Andrew S. Kelly
@askellyphd.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Public Health at CSU East Bay. Political Scientist studying and teaching health policy. Editorial Board Member/Book Review Editor at the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Go O’s.
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A second Trump presidency will be a danger to public health and health care, but the ACA is bigger, stronger, and more sustainable now than it was in 2017.
A few thoughts on how the policy and politics of the ACA have changed since 2017 and made repeal even harder…1/x
A few thoughts on how the policy and politics of the ACA have changed since 2017 and made repeal even harder…1/x
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Racism, COVID, garbage, mosquitoes? Politics is all around us in the biggest and smallest things. Check it out!
🎧🎧🎧 UAR Remixed is BACK! Tune in to hear Part 1 of our miniseries with the authors of the new symposium on the Local Politics of Public Health, streaming on all major platforms!
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
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The Local Politics of Public Health — Urban Affairs Review
A podcast miniseries featuring the authors of the UAR symposium on the relationship between local politics and public health.
www.urbanaffairsreview.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Racism, COVID, garbage, mosquitoes? Politics is all around us in the biggest and smallest things. Check it out!
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🎧🎧🎧 UAR Remixed is BACK! Tune in to hear Part 1 of our miniseries with the authors of the new symposium on the Local Politics of Public Health, streaming on all major platforms!
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
The Local Politics of Public Health — Urban Affairs Review
A podcast miniseries featuring the authors of the UAR symposium on the relationship between local politics and public health.
www.urbanaffairsreview.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🎧🎧🎧 UAR Remixed is BACK! Tune in to hear Part 1 of our miniseries with the authors of the new symposium on the Local Politics of Public Health, streaming on all major platforms!
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
Check it out!!
A podcast on the Local Politics of Public Health!
Interviews with the authors of all the articles in this great Urban Affairs Review special issue.
A podcast on the Local Politics of Public Health!
Interviews with the authors of all the articles in this great Urban Affairs Review special issue.
🎧🎧🎧 UAR Remixed is BACK! Tune in to hear Part 1 of our miniseries with the authors of the new symposium on the Local Politics of Public Health, streaming on all major platforms!
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
The Local Politics of Public Health — Urban Affairs Review
A podcast miniseries featuring the authors of the UAR symposium on the relationship between local politics and public health.
www.urbanaffairsreview.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Check it out!!
A podcast on the Local Politics of Public Health!
Interviews with the authors of all the articles in this great Urban Affairs Review special issue.
A podcast on the Local Politics of Public Health!
Interviews with the authors of all the articles in this great Urban Affairs Review special issue.
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In 2017, when the Republicans tried to repeal the ACA, one of the key factors in its ultimate failure was the opposition of almost every sector of the health care industry.
The scale and scope of the health care cuts contained in the GOP budget will likely (if more slowly) create similar opposition
The scale and scope of the health care cuts contained in the GOP budget will likely (if more slowly) create similar opposition
Health care industry….AWAKEN!
More than 250 hospital leaders flew into Washington on Tuesday to urge senators to preserve Medicaid as part of an American Hospital Association lobbying campaign. The association spent almost $8.5 million on lobbying in the first quarter of the year.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
In 2017, when the Republicans tried to repeal the ACA, one of the key factors in its ultimate failure was the opposition of almost every sector of the health care industry.
The scale and scope of the health care cuts contained in the GOP budget will likely (if more slowly) create similar opposition
The scale and scope of the health care cuts contained in the GOP budget will likely (if more slowly) create similar opposition
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i almost can’t read this it makes me so angry. delusional grifters with purity fetishes and eugenic worldviews have brought pain, suffering and death to children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
i almost can’t read this it makes me so angry. delusional grifters with purity fetishes and eugenic worldviews have brought pain, suffering and death to children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
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The JCPOA was one of the greatest diplomatic achievements of the 21st century. Multiple nations, several powerful blocks, a ton of oversight and the entire time diplomats were working it out domestic American media & politicians were demonizing it, lying about it, and trying to sabotage it. They won
Reminder that none of this would've been possible if not for the neocons manipulating Trump's hatred of Obama to kill the JCPOA. From there, safeguards became unconstrained enrichment and all the scary things they're trotting out became possible.
Be careful buying what these guys are still selling.
Be careful buying what these guys are still selling.
