Carron J. Phillips
@carronjphillips.bsky.social
I write about stuff — and laugh at the jokes on Twitter.
Pulitzer Prize nominee
‘20 & ‘19 NABJ Commentary Award Winner
‘16 PABJ Journalist of the Year
Saginaw.
Morehouse.
Syracuse.
Pulitzer Prize nominee
‘20 & ‘19 NABJ Commentary Award Winner
‘16 PABJ Journalist of the Year
Saginaw.
Morehouse.
Syracuse.
Pinned
I wrote about how Pat McAfee & Stephen A. Smith don’t have to “stick to sports” at ESPN because they favor “the Right.”
I also asked Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter what would have happened if they tried similar moves at their old jobs.
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I also asked Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter what would have happened if they tried similar moves at their old jobs.
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My latest
Trump showed up to an NFL game seemingly to honor service members—but he was really there to pressure the Commanders into naming their $3.7B stadium after him.
Getting an NFL stadium named in his honor won’t be enough to save Trump’s irredeemable legacy
The Washington Commanders and the NFL continue to be the president’s gimmick, and it’s starting to feel like they enjoy
contrarian.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My latest
“Having a NFL team play games at ‘Trump Stadium’ won’t erase all the chaos he has caused. However, it will serve as a reminder that millions allowed him to punk anyone he wanted, forever tainting the integrity of the highest office in the land.”
contrarian.substack.com/p/getting-an...
contrarian.substack.com/p/getting-an...
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“Having a NFL team play games at ‘Trump Stadium’ won’t erase all the chaos he has caused. However, it will serve as a reminder that millions allowed him to punk anyone he wanted, forever tainting the integrity of the highest office in the land.”
contrarian.substack.com/p/getting-an...
contrarian.substack.com/p/getting-an...
Between the disrespectful comments about Jasmine Crockett, and how he’s proving in real-time he has no idea what he’s talking when it comes to the latest with the Epstein Files….
Feel like I should run this back.
Told ya.
🤷🏾♂️
Feel like I should run this back.
Told ya.
🤷🏾♂️
For my latest, I wrote about how Stephen A. Smith is a glaring example of the chronic irresponsibility in political commentary.
Being more politically involved isn’t the issue. Believing that your celebrity status grants you expertise is.
@contrariannews.org
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Being more politically involved isn’t the issue. Believing that your celebrity status grants you expertise is.
@contrariannews.org
contrarian.substack.com/p/stephen-a-...
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Between the disrespectful comments about Jasmine Crockett, and how he’s proving in real-time he has no idea what he’s talking when it comes to the latest with the Epstein Files….
Feel like I should run this back.
Told ya.
🤷🏾♂️
Feel like I should run this back.
Told ya.
🤷🏾♂️
I reached out to Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter to ask their thoughts on the current environment at ESPN/the industry and if they would have enjoyed the freedoms that Pat McAfee & Stephen A. Smith are experiencing.
Give it a read.
@newsoneofficial.bsky.social
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Give it a read.
@newsoneofficial.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I reached out to Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter to ask their thoughts on the current environment at ESPN/the industry and if they would have enjoyed the freedoms that Pat McAfee & Stephen A. Smith are experiencing.
Give it a read.
@newsoneofficial.bsky.social
newsone.com/6608444/you-...
Give it a read.
@newsoneofficial.bsky.social
newsone.com/6608444/you-...
From earlier
I wrote about how Pat McAfee & Stephen A. Smith don’t have to “stick to sports” at ESPN because they favor “the Right.”
I also asked Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter what would have happened if they tried similar moves at their old jobs.
newsone.com/6608444/you-...
I also asked Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter what would have happened if they tried similar moves at their old jobs.
newsone.com/6608444/you-...
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
From earlier
My latest:
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[COMMENTARY] The network’s two biggest personalities are getting away with so much of what the company’s former Black talent could never do.
https://bit.ly/4p9bvE7
https://bit.ly/4p9bvE7
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My latest:
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Take it all in.
Share it.
Read it.
Take it all in.
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I wrote about how Pat McAfee & Stephen A. Smith don’t have to “stick to sports” at ESPN because they favor “the Right.”
I also asked Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter what would have happened if they tried similar moves at their old jobs.
newsone.com/6608444/you-...
I also asked Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter what would have happened if they tried similar moves at their old jobs.
newsone.com/6608444/you-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I wrote about how Pat McAfee & Stephen A. Smith don’t have to “stick to sports” at ESPN because they favor “the Right.”
