Ann Keller
@annck.bsky.social
Professor of political science and expert on science in the public sector.
The composition, the lyrics, the performance, the staging. I love it all!
🎵 Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren singing "Mr. Oil Man" in the style of Mr. Sandman.
A song about the EPA not regulating pollution and PFAS. 🎵
A song about the EPA not regulating pollution and PFAS. 🎵
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The composition, the lyrics, the performance, the staging. I love it all!
A misleading headline because a proposed rule is a pretty long way from a new legal standard. It's also a test of whether science will direct environmental protection after loperbright
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure — ProPublica share.google/LM1foZFzPM8M...
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure — ProPublica share.google/LM1foZFzPM8M...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A misleading headline because a proposed rule is a pretty long way from a new legal standard. It's also a test of whether science will direct environmental protection after loperbright
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure — ProPublica share.google/LM1foZFzPM8M...
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure — ProPublica share.google/LM1foZFzPM8M...
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That’s the Lake Street Church in Evanston, about as respectably WASP as you can get in America. Representing Jesus as a detainee and ICE as Roman soldiers.
In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations
(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.
religionnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
That’s the Lake Street Church in Evanston, about as respectably WASP as you can get in America. Representing Jesus as a detainee and ICE as Roman soldiers.
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
Worth pointing out that this falls squarely into the dictionary definition of fascism. Great to point out it is un-American. But we also have a term to describe what it is.
Stripping people of their U.S. citizenship in the name of making the electorate more “American” is arguably one of the most un-American acts imaginable.
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Trump’s Push to Redefine Who Counts as American
Threats of denaturalization are the latest attack on immigrants — but they won’t stand up in court.
www.brennancenter.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Worth pointing out that this falls squarely into the dictionary definition of fascism. Great to point out it is un-American. But we also have a term to describe what it is.
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When only ONE solitary elected member of your entire party shows basic human decency in the face of all this, you might just be an irredeemable collection of not-sees
State Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, wrote a letter inviting President Donald Trump to join him in meeting with the Somali community, to understand how Somalis are “woven into Minnesota’s fabric.”
Republican state senator to Trump: Somalis are ‘woven into Minnesota’s fabric’
State Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, wrote a letter inviting President Donald Trump to join him in meeting with the Somali community, to understand how Somalis are “woven into Minnesota’s fabric.”
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December 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When only ONE solitary elected member of your entire party shows basic human decency in the face of all this, you might just be an irredeemable collection of not-sees
This raises my blood pressure: "I declined because A.C.I.P. seems to have shifted its mission away from science and evidence-based medicine.” ACIP's membership is chosen by a political appointee who answers to the president. ACIP didn't dismiss 17 experts and fill their slots with hacks. RFKjr did.
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
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December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This raises my blood pressure: "I declined because A.C.I.P. seems to have shifted its mission away from science and evidence-based medicine.” ACIP's membership is chosen by a political appointee who answers to the president. ACIP didn't dismiss 17 experts and fill their slots with hacks. RFKjr did.
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I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.
April 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.
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should not be complicated to grasp that we cannot have war crimes without a war — but we can and we do have murder, and when we've programmatically murdered scores of victims we have mass murder
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
should not be complicated to grasp that we cannot have war crimes without a war — but we can and we do have murder, and when we've programmatically murdered scores of victims we have mass murder
I have zero interest in hearing Cassidy whine over an outcome he could have prevented. No rehabilitation for you, sir.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c...
Top Senate health leader calls CDC vaccine panel ‘totally discredited’
A top Senate health leader called a federal panel of vaccine advisers “totally discredited” just minutes ahead of its planned meeting.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I have zero interest in hearing Cassidy whine over an outcome he could have prevented. No rehabilitation for you, sir.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c...
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Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![Texas is not on “the eve of an election,” as was true in the
case the majority cites. Republican National Committee v.
Democratic National Committee, 589 U. S. 423, 424 (2020)
(per curiam); see ante, at 2. The election there was five days
after the injunction. Similarly, the election in Purcell was
“just weeks” away. 549 U. S., at 4. Here, Election Day is
eleven months from now. Even the primary election (which
Texas could change) is in March. The District Court care-
fully listed the various “election preparations” underway to
switch to the 2025 map. App. 144. On the other hand, the
court noted how the 2021 map—which the injunction rein-
stated—was, in a real sense, the status quo. See id., at 145.
Officials, candidates, and voters are all familiar with it from
the last two election cycles. Until late last summer, every-
one expected that map to govern 2026 too. And indeed, it
will be used in a special runoff election in the State’s largest
county on January 31, 2026. So, the District Court properly
concluded, “[a]n injunction in this case would not cause sig-
nificant disruption.” Id., at 144. Except to the extent all of
us live in election season all the time, the 2026 congres-
sional election is not well underway.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreifzzrhpyftoam4b4eqcpdcegf2hksn4ula6rwbtv6fqwviqfgikte@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pretty notable, in my view, that Kagan points out the Supreme Court's pro-gerrymandering decision in Texas is a step-by-step instruction manual for states to draw discriminatory maps while ducking judicial review, and the majority has...nothing to say in response www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
I honestly hope the GOP can never live down the shame of this White House and Cabinet. The combination of despicable and incompetent is breathtaking. Each day's new horror suggests that they have a nearly endless supply.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I honestly hope the GOP can never live down the shame of this White House and Cabinet. The combination of despicable and incompetent is breathtaking. Each day's new horror suggests that they have a nearly endless supply.
