encounter shoulder injuries in clinic. It’s almost like they weren’t trained properly.

Not so great question, Doug. It’s because having a driver’s license or flying is not a fundamental right. Voting is. I hope that clears things up, but I suspect (hope) you knew that already.

Medal counts per country are just so lame.

Oh man the kids with their dad’s jersey…

So MAHA moms are fired up. Great. But they also voted for more global warming, more pollution, more disease. And yet they draw the line over…(checks notes)… glyphosate.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

All the well child checks I saw this week were well past due out of fear. The ripple effects on health, the local economy and education from the unnatural disaster that was ICE will remain for years.

People who were deported were often wage earners for their households — they couldn’t stay home.

Yes yes tariffs but we are still dealing with detentions, fractured families, fear, sickness, and a surveillance state here in Minnesota.

People seeking asylum have been through so much. As has refugees. Maybe meet someone in person who has lived it before casting judgment? Isn’t that what people in rural communities say about themselves?

You might be getting old if… You choose socks based on how easy they are to pull on.

Clinical lesson of the day— the upper limit of normal for NT/BNP in a person over 90 is crazy high.

Some of these United Healthcare plans are just brutal to work with. They don’t seem to cover anything.

Article 13 Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

My mantra the last few months is that we need to build a positive vision of the future, and not just be on defense all the time. This article is a step. www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...

One lesson learned of the occupation of Minneapolis is how valuable a medical legal partnership is.

"One of the best takeaways those of us on the left or the center can hold is that tariffs, the annihilation of the safety net, aggressive tax cuts, and all of their other fiscal policies are not about enrichment as an end unto itself: they’re about impoverishment as a means to reinforce hierarchy."

USCIS quietly changed the rules on civil surgeon evaluation forms to make it harder for people to change immigration status. One step of the process is people need to be evaluated by a physician who is designated as a civil surgeon.

I just realized that Trump thinks the way to get the Nobel Peace Prize is to create the Board of Peace. It’s like late at night he opened up an old version of chatGPT and prompted it for the lowest effort way to ingratiate himself with a group.

🧵 CoreCivic execs & investors are monetizing kids in detention at ICE's Dilley Patrick Swindle, CoreCivic CEO, led efforts to reactivate idle facilities prepping for "windfall of immigrant detainees under the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown" #DIVEST www.propublica.org/article/life...

DHS allowing ICE to raid clinics was a tactical move. They almost never have, but the fear of the raid keeps people from coming to clinic. They know that the optics of dragging a person out of a clinic setting are terrible. But they’ve already accomplished their goal of making people suffer.

It’s never been about safety. It’s about power and creating an out group.

how we got here

The Trump administration refuses to acknowledge the law. But the way they strip people of their humanity and dignity goes beyond that. It’s immoral, literally inhumane. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

It’s stunning that we are here for the simple reason that one person doesn’t realize most people don’t actually like him.