Chris Scherf
@cscherf.bsky.social
Retired sports writer, racing exec.
I believe because we know he would.
February 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I believe because we know he would.
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It’s insane that the Trump admin wants to double the already massive US military budget in just 2 years when we are not at war. Trump’s DOD budgets are a cesspool of corruption and grift for the military industrial complex, scammers and grifters, including Donald Trump, Jr.
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
It’s insane that the Trump admin wants to double the already massive US military budget in just 2 years when we are not at war. Trump’s DOD budgets are a cesspool of corruption and grift for the military industrial complex, scammers and grifters, including Donald Trump, Jr.
Only thing that could stop him is a sense of right and wrong. So nothing to stop him.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to ABC about Trump: "I think he intends to try to subvert the elections. He will do everything he can to suppress the vote. If he loses the vote -- I think the Republicans now expect they will get a drubbing in the midterms -- he will take action to overturn the result"
February 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Only thing that could stop him is a sense of right and wrong. So nothing to stop him.
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For those watching NBC in America, Vance is getting booed ragged.
They are filtering it out.
Government censorship, bending the knee, whatever you want to call it.
He’s getting booed.
They are filtering it out.
Government censorship, bending the knee, whatever you want to call it.
He’s getting booed.
February 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM
For those watching NBC in America, Vance is getting booed ragged.
They are filtering it out.
Government censorship, bending the knee, whatever you want to call it.
He’s getting booed.
They are filtering it out.
Government censorship, bending the knee, whatever you want to call it.
He’s getting booed.
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Honest question: Why should any Democratic governor go to this?
February 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Honest question: Why should any Democratic governor go to this?
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The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
The United States of America has an established policy of mistreating children.
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The United States of America has an established policy of mistreating children.
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The man cooked with this one.
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The man cooked with this one.
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"The deployment is on track to exceed $600 million at the one-year mark, in August.
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats criticize cost of National Guard deployment in D.C. and its results in new report
The Trump administration deployed National Guard members in August. More than 2,000 are still in Washington.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"The deployment is on track to exceed $600 million at the one-year mark, in August.
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
“Despite that significant investment of taxpayer dollars, the National Guard has been unable to identify any measurable public safety outcomes attributable to their presence...”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
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"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co
February 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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"Trump has promised to revive a host of brawny, blue-collar industries that apparently remind him of when America was great. These tend to be male-dominated sectors that have been in long-term structural decline...But these sectors continue to fall behind..." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Donald Trump, Alpha President, Has Been a Disaster for the He-conomy
The manly industries have not thrived under the current administration. If anything, they’ve suffered.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Trump has promised to revive a host of brawny, blue-collar industries that apparently remind him of when America was great. These tend to be male-dominated sectors that have been in long-term structural decline...But these sectors continue to fall behind..." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Fox News bullshit.
Literally no one is saying this. This is right wing propaganda attempting to shame brave white folks engaging in corporeal politics.
February 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Fox News bullshit.
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In which Jeffrey Epstein, who laundered money for the Russians, explains how Donald Trump was doing exactly the same thing, and how this accounts for most of his wealth.
February 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
In which Jeffrey Epstein, who laundered money for the Russians, explains how Donald Trump was doing exactly the same thing, and how this accounts for most of his wealth.
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The United States and Israeli regimes were booed by the rest of the world at the Winter Olympics this week.
The lesson is, you can buy up all the media platforms to push your propaganda and favored narratives…
…but the world will still see you for who you truly are.
The lesson is, you can buy up all the media platforms to push your propaganda and favored narratives…
…but the world will still see you for who you truly are.
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The United States and Israeli regimes were booed by the rest of the world at the Winter Olympics this week.
The lesson is, you can buy up all the media platforms to push your propaganda and favored narratives…
…but the world will still see you for who you truly are.
The lesson is, you can buy up all the media platforms to push your propaganda and favored narratives…
…but the world will still see you for who you truly are.
The Trump crime family is robbing us blind. They make his dreaded Somalis look like pikers.
Impossible to respect people that allow themselves to be openly robbed on this level. From Congress to the courts to ordinary voters, Americans have become slow, stupid and pathetic -- a citizenry incapable of operating our once-promising experiment with self-governance.
We are, all of us, marks.
