Scott L Greer

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.

Cc: everybody who said Dem campaigns in 2024 were obsessed with pronouns

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

ICE depredations aside, there are a lot of economic voters among Latinos

Ever wonder about the effects of budgetary processes, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on health policy & the social determinants of health? With coauthors @hjarman.bsky.social, @mirandayaver.bsky.social, & @scottlgreer.bsky.social, in Lancet RHA, we show there's little good news.

Wondering who looked at the way universities handle football coaches and said "great model, let's generalize it across our top jobs"

Good essay here from @juliaazari.bsky.social. Since Julia is in part asking for other social scientists to weigh in here, I thought I'd add some thoughts that have been germinating in my head for while. The main point is that the base of evidence that anti-trans ads 'work' is paper thin. (1/2)

Judiciary Dems report: “Above all, the actual evidence we have seen—as shared in the accounts and stories of 11 women, each described below—indicates that Trump abused, assaulted, and even raped numerous women alongside, and in coordination with, the most infamous sex trafficker in history.”

The staggering sweep of cuts made by this admin is hard to keep track of, but @scottlgreer.bsky.social @xrkulik.bsky.social @hjarman.bsky.social & I did our best, examining health policy effects of executive actions, rescissions, the OBBBA & the budget requests. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

‘“There is no other USAID,” said Bonnie Carlson, a former USAID civil servant who was laid off in September 2025, “and more than 11,000 of us just hit a microscopic job market for international development and humanitarian assistance professionals all in the same year.”’

I’m genuinely convinced that something like a “liberal world order” can be best reconstructed if a future, better, US is working with assertive and powerful partners who share basic values and attributes.

So I’m no Brazil specialist but: in a presidentialist system this just sets up a few years of intense conflict. Just like November is probably setting up two years of intense inter branch conflict in the US

checking in on the president of the united states

There’s a cat angle? For real? (This is all making me more impressed by Acton, what a background to overcome)

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "delve" over time, by party

Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: "I have just spoken by phone with the leaders of the Students List, who won the elections in Serbia, to congratulate them... I assured them of Hungary’s support. I was delighted to hear how much strength our victory in April had given them during this difficult struggle."

Am I right to be kind of surprised at the Catholic and evangelical patterns?

20th century transportation history in one post

“one would assume that this battalion would be outfitted with only the latest, most reliable equipment, flown by the most experienced and best trained pilots that the US Army can offer. And if that is indeed your assumption, then newsflash: you’re wrong”

“On the relative prioritization of almost every issue, undecided voters look more like voters who have already decided to vote for Democrats than those who say they’ll vote Republican.” I’ll wager a lot of them are habitual Republicans who are unhappy but don’t want to vote D.

The corollary of “politics is the art of the possible” is that “discerning and changing what’s possible is the really hard bit”

NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

Making America Healthy Again?

“by reifying or crystallizing the standards written into the prompts used to evaluate submissions, they lock in the permanent victory of whatever views of political science (or of any discipline) happened to be dominant at the moment the machines arrived.”

“the entire point of science—which is not the production of PDFs but of knowledge in a social context.”

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

Ann Arbor: It’s really tempting to vote yes on the public power utility (Prop E) because DTE sucks. But it’s probably a really bad idea. Have a look at the City Council’s argument for opposing it before you decide

I believe this is a a subtweet of the NYT

I liked this

Good point

“Far from being the passive animals imagined in centuries past, armored dinosaurs were among the most dangerous creatures in their ecosystems, magnificent to behold but terrifying to face in combat. Few animals would have dared challenge such imposing beasts”