I also asked Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter what would have happened if they tried similar moves at their old jobs.
newsone.com/6608444/you-...
I also asked Jemele Hill, Howard Bryant & Jim Trotter what would have happened if they tried similar moves at their old jobs.
newsone.com/6608444/you-...
Never forget that Mel Tucker once had the most lucrative contract for a Black coach in the HISTORY OF SPORTS!
Michigan State football hit with vacated wins by NCAA for Mel Tucker violations www.freep.com/story/sports...
Michigan State football hit with vacated wins by NCAA for Mel Tucker violations
Along with the financial punishments, Michigan State Spartans will vacate wins from 2022-24 due to participation of three ineligible players.
www.freep.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Never forget that Mel Tucker once had the most lucrative contract for a Black coach in the HISTORY OF SPORTS!
Reposted by Carron J. Phillips
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Gift link. No wonder we're so popular abroad!
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Gift link. No wonder we're so popular abroad!
Grayson Allen being the best NBA player and having the most effective career from a national championship recruiting class at Duke that featured Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor & Justise Winslow is something no one saw coming.
No one.
No one.
Grayson Allen scores 42 points in 121-98 victory over Pelicans
https://www.rawchili.com/nba/403547/
Grayson Allen makes Suns-record 10 3-pointers, scores 42 points in 121-98 victory over Pelicans Grayson Allen makes Suns-record…
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Grayson Allen makes Suns-record 10 3-pointers, scores 42 points in 121-98 victory over Pelicans Grayson Allen makes Suns-record…
Grayson Allen scores 42 points in 121-98 victory over Pelicans - NBA
Grayson Allen makes Suns-record 10 3-pointers, scores 42 points in 121-98 victory over Pelicans
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November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Grayson Allen being the best NBA player and having the most effective career from a national championship recruiting class at Duke that featured Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor & Justise Winslow is something no one saw coming.
No one.
No one.
ICYMI from this week - Part 2
“The first (food stamp program) recipient was Mabel McFiggin in 1939. The first retailer to redeem the stamps was Joseph Mutolo, and the first retailer caught violating the program was Nick Salzano in 1939.
“None of them were Black.”
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“The first (food stamp program) recipient was Mabel McFiggin in 1939. The first retailer to redeem the stamps was Joseph Mutolo, and the first retailer caught violating the program was Nick Salzano in 1939.
“None of them were Black.”
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ICYMI from this week - Part 2
“The first (food stamp program) recipient was Mabel McFiggin in 1939. The first retailer to redeem the stamps was Joseph Mutolo, and the first retailer caught violating the program was Nick Salzano in 1939.
“None of them were Black.”
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
“The first (food stamp program) recipient was Mabel McFiggin in 1939. The first retailer to redeem the stamps was Joseph Mutolo, and the first retailer caught violating the program was Nick Salzano in 1939.
“None of them were Black.”
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
ICYMI from this week - Part 1
“His hints about seeking a third term aren’t crazy. Americans not believing him, however, is.”
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
“His hints about seeking a third term aren’t crazy. Americans not believing him, however, is.”
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ICYMI from this week - Part 1
“His hints about seeking a third term aren’t crazy. Americans not believing him, however, is.”
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
“His hints about seeking a third term aren’t crazy. Americans not believing him, however, is.”
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
Deion Sanders is now 16-19 at Colorado.
The Buffaloes are 2-8 against ranked teams under him.
His contract is one of the 5 highest-paid annual salaries in college football.
Let me know when y’all are ready to apologize.
Make your apology as loud as the disrespect was.
😊
The Buffaloes are 2-8 against ranked teams under him.
His contract is one of the 5 highest-paid annual salaries in college football.
Let me know when y’all are ready to apologize.
Make your apology as loud as the disrespect was.
😊
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Deion Sanders is now 16-19 at Colorado.
The Buffaloes are 2-8 against ranked teams under him.
His contract is one of the 5 highest-paid annual salaries in college football.
Let me know when y’all are ready to apologize.
Make your apology as loud as the disrespect was.
😊
The Buffaloes are 2-8 against ranked teams under him.
His contract is one of the 5 highest-paid annual salaries in college football.
Let me know when y’all are ready to apologize.
Make your apology as loud as the disrespect was.
😊
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“Once you’ve done the unthinkable, doing the impossible becomes the standard. Consider this mindset when thinking about someone like President Donald Trump, who seems to believe — and has shown — that the rules don’t apply to him.”
