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Scott L Greer
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Political scientist in a public health school. Health policy and politics, especially in Europe. Recent books on EU health policy, federalism and social policy, co-benefits. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Opinions personal. 🚲. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-0471 .. more

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · May 19
I’ve been writing about the politics and impact of Donald Trump on the US and world, with special attention to Europe and the University of Michigan, and most of it is free to read. This thread, in order, brings it all together. I hope it’s useful as a resource on the different issues.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 10h
Kennedy reneged on his commitments and rolled back the vaccine schedule. "The rollback was crafted behind closed doors with no public discussion or debate and no input from [#ACIP]."
thedispatch.com/article/rfk-...
via Grayson Logue, @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Schedule Endgame
How the health secretary finally abandoned pretexts in reducing the number of shots U.S. children receive.
thedispatch.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 10h
This is also a sign that an administration that is as committed to transphobia as it is to anything… is losing
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 10h
I think it matters for understanding Powell that he’s much more a markets guy than an economist - which has served him well IMO

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 10h
Does anybody know where to find old yard signs from 2024? I’d be interested in a secondhand “TRUMP LOWER PRICES / KAMALA HIGHER PRICES” one as an artifact of history

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 11h
It is shameful that we have to talk about the President of the United States this way. But it is who he is. He is behaving exactly the way you would expect a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who was granted immunity by John Roberts to behave. Know your enemy.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 11h
Pick one thing, call reps, call it a night (I went for Greenland)🇬🇱

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 11h
Less than a year ago we felt weird mentioning the risk to health systems that would come from Trump undermining the Fed
The second Trump administration: A policy analysis of challenges and opportunities for European health policymakers
The second Trump administration has already made major changes in US policies that affect health and health systems worldwide.We use the Health System…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 11h
Trump’s attack on Fed already starting to backfire. Republican Sen. Tillis: “I will oppose the confirmation of any nominee for the Fed—including the upcoming Fed Chair vacancy—until this legal matter is fully resolved.”
I will oppose the confirmation of any nominee for the Fed—including the upcoming Fed Chair vacancy—until this legal matter is fully resolved.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 11h
“The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”

-Fed chair

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 11h
In case a transcript is helpful: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
www.federalreserve.gov

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 13h
I'd missed this, it's good
Doing well by doing good: Why investing in global health R&D benefits the United States and the world
Examines the blockbuster returns from US government investment in global health R&D, including the lifesaving tools advanced and the economic and health benefits generated globally and domestically.
www.ghtcoalition.org

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 14h
whoa they might be losing Tapper?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 14h
A DOGE story:

'Dudek has been struggling to find another job. “My name is mud,” he said. “It is as if I no longer exist.” As a former SSA colleague put it, Dudek’s story is “the story of a disposable pawn, and there’s lots of those under Trump. They just used him, and then they disposed of him.”'
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 15h
University president searches spend a lot of money on executive search companies. I do often wonder what they get for it.
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 17h
See this? I don’t want to defend anything about existing EHR policy but I doubt “make it easier for Oracle to strip mine your data for AI” will be a winning argument
HHS' tech office proposes to gut and reset health IT policy
Editor's note: This is a breaking news story that may be updated. | The rule proposes to eliminate 34 out of 60 requirements for certified health IT in an effort to deregulate the health IT industry. ...
www.fiercehealthcare.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.

By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
I think a bust-up between democratic governments and X is imminent and might mark a turning point- including because it raises the prospect that Trump's business backers (of whom Musk is merely the noisiest) might face some consequences for their actions.
josiegz.bsky.social Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 1d
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.

‘Add blood, forced smile’:

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
'George Priest, a Yale Law School professor who has vacationed with Thomas and Crow, told ProPublica he believes Crow’s generosity was not intended to influence Thomas’ views but rather to make his life more comfortable. “He views Thomas as a Supreme Court justice as having a limited salary"'
Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign
Interviews and newly unearthed documents reveal that Thomas, facing financial strain, privately pushed for a higher salary and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees.
www.propublica.org

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
DOGE, Vought, Rubio, Musk, Marocco, and Trump chose to kill hundreds of thousands of people. Never forget that.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
www.propublica.org

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
"Calgary’s council voted in 2011 to stop fluoridation...researchers found that local children developed significantly more cavities than their peers in Edmonton, where water is fluoridated...When fluoridation was put on the ballot in 2021, 62% of voters supported its reintroduction."
Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started
As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...
www.propublica.org

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
this is good
RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record
In an unprecedented move, health officials cut the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children from 17 to 11.
theconversation.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
… which is why it’s so predictable that they say nonsensical things like pushups or beef tallow strengthen general immunity so we don’t need vaccines research. It’s not about science, it’s about their wholly arbitrary eugenic take on strength and masculinity.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
The idea that getting surviving a disease is proof of strength and fitness has deep and largely disgusting roots in American history (see Olivarius’ book). In this case, they are drawing the lOgIcAl conclusion that needless exposure to disease is therefore a valuable test of strength…

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Sandy @sandyshaye.bsky.social · 19h
Horrific infectious disease. I just read this yesterday, I had no idea it could do this. Be warned, graphic photos. www.thebulwark.com/p/my-life-sh...
My Life Shows the Horror of RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Guidelines
The Trump administration just yanked the recommendation for a vaccine that can spare people from what I went through.
www.thebulwark.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
House Republicans!

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h
Why reviving Venezuela’s oil industry will prove to be a tall order for Trump
Why reviving Venezuela's oil industry will prove to be a tall order for Trump
“We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and s...
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 20h
wow, an actual sensible argument that Brexit and Trump might jointly lead to something unequivocally good!
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory D...
www.theguardian.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 20h
guess who said this?

"Investments in global health programming are a fundamental pillar of America’s national security agenda. [global health] makes America safer... improving health infrastructure to bolster prevention, preparedness, and response….It makes American stronger and more prosperous"
House appropriators advance funding bill codifying USAID closure with more favorable global health funding than White House request
This month, the House Appropriations Committee advanced out of committee a funding bill for fiscal year 2026 that was a mixed bag—while the bill unfortunately codifies the closure of the US Agency for...
www.ghtcoalition.org

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20h
The Minneapolis pastor had observed "ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic" and insisted they take him instead of harassing her. An agent then “came, got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, ‘Are you afraid now?’” trib.al/kv6rA7r