Infantino faces scrutiny over payment

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Brendan Nyhan

Scholar power: 25.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Business 35%, Political science 35%, Law 20%, Economics 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael D. McDonald	29%	22	13.6%
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	17%	51	12.1%
Total			25.7%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

70.0%

15.8 h

649

25.7%

Ranking score

0.321

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

FIFA signed a more than seven-year lease at Trump Tower, worth about $4 million, according to two officials directly involved in the deal and documents reviewed by The New York Times. The suite mostly sits empty. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...

FIFA Pays Millions for Trump Tower Office Said to Be Rarely Used (Gift Article)

The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer’s global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump.

www.nytimes.com

October 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM

by Brendan Nyhan

36%

Scholar power: 36.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Business 35%, Political science 35%, Law 20%, Economics 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	17%	51	36.4%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

63.0%

14.7 h

108

36.4%

Ranking score

0.178

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Brendan Nyhan

@brendannyhan.bsky.social

Unprecedented corruption

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15h

FIFA signed a more than seven-year lease at Trump Tower, worth about $4 million, according to two officials directly involved in the deal and documents reviewed by The New York Times. The suite mostly sits empty. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...

FIFA Pays Millions for Trump Tower Office Said to Be Rarely Used (Gift Article)

The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer’s global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump.

www.nytimes.com

October 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM