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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 · 22m

And fund WIC (which at least has a basis in 1935 legislation)

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 24m

“I view the Democrats as my party”

???

Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 5h

Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 5h

‘“Standing up to Trump didn’t work,” said King. Critics “need to understand how the Senate works,” added Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois’

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 5h

“When the eight Democrats who voted in favor (a number that includes Sen. Angus King of Maine)…came out to explain their decision, their defenses were less than inspiring. In fact, they will likely serve only to increase the anger and contempt Democrats feel for their party’s establishment.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7h

“Cue the rebellion.

The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing,” writes @paulwaldman.bsky.social: www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...

Cue the rebellion

The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.

www.publicnotice.co

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 5h

I wonder what conclusions the Scouts will draw and how it will affect their understanding of politics. Probably not going to make them Republicans, I’d guess.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.

"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’

Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.

chicago.suntimes.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 5h

Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...

Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 6h

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics

The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

edition.cnn.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Fabián Muniesa, Fiona Moore , and 1 more Scott L. Greer, Fabián Muniesa, Fiona Moore, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist

The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”

www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7h

“Cue the rebellion.

The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing,” writes @paulwaldman.bsky.social: www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...

Cue the rebellion

The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.

www.publicnotice.co

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 13h

1 yes
2 good (said with sadness)
3 European military budgets aren’t just small, they are badly mis-spent- look at what they get for their not inconsiderable current spending. I doubt it’s just about fragmented purchasing either, so European coordination alone might not solve it.

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 15h

The Zeiten, they are wending.

61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile @exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 13h

A research note in the journal of original publication seems like the proper format for something like this. Peer reviewed, but with a presumption that it will be published as an addendum to the originally accepted article.

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 13h

I really like this idea. Even if we don’t get a journal, it seems like incumbent journals could encourage some kind of research note format. I’m still being cited for things that were accurate fifteen years ago and are extremely not accurate now.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

Using GSS or ACS or CPS or NLSY to analyze a trend, and then years later ... it changes. Huh! Maybe we should have a Journal of Subsequent Events, to incentivize the original authors to report these developments. They are most likely to notice, and may as well get some credit for showing it.
/1

Reposted by Kori Schake, Scott L. Greer, Ben Tonra

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 15h

The Zeiten, they are wending.

61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities.
66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Mark D. White , and 5 more Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Rosemary A. Joyce, Leigh Sparks, Michael D. McDonald, Ann Bartow, Aviel Roshwald

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores

You can’t make this shit up, folks

The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago, once considered our Nation’s BEST, now has a more than 28% vacancy factor, and is ready to call it quits unless something is done about the murder and crime, which is prevalent throughout the City. CALL IN THE TROOPS, FAST, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! “Just the News”

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Charlie Berens @charlieberens.bsky.social · 23h

Comin' to a town near you!

youtube.com/shorts/ILAh2...

How AI data centers were invented #shorts

YouTube video by Charlie Berens

youtube.com

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 1d

“the only complaints it fears are from a conservative one.

When I was there… that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.”

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

The truth about impartiality at the BBC

And the hysteria of the current "crisis"

open.substack.com

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 1d

Oooof

Sign at TSA checkpoint offering help with “self-deportation”

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

The truth about impartiality at the BBC

And the hysteria of the current "crisis"

open.substack.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 1d

6-8%

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1d

Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings, Scott L. Greer , and 6 more Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Laurens Swinkels, Michael Morris, Nicolai von Ondarza, José Pina-Sánchez

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1d

Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump is in the booth on Fox's NFL broadcast attacking Biden. Woof for all involved.

Reposted by Alan M. MacEachren, Scott L. Greer

Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 1d

Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.

Donnie dipshit between the announcers in the Fox booth on November 9, record 40th day of the GOP shutdown

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 1d

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

View of Navy Pier in Chicago from William E. Dever Crib in Lake Michigan east of North Avenue. // Image captured at: 2025-11-09 23:00:01 UTC (about 7 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 31.12 F | -.49 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: NNW at 7.001 mph | 11.26 kph // Humidity: 64%

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 1d

How do you know the fate of the US is far from determined? How about a humble airport disclaiming responsibility for the propaganda video playing twenty feet away. You don’t see that in Hungary

Sign at airport saying partisan pro-Trump messages playing on TSA screens don’t represent Wayne county airport authorize

Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 1d

Asking CFOs ‘why they couldn’t just explain to investors that earnings would come in slightly lower because managers made spending decisions based on the long-term health of the company, he [was] told “the fact that you’re even asking that question is the reason I’m a CFO and you’re a professor”’

Trump Wants to End Quarterly Reporting. Jack Welch Would Approve

The legendary GE boss eventually came around to the idea that the focus on short-term results was a harmful distraction.

www.bloomberg.com

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

Even the House chaplain has a legitimacy problem?

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · May 9

I wonder how Republicans would vote on a resolution electing Kibben, which any member could offer from the floor as a question of privilege. If the House elected her, then only the House, not Johnson, would be able to remove her.

Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · May 9

Capitol Hill has its own conclave - to pick a new House Chaplain - after Speaker Johnson demoted the sitting chaplain to “acting.” Meanwhile, a conservative pastor who jokes he’s the “undercover chaplain” has been roaming the Capitol & wants the job. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Reposted by Scott L. Greer

@janprobst.bsky.social @janprobst.bsky.social · 2d

Sam the rural health advoCATe appreciates recognition that rural populations are both diverse and under-resourced.

Food insecurity is higher in rural.

Remember this on National Rural Health Day, Nov 20!

#PowerOfRuralCats

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

In media the “face of SNAP or any other food program who's on your screen is rarely white and rarely rural. The reality in Michigan, according to the Food Research & Action Center, is that 16.8% of SNAP beneficiaries are rural, compared with 16.1% from metropolitan areas and 14.2% from small towns.”

At the Manna Food Project, the face of hunger isn't what you expect to see | Rubin

Northern Michigan food bank serves a different clientele than what we're programmed to imagine through social media

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