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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.

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h

OU caves instantly to the charge that its instructors critiqued a bad paper. Read the paper and say it’s college work, read the comments and say the instructors weren’t going above and beyond to explain impartially what an actual argument requires.

gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 20h

OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h

“The funding was committed by Congress, so we know the law’s on our side, and that we will eventually win back some of these grants,” Hannah said. “One objective was probably to remove confidence in the system, so we need to outlast what is a game of cashflow and the battle of morale.”’

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h

“Across Appalachia, people who believe in Trump will be hit hard by his wholesale cuts to Medicaid, veterans affairs, food aid and education among other public services.”

‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away

www.theguardian.com

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 19h

“Across Appalachia, people who believe in Trump will be hit hard by his wholesale cuts to Medicaid, veterans affairs, food aid and education among other public services.”

‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Sander van der Linden, Peter Thorne, Scott L. Greer , and 34 more Sander van der Linden, Peter Thorne, Scott L. Greer, Rosemary A. Joyce, David Rothschild, Philip N. Cohen, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Juan Cole, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller, Silvia Secchi, Adrian Daub, Caroline T. Schroeder, Andrew Jacobs, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Margot C. Finn, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Brian Keegan, William Myers, David C. Kimball, Sarah Roberts, Aurélien Mondon, Mark Rice, Lisa Diedrich, Ann Bartow, Nelson Flores, Alessandro Rigolon, Seth Masket, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Andrew Rudalevige, Brooke Harrington, Daxton R. Stewart, Manisha Sinha, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Clark Gray, Paul Franco

gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 20h

OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:

The University of Oklahoma takes seriously concerns involving First Amendment rights, certainly including religious freedoms. Upon receiving notice from the student on the grading of an assignment, the University immediately began a full review of the situation and has acted swiftly to address the matter.
First, the college acted immediately to address the academic issue raised by the student. College leaders contacted her on the day her letter was received and have maintained regular communication throughout the process. As previously stated, a formal grade appeals process was conducted. The process resulted in steps to ensure no academic harm to the student from the graded assignments.
Second, the student reported filing a claim of illegal discrimination based on religious beliefs to the appropriate university office. OU has a clear process for reviewing such claims and it has been activated.
The graduate student instructor has been placed on administrative leave pending the finalization of this process. To ensure fairness in the process, a full-time professor is serving as the course instructor for the remainder of the semester.
OU remains firmly committed to fairness, respect and protecting every student's right to express sincerely held religious beliefs.
The UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Rebecca Tushnet, Thomas Hale , and 2 more Scott L. Greer, Rebecca Tushnet, Thomas Hale, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Federica Genovese

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.

Don't look up!

Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Jamie Dimon says JPM hasn't given to the ballroom because "anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived." Adds "And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with."
thehill.com/business/559...

thehill.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Rosemary A. Joyce, Eric Goldman , and 7 more Scott L. Greer, Rosemary A. Joyce, Eric Goldman, Anders Nilsson, Daniel W. Drezner, Laurent Pech, David R. Miller, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Manisha Sinha, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:

-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor

Fools.

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 2d

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

View looking east from the Skydeck at top of the Sears Tower towering over the Loop, Millenium Park, Chicago Harbor and Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-11-29 16:07:27 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 27.86 F | -2.30 C // Precip: mist // Wind: SE at 9.216 mph | 14.83 kph // Humidity: 92%

Reposted by Anna O. Law, David Dunning, Scott L. Greer , and 9 more Anna O. Law, David Dunning, Scott L. Greer, Michael W. Kraus, Brian Keegan, David C. Kimball, Mark Rice, Ann Bartow, Kathleen Kennedy, Manisha Sinha, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, François Guesnet

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."

Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

Number of SNAP recipients
Amazon 2,456
Walmart 2,318
Uber 1,799
DoorDash 1,462
Tempus Unlimited 1,425
Stop & Shop 989
Mass General Brigham 956
Dollar Tree 952
Albertsons Companies, Inc. 896
Bayada Home Health 887

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

Cats aren’t stupid

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

You know you want to attend- one hour on Monday to bring you up to date on some very alarming developments in European health civil society

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 3d

All-star @eupha.bsky.social webinar on 1 December, 1500CET, on the defunding of health civil society in the European Union- why it's happening and what it means. Featuring Charlotte Merchandise, Eleanor Brooks and Yann Heyer of @eupatientsforum.bsky.social

Preventing chronic disease: life-course perspective

Preventing chronic disease across generations: explore life-course strategies, policies and inequalities to shape healthier trajectories

eupha.org

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

Given that cats have to do more cognitive labor to understand humans (they aren’t naturally social and reinvent social relations every time), this means cats are, one by one, learning to live in patriarchy.

jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 3d

“cats meow more frequently when greeting male [vs female] caregivers. The team hypothesized that men ‘require more explicit vocalizations to notice & respond to the needs of their cats.’

In other words…many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen, & adjusted their behavior accordingly.”🧪

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3d

That, or like my cat Bam Bam, you just bite your male owner.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/s...

