@scottshepard.bsky.social
Former political journalist, Senate speech writer, senior Homeland Security official and onetime rock ‘n’ roll garage band legend, now a screen writer and struggling but committed Democrat.
Stop using the phrase “boots on the ground.” It avoids the painful reality that we are talking about flesh and blood soldiers, some of whose lives will end on the ground. If only it were just boots…
January 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Stop using the phrase “boots on the ground.” It avoids the painful reality that we are talking about flesh and blood soldiers, some of whose lives will end on the ground. If only it were just boots…
News media - Trump says he spoke to oil company executives (instead of Congress) before invading Venezuela. Find out who and what was said. Inquiring minds want to know.
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
News media - Trump says he spoke to oil company executives (instead of Congress) before invading Venezuela. Find out who and what was said. Inquiring minds want to know.
Blood for oil. Again.
January 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Blood for oil. Again.
Instead of the news about Venezuela this weekend, I suggest you watch “Wag The Dog,” the 1997 film about a President starting a war to distract attention from a sex scandal involving an underage girl.
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Instead of the news about Venezuela this weekend, I suggest you watch “Wag The Dog,” the 1997 film about a President starting a war to distract attention from a sex scandal involving an underage girl.
Wow! Nothing in the New Year’s Day edition of The Washington Post about Jack Smith’s revelations to Congress about the criminality of Donald Trump.
January 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Wow! Nothing in the New Year’s Day edition of The Washington Post about Jack Smith’s revelations to Congress about the criminality of Donald Trump.
I’m still riding with Josh!
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I’m still riding with Josh!
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Totally not suspicious at all. An innocent man would absolutely do this.
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Totally not suspicious at all. An innocent man would absolutely do this.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
I’m starting to think Donald Trump is a liar.
December 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m starting to think Donald Trump is a liar.
Donald Trump never had to do an Infrastructure Week because Joe Biden did it, and you see the construction work going on everywhere. But does Joe get any credit for it? No. But he didn’t do it for the credit. He did it for the good of the country, like Presidents should.
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Donald Trump never had to do an Infrastructure Week because Joe Biden did it, and you see the construction work going on everywhere. But does Joe get any credit for it? No. But he didn’t do it for the credit. He did it for the good of the country, like Presidents should.
Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center are down 2,500 percent since Trump defaced the building with graffiti.
December 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center are down 2,500 percent since Trump defaced the building with graffiti.
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vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
Does Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have anything to say about Trump putting his name on the memorial to Kennedy’s martyred uncle? Maybe Bobby Jr. will change his own name to Donny Bobby.
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Does Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have anything to say about Trump putting his name on the memorial to Kennedy’s martyred uncle? Maybe Bobby Jr. will change his own name to Donny Bobby.
Susie Wiles is right: tonight he sounded like a raging alcoholic.
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Susie Wiles is right: tonight he sounded like a raging alcoholic.
Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado is lucky that her dramatic fishing boat escape from Venezuela did not end tragically with Pete Hegseth ordering her boat blown out of the water and Admiral Bradley killing her with a double tap missile strike.
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado is lucky that her dramatic fishing boat escape from Venezuela did not end tragically with Pete Hegseth ordering her boat blown out of the water and Admiral Bradley killing her with a double tap missile strike.
The Trump administration is a gathering of the meanest bunch of people i have ever seen in our government.
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Trump administration is a gathering of the meanest bunch of people i have ever seen in our government.
The Trump administration is a gathering of the meanest bunch of people i have ever seen in our government.
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Trump administration is a gathering of the meanest bunch of people i have ever seen in our government.
Trump may have found a replacement for Bar Stool Hegseth.
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Trump may have found a replacement for Bar Stool Hegseth.
What I’m having trouble understanding is Admiral Frank Bradley’s failure.
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What I’m having trouble understanding is Admiral Frank Bradley’s failure.
“Double Tap” has two different meanings to Barstool Pete Hegseth. Maybe the Admiral just misunderstood which one he meant.
December 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Double Tap” has two different meanings to Barstool Pete Hegseth. Maybe the Admiral just misunderstood which one he meant.
The fabled Navy Seal Team 6, which took down Osama bin Laden, will never again be viewed with great esteem after killing civilians international waters on orders from an out-of-control alcoholic propaganda cable TV host.
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The fabled Navy Seal Team 6, which took down Osama bin Laden, will never again be viewed with great esteem after killing civilians international waters on orders from an out-of-control alcoholic propaganda cable TV host.
If college coaches chase the big bucks like Lane Kiffin abandoning Ole Miss for LSU, don’t criticize players for doing the same thing like Nick Saban does, spouting bullshit about “the spirit of college athletics.”
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If college coaches chase the big bucks like Lane Kiffin abandoning Ole Miss for LSU, don’t criticize players for doing the same thing like Nick Saban does, spouting bullshit about “the spirit of college athletics.”
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Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
Just listened to an hour of Morning Joe panelists talking about the military and illegal orders and not one member of the panel has had any experience in the military.
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Just listened to an hour of Morning Joe panelists talking about the military and illegal orders and not one member of the panel has had any experience in the military.
Our sale of our airplanes to the Saudis should come with the stipulation that they not crash them into our buildings.
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Our sale of our airplanes to the Saudis should come with the stipulation that they not crash them into our buildings.