Scott L Greer
@scottlgreer.bsky.social
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
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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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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.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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.
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.
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.
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.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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.
“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.”
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.”
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...
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
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“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.”
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.”
6-8%
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?
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
6-8%
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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.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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.
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Sports and politics don’t mix, they said.
Shut up and play, they said.
Shut up and play, they said.
Trump is in the booth on Fox's NFL broadcast attacking Biden. Woof for all involved.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Sports and politics don’t mix, they said.
Shut up and play, they said.
Shut up and play, they said.
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I will admit that this is the single funniest outcome of us doing a Keep Politics Out Of Sports after a guy kneeled
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.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I will admit that this is the single funniest outcome of us doing a Keep Politics Out Of Sports after a guy kneeled
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
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
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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
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
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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”’
Even the House chaplain has a legitimacy problem?
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.
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...
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Even the House chaplain has a legitimacy problem?
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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
Food insecurity is higher in rural.
Remember this on National Rural Health Day, Nov 20!
#PowerOfRuralCats
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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
Food insecurity is higher in rural.
Remember this on National Rural Health Day, Nov 20!
#PowerOfRuralCats
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
www.freep.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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.”
This looks like a post-DOGE shift back towards Project 2025, which was much less bad than Elon Musk's decision, abetted by Rubio, to feed USAID into a "wood chipper." It's a pretty poor concept of a plan IMO but more like traditional US policy e.g. pro PEPFAR, surveillance).
America First Global Health Strategy - United States Department of State
The America First Global Health Strategy outlines a comprehensive vision to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. It will protect the homeland by preventing infectious disease outbreaks ...
www.state.gov
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This looks like a post-DOGE shift back towards Project 2025, which was much less bad than Elon Musk's decision, abetted by Rubio, to feed USAID into a "wood chipper." It's a pretty poor concept of a plan IMO but more like traditional US policy e.g. pro PEPFAR, surveillance).
policies have consequences
"Support among US adults for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has dropped from 90% to 82% in just a few months, while confusion reigns over whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the top US official spearheading prevention efforts"
"Support among US adults for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has dropped from 90% to 82% in just a few months, while confusion reigns over whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the top US official spearheading prevention efforts"
Support for measles vaccination drops amid growing confusion about the disease, US poll shows
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
policies have consequences
"Support among US adults for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has dropped from 90% to 82% in just a few months, while confusion reigns over whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the top US official spearheading prevention efforts"
"Support among US adults for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has dropped from 90% to 82% in just a few months, while confusion reigns over whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the top US official spearheading prevention efforts"
My colleague @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social on what the "Rural Health Transformation Fund" can do for Michigan- IMO it's a wholly inadequate sop to compensate for a Trump budget that will wreck rural health care, but it's what we have and we should make the best of it.
Opinion | What Michigan communities need most from Rural Health Transformation Program - Bridge Michigan
Without resources, rural hospitals will close, and many communities will lose their primary source of care. Without workforce investment, these providers will struggle to meet the needs of their commu...
bridgemi.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My colleague @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social on what the "Rural Health Transformation Fund" can do for Michigan- IMO it's a wholly inadequate sop to compensate for a Trump budget that will wreck rural health care, but it's what we have and we should make the best of it.
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This is interesting because a lot of the foot soldiers in the woo movement that MAHA/RFK Jr. rode to power were radicalized by bad experiences with the US health care system: insured, but had difficulty with diagnoses, felt ignored by Drs., etc., looked for alternatives, fell down the rabbit hole.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is interesting because a lot of the foot soldiers in the woo movement that MAHA/RFK Jr. rode to power were radicalized by bad experiences with the US health care system: insured, but had difficulty with diagnoses, felt ignored by Drs., etc., looked for alternatives, fell down the rabbit hole.
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Looks like the "removal of statues etc is erasing history" folks are actually into doing those removals if the history being erased is the history of black people
Here are the two plaques that were removed. I am so ashamed of our racist current administration.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looks like the "removal of statues etc is erasing history" folks are actually into doing those removals if the history being erased is the history of black people
An extension: Poor health makes people more likely to vote far right or drop out of politics. Why? Because prolonged exposure to the healthcare system, social care, HR, would make almost anybody distrustful and resentful. Health-> healthcare -> distrust -> anger expressed in politics
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
An extension: Poor health makes people more likely to vote far right or drop out of politics. Why? Because prolonged exposure to the healthcare system, social care, HR, would make almost anybody distrustful and resentful. Health-> healthcare -> distrust -> anger expressed in politics
“If your tent is big enough to include neo-Nazis and their fangirls like Tucker Carlson, then it is too big for certainly myself”
They can’t object to Nazis without throwing in a stupid gender insult?
They can’t object to Nazis without throwing in a stupid gender insult?
Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview
Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“If your tent is big enough to include neo-Nazis and their fangirls like Tucker Carlson, then it is too big for certainly myself”
They can’t object to Nazis without throwing in a stupid gender insult?
They can’t object to Nazis without throwing in a stupid gender insult?
This is ever so good and a look into a pressing current topic, which is what drives elite scientists into unscientific reactionary politics
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is ever so good and a look into a pressing current topic, which is what drives elite scientists into unscientific reactionary politics
Bullies, in politics and elsewhere, arrogate to themselves the right to name and place others. Your autonomy threatens their power. Whether they’re refusing to use the correct name for your political party, or refusing to use the correct name for you. Friendship, to them, means being bullied.
Mike Pence was just on CSPAN at an event talking about how we need to have civility in politics & talked about his “Democrat friends.” You can’t make this shit up.
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Bullies, in politics and elsewhere, arrogate to themselves the right to name and place others. Your autonomy threatens their power. Whether they’re refusing to use the correct name for your political party, or refusing to use the correct name for you. Friendship, to them, means being bullied.
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You have to read between the lines here to imagine what President Trump is proposing. But, it sounds like it may be a plan for health accounts that could be used for insurance that doesn’t cover pre-existing conditions, which could create a death spiral in ACA plans that do.
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
You have to read between the lines here to imagine what President Trump is proposing. But, it sounds like it may be a plan for health accounts that could be used for insurance that doesn’t cover pre-existing conditions, which could create a death spiral in ACA plans that do.