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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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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h
The grift is always part of the story
walkerbragman.bsky.social Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 13h
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.

We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.

What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 3h
Full details here. TL;DR is that when you have very thin majorities you have to either (a) bring bipartisan legislation to the floor or (b) have a really solid whip operation. Johnson chose neither, lost the first vote an then pulled the rest. www.notus.org/congress/rep...
The Tiny House Majority Giving Mike Johnson Big Headaches
Unexpected circumstances mean House GOP leaders regularly struggle to do basic things — and the speaker is constantly fending off threats of Republicans teaming up with Democrats.
www.notus.org

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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 3h
NEW

I wrote about a distinct historical parallel for the way Trump is treating Somalis

And also a key difference

www.thebulwark.com/p/how-somali...
How Somalis Became the New ‘Welfare Queens’
Trump has reinvented Reagan’s old attack, with one key twist.
www.thebulwark.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 3h
I hope the new U of Michigan president doesn’t bring this kind of behavior with him
With admissions to 18 majors paused, programs brace for ‘uncertain’ futures
The Daily Orange reached out to Arts and Sciences students, faculty and alumni, who expressed uncertainty and concern about program futures.
dailyorange.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 9h
We are 1/4 of the way into this, just imagine what things might look like in three years
aexia.bsky.social Micheál Keane @aexia.bsky.social · 9h
Seems like a bad idea to target & radicalize middle aged moms who serve on school boards and PTAs given that they usually possess a certain set of skills uniquely suited to organizing parents

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Micheál Keane @aexia.bsky.social · 9h
Seems like a bad idea to target & radicalize middle aged moms who serve on school boards and PTAs given that they usually possess a certain set of skills uniquely suited to organizing parents

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 9h
After four years of this thinking, and practice, and public opinion, American politics might be quite different. And not necessarily in a way conservatives who were protected by deference to political institutions will like.
stano.bsky.social Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 10h
It's maddening to have to spell this out, but the point of the state and local anti-masking laws isn't to win an eventual SCOTUS victory in 5 years, but to hurt DHS' operations **right now.** When you cite an ICE team, you put their names into the public record and that hurts their readiness.
LA County’s mask ordinance is now in effect, but who’s enforcing it against ICE?
The Jan. 8 ordinance aims to increase transparency during enforcement encounters, but law enforcement and LA officials are declining to enforce it.
lapublicpress.org

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 9h
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she’s under federal investigation after video about refusing illegal orders

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she's under federal investigation after video about refusing illegal orders
The Michigan senator is the second Democratic lawmaker to be targeted by the Trump administration with an investigation following the video.
www.nbcnews.com

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Barbara Moens @bmoens.bsky.social · 9h
European officials and companies are increasingly concerned over Elon Musk’s possible future control over a strategically sensitive slice of the EU satellite spectrum used for mobile services such as cell phones.

More in today's Europe Express newsletter

www.ft.com/content/7531...
EU frets over possible takeover of satellite frequencies by Musk’s Starlink
Also in this newsletter: Europe’s pallet industry under pressure from bureaucracy and trade woes
www.ft.com

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 10h
It's maddening to have to spell this out, but the point of the state and local anti-masking laws isn't to win an eventual SCOTUS victory in 5 years, but to hurt DHS' operations **right now.** When you cite an ICE team, you put their names into the public record and that hurts their readiness.
LA County’s mask ordinance is now in effect, but who’s enforcing it against ICE?
The Jan. 8 ordinance aims to increase transparency during enforcement encounters, but law enforcement and LA officials are declining to enforce it.
lapublicpress.org

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Scott L. Greer

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11h
How is this not inciting violence?

Why must they remind ICE that they have immunity?

One of their agents just shot a killed a woman in broad daylight and they’re effectively telling them to go ahead and do whatever they want because they’re above the law.

