Chas Parsons, MD FACS

Chas Parsons, MD FACS

@chas.academics.blue

All thoughts are my own. Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgeon. Interested in Robotic Acute Care Surgery (RACS).

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Looking at what he's done to the People's House (without Congressional approval, of course), I feel equal parts rage & embarrassment for our country. The Midterms can't come soon enough... #Register&VOTE 🌊

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In 1933, Justice Louis Brandeis said: “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.” What he said was true 93 years ago. It’s even more accurate today. Let us choose democracy over oligarchy.

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A late night of writing and planning the way forward. If you want to help me, please spread the word about Democracy Docket. Subscribe for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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The editorial cartoonist's pen is one of the sharpest tools in journalism, whittling issues down to basics for satire or rage. I'm proud to say that my long-ago colleague, Milt Priggee, is unafraid to shock with a tough point of view.

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Megge Beacroft, surgeon in Darwin, notes the many geographical relocations required to complete surgical training, and the 'frame shift' that results in trainees starting 5+ years older than a generation ago. These have flow on effects to family, wellbeing, and finances. #RACS26

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The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026

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BALINT: Are you trying to get revenge on states that did not vote for your boss? VOUGHT: What's interesting about your question is Joe Biden-- BALINT: Oh, for goodness' sake!

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Our legal director Cecillia Wang, a daughter of immigrants, is at the Supreme Court defending the bedrock American value of birthright citizenship. President Trump is no match for the 14th Amendment.

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The NYT quotes a young conservative operative without identifying him as such. On the left, the NYT quotes him wondering why anyone would think Trump is different from any other president. And then on the right, is that kid's Substack insisting that Trump is different from any other president.

Joe Adalian@tvmojoe.bsky.social

The NYT says today’s #NoKings protests had “no shortage of skeptics,” and then quoted exactly one of those skeptics: The chairman of the Ole Miss College Republicans (as of 2025.) But of course, the Times doesn’t ID him as such. He’s just a Concerned Youth.

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Matt Walsh -- who also wasn't there and who absolutely has an agenda -- has discovered something that has eluded the so-called historians despite all their "education" and "research" and "functional literacy" They're called "primary sources," nerds, and he's the first one to use them

Rich Condon@richcondon.bsky.social

I’d never thought to use primary sources for historical research. Very cool.

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The Trump administration is moving to open nearly 2 million acres of California public land to oil drilling and fracking including land right on the doorstep of Yosemite, Sequoia, and Pinnacles National Parks, Carrizo Plain National Monument, and national forests like Los Padres and Inyo.

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Your reminder that John Cena holds the record for granting the most wishes for the Make-a-Wish Foundation by a considerable margin.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻@strictlychristo.bsky.social

Without hesitation, John Cena comes off stage to hug a fan battling cancer and offer him some words of encouragement.

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Genuinely just bonkers to watch the USA do this to one of the most successful and innovative hubs of scientific research the world has ever seen. All those years of Free Speech On Campus debates and it turns out they actually wanted less cancer research. Absurd.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

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The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

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🚨 WOW — REPUBLICAN Rep. @RepThomasMassie just completely exposed the push to protect foreign pesticide corporations from lawsuits by sick farmers 🧑‍🌾 being carried here in Tennessee by ex-ag sub chair @rustygrills (and @TNFarmBureau) It has stalled for now. But… yikes, Rusty.

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“I heard the officer say ‘that ain’t shit’.” NASHVILLE — ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.

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