Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS
@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social
Infectious Disease doc and clinical researcher; runner, biker, liberal, gardener, hiker, and canoer. Professor @U of MN; Minneapolis VA ID. All posts my own. #BLM #abolishbillionaires
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Intro post since seeing lots of new faces. I’m an infectious diseases physician & researcher, with a focus on urinary infections and C. difficile. Passionate about public health, politics, & healthcare reform. Post about all of the above, plus COVID, life in Minneapolis, & dog pics 👍🏻 Hi and welcome!
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Re: Nuzzi sending a recorder into Mar-a-Lago with a sketch artist—
Florida is an all-parties consent state
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute...
Florida is an all-parties consent state
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute...
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Yup. Even though many in media have been pushing the “perhaps there are some good ideas here” narrative, MAHA is at heart grifting
Unproven therapies. Unregulated supplements (sold by the grifters). A focus on appearances (see @nytimes.com describing RFK Jr as looking like a “superhero” 🙄🙄). All BS
Unproven therapies. Unregulated supplements (sold by the grifters). A focus on appearances (see @nytimes.com describing RFK Jr as looking like a “superhero” 🙄🙄). All BS
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Yup. Even though many in media have been pushing the “perhaps there are some good ideas here” narrative, MAHA is at heart grifting
Unproven therapies. Unregulated supplements (sold by the grifters). A focus on appearances (see @nytimes.com describing RFK Jr as looking like a “superhero” 🙄🙄). All BS
Unproven therapies. Unregulated supplements (sold by the grifters). A focus on appearances (see @nytimes.com describing RFK Jr as looking like a “superhero” 🙄🙄). All BS
It wasn’t just her- a ton of press wentin on the “Biden is senile” frenzy, while he delivered far more thoughtful expositions on policy than Trump has ever been able to do.
But appearances matter, so the guy loudly spewing nonsense skated while the hoarse voiced guy with a stutter was buried 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
But appearances matter, so the guy loudly spewing nonsense skated while the hoarse voiced guy with a stutter was buried 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It wasn’t just her- a ton of press wentin on the “Biden is senile” frenzy, while he delivered far more thoughtful expositions on policy than Trump has ever been able to do.
But appearances matter, so the guy loudly spewing nonsense skated while the hoarse voiced guy with a stutter was buried 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
But appearances matter, so the guy loudly spewing nonsense skated while the hoarse voiced guy with a stutter was buried 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Yup. They wanted to be part of it all, not just report on it 🤮
one thing i really resent is the way lizza, nuzzi and related parties have spent years acting like it’s their extreme reverence for american politics that allows them to slip inside the palace and tell their tales, regardless of party, when really they just wanted to be a part of the king’s court.
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yup. They wanted to be part of it all, not just report on it 🤮
Hell yes.
New Rule:
Anyone who eagerly signal boosted Nuzzi's or Lizza's anti-Biden and anti-Harris hit pieces in 2024 needs to apologize for doing so.
Anyone who eagerly signal boosted Nuzzi's or Lizza's anti-Biden and anti-Harris hit pieces in 2024 needs to apologize for doing so.
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Hell yes.
I know a solution 🙋🏻♂️…
What a whiner. No one’s forcing him to be Speaker. You never heard Nancy Pelosi talk like this.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I know a solution 🙋🏻♂️…
Olivia Nuzzi is a terrible person.
And so is Ryan Lizza for sitting on this stuff for his future writing while the country voted for the fascist Nuzzi was helping 🤬🤬🤬
And so is Ryan Lizza for sitting on this stuff for his future writing while the country voted for the fascist Nuzzi was helping 🤬🤬🤬
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Olivia Nuzzi is a terrible person.
And so is Ryan Lizza for sitting on this stuff for his future writing while the country voted for the fascist Nuzzi was helping 🤬🤬🤬
And so is Ryan Lizza for sitting on this stuff for his future writing while the country voted for the fascist Nuzzi was helping 🤬🤬🤬
@washingtonpost.com is basically a tabloid with a good pedigree. Sad.
