Rajesh Agarwal, MD

Your digital footprint is your new resume. Whether you’re the author or the commenter, the internet never forgets. Here is the quick guide to keeping it sharp and professional: ✅ DO • Add Value: Post things that inform, inspire, or entertain. • Fact-Check: Verify before you hit "repost." • Engage: Talk with people, not at them. ❌ DON’T • Rage-Post: If you're angry, stay offline. Emotions pass; screenshots last. • Spam: Avoid over-tagging and "engagement bait." • Overshare: Maintain a boundary between private life and public profile. 💡 The Commenting Rule Your comments are a reflection of your character. You can disagree without being disrespectful. Ask yourself: Would I say this to their face in a room full of people I respect? Stay civil. Build a brand, not a trail of regrets. 🤝 #SocialMediaTips #DigitalEtiquette #PersonalBranding

Agree—it would be convenient to file taxes directly online with the IRS. But I just can't get past the trust issue. Government agencies have a long track record of data breaches and improper sharing of taxpayer info (like the recent IRS-DHS incidents). Every few months there's another story about exposed SSNs and personal data. I'd rather stick with private options that have stronger incentives to protect customer information.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could say goodbye to TurboTax and file your taxes for free, online, and directly with the IRS? I have a bill to get that done.

My portfolio finally stopped screaming and started singing. 🎵 The gap-up we’ve been waiting for is officially here. Pairings losses are shrinking, the green candles are tall, and my blood pressure is finally returning to a normal range. Patience is a billionaire’s game. Who else is riding this comeback? 💎🙌 $TSLA #Stocks #Recovery

Trump’s 8PM ET Iran deadline: reopen Hormuz or strikes on power plants/bridges. “Civilization dies tonight” if no deal. Skeptical—unlikely to hit civilians. Talks ongoing. #IranWar‌

Is the @washingtonpost genuinely praising Shay Taylor-Allen's impressive full-circle journey from janitor to matching into Yale's anesthesiology residency through years of hard work and night shifts? Or is this framed in a way that subtly demeans her achievements by turning a personal success story into a racial/political narrative that invites skepticism about merit, qualifications (like MCAT scores), and DEI? Either way, it sure smells like classic clickbait designed to drive engagement through division—praise the "inspirational" angle on the surface while knowing the replies will explode with questions about standards in medicine. Congrats to her on the persistence, but WP, be straight: uplifting story or agenda-pushing bait?

For about a decade, Shay Taylor-Allen walked the halls of Yale New Haven Hospital as a janitor. Soon, she’ll walk the halls of the hospital again — this time wearing a white coat, after matching into an anesthesiology residency. wapo.st/3NtgqTx

It's fair to support genuine refugees with a helping hand when they first arrive—humanitarian aid has its place. But the current system creates perverse incentives and opens the door wide to exactly the kind of abuse Stephen Miller is describing. Financial assistance should be strictly time-limited: maximum 6–12 months and in the form of repayable loan (not a grant), with reasonable terms once the person is settled and working. Repayment could be structured like student loan —deducted gradually from wages, with enforcement through tax withholding or immigration status reviews if needed.

🚨 JUST IN: Stephen Miller lays it out PERFECTLY Imagine a "native Minnesotan who works as a lineman...worried about his ability to support for and provide his family." "And then imagine that he has a neighbor who's a SOMALI REFUGEE who arrived two years ago and has a Mercedes and NO financial stress and no worries at all in the entire world and never seems to ever go to work at all because he just went to an office in the state, lied on a piece of paper, and got unlimited free money forever for life!" "THAT is the system that is being run and that is the corruption that this task force under the leadership of the Vice President is going to demolish." @StephenM

@elonmusk If you don't read X, you're uninformed. If you do read X, you're misinformed. 💯😂

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@SenSchumer It is going to hurt both side equally, or may be republican voters more because they are uneducated (source- CNN) so I don’t understand why dems are fighting it tooth and nail.

99% of the SAVE Act isn't about voter ID, but about kicking 20 million American citizens off the voter rolls and making re-registering a bureaucratic nightmare. Trump and Republicans only want people who agree with them to be able to vote. Not on our watch.

@MarkWarner Look—if noncitizen voting's basically a ghost story (like, 0.01% of votes? Come on), why are Dems clawing at this SAVE Act like it's the end times?

Noncitizen voting is extraordinarily rare – in many audits, less than one hundreth of one percent of all votes cast. The SAVE Act is a total sham, cracking down on a problem that isn’t real.

I guess, @Netflix is also raising compensation for actors and crew through improved residuals and production deals. These costs ultimately get passed along to consumers. In a competitive market, viewers have the choice to subscribe, cancel, or switch services if the value isn't there. Perhaps focusing on how rising production costs and REGULATORY pressures contribute to higher prices for everyday Americans might offer a more complete picture. Thank you for highlighting the issue, Senator.

Netflix just got a $2.8 BILLION payout from Paramount for its failed Warner Bros. deal. Then Netflix turned around and raised prices on millions of customers.

Even if this wealth tax collected every projected dollar (estimates vary widely from ~$2T to $3T+ over 10 years due to avoidance, enforcement costs, and economic drag), it wouldn't come close to fixing the real issue: chronic overspending. DHS + TSA alone run ~$60-100B+ annually in recent budgets (with big supplemental boosts for border/security). The entire federal budget is ~$7T/year, with trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and national debt over $38T. Trust is low because both parties have spending problems—entitlements, interest payments, and new programs keep growing faster than revenue. New taxes on the 'ultra-rich' have historically underperformed in Europe (many countries repealed them due to capital flight). Why not prioritize cutting waste, fraud, and inefficiency first? Americans across the spectrum are tired of government treating every problem as a revenue shortage rather than a spending discipline failure.

