Ann Keller

Average Trump scandal: many people dead after uncontroversial government program illegally cut by doge for nonexistent savings Average mamdani scandal: he’s playing BASKETBALL with his FRIENDS

I fight for clean air and water. I know that healthy foods and physical activity are important. I spent most of my career studying chronic disease. Am I MAHA? Hell no. I believe hypotheses should be tested. I know vaccines are safe and effective. And I don’t worship a eugenicist named Kennedy.

That's one hell of a last-week-of-the-campaign message. Either they are total idiots or they've decided that the only way to stop hemorrhaging voters is to lie even louder to their most gullible supporters.

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

Since the GOP decided to elevate white supremacy as a political strategy, they should have to answer for it. If it takes decades for the party to recover, so be it.

The staggering sweep of cuts made by this admin is hard to keep track of, but @scottlgreer.bsky.social @xrkulik.bsky.social @hjarman.bsky.social & I did our best, examining health policy effects of executive actions, rescissions, the OBBBA & the budget requests. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is making me think about the social movement that overturned the spoils system. A vast majority of citizens benefit when the state can regulate business behavior. Remind me who convinced Americans that "regulation" is a bad word?

My second essay on how under Trump we’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable to us just years ago. Today: The corruption of the Justice Dept and *EIGHT* scandals on par with Watergate: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty...

Health insurance premiums rose 5% this year — and workers took the hit.

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

Has anyone asked if states investment in their University systems declined as universities diversified? Another way to ask this is whether political support for public higher ed was predicted on educating white men.

The problem fearmongerers have is @NYCMayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social exists

Mamdani bought out three theaters to show the new documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem for free this weekend. You know what, I’m sick of yall and your fancy mayor. Sick.

Trump has already usurped the powers of Congress over spending, tariffs, and war and defied the judicial branch when it told him to stop. Yet the stock market has surged. Is it possible that investors — especially big investors — don’t particularly like democracy?

Isn't this exactly what you would expect from a society experiencing such a huge increase in income inequality? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Yay! A public health advocate throughout his career 💜

On the road and forgot to tweet out my item this morning: The Expectations Game, other things that have no consequences, and things that do matter a whole lot goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/ah-expecta...

It can be fun to watch the ultra wealthy spend lots of $$$ only to lose. It's going to be a good night if prop 40 passes and Talerico wins.

Spot on. Just no better perspective about how to understand parties, campaigning, and electoral outcomes.

Columbus Dispatch: The conduct of Vivek Ramaswamy in attacking his rival has been reckless, shameful and morally depraved. Therefore we are pulling our support for Ramaswamy and endorsing his rival, Amy Acton, instead. www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

Tonight at IPK: @juliaazari.bsky.social discusses her book Backlash Presidents: Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History with Patrick J. Egan and @joelowndes.bsky.social. Moderated by @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social. Cosponsored by NYU's Brademas Center.

The organization designed to prevent selling snake oil is now the organization selling snake oil. Some things left in the 19th Century deserved to stay there. Kennedy says Trump administration aims for regulated market for peptides | Reuters share.google/wHNdlucvZpjX...

"Hamilton said states that avoid federal aid might begin disaster recovery more quickly...if they don’t have to submit a detailed aid application to FEMA." A good followup piece of reporting would involve asking questions such as: "What is an intergovernmental program and why do we have them?"

Energy Secretary Wright is campaigning with Ken Paxton today in Texas. A reminder that government officials partaking in campaign events should not be normal.

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

If SCOTUS says, in this case, a race-neutral policy to enhance diversity is racial discrimination, it would mean (a) racial hierarchies that exclude Black & brown students are required because (b) schools can't try to prevent Black & brown students from being excluded. It's white supremacy.

Brand new disaster dynamics are really hard because it means decision making based on past experience is likely to be wrong.

My voting outfit: CDC zombie apocalypse shirt. My priorities: health, science, and thriving communities. 🗳️ Vote for health. Our future depends on it. @standupforscience.net @ucs.org @altcdc.altgov.info @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social

Excellent work, American electorate. Well done.

Very cool Bike rideable Day calculator by Tom at @shifter.info Plug in your personal weather thresholds and see how many days meet your criteria. Kind of debunks the whole 6, 7 or 8 months of winter argument. 😉 #yycBike

Nice work, American electorate. Nice work. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/b...

Shout it from the rooftops every day from now until the election

"shouldn't be this hard" is an all-encompassing, feel-it-in-your-bones summary of modern American life -- of difficulties big and small, existential and annoying -- that should be at the core of every Democratic candidate's message for years to come.

Who would have guessed? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...

We wanted to understand why academics leave their jobs (doi.org/10.1126/scia...). We asked: “Tell us your story: what needs/needed to be different about your position?” I thought we would get a few hundred responses and I’d learn a bit more about the context of academic retention for myself.

The US may have won the Cold War, but Russia's ability to shape US public opinion and electoral politics erased that. I'm not sure how many Americans know they are now willingly doing Putin's bidding. The US and a racist trillionaire are helping Russia against a democratic neighbor. Astonishing.

Seems Musk is helping Putin, too.

Trump and Musk are doing their best to help Putin kill Ukrainians. kyivindependent.com/this-cannot-...

If Russia wants an overall peace deal, they can pack up and leave Ukraine, and stop firing missiles. It's that easy.

Let's review. Free speech means the government cannot punish you for your self expression. It does not include compelling me to react to your dumb ass speech in the way you prefer. Me laughing in your face is my self expression. Got it?

Arbitrary and capricious!

It is time and past time.

I wonder if Guilfoyle will feel like she's being singled out for common behavior from Trump and co. If so,will she spill the tea? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/u...

My gut tells me that this is one election where which candidate spends the most amount of money won't matter much at all.

Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were."