Dr. Brent A. Williams argues that BronxCare, a high-volume urban hospital, struggles to attract U.S. graduates for the same reasons rural programs do. He responds to a post noting that 43 of 44 recent BronxCare pediatrics residents attended foreign medical schools.
BronxCare is a high-volume, high-poverty, urban hospital that serves a complex pediatric population.
Many U.S. graduates simply rank other more desirable New York or out-of-state programs higher. Rural programs face similar location and lifestyle drawbacks.
The account Rising serpent argues that 31,000 Americans are rejected from U.S. medical schools yearly while the AMA lobbies to admit more foreign doctors. The post quotes Mary Bowden, who notes 25% of U.S. physicians are not American and questions the AMA's position.
31,000 Americans are rejected from American medical schools every single year. But the American medical association wants to import thousands of foreigners instead. Let that sink in.
25% of US physicians are NOT American, yet somehow the AMERICAN Medical Association is lobbying to let more foreign doctors in. American Hospital Association I get - they want cheap labor. But AMA?
Aaron Rupar shares a video of Karl Rove listing allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, including home improvements from a businessman, an Uber account used for alleged meetings, and records now part of impeachment proceedings.
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Ken Paxton's scandals: "You've got a guy who has multiple girlfriends and $200,000 worth of home improvements from a corrupt business guy for whom he does favors. My personal favorite is the Uber account in the name of David P. Since he drives around in a car that has [state] license plates, it made it a little difficult to have assignations with one of his mistresses, so the corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
Developer @levelsio argues that easier business formation and lighter regulation correlate with higher wealth, citing Switzerland and Ireland versus Spain and Hungary within the EU, and links to an interactive chart.
It's really crazy how strongly wealth inverse correlates with regulatory burden
If you make it easy for people to start and run businesses and don't get in their way too much, everyone gets wealthier
If you make it hard for people to start and run businesses and get in their way constantly, everyone gets poorer
You can see the effect clearly within the EU:
Countries with low regulatory burden like Switzerland and Ireland have much higher incomes than places like Spain or Hungary where its regulatory burden is high
Ritesh Jain shares a thread, quoting an analysis, arguing that China is refusing to import goods it can make itself, shifting toward domestic high-tech production, and accumulating gold through its trade surplus.
1/ Brilliant read: China wants to import nothing it believes it can make better & cheaper. It refuses dependence on foreigners for a day longer than necessary. 2/ Today, China still buys semiconductors, software, aircraft, and complex machinery. But like a resident doctor, it’s learning to make these goods itself. 3/ Soon, China will produce and export these high-tech products independently. 4/ Tesla employs 85,000 workers, but BYD has 125,000 engineers. The US now mainly exports chips and soybeans to China. 5/ China is accumulating gold globally with its trade surplus. This signals a strategy…
Velina Tchakarova calls a shared post the best thing she watched on X that day. The quoted post by Gabor Gurbacs promises an account of what really happened at a U.S.-China state dinner.
Shyam Sekhar argues that corporate boards waging war against principal shareholders in the name of governance is self-serving and damages the nation's image, reacting to a post titled 'The Owners Will Always Remain Owners.'
A brilliant piece no journalist even attempted to write.
My two cents.
Boards over reaching themselves in the name of independence and governance is tragi-comic. In the name of governance, you cannot perpetuate your self interest by waging a war against the principal Shareholder itself.
If our entire system remains a mute spectator to this circus and believes this is statescraft , the Nation's image itself will be affected.
If four pygmies get so much power simply because a person who was not exactly in his mind picked and put them there, imagine what we have brought ourselves to?
Put the chair down! Because if you dont, your name will outlive your legacy - not as a chairman, but as a verb. And the promoters will ask themselves only one question this leaves behind
Kathleen Tyson condemns reported targeting of a school in Minab, Iran, citing a Bloomberg investigation that says AI systems and stale Pentagon data contributed to a strike that killed 156 people, at least 123 of them children.
Palantir and Anthropic targeted Minab school, aided by Pentagon stale data and Hegseth psychopathy stripping target review staff.