Yo @washingtonpost.com this is embarrassingly bad and you should feel bad for running it. It is not news. It serves no good purpose. It makes you look ridiculous. Fucking hell.
This is nuts!
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
@washingtonpost.com is basically a tabloid with a good pedigree. Sad.
“Discovers” implies an effort to learn something; Trump and the GOP have not had a coherent health plan since 2010 (and probably before then), and have made no effort to learn anything about what is needed.
Crooks and liars
Crooks and liars
"From the technical description, it sounds like an effort to make sure people have lower deductibles and copays. It would actually have the opposite effect." lnk.thebulwark.com/48AqvFH
Trump Discovers, Yet Again, That Health Care Policy Is Hard
He’s floating compromise ideas on Obamacare subsidies, but Republicans in Congress aren’t interested.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“Discovers” implies an effort to learn something; Trump and the GOP have not had a coherent health plan since 2010 (and probably before then), and have made no effort to learn anything about what is needed.
Crooks and liars
Crooks and liars
Average people get fired for this 🤷🏻♂️
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Average people get fired for this 🤷🏻♂️
Tonight’s run home, with a sidewalk shoveled this morning, versus a sidewalk not shoveled this morning. One block apart.
Kudos to the people that got out and did it, from the runner/walkers of Minneapolis. Screw off to those who couldn’t be bothered 🙄🤬
Kudos to the people that got out and did it, from the runner/walkers of Minneapolis. Screw off to those who couldn’t be bothered 🙄🤬
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Tonight’s run home, with a sidewalk shoveled this morning, versus a sidewalk not shoveled this morning. One block apart.
Kudos to the people that got out and did it, from the runner/walkers of Minneapolis. Screw off to those who couldn’t be bothered 🙄🤬
Kudos to the people that got out and did it, from the runner/walkers of Minneapolis. Screw off to those who couldn’t be bothered 🙄🤬
I’ve had the opportunity to hear Dr Fauci speak several times over my career, and the competence, compassion, and intelligence he evidences is simply remarkable.
This hatchet job is a stain that Makary will carry with him forever.
This hatchet job is a stain that Makary will carry with him forever.
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’ve had the opportunity to hear Dr Fauci speak several times over my career, and the competence, compassion, and intelligence he evidences is simply remarkable.
This hatchet job is a stain that Makary will carry with him forever.
This hatchet job is a stain that Makary will carry with him forever.
It’s Wednesday, which means CDC measles outbreak page is updated (for now; each week I’m more and more surprised it hasn’t been axed).
Not good. We’re going to have 12 months of ongoing transmission, and thus lose measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 🤦🏻♂️😢.
Disinformation kills.
Not good. We’re going to have 12 months of ongoing transmission, and thus lose measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 🤦🏻♂️😢.
Disinformation kills.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s Wednesday, which means CDC measles outbreak page is updated (for now; each week I’m more and more surprised it hasn’t been axed).
Not good. We’re going to have 12 months of ongoing transmission, and thus lose measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 🤦🏻♂️😢.
Disinformation kills.
Not good. We’re going to have 12 months of ongoing transmission, and thus lose measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 🤦🏻♂️😢.
Disinformation kills.
Does “full accountability” mean looking into who allowed them to be deployed without any emergency?🤔
Gov. Morrissey says both West Virginia National Guard members shot today in Washington, DC have tragically died from their injuries
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Does “full accountability” mean looking into who allowed them to be deployed without any emergency?🤔
Trump to the rest of the world: “go spend your money somewhere else, assholes”
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trump to the rest of the world: “go spend your money somewhere else, assholes”
It’s not much, but someone is really happy about the snow 👍🏻
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It’s not much, but someone is really happy about the snow 👍🏻
Trump wants people to pay 2-4 times what they already pay for insurance 🤷🏻♂️
Trump says he does not want to extend Obamacare subsidies | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Trump wants people to pay 2-4 times what they already pay for insurance 🤷🏻♂️
Respect to the person who took this risk 🫡
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Respect to the person who took this risk 🫡
Those bad apples really do crop up a lot…🤬🤬🤬
“[Carter] said he saw a video of a woman with a cane who was standing still in front of a vehicle. A St. Paul officer blasted her in the face with a chemical irritant ‘at point-blank range.’” www.twincities.com/2025/11/25/p...
