Eugene Scott
@scotteugene.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow, Johns Hopkins University Agora Institute | Contributing Columnist, Boston Globe | Host, Axios Live • Past: Washington Post | CNN
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NEW: GOP centrists help Democrats defy Mike Johnson on ACA in stunning revolt
House Republican centrists help Democrats defy Mike Johnson on ACA in stunning revolt
The move ensures a House vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
NEW: GOP centrists help Democrats defy Mike Johnson on ACA in stunning revolt
“The interesting question is not whether humans are monogamous. We know humans are monogamous, they have been for the last 200,000 years, that’s pretty clear. The real interesting question from my point of view is ‘why are humans monogamous’ ...” www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
How monogamous are humans? A study ranks us between meerkats and beavers.
The extent to which humans are monogamous has long been subject to debate. One scientist says studying sibling genetics gives a clear answer.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“The interesting question is not whether humans are monogamous. We know humans are monogamous, they have been for the last 200,000 years, that’s pretty clear. The real interesting question from my point of view is ‘why are humans monogamous’ ...” www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
While much of Trump’s recent scrutiny of college admissions practices has focused on race, experts say his ban on DEI is likely to hit another underrepresented group of applicants: men, and particularly White men — the largest subset of male college applicants. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
While much of Trump’s recent scrutiny of college admissions practices has focused on race, experts say his ban on DEI is likely to hit another underrepresented group of applicants: men, and particularly White men — the largest subset of male college applicants. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Perhaps the most “newsworthy” thing about Donald Trump’s recent derogatory comments about people from Somalia is just how unsurprising they are. open.substack.com/pub/eugenesc...
The Acceptance of Trump's Xenophobia
The muted but unsurprising response to the president's attacks on Somali immigrants
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December 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Perhaps the most “newsworthy” thing about Donald Trump’s recent derogatory comments about people from Somalia is just how unsurprising they are. open.substack.com/pub/eugenesc...
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
“He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve ... He enjoys red meat and is known to eat McDonald’s by the sackful.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
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November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve ... He enjoys red meat and is known to eat McDonald’s by the sackful.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
“There is no one reason or no silver bullet for what makes crime go up and crime go down,” said Insha Rahman of the Vera Institute of Justice, a liberal research organization. “Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
These five cities help explain why homicide rates are down across the U.S.
Homicides are down nearly 20 percent this year in 52 of America’s largest cities, a decline that spans both red states and blue states.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“There is no one reason or no silver bullet for what makes crime go up and crime go down,” said Insha Rahman of the Vera Institute of Justice, a liberal research organization. “Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
“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
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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.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/02/o...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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...