I should be reposting this because of its important content. Which I am. But also because it starts out with "Christ on a cracker." Which I'm now stealing.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I should be reposting this because of its important content. Which I am. But also because it starts out with "Christ on a cracker." Which I'm now stealing.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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The last 12 FDA commissioners did not mince their words (to the extent that one can do that in the context of an academic medical journal):
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
www.nejm.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The last 12 FDA commissioners did not mince their words (to the extent that one can do that in the context of an academic medical journal):
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
These guys are definitely worried about how Trump's policy disasters will affect fellow members' reelection chances, but don't seem particularly concerned with the impacts of Trump's policies on their constituents. I hope their constituents notice.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Column | Surprisingly tough Tennessee election reveals House GOP has base problem
A hard-fought victory in once-safe Republican territory came as polls show conservative support on the wane for GOP congressional majorities.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
These guys are definitely worried about how Trump's policy disasters will affect fellow members' reelection chances, but don't seem particularly concerned with the impacts of Trump's policies on their constituents. I hope their constituents notice.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I love how clear, relatable, factual and brief this message is. Thank you Dr. Pan!
Dr. Erica Pan answers common questions about fall vaccines. 🍂 Are vaccines safe? They are! Vaccines are tested before they’re released & also monitored afterwards. Vaccinate yourself & your family against flu and COVID-19 (and RSV if eligible).
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📲 Visit MyTurn.ca.gov.
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I love how clear, relatable, factual and brief this message is. Thank you Dr. Pan!
The big ticket fraudsters in Medicare/Medicaid are corporate providers, not individual enrollees. I would die happy if I could get the voting public to understand this. E.g....
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
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The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The big ticket fraudsters in Medicare/Medicaid are corporate providers, not individual enrollees. I would die happy if I could get the voting public to understand this. E.g....
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Is the Wapo editorial board really that gullible? I don't know a single person who came away from his confirmation hearings thinking, "Wow...he must have had a change of heart." If you never intended to keep the promise, it's actually just a lie.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | RFK Jr. breaks yet another promise
The HHS secretary pulls the CDC website into his fantasyland.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Is the Wapo editorial board really that gullible? I don't know a single person who came away from his confirmation hearings thinking, "Wow...he must have had a change of heart." If you never intended to keep the promise, it's actually just a lie.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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“The HHS secretary pulls the CDC website into his fantasyland.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | RFK Jr. breaks yet another promise
The HHS secretary pulls the CDC website into his fantasyland.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“The HHS secretary pulls the CDC website into his fantasyland.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Is this 24hr reversals thing now part of the Republican brand?
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury - ABC News share.google/6kT6vqtnRj3r...
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury - ABC News share.google/6kT6vqtnRj3r...
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury
In a reversal from what the DOJ represented in court Wednesday, prosecutors said Thursday that the full grand jury reviewed the indictment of ex-FBI Director James Comey.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Is this 24hr reversals thing now part of the Republican brand?
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury - ABC News share.google/6kT6vqtnRj3r...
In reversal, DOJ says Comey indictment was reviewed by full grand jury - ABC News share.google/6kT6vqtnRj3r...
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Thread here on my new report for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on what is to be done in the aftermath of Trump’s Medicaid cuts.
Our new brief on Medicaid and fight for Universal Health Care in the Trump Aftermath explains the program, Trump’s cuts and why we have unprecedented opportunities to organize a coalition of beneficiaries, healthcare workers and unions to expand Medicaid to universal healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Thread here on my new report for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on what is to be done in the aftermath of Trump’s Medicaid cuts.
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This is how you destroy science and research in the country
The administration is building a legal pathway for ad hoc grant terminations:
"if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities"
Converting multiyear grants to 'at whim' coin flips will undermine the stability & leadership of American science.
"if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities"
Converting multiyear grants to 'at whim' coin flips will undermine the stability & leadership of American science.
Update on a significant development NIH grant terms.
On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is how you destroy science and research in the country
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Transgender Day of Remembrance honors those lost to transphobia & anti-trans hatred. It highlights ongoing violence against transgender people, especially trans women of color. Today, we remember & honor all who were taken by anti-trans violence.
📲Learn more: https://translifeline.org/
#TDOR
📲Learn more: https://translifeline.org/
#TDOR
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Transgender Day of Remembrance honors those lost to transphobia & anti-trans hatred. It highlights ongoing violence against transgender people, especially trans women of color. Today, we remember & honor all who were taken by anti-trans violence.
📲Learn more: https://translifeline.org/
#TDOR
📲Learn more: https://translifeline.org/
#TDOR
You wanna know how many times I've tried to rope my students or mentees into having sex with me. No times. NonepointNone. You can just decide not to pursue sex with students and still live a full and happy life. Just sayin'
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
You wanna know how many times I've tried to rope my students or mentees into having sex with me. No times. NonepointNone. You can just decide not to pursue sex with students and still live a full and happy life. Just sayin'
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...