Eugene Scott
@scotteugene.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow, Johns Hopkins University Agora Institute | Op-Ed Writer, Boston Globe | Host, Axios Live • Past: Washington Post | CNN
“Trump’s recalcitrance on the Epstein files isn’t enough to shatter his coalition, but it has created at least a few fissures.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
Opinion | Epstein Won’t Break Trump’s Coalition, but the Fissures Are Starting to Show
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Trump’s recalcitrance on the Epstein files isn’t enough to shatter his coalition, but it has created at least a few fissures.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
By 2034, about 16 million people would lose health coverage with proposed Medicaid cuts in Trump’s “big beautiful bill” as well as changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/20/o...
Men’s mental health care is in jeopardy with GOP legislation - The Boston Globe
President Trump has spent most of May and June championing legislation that would take mental health care away from millions of Americans — many of them men.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
By 2034, about 16 million people would lose health coverage with proposed Medicaid cuts in Trump’s “big beautiful bill” as well as changes to the Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/20/o...
Though female members of every demographic are more likely than their male counterparts to receive a psychological diagnosis, left-leaning men are more likely to experience mental illness than conservative women. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/o...
Being a progressive activist made me miserable - The Boston Globe
My entire worldview changed when I realized that ‘being part of the solution’ doesn’t require being part of a political tribe.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Though female members of every demographic are more likely than their male counterparts to receive a psychological diagnosis, left-leaning men are more likely to experience mental illness than conservative women. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/o...
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Great @globeopinion.bsky.social piece by my friend @scotteugene.bsky.social on how ignorance that book bans foment limits our ability to build a better, more just future. As that’s the point of it.
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Trump’s book bans hurt the chances for reparations - The Boston Globe
Some of the opposition to reparations is rooted in ignorance. And that is likely to become more widespread given that support for book bans has reached the federal level.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Great @globeopinion.bsky.social piece by my friend @scotteugene.bsky.social on how ignorance that book bans foment limits our ability to build a better, more just future. As that’s the point of it.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/02/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/02/o...
International students contributed $44 billion to the U.S. economy in the 2023-2024 school year. Their loss could hurt more than just universities’ bottom line. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Here’s how much international students contribute to the U.S. economy
International students contributed $44 billion to the U.S. economy in the 2023-2024 school year. Their loss could hurt more than just universities’ bottom line.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
International students contributed $44 billion to the U.S. economy in the 2023-2024 school year. Their loss could hurt more than just universities’ bottom line. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
After rising to power in part by framing himself as a protector of white America, Trump continues to use his platform, in this case the Oval Office, to elevate claims of white grievance. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People
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May 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
After rising to power in part by framing himself as a protector of white America, Trump continues to use his platform, in this case the Oval Office, to elevate claims of white grievance. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
Just six years after his Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered, at Saudi Crown Prince MBS’s direction, Bezos is going into business—and, thus, helping to enrich—the man who orchestrated it. www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos...
Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS
Jeff Bezos once mourned Jamal Khashoggi—now he's making billion-dollar deals with his executioner, revealing more about his values than any vigil ever could.
www.status.news
May 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just six years after his Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered, at Saudi Crown Prince MBS’s direction, Bezos is going into business—and, thus, helping to enrich—the man who orchestrated it. www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos...
Across the country, more than a thousand national and local nonprofits, schools, and faith-based and community organizations are reeling after Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service ordered AmeriCorps last week to terminate close to $400 million in grants www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
AmeriCorps volunteers comfort lonely seniors. Trump just cut their programs.
More than a dozen senior volunteer programs were impacted by DOGE cuts to AmeriCorps, leaving those who relied on the free services without them.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Across the country, more than a thousand national and local nonprofits, schools, and faith-based and community organizations are reeling after Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service ordered AmeriCorps last week to terminate close to $400 million in grants www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
The African nation of Rwanda is in talks with the Trump administration to accept U.S. deportees, the country's foreign minister confirmed late Sunday. www.axios.com/2025/05/05/r...
Rwanda in talks with Trump admin to accept deported migrants
The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment Monday.
www.axios.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The African nation of Rwanda is in talks with the Trump administration to accept U.S. deportees, the country's foreign minister confirmed late Sunday. www.axios.com/2025/05/05/r...
The African nation of Rwanda is in talks with the Trump administration to accept U.S. deportees, the country's foreign minister confirmed late Sunday. www.axios.com/2025/05/05/r...
Rwanda in talks with Trump admin to accept deported migrants
The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment Monday.
www.axios.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The African nation of Rwanda is in talks with the Trump administration to accept U.S. deportees, the country's foreign minister confirmed late Sunday. www.axios.com/2025/05/05/r...
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Sen. Cory Booker's marathon speech on the Senate floor won the floundering Democratic Party something it has desperately needed in the Trump era: attention and the applause of its base.
Cory Booker's epic Senate speech puts Democrats back in the spotlight
Democratic voters grown impatient with leaders who won't counter Trump more aggressively.
www.axios.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sen. Cory Booker's marathon speech on the Senate floor won the floundering Democratic Party something it has desperately needed in the Trump era: attention and the applause of its base.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murder in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year. www.axios.com/2025/04/01/l...
DOJ seeks death penalty for Luigi Mangione
Attorney General Pam Bondi characterized the alleged murder as "a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination."
www.axios.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murder in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year. www.axios.com/2025/04/01/l...