And it was a triple tap, not a double tap. Children killed on first strike. Parents killed by second strike getting surviving children. Rescue workers killed by third strike rushing in after second strike.
Bloomberg just dropped the most disturbing investigation I have read this year, and every AI builder should read it and take it seriously.
On February 28, two Tomahawk missiles hit an elementary school in Minab, a small town in southern Iran. 156 people died. At least 123 were children. The Pentagon knew within hours that it had bombed a school.
The school had its own website. It was labeled on Google Maps. You could see the soccer pitch from a satellite view. You could see the brightly painted walls. Any 12-year-old with a browser could tell what the building was.
Noah Smith states that Indians face more discrimination than other groups at elite American universities. He shares a quoted post citing Columbia admissions data showing South Asian applicants had markedly lower admission odds than similar white applicants.
I'll note again: the modern analog of the Jewish quota applies chiefly to Indian Americans.
In Columbia's admissions data, East Asians applicants scoring 1550 had 18% lower admission odds than similar whites. Similar South Asians, however, had odds 57% lower. twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/2102470668243632…
A video posted by SilencedSirs shows a horse acting up during an official reception for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The post offers no further detail beyond the clip.
David Keyes says a Mossad agent named Shama Hakol planted a listening device in a ring belonging to Iranian leader Khamenei and is now back in Israel. The claim is unverified and is presented as a personal account from a friend of the agent.
The Mossad agent who planted the listening device in Khamenei's ring is named Shama Hakol. Shama is one of my closest friends. He undertook enormous risk for this mission. Now that Shama is back in Israel, I can finally reveal his story. Hero.
Jeni Farnsworth shares a quoted post from The Newsground reporting leaked Russian banking records showing founders of a tech firm whose code is in an official White House app kept accounts at Alfa Bank and Tinkoff Bank after sanctions. The post adds only a reaction to the report.
Leaked Russian banking records show that the founders of a tech firm whose code is inside the official White House app kept accounts at Alfa Bank and Tinkoff Bank after the US and EU imposed sanctions. (link below)
India Observer posts a video claiming a US Secretary of State said the US will not allow India to develop to a point where it can compete with America. The post asserts the US will not repeat its China policy with India. The quoted remark is not sourced in the post.
A post criticizes U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau for remarks in New Delhi that India would not be allowed to develop to the point of competing with the United States, which the author calls a surrender by weak politicians.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall any American in history standing on Indian soil and threatening India’s growth. This happens when weak politicians surrender the nation's greater cause for self-preservation and political gain. Sad.
🇺🇸🇮🇳 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau in the middle of New Delhi told Indians that India will not be allowed to develop to the point where it can compete with the US.
Ramit Sethi lists government-linked everyday services, including the FAA, weather service, GPS, public education, and 30-year mortgages, and argues Republicans overlook this. He shares a 60 Minutes quote from a conservative Texas resident worried about a nearby data center.
A Republican realizes that politics actually affects him
I've talked to literally thousands of Republicans who have no idea that the government has played a MASSIVE ROLE in:
- The truck they drive (why is every pickup enormous? Is it really true that ALL truck buyers prefer huge trucks? Why can't you buy a small, cheap one?) - The education they received (how did you receive a public education? Why are student loans so expensive?) - The food they eat (why do you rarely get sick eating out? - The house they live in (why can't you build an ADU? why do you have to maintain your front yard? Why can't you have a courtyard?) - The clean air & water they have access to - The mortgage on their house (why does a 30-year fixed mortgage exist here and almost nowhere else?) - Their health insurance they get through their job (why is it tied to your employer at all?) - The electricity on their rural property (who ran power lines out there when no private company would?) - And many more: Not crashing on airplanes (FAA), their 401(k), predictable weather (NWS), GPS on their phone (DoD)
But no, they insist they're rugged men who did it "without anybody's help"
“This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me,” says Dave Lowe, a lifelong conservative Republican who lives near a proposed data center in Texas.
Def Noodles shares a photo of a US Senator's office displaying an Israeli flag and no American flag, and claims the government is occupied. The post quotes Senator Rick Scott promoting his Sunshine Protection Act to end clock changes.