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

You can only expect to get better and better people with worse and worse prospects for so long.

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

Or just crime

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

Hegseth and the admiral in charge of Seal Team Six sure do look like they committed a specific war crime here www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

www.washingtonpost.com

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

It should, of course, be played as a massive hit to the UK economy, finances, NHS, global influence. But the discourse is far too cooked to see it as such

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.

Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters

Down by 140k isn't thought to be.

Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

Hegseth and the admiral in charge of Seal Team Six sure do look like they committed a specific war crime here www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

www.washingtonpost.com

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

I’d be a bit more generous but only because getting the club kids out of Barcelona is a plus

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

I hate this kind of analysis but increasing it buy it: there is a tension between old know-it-alls and young know-it-alls and both are equally likely to have a point and …. Ooof did I mention I hate this kind of analysis?

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 2d

"i was politically aware under bush 2 and i still remember it" seems like an incredibly niche position. having a long term memory makes you a freak in political discourse just as much as seeing the future would

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

You’re rather kind in using the term “movies”

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

The Constitution Unit is IMO one of the best imaginable jobs in political science. Its interstitial position means it needs and values people who could have careers in the most esoteric political science- and also the ones who are as practical as it gets. Forget your preconceptions: apply!!

UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 2d

Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit!

@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.

Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.

Apply 👇

Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics

The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.

www.ucl.ac.uk

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

I think it builds out from the basic and unfortunately unavoidable enmity of landlords and renters, which automatically generates tensions with big political effects

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder why this kind of rather obvious dynamic is so politically controversial. Increased supply of a heterogeneous good like property should usually improve choice and availability- but for some reason many people resist this idea. Neat study though, tests it in a cool way.

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 3d

Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.

Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

“Retreated to Ibiza”

Always a good sign

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

WSJ: Witkoff’s August meeting with Putin was planned just few days in advance. He briefly videocalled EU leaders, then retreated to Ibiza as they tried to contact him, did not go to a EU mtg on Ukraine peace talks and refused to speak with EU officials about the talks, saying he traveled too much.

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

I love this, I can’t see a reply that isn’t some version of “bad headline, duff statistics, political toadying”

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

US FDA memo links 10 child deaths to COVID vaccines, New York Times reports reut.rs/49MCMIf

US FDA memo links 10 child deaths to COVID vaccines, New York Times reports

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in an internal memo that at least 10 children had likely died "because of" COVID-19 vaccinations, citing myocarditis, or heart inflammation, as a possible cause, the New York Times reported on Friday.

reut.rs

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

One of the most devastating facts about fiscal policy in rich countries is that it doesn’t change much except in response to business cycles. You can make social policy more punitive, anger voters, and ruin your infrastructure and save no money at all.

Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 2d

Is welfare spending ''out of control''?

It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.

That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u

The chart shows where spending on social security is shown as a share of GDP. As this makes plain, total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP. This is 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than it stood on the eve of the global financial crisis in 2007-08. But since 2012-13 (the peak in the post-GFC recession), total welfare spending has fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP. Added to this, welfare spending is expected to rise by just 0.1 per cent of GDP across the forecast period until 2029-30 (after U-turns and before any decisions made at the Budget).

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

The UK spent thirty years making policy on the assumption that complexity had no risks or costs: PFI, tax credits, SFO, probation, immigration charges, utilities, NHS, and in my mind most representative, rail. They’re still coping with the garbage systems built on that assumption. This is exemplary.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers

Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel The good news for rail travel between Manchester and London is that a morning train will continue to link England’s biggest cities in under two hours. The bad news: passengers will no longer be able to get onboard. The rail regulator has axed one of Britain’s fastest and most lucrative intercity services, the 7am Avanti West Coast from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, as part of a timetable shake-up that will take effect in mid-December. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve read a lot of polls and none of them find anything near a majority of voters supporting this.

A plurality of voters in November 2024 voted for the guys who do this, but that doesn’t mean it is what most voters wanted or want.

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 2d

Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...

Lopez Belloza made it through security but was stopped as she was about to board the plane, Pomerleau said. "They wouldn't tell her why she was being detained. She didn't understand it at all," Pomerleau said. She was then taken to the Burlington ICE field office, then flown to Texas, Pomerleau said.
The Department of Homeland Security and Babson College did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
After a frantic 48-hour search, her family received a call from her on Saturday from Honduras, a country she had not lived in since she was a child. The federal government had quickly deported her, the lawyers said, and Lopez Belloza had found her way to her grandparents' house and called her father.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers

www.theguardian.com

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

Canadian higher ed is still structurally (in big political economy and micro stuff like exam structures) and socially closer to US higher ed than say Germany or Britain or France, let alone India or Brazil or Japan etc

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

Deleted a post that was based on a mistake earlier in this thread

I’d sure take notice if the governor of Georgia were fighting for this guys’s rights, but alas not today

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry it’s Georgia senator Raphael Warnock fighting on his behalf, not the governor.

Would be great to get the governor involved too!

Justice for Rodney!

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