“In so many cases, these are lifesaving programs and services, and we worry for the well- being of those who have come to count on this support,” said Dannette R. Smith, the commissioner of Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services
States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“In so many cases, these are lifesaving programs and services, and we worry for the well- being of those who have come to count on this support,” said Dannette R. Smith, the commissioner of Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
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"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
March 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
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Economist/YouGov Poll, March 9-11
54% of Americans say eliminating the U.S. Department of Education would hurt public schools in their community
18% say it would help
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54% of Americans say eliminating the U.S. Department of Education would hurt public schools in their community
18% say it would help
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March 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Economist/YouGov Poll, March 9-11
54% of Americans say eliminating the U.S. Department of Education would hurt public schools in their community
18% say it would help
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
54% of Americans say eliminating the U.S. Department of Education would hurt public schools in their community
18% say it would help
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
“The true returns from a college degree compound in earnings and also in overall well-being, not just over years but over decades.” time.com/7267451/coll...
Can Young People Afford to Not Go to College?
The president of Quinnipiac University makes the argument that while college is expensive, not going to college can cost even more.
time.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“The true returns from a college degree compound in earnings and also in overall well-being, not just over years but over decades.” time.com/7267451/coll...
56 percent of the public disapproves of Trump’s handling of the economy — worse than at any point during his first term in office. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
New CNN poll: Americans are negative on Trump’s handling of economy | CNN Politics
Americans are not impressed with President Donald Trump’s stewardship of the economy, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, putting him underwater on the nation’s top issue even as he sees ra...
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March 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
56 percent of the public disapproves of Trump’s handling of the economy — worse than at any point during his first term in office. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
“Pushing untrained creators out onto the red carpet in the hopes of virality is making a bleak media landscape even worse. Just because you give someone a microphone, it doesn’t make them a journalist — and it most certainly doesn’t guarantee a good interview.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
The Hannah Berner-Megan Thee Stallion Drama Isn't Just About Race. It's About Journalism
While we’re flagging inappropriate questions, maybe it’s time to start talking about who’s asking them.
www.rollingstone.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Pushing untrained creators out onto the red carpet in the hopes of virality is making a bleak media landscape even worse. Just because you give someone a microphone, it doesn’t make them a journalist — and it most certainly doesn’t guarantee a good interview.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
“Once a college closes a DEI office, once it shuts down a research program, once it censors a syllabus, these things are not coming back. The political will is not there to bring them back on a college campus." www.axios.com/2025/03/02/t...
America's college chaos
It's total warfare on all aspects of higher education
www.axios.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Once a college closes a DEI office, once it shuts down a research program, once it censors a syllabus, these things are not coming back. The political will is not there to bring them back on a college campus." www.axios.com/2025/03/02/t...
“If we as a newspaper, and we as a country, are to defend his twin pillars, then we must redouble our fight against the single greatest threat to “personal liberties and free markets” in the United States today: President Donald Trump,” @danamilbank.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Here’s the real threat to ‘personal liberties and free markets’
The rapidly spreading authoritarianism coming from this administration threatens all of our freedoms.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“If we as a newspaper, and we as a country, are to defend his twin pillars, then we must redouble our fight against the single greatest threat to “personal liberties and free markets” in the United States today: President Donald Trump,” @danamilbank.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Scoop: In a tense off-the-record meeting with reporters that went off-the rails, the Pentagon's new press chief indicated they'll do away with the travel pool. He also scolded reporters for their coverage. "It was bleak and horrible," I'm told.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/pressed-at...
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/pressed-at...
Pressed at the Pentagon
Inside a tense off-the-record meeting, the Pentagon’s new press chief confronted reporters and indicated they will do away with the regular travel pool.
www.status.news
February 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Scoop: In a tense off-the-record meeting with reporters that went off-the rails, the Pentagon's new press chief indicated they'll do away with the travel pool. He also scolded reporters for their coverage. "It was bleak and horrible," I'm told.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/pressed-at...
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/pressed-at...
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Trump on calling Zelenskyy a dictator: “Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question.”
February 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trump on calling Zelenskyy a dictator: “Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question.”
Cooper and her husband were trying to get pregnant, but the doctor said that IVF might be their best chance. Trump had promised to make it free. That is what she thought about in the voting booth. apple.news/Av161Tv0FTfC...
She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this — The Washington Post
Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Cooper and her husband were trying to get pregnant, but the doctor said that IVF might be their best chance. Trump had promised to make it free. That is what she thought about in the voting booth. apple.news/Av161Tv0FTfC...
Trump won the support of about 2 in 10 Black voters in 2024, up from about 1 in 10 in 2020, according to the Associated Press. He roughly doubled his share among young Black men, winning about 3 in 10 of those voters. wapo.st/4gQvB1I
Trump hosts Black History Month event amid war on DEI
During the Black History Month ceremony, which preserved a long-standing and bipartisan White House tradition, Trump omitted any mention of his anti-DEI efforts.
wapo.st
February 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump won the support of about 2 in 10 Black voters in 2024, up from about 1 in 10 in 2020, according to the Associated Press. He roughly doubled his share among young Black men, winning about 3 in 10 of those voters. wapo.st/4gQvB1I
“Trump scoffed that U.S.A.I.D. was ‘run by radical lunatics.’ Is it radical lunacy to try to save children’s lives? To promote literacy for girls? To fight blindness?” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“Trump scoffed that U.S.A.I.D. was ‘run by radical lunatics.’ Is it radical lunacy to try to save children’s lives? To promote literacy for girls? To fight blindness?” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...