We are, all of us, marks.
Donald Trump Jr, who has exactly zero experience or competence in manufacturing or defense, has received more than $600,000,000 in contracts from Pete Hegseth's "Department of War."
February 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The Trump crime family is robbing us blind. They make his dreaded Somalis look like pikers.
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Impossible to respect people that allow themselves to be openly robbed on this level. From Congress to the courts to ordinary voters, Americans have become slow, stupid and pathetic -- a citizenry incapable of operating our once-promising experiment with self-governance.
We are, all of us, marks.
We are, all of us, marks.
Donald Trump Jr, who has exactly zero experience or competence in manufacturing or defense, has received more than $600,000,000 in contracts from Pete Hegseth's "Department of War."
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Impossible to respect people that allow themselves to be openly robbed on this level. From Congress to the courts to ordinary voters, Americans have become slow, stupid and pathetic -- a citizenry incapable of operating our once-promising experiment with self-governance.
We are, all of us, marks.
We are, all of us, marks.
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Never forget why this matters.
Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals.
He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals.
He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals.
His racism is POLICY.
Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals.
He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals.
He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals.
His racism is POLICY.
February 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Never forget why this matters.
Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals.
He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals.
He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals.
His racism is POLICY.
Trump sent fellow racist whites into Minneapolis to hunt Somalis like animals.
He's about to send fellow racist whites into Ohio to hunt Haitians like animals.
He's sent fellow racist whites into many cities to hunt Venezuelans like animals.
His racism is POLICY.
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1/ Important read from my friends Charlie Trumbull & @mikeschmitt.bsky.social
Bottom line: A sentence you could easily miss in the Trump DOJ/OLC's Maduro memo concludes a new category of *civilians* can be lawfully killed during armed conflict. It is wrong.
www.justsecurity.org/130603/olc-m...
Bottom line: A sentence you could easily miss in the Trump DOJ/OLC's Maduro memo concludes a new category of *civilians* can be lawfully killed during armed conflict. It is wrong.
www.justsecurity.org/130603/olc-m...
OLC Maduro Memo: Assisting War vs Participating in Hostilities
A recent OLC memo on U.S. use of force wrongly expands who can be targeted under the law of armed conflict, undermining civilian protections.
www.justsecurity.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
1/ Important read from my friends Charlie Trumbull & @mikeschmitt.bsky.social
Bottom line: A sentence you could easily miss in the Trump DOJ/OLC's Maduro memo concludes a new category of *civilians* can be lawfully killed during armed conflict. It is wrong.
www.justsecurity.org/130603/olc-m...
Bottom line: A sentence you could easily miss in the Trump DOJ/OLC's Maduro memo concludes a new category of *civilians* can be lawfully killed during armed conflict. It is wrong.
www.justsecurity.org/130603/olc-m...
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“As Trump doubles down—and he will—his downward spiral will accelerate, which is why reporters cannot let him off the hook when he lies and obfuscates and tries to change the subject...every opponent must...speak out and refuse to let him control the narrative.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...
We Can't Let The Abuser-In-Chief Control the Narrative
We the people and fearless journalists must stand together. That includes confronting Trump's Epstein denials and the continuing lies of election fraud that he's shaping for the midterms.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“As Trump doubles down—and he will—his downward spiral will accelerate, which is why reporters cannot let him off the hook when he lies and obfuscates and tries to change the subject...every opponent must...speak out and refuse to let him control the narrative.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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Despite Trump and the oligarch cabal’s efforts to kill it, dismiss it, deflect it, the haunting echoes of their crimes will not go away.
The fuse has been lit.
History will brand Trump’s second term as the Pedophile Presidency.
His oligarch cohorts will not escape its blast radius either.
The fuse has been lit.
History will brand Trump’s second term as the Pedophile Presidency.
His oligarch cohorts will not escape its blast radius either.
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Despite Trump and the oligarch cabal’s efforts to kill it, dismiss it, deflect it, the haunting echoes of their crimes will not go away.
The fuse has been lit.
History will brand Trump’s second term as the Pedophile Presidency.
His oligarch cohorts will not escape its blast radius either.
The fuse has been lit.
History will brand Trump’s second term as the Pedophile Presidency.
His oligarch cohorts will not escape its blast radius either.