Karen Kelley
@kdkelley.bsky.social
Nurse educator, focused on public health, poverty and homelessness
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Tax season is approaching. Tax breaks that were extended as part of President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" will mainly benefit high-net-worth and high-income people. n.pr/3LIXtL2
Here are 6 'Beautiful Bill' tax changes that will benefit wealthy Americans
Tax season is approaching. Tax breaks that were extended as part of President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" will mainly benefit high-net-worth and high-income people.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tax season is approaching. Tax breaks that were extended as part of President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" will mainly benefit high-net-worth and high-income people. n.pr/3LIXtL2
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It’s worth your while to spend some time with this piece.
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
Concentration Camp Duty: The Last SS Guard
Gregor Formanke stood guard in Sachsenhausen. Jerzy Zawadzki was nine years old, and a prisoner. When Formanek is indicted at age 99, their lives intersect once more.
www.zeit.de
July 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s worth your while to spend some time with this piece.
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
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May 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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📣 By request, I've created HIGH-DEF PDF versions of my healthcare enrollment pie charts for every House district in #ARKANSAS!
Scroll past the web versions to download; suitable for printing to a 24" x 36" posterboard for your next town hall or #HandsOff protest!
acasignups.net/cd-pie-chart...
Scroll past the web versions to download; suitable for printing to a 24" x 36" posterboard for your next town hall or #HandsOff protest!
acasignups.net/cd-pie-chart...
House District Enrollment: Arkansas (not w/high-def PDFs!)
Over the past couple of months I've compiled a master spreadsheet breaking out enrollment in ACA plans (Qualified Health Plans & Basic Health Plans), Medicaid/CHIP coverage (both traditional & via ACA...
acasignups.net
April 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📣 By request, I've created HIGH-DEF PDF versions of my healthcare enrollment pie charts for every House district in #ARKANSAS!
Scroll past the web versions to download; suitable for printing to a 24" x 36" posterboard for your next town hall or #HandsOff protest!
acasignups.net/cd-pie-chart...
Scroll past the web versions to download; suitable for printing to a 24" x 36" posterboard for your next town hall or #HandsOff protest!
acasignups.net/cd-pie-chart...
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While Republicans hide, Cory Booker shows up and gives his constituents a voice.
Who’s cutting onions?
Who’s cutting onions?
April 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
While Republicans hide, Cory Booker shows up and gives his constituents a voice.
Who’s cutting onions?
Who’s cutting onions?
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The last time RFK Jr exerted his influence over a measles outbreak (Samoa 2019), 83 people died, mostly children under the age of 5.
These deaths are all preventable with the MMR vaccine. Everyone who voted to confirm RFK Jr knows this & must be accountable for it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h...
These deaths are all preventable with the MMR vaccine. Everyone who voted to confirm RFK Jr knows this & must be accountable for it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h...
A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas (Gift Article)
It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade. If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The last time RFK Jr exerted his influence over a measles outbreak (Samoa 2019), 83 people died, mostly children under the age of 5.
These deaths are all preventable with the MMR vaccine. Everyone who voted to confirm RFK Jr knows this & must be accountable for it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h...
These deaths are all preventable with the MMR vaccine. Everyone who voted to confirm RFK Jr knows this & must be accountable for it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/h...
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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The Administration for Community Living, housed in HHS, is shutting down. I spoke to disability experts for @motherjones.com about questions they have for what’s next, the services ACL provides, and how this move may lead to more folks being institutionalized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. moves to close Administration for Community Living
The shutdown will mean "more people forced into institutional settings."
www.motherjones.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Administration for Community Living, housed in HHS, is shutting down. I spoke to disability experts for @motherjones.com about questions they have for what’s next, the services ACL provides, and how this move may lead to more folks being institutionalized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Arkansas ACCESS is a higher education overhaul bill signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders last week. The legislation, which was filed as two identical 123-page bills in the House and Senate, will change courses, scholarships and student access. #arpx #arleg
What is Arkansas ACCESS? • Arkansas Advocate
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed her higher education overhaul bill, Arkansas ACCESS, into law last week.
buff.ly
March 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I found this article on #PeterThiel & posted it yesterday Jenny. I see you've been researching Thiel a LONG time. This 1 article was frightening enough. #Musk once told a mutual friend that he thought #Thiel was a sociopath & Thiel thought #Musk a fraud.
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of...
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of...
From DEI to DOGE: how Peter Thiel foresaw the future
Back in 2009, the tech titan Peter Thiel laid out a sweeping vision for demolishing the government. Now he's getting what he wanted.
www.businessinsider.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I found this article on #PeterThiel & posted it yesterday Jenny. I see you've been researching Thiel a LONG time. This 1 article was frightening enough. #Musk once told a mutual friend that he thought #Thiel was a sociopath & Thiel thought #Musk a fraud.
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of...
www.businessinsider.com/godfather-of...
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Thiel basically bankrolled JD Vance's whole political campaign. Started on or about 2011 - www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
JD Vance And Peter Thiel: What To Know About The Relationship Between Trump’s VP Pick And The Billionaire
Vance once worked for Thiel in venture capital and later received millions of dollars in donations from the billionaire during his Senate run.
www.forbes.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Thiel basically bankrolled JD Vance's whole political campaign. Started on or about 2011 - www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
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“Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be” 9/21/21
1/ time.com/6092844/pete...