June 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The JCPOA was one of the greatest diplomatic achievements of the 21st century. Multiple nations, several powerful blocks, a ton of oversight and the entire time diplomats were working it out domestic American media & politicians were demonizing it, lying about it, and trying to sabotage it. They won
The super pac money is flowing in (instrumental power) and businesses are threatening to leave/close if Mamdani is elected (structural power).
oligarchs deploying all the powers
oligarchs deploying all the powers
June 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The super pac money is flowing in (instrumental power) and businesses are threatening to leave/close if Mamdani is elected (structural power).
oligarchs deploying all the powers
oligarchs deploying all the powers
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Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified.
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
June 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified.
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war.
And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump.
My statement:
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This JD Vance op-ed did not age well
June 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This JD Vance op-ed did not age well
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Chuck Schumer: "No president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as consequential as war with erratic threats and no strategy." (via Punchbowl)
June 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Chuck Schumer: "No president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as consequential as war with erratic threats and no strategy." (via Punchbowl)
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We have bombed a nation we are not at war with and have done so without Congress knowing about it, voting on it or approving it. President Trump’s actions are not only unconstitutional—they are dangerous.
June 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We have bombed a nation we are not at war with and have done so without Congress knowing about it, voting on it or approving it. President Trump’s actions are not only unconstitutional—they are dangerous.
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
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So we know a few things -- Rubio and Hegseth, along with Vance, were behind Trump as the yesmen/props they are. Hegseth will brief at 8am, whether that's a proper military briefing or the verbal equivalent of 🔥emojis remains to be seen. No diplomatic plan, just "peace must come quickly."
June 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So we know a few things -- Rubio and Hegseth, along with Vance, were behind Trump as the yesmen/props they are. Hegseth will brief at 8am, whether that's a proper military briefing or the verbal equivalent of 🔥emojis remains to be seen. No diplomatic plan, just "peace must come quickly."
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Congratulations to all the morons, maniacs and wreckers who just couldn't vote for Harris last year. You should feel bad about yourself forever.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
U.S. Bombs Iran Live Updates: Trump Says America Has Struck Three Nuclear Sites
President adds three nuclear sites in Iran were attacked
www.wsj.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Congratulations to all the morons, maniacs and wreckers who just couldn't vote for Harris last year. You should feel bad about yourself forever.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & then, well, here it is, all in one post:
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
June 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & then, well, here it is, all in one post:
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There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.
The US has hust dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites, according to Trump, bringing American military forces into Israel’s war with Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.
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this is as good as turning the Constitution off. If this is what congressional leaders are going to do when an executive just seizes power from the legislative branch, we do not have one.
Trump’s military attack on Iran gets quick support from the Speaker of the House and Senate majority leader 👇
June 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
this is as good as turning the Constitution off. If this is what congressional leaders are going to do when an executive just seizes power from the legislative branch, we do not have one.
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Trump has no constitutional authority to take us to war with Iran without authorization from Congress, and Congress has not authorized it.
June 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump has no constitutional authority to take us to war with Iran without authorization from Congress, and Congress has not authorized it.
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I know this can sound kind of silly at a time like this, but doing a war without congressional authorization is ample grounds for impeachment
June 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I know this can sound kind of silly at a time like this, but doing a war without congressional authorization is ample grounds for impeachment
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This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.
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This is the Washington Post - today - describing the fact that RFK Jr. does not believe that HIV is the cause of AIDS.
It is not controversial at all. It is a fringe, extremist conspiracy based in science denial and it is objectively false.
It is not controversial at all. It is a fringe, extremist conspiracy based in science denial and it is objectively false.
June 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is the Washington Post - today - describing the fact that RFK Jr. does not believe that HIV is the cause of AIDS.
It is not controversial at all. It is a fringe, extremist conspiracy based in science denial and it is objectively false.
It is not controversial at all. It is a fringe, extremist conspiracy based in science denial and it is objectively false.
Simultaneously eroding the health care workforce, cutting insurance, and increasing the cost to individuals/families.
It’s like a “how to” if your goal is to massively erode access to care.
It’s like a “how to” if your goal is to massively erode access to care.
June 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Simultaneously eroding the health care workforce, cutting insurance, and increasing the cost to individuals/families.
It’s like a “how to” if your goal is to massively erode access to care.
It’s like a “how to” if your goal is to massively erode access to care.
Feels like the makings for a great SNL parody ad.
I’d love to hear how these videos of masked agents using Explorers to disapear people is being discussed inside Ford Motor Company.
Masked ICE agents spotted swapping out license plates this morning in Bell Gardens, CA
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Feels like the makings for a great SNL parody ad.