Between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2019, Donald and his Administration did over 3000 different loathsome things.
#fakenewswatch: Corrected CNBC fundraising headline
UPDATED: 1:54pm Can you at least pretend you’re trying, CNBC? Today’s headline: Trump campaign says it raised $46 million in fourth quarter, dwarfing Democrats’ hauls Sure. Except: Sanders: $34.5m Buttigieg: $24.7m Biden: […]
It’s an election year! Oh, wait.
Hooray. It’s 2020. An election year. A year when we’re probably more likely than ever to share what we think about the state of things while wrestling with the choices presented to […]
The 2019 Asshole of the Year is Mitch McConnell
Last year Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) shared the Scholars & Rogues Asshole of the Year Award with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Fake Christians. As a result of his redoubled […]
2019 Asshole of the Year: the nominations are…
It’s time for the staff at S&R to award our 5th Annual Donald J. Trump Asshole of the Year. This is never an easy process because the competition is so intense. So […]
#fakenewswatch: Give me a fucking break, Newsweek
What utter, unvarnished horseshit. LISA MURKOWSKI’S ‘COURAGE’ IN SPLITTING WITH MCCONNELL ON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL PROCESS ‘COULD BE CONTAGIOUS,’ SENATOR SAYS These people aren’t upset because Mitch isn’t being impartial. They’re upset because […]
Pete Buttigieg: new packaging for the same old shit
Michael Harriot at The Root just took Mayor Pete to the mat. “Kids need to see evidence that education is going to work for them,” Buttigieg explained whitely, when he was running […]
The final word on Colin Kaepernick (for now)
The NFL just administered a stupidity test to the American public. How’d you do? The NFL’s recent “tryout” for Colin Kaepernick was pure Kabuki. And it was, obviously, from the git-go. Two […]
Trump will win re-election, and he will remake America in South Africa’s image
When Trump was elected, I said that you had put an African “big man” in power. That wasn’t a joke, but the absolute truth. The clearest and most obvious indicator of that […]
On power and people
The powerful fall into two categories, but only one is worthy of wielding power.