Be safe Minneapolis.
Screenshot of a Twitter post from DHS which reads REMINDER. "To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony. You have immunity to perform your duties, and no one—no city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist—can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties. The Department of Justice has made clear that if officials cross that line into obstruction, into criminal conspiracy against the United States or against ICE officers, then they will face justice.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 11h
As Donald Trump returns, the ‘Michigan miracle’ he promised remains far off
As Donald Trump returns, the ‘Michigan miracle’ he promised remains far off - Bridge Michigan
President Donald Trump returns to Michigan on Tuesday to discuss the economy, which remains sluggish in the state where he promised a ‘Michigan miracle.’ Here are the facts.
bridgemi.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 12h
"Kent Syverud, the man chosen Monday as the next leader of the University of Michigan, knows the job won’t be easy. For one thing, he said, U-M and other universities are in a fight to retain the United States’ place as a world leader in higher education."
U-M’s new president inherits host of challenges: What Kent Syverud faces - Bridge Michigan
U-M President-elect Kent Syverud to join school following a season of instability and grapple with many issues, including federal funding cuts to universities, athletic department scandals and student...
https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/u-ms-new-president-inherits-host-of-challenges-what-kent-syverud-faces/?utm_source=Bridge+Michigan&utm_campaign=3cc5b962d8-Bridge+Newsletter+01%2F12%2F2026_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c64a28dd5a-3cc5b962d8-82459376#:~:text=U-M’s%20new%20president%20inherits%20host%20of%20challenges%3A%20What%20Kent%20Syverud%20faces%20

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 12h
The much more lucid and informed thoughts of my colleagues here:
Resolution Welcoming Kent Syverud as President of the University of Michigan | U-M Faculty Senate
facultysenate.umich.edu

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 12h
Watched the new @umich.edu president's intro. It's always reasonable to be sceptical about such promises, but note that they have very few opportunities to say what matters to them, and tend to think those statements through. So yes, I think this might go well.
President-elect Syverud Introduction
YouTube video by University of Michigan
www.youtube.com

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 12h
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:

She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
President Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, with Perkins among those witnessing the signing (third from right) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Signing_Of_The_Social_Security_Act.jpg

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 12h
NYT - Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) says she has learned that federal prosecutors are investigating her after she took part in a video urging military service members to resist illegal orders. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us...
Senator Says Prosecutors Are Investigating Her After Video About Illegal Orders
It is unclear what possible crime might involve Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, who has warned in dire terms about the dissolution of American democracy.
www.nytimes.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 12h
the myth of authoritarian hyper-competence is just that, a myth. Mussolini didn't make the trains run on time. Hitler was one of history's greatest losers. Darth Vader was an overwhelmed project manager running around yelling at mid level guys. Authoritarians don't select for competence!

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 12h
textbook. That's the kind of people an authoritarian regime wants, needs, and hires. They are loyal because they are the kind of overpromoted bums who would steal a phone, and because they now depend on the regime to protect them from the consequences of their criminal actions.
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.

Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13h
The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Post that he was the one shouting at Trump. He said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation. “As far as calling him out, definitely no regrets whatsoever,” Sabula said, though he added that he is concerned about the future of his job and believes he has been “targeted for political retribution” for “embarrassing Trump in front of his friends.”

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 13h
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.

We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.

What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h
this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
drdind.bsky.social DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 1d
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 14h
If implemented, a big deal
josheidelson.bsky.social Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social · 14h
NIOSH employees were told today that their layoff notices were “hereby revoked.”

“Life-saving research is going to be able to continue,” says union leader and industrial hygienist

"Critical public health functions remain intact and effective," says HHS

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 14h
"We tend to be kind of biased towards like things with bones and things that look like us in terms of complexity in different ways,"
This Worm Is A Millennial | Defector
Sometime in the late 1990s, an adult ribbon worm was scooped up from the murk in the waters off the San Juan Islands, in the Pacific Northwest. He was moved to a tank along with a smattering of other ...
defector.com

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Josh Eidelson @josheidelson.bsky.social · 14h
NIOSH employees were told today that their layoff notices were “hereby revoked.”

“Life-saving research is going to be able to continue,” says union leader and industrial hygienist

"Critical public health functions remain intact and effective," says HHS

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.

Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
"Arnoldo had filmed much of the incident, but agents had taken his phone. He used Find My to locate the phone — at a vending machine for used electronics miles away, close to an ICE detention center. The footage, which ProPublica has reviewed, backed the family’s account of the chase."

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18h
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 18h
ACA premiums have officially gone up this month with the tax credits expired. Many people are moving toward low-premium plans with high deductibles and less coverage. Overall sign-ups are down more than 800,000 compared to last year. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
ACA sign-ups fall as higher premiums push people off plans
Nationally, sign-ups are down more than 800,000 from last year.
www.nbcnews.com

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 22h
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.

It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d
It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com