Protesters gather as federal agents take man into custody at St. Paul home
St. Paul Police say they were called to assist when protesters broke the perimeter established by federal agents.
www.twincities.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Those bad apples really do crop up a lot…🤬🤬🤬
Finally! ❄️👍🏻👍🏻
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Finally! ❄️👍🏻👍🏻
Flying into Denver next month; I know where I’m going 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 @novocoffee.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Flying into Denver next month; I know where I’m going 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 @novocoffee.bsky.social
The benefit of the fucking doubt that the @nytimes.com gives Trump is ludicrous. His “long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy” is based off of nothing, and should be treated as the nonsense of an uneducated man.
But no; it’s a “theory”. How scientific sounding 🙄🙄🙄🤮
But no; it’s a “theory”. How scientific sounding 🙄🙄🙄🤮
he believes what now
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The benefit of the fucking doubt that the @nytimes.com gives Trump is ludicrous. His “long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy” is based off of nothing, and should be treated as the nonsense of an uneducated man.
But no; it’s a “theory”. How scientific sounding 🙄🙄🙄🤮
But no; it’s a “theory”. How scientific sounding 🙄🙄🙄🤮
People love to minimize these;
"Just 3 pertussis deaths."
"Just 3 measles deaths."
"COVID deaths are rare in kids"
At some point it is ok (actually, required) to say: "we should prevent kids from dying if we have the tools to do so. And we do. Vaccines."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
"Just 3 pertussis deaths."
"Just 3 measles deaths."
"COVID deaths are rare in kids"
At some point it is ok (actually, required) to say: "we should prevent kids from dying if we have the tools to do so. And we do. Vaccines."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
People love to minimize these;
"Just 3 pertussis deaths."
"Just 3 measles deaths."
"COVID deaths are rare in kids"
At some point it is ok (actually, required) to say: "we should prevent kids from dying if we have the tools to do so. And we do. Vaccines."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
"Just 3 pertussis deaths."
"Just 3 measles deaths."
"COVID deaths are rare in kids"
At some point it is ok (actually, required) to say: "we should prevent kids from dying if we have the tools to do so. And we do. Vaccines."
www.wlwt.com/article/kent...
The GOP healthcare plan is always 2 weeks away, always "being teased" 🙄😂
After teasing a plan to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies—currently on track to end within weeks—the White House has indefinitely delayed the announcement under pressure from congressional Republicans.
Even Trump wants to extend Obamacare tax credits—but Republicans stopped him
Tick, tock: the GOP is desperately trying to run out the clock on ACA subsidies.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The GOP healthcare plan is always 2 weeks away, always "being teased" 🙄😂
Seems like a short interview:
"Did you, as a US lawmaker, tell people to follow US law?"
"Yes. I did"
"So you admit to telling people they have to follow US laws?"
"Uh, yes"
"Did you, as a US lawmaker, tell people to follow US law?"
"Yes. I did"
"So you admit to telling people they have to follow US laws?"
"Uh, yes"
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Seems like a short interview:
"Did you, as a US lawmaker, tell people to follow US law?"
"Yes. I did"
"So you admit to telling people they have to follow US laws?"
"Uh, yes"
"Did you, as a US lawmaker, tell people to follow US law?"
"Yes. I did"
"So you admit to telling people they have to follow US laws?"
"Uh, yes"