9to5Mac reports that users can now claim payouts from Apple's $250 million class action settlement over Siri and Apple Intelligence delays. The post links to the full article.
Jim Axelrod shares a CBS Sunday segment profiling a 29-year-old who wagers as much as his salary on sports bets daily. Interviewees described sports betting as America's next opioid crisis.
A 29-year-old pest control salesman says he bets on sports every day, wagering between $80,000 and $120,000 a year — as much as or more than his $97,000 salary.
Churumuri shares a Financial Times account of Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran's ties to New Delhi and the risk of corporate raiders if Tata assets are exposed. The post adds commentary on Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry, the RBI and a Tata Sons listing.
"In the long run, it is only the Narendra Modi government that can protect the Tatas from being taken over by rapacious outside business interests," writes Coomi Kapoor in @IndianExpress
Yes, but what if the Awesome Twosome want precisely that to happen---to open the door for "India's most gifted businessman" after Tata Sons is listed on the bourses at gunpoint? #GujaratModel
👉🏾Ratan Tata intimating PMO upon ousting Cyrus Mistry 👉🏾 N. Chandrasekharan & Co meeting Amit Shah et al to resolve differnces 👉🏾 RBI taking a firm stand on Tata Sons listing---and filing a caveat 👉🏾 Maharashtra…
SK comments on lawyer A.M. Singhvi entering the Tata Sons dispute as lead counsel, a development contrasted with Harish Salve's earlier role for the other side. The post quotes Singhvi's statement on shareholder rights.
Ever since Harish Salve entered the scene as the legal eagle on Tata Sons side I’ve been wondering who will enter the gladiatorial ring for the other side. Now we have the answer.
Having worked closely with Ratan Tata earlier, being aware of his legacy and not only knowing personally all the principal actors on both sides in the current so called Tata dispute but also having deep, genuine and abiding respect for and excellent equations with all of them, my first reaction, as I enter the fray as the lead lawyer for one side, is one of sadness and regret that these issues could not be solved amicably. But in the ultimate analysis, fundamental rights of shareholder-owners cannot be nullified in the manner in which they have been. To stultify shareholder ownership rights …
A post cites Reuters reporting that Houthi drones hit jet fuel tanks at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, with a critical commentary on Saudi military capability and leadership.
For people wondering why the Saudi “military” is so pathetic and embarrassing, Saudi arabia intentionally keeps its army dogshit because it’s deathly scared of a coup. Important positions are all held by royal family members/loyalists, who are almost all incompetent and careless
BREAKING: For the first time in four years, Yemen's Houthis have struck Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with drones, hitting the main jet fuel tanks, with flames and a massive plume of black smoke over the airport, per Reuters.
Saudi Arabia lost its most advanced fighter jet to the Houthis on Wednesday, flew no strikes as Mocha fell, and bombed its own allies on the Bab el-Mandeb coast Monday.
Patrick Collison recommends a Financial Times piece by John Burn-Murdoch arguing that low taxes on low earners make immigrants costlier to the UK than elsewhere.
Politico reports that F-35 components, including a classified radar-absorbing canopy, were diverted from Australia toward Hong Kong during a repair shipment handled by a Lockheed Martin logistics intermediary. The post questions why a Chinese front company was involved and notes the Pentagon says some parts are missing.
Apparently Lockheed hired a Chinese front company to handle its logistics of the most advanced and classified airplane modules to Australia that ended up rerouted to China instead!
F-35 stealth parts, including a classified radar-absorbing canopy, were rerouted from Australia to Hong Kong this summer. The Pentagon says some components are missing.
Politico reports the shipment was traveling from Australia to the US for repair when an intermediary handling logistics for Lockheed Martin diverted it across the Pacific to Hong Kong instead. Nobody has publicly explained why. Nobody knows who currently has the parts.
The canopy matters specifically. It's coated with a classified radar-absorbent material that makes the F-35 invisible to radar. That coating is available only …
New York attorney general candidate Saritha Komatireddy says she will crack down on organized retail theft, citing locked shelves, closed stores and higher prices in a campaign video.