Today, I'm introducing my wealth tax — and more than 50 members of Congress are joining me. It’s time for the government to start working for American families, not just the ultra-rich.

@JBlunt1018 If proof-of-citizenship requirements like the SAVE Act would supposedly hurt Republican voters more (due to lower passport ownership in rural/red areas), then why are Democrats fighting it tooth and nail? Let it pass.

Do people actually understand what the SAVE Act means for voters? To register, you’d need: — U.S. passport or — U.S. birth certificate A driver’s license alone wouldn’t cut it. ~55% of Republicans don’t have a passport, and a meaningful % don’t have documents readily available. So… wouldn’t this hurt Republican turnout in close races? Genuine question 🤔

Senator, these aren't 'protesters'—they're cheering American deaths like it's a victory parade. Chanting for U.S. soldiers in caskets while waving Hamas/Hezbollah flags. Your party’s radicals own this. The silence from the rest of the Democrats speaks volumes. Treasonous rhetoric has no place here.

Here in Philadelphia. Truly appalling. These assholes chanting for the death of our servicemembers. Where’s the Dem outrage and condemnation?

@overton_news @ScottJenningsKY First thought Jennings was exaggerating... but damn, he’s factually correct. If you actually want truth over team narratives, just @Grok it. Facts don’t care about the narrative flip.

Scott Jennings just made a 23-year-old MeidasTouch commentator look like a fool on live television. Adam Mockler tried to attack Trump over gas prices, and Jennings nuked his narrative mid-roll with a BRUTAL reminder about Democrat policy. MOCKLER: “This is going to be a big blue wave.” “It already was going to be before the war in Iran. And this is the most like visceral change that we’ve seen so far.” “When I drove to the airport today, I passed by two gas stations and I was paying attention. American families are paying attention to this.” JENNINGS: “I’m old enough to remember when Democrats were advocating for higher gas prices to bring about the end of the internal combustion engine.” “NOW, all of the sudden gas prices are a big deal.” MOCKLER: “Wait, which Democrats said they want higher gas prices?” JENNINGS: “Literally ALL of them.” MOCKLER: “They said I want higher gas prices?!” JENNINGS: “Yes! That was the stated policy, to drive prices, up to get rid of the internal combustion engine.”

If you regulate the weapon, you have to regulate the reach. We agree that mentally unstable individuals shouldn't have access to guns because of the risk to the public. So why do we give them an unregulated megaphone to harass, incite, and abuse? @X Physical safety and digital safety are two sides of the same coin. We need laws that reflect that. #SocialMediaLaws #Accountability #TechReform

@EricLDaugh Good job @Delta I hope other airlines follows them too. @united @aairwaves

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: After Delta Airlines canceled ALL special privileges for members of Congress while TSA is unpaid, other airlines nationwide are being pressured to follow suit This is common sense. Treat them the same as us! ALL airlines should do this!

Appreciate PM Modi's steady push for de-escalation and keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure. @POTUS is engaging key partners like India on global energy stability and peace in West Asia. Smart diplomacy benefits everyone. #ModiTrumpCall #EnergySecurity

@officer_Lew Appropriately sized’ tampons for men’s rooms? Finally, a solution for all those Ravens fans bleeding out after another brutal loss. Just don’t ask where they’re supposed to insert the applicator. Next up: free pregnancy tests in the urinals? Clown world is undefeated.

BREAKING🚨: Maryland is seriously debating putting tampons in the MEN'S bathrooms at Baltimore Ravens and Orioles stadiums. Democrat Delegate Ken Kerr, who supports the bill, insisted the tampons must be “appropriately sized.” Republican Delegate Kathy Szeliga hit back: “What does ‘appropriately sized tampons’ even mean? Where exactly does a biological male put these?” This is where your tax dollars and priorities are going, folks. Clown world. 🤡

We all want the best and brightest caring for patients 1,500+ applicants for 18 spots? The 5 IMGs from elite schools earned it through merit—same USMLEs, research, and interviews as everyone else. Patients don’t care about passports when you’re intubating them. They want the sharpest doctor. America leads medicine by attracting top global talent. Lowering standards for “America First” just gives us mediocrity first. Pure merit. Patients deserve it.

This is what merit looks like, the BEST get hired to CARE for the American people and lead cutting edge research. It’s working as intended.

Spot on, @mcuban! Vertical integration by the big insurers = legalized price-gouging. Time to break them up. Bipartisan *Break Up Big Medicine Act* (S.3822) from @HawleyMO & @SenWarren is common sense. Force divestitures, kill the subsidiaries gaming the system, lower costs for everyone. #BreakUpBigMedicine #HealthcareReform

I don’t think people realize how much healthcare costs are driving big companies to fire and not hire. It costs them $30k per family, per year for premiums and care. Most of that goes to the massive, vertically integrated insurance companies that send weekly bills that no one reviews in details. And it doesn’t include the company overhead to deal with it all. It’s usually the 2nd largest expense after payroll. Which is insane It’s far easier to blame AI than it is to blame Healthcare costs. Want to increase jobs, wages and improve affordability for every American ? Break up the biggest insurance companies. Make divest non insurance companies. They don’t need thousands of subsidiaries. That’s how they game and abuse the system and increase costs for all of us. Call your senator and tell them to support the BreakUp Big Medicine Bill by @HawleyMO and @SenWarren.