1/ time.com/6092844/pete...
Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be
Author Max Chafkin argues that Thiel may be the most powerful person in Silicon Valley—and perhaps the world.
time.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Who’s Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be” 9/21/21
1/ time.com/6092844/pete...
1/ time.com/6092844/pete...
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A Hmong American woman who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was 8 months old was deported last week to Laos, a country she has never visited, and says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
Milwaukee-area woman deported to Laos though she's never been there, doesn't speak the language
As Donald Trump pushes the mass deportation of immigrants, Yang believes she is one of the first Hmong Americans to be deported to Laos recently.
www.jsonline.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A Hmong American woman who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was 8 months old was deported last week to Laos, a country she has never visited, and says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
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VA also allows for stellar research, through accessible cohorts and data systems that the fragmented US health system largely does not have. It will be a loss for everyone.
Here are some infectious disease research highlights:
www.research.va.gov/topics/infec...
Here are some infectious disease research highlights:
www.research.va.gov/topics/infec...
February 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
VA also allows for stellar research, through accessible cohorts and data systems that the fragmented US health system largely does not have. It will be a loss for everyone.
Here are some infectious disease research highlights:
www.research.va.gov/topics/infec...
Here are some infectious disease research highlights:
www.research.va.gov/topics/infec...
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Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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🚨 How many Americans rely on Medicaid or CHIP in *your* Congressional District? #HandsOffOurMedicaid
#Alabama: 952,000 (19% of total pop)
#Alaska: 250,000 (34% of total pop)
#Arizona: 1.96 million (26% of total pop)
#Arkansas: 821,000 (27% of total pop)
acasignups.net/25/01/29/how...
#Alabama: 952,000 (19% of total pop)
#Alaska: 250,000 (34% of total pop)
#Arizona: 1.96 million (26% of total pop)
#Arkansas: 821,000 (27% of total pop)
acasignups.net/25/01/29/how...
February 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🚨 How many Americans rely on Medicaid or CHIP in *your* Congressional District? #HandsOffOurMedicaid
#Alabama: 952,000 (19% of total pop)
#Alaska: 250,000 (34% of total pop)
#Arizona: 1.96 million (26% of total pop)
#Arkansas: 821,000 (27% of total pop)
acasignups.net/25/01/29/how...
#Alabama: 952,000 (19% of total pop)
#Alaska: 250,000 (34% of total pop)
#Arizona: 1.96 million (26% of total pop)
#Arkansas: 821,000 (27% of total pop)
acasignups.net/25/01/29/how...
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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Key information and datasets have vanished from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s websites, alarming epidemiologists, other scientists and concerned American citizens.
CDC Information, Datasets Disappear From US Agency’s Websites
Key information and datasets have vanished from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s websites, alarming epidemiologists, other scientists and concerned American citizens.
www.bloomberg.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Key information and datasets have vanished from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s websites, alarming epidemiologists, other scientists and concerned American citizens.
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AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."
January 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."
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They will try to rewrite history-But we watched with our own eyes.
Never forget.
Trump tried to overthrow the United States government, have his VP murdered & stop the election from being certified on January 6, 2020.
Even worse? Trump has promised to release these violent offenders from prison.
Never forget.
Trump tried to overthrow the United States government, have his VP murdered & stop the election from being certified on January 6, 2020.
Even worse? Trump has promised to release these violent offenders from prison.
January 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
They will try to rewrite history-But we watched with our own eyes.
Never forget.
Trump tried to overthrow the United States government, have his VP murdered & stop the election from being certified on January 6, 2020.
Even worse? Trump has promised to release these violent offenders from prison.
Never forget.
Trump tried to overthrow the United States government, have his VP murdered & stop the election from being certified on January 6, 2020.
Even worse? Trump has promised to release these violent offenders from prison.
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My thoughts on pardons for the January 6th rioters.
Hell no!
Hell no!
January 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My thoughts on pardons for the January 6th rioters.
Hell no!
Hell no!
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🙋🏻♀️ My daughter Xiomara relies on Medicaid to access home and community-based services. Medicaid is the reason medically complex disabled kids like her are able to attend school and receive an education. Medicaid helps not just her but our entire family.
#Medicaid saves lives, truly.
#Medicaid saves lives, truly.
Medicaid Facts: 59% of U.S. adults say they, their families or close friends had #Medicaid coverage at some point. #healthpolicy
www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...
www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...
December 12, 2024 at 3:13 PM
🙋🏻♀️ My daughter Xiomara relies on Medicaid to access home and community-based services. Medicaid is the reason medically complex disabled kids like her are able to attend school and receive an education. Medicaid helps not just her but our entire family.
#Medicaid saves lives, truly.
#Medicaid saves lives, truly.
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How do we know that autism is not linked to vaccines?
Short answer: Massive studies have not found a link between autism and vaccines.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/8 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
Short answer: Massive studies have not found a link between autism and vaccines.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/8 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 9:32 PM
How do we know that autism is not linked to vaccines?
Short answer: Massive studies have not found a link between autism and vaccines.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/8 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
Short answer: Massive studies have not found a link between autism and vaccines.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️
🧵1/8 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social