Ben Norton claims the US government has taken $11 billion of Venezuela's oil revenue since January with only $3.5 billion returned, citing a quoted post by Leah Files on Treasury Secretary Bessent's congressional testimony and a January executive order.
The US government has taken $11 billion of Venezuela's oil revenue since January. Only $3.5 billion has gone to Venezuela. $7.5 billion is unaccounted for.
Good summary of the imperial pillage here: The US took Venezuela's "primary revenue stream at gunpoint, routed it through a bank in Qatar, then a Citibank account, handed the sales to two Swiss traders with federal bribery cases, put the Pentagon in business with a man the Justice Department once named in a $1.2 billion PDVSA laundering case, and declared the whole thing immune from American courts by decree".
Scott Bessent sat in front of Congress on Tuesday and either lied or is clueless about how to do his real job. There is no third option. But based on Bessent's testimony and what I found, it looks like we could be stealing ~$11 billion from Venezuela.
Bessent told the committee Venezuela's oil money is "one of the largest assets ever to go on the US balance sheet."
The executive order the president signed on January 9 states that the money is "property of the Government of Venezuela," held by the United States "solely in a custodial and governmental capacity." You cannot hold another country…
ABC News reports the Trump administration continues to downplay the US war with Iran as new images appear to show damage and destruction to US military assets, shared in a video.
The Trump administration continues to downplay the U.S. war with Iran, as new images obtained appear to show the damage and destruction to U.S. military assets.
ANI reports that Radhika Ambani paid tribute to Lord Ganesh through a dance performance in Mumbai on Ganesh Chaturthi. The post is a short video clip from the event.
Marc Porter Magee shares a breakdown of Michigan public high school students scoring 1200 or higher on the SAT, which he says is the floor for a competitive college. The post lists the share of students in each racial group, with Asian students at 46% and White students at 16%.
Aakash Gupta describes how Secure Flight passenger data, shared with ICE under a TSA agreement, enabled the arrest of Milo Yiannopoulos at a New Orleans airport gate. He says TSA flagged 31,000 travelers in 14 months, with more than 800 arrests.
Every domestic flight you book sends your name, date of birth, and passport number to the government before you board. Since May 2025, that same packet has also been going to ICE. TSA flagged 31,000 travelers in 14 months. More than 800 arrests came out of it. The airport became the most efficient immigration checkpoint in America and almost nobody noticed.
Here is how the newest one worked.
Milo Yiannopoulos entered the US legally in May 2019 and stayed seven years. He missed an immigration hearing on July 22, so a judge signed a final order of removal. Five weeks later he walked into the New Orleans airport to catch a flight. ICE officers have been stationed in that terminal since March. He was in custody at the gate and back in the UK the next day.
The system that caught him is called Secure Flight. Congress built it in 2007 to check passengers against terror watchlists. Airlines are legally required to transmit your data to TSA before every departure, and the fine print always said TSA could pass it to other law enforcement. A 16-page agreement between TSA and ICE, released through a records request this summer, turned that fine print into a pipeline.
Think about what this replaces. A home arrest means finding an address, staking it out, hoping you're there, and hoping you open the door. An airport arrest means you file your own location, time, and gate number, then show up voluntarily to a building with ID checks at every entrance and one way out.
A final order of removal never has to come to your door. It waits at the gate.
The part he found degrading, the handcuffs and chains, comes from the same machine. ICE transport rules put every detainee in the same restraints regardless of what they're charged with, so a visa overstay rides to the plane the same way a cartel enforcer does. No officer decides that. The policy already did.
Seven years in the country. Twenty-four hours from the check-in counter to a flight home.
Every ticket you buy is a location report. Most people just never had a reason to read it that way.
Milo Yiannopoulos: "I didn't really understand the physical reality of how institutionalized the brutality is in America. The manner in which they arrest you, they put you in manacles, everybody is arrested like an MS 13 gang member. It was physically degrading. It was frightening. I don't think I've ever been frightened like that before. I was weeping like an old woman for an hour. I wouldn't wish it on anyone."