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November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Once you’ve done the unthinkable, doing the impossible becomes the standard. Consider this mindset when thinking about someone like President Donald Trump, who seems to believe — and has shown — that the rules don’t apply to him.”
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
Reposted by Carron J. Phillips
He’s starving his own followers.
It should be the end of MAGA.
But we know that won’t be the case, because they’d rather….
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It should be the end of MAGA.
But we know that won’t be the case, because they’d rather….
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
He’s starving his own followers.
It should be the end of MAGA.
But we know that won’t be the case, because they’d rather….
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
It should be the end of MAGA.
But we know that won’t be the case, because they’d rather….
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
He’s starving his own followers.
It should be the end of MAGA.
But we know that won’t be the case, because they’d rather….
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
It should be the end of MAGA.
But we know that won’t be the case, because they’d rather….
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
He’s starving his own followers.
It should be the end of MAGA.
But we know that won’t be the case, because they’d rather….
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
It should be the end of MAGA.
But we know that won’t be the case, because they’d rather….
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
“Once you’ve done the unthinkable, doing the impossible becomes the standard. Consider this mindset when thinking about someone like President Donald Trump, who seems to believe — and has shown — that the rules don’t apply to him.”
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Once you’ve done the unthinkable, doing the impossible becomes the standard. Consider this mindset when thinking about someone like President Donald Trump, who seems to believe — and has shown — that the rules don’t apply to him.”
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
carronjphillips.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
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[OP-ED] Jesus wasn’t a Christian, and neither are the so-called “believers” who are members of a political party that is content with leaving millions of Americans starving.
https://bit.ly/4oUz1Vk
https://bit.ly/4oUz1Vk
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
[OP-ED] Jesus wasn’t a Christian, and neither are the so-called “believers” who are members of a political party that is content with leaving millions of Americans starving.
https://bit.ly/4oUz1Vk
https://bit.ly/4oUz1Vk
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[OP-ED] Jesus wasn’t a Christian, and neither are the so-called “believers” who are members of a political party that is content with leaving millions of Americans starving.
https://bit.ly/4oUz1Vk
https://bit.ly/4oUz1Vk
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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For my second piece of the day, I wrote about SNAP.
Who’s really the face of it.
Who gets most of it.
What’s going on with it.
And why this should be the final straw for a certain group of people….but we all know it won’t be.
@newsoneofficial.bsky.social
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
Who’s really the face of it.
Who gets most of it.
What’s going on with it.
And why this should be the final straw for a certain group of people….but we all know it won’t be.
@newsoneofficial.bsky.social
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
For my second piece of the day, I wrote about SNAP.
Who’s really the face of it.
Who gets most of it.
What’s going on with it.
And why this should be the final straw for a certain group of people….but we all know it won’t be.
@newsoneofficial.bsky.social
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
Who’s really the face of it.
Who gets most of it.
What’s going on with it.
And why this should be the final straw for a certain group of people….but we all know it won’t be.
@newsoneofficial.bsky.social
newsone.com/6590957/dram...
Trump’s hints about seeking a third term aren’t crazy. Folks not believing him, however, is.
For my latest with The @contrariannews.org, I wrote about how people still aren’t taking him serious. Like when he beat almost 20 people to win the 2016 nomination.
contrarian.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
For my latest with The @contrariannews.org, I wrote about how people still aren’t taking him serious. Like when he beat almost 20 people to win the 2016 nomination.
contrarian.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump’s hints about seeking a third term aren’t crazy. Folks not believing him, however, is.
For my latest with The @contrariannews.org, I wrote about how people still aren’t taking him serious. Like when he beat almost 20 people to win the 2016 nomination.
contrarian.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
For my latest with The @contrariannews.org, I wrote about how people still aren’t taking him serious. Like when he beat almost 20 people to win the 2016 nomination.
contrarian.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
Once you’ve done the unthinkable, doing the impossible becomes the standard.
Despite how insane the idea is, I wrote about how America is way too lax about Trump’s insinuations at a third term.
Evil can’t stop in the same way that crazy knows no bounds.
contrarian.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
Despite how insane the idea is, I wrote about how America is way too lax about Trump’s insinuations at a third term.
Evil can’t stop in the same way that crazy knows no bounds.
contrarian.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once you’ve done the unthinkable, doing the impossible becomes the standard.
Despite how insane the idea is, I wrote about how America is way too lax about Trump’s insinuations at a third term.
Evil can’t stop in the same way that crazy knows no bounds.
contrarian.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
Despite how insane the idea is, I wrote about how America is way too lax about Trump’s insinuations at a third term.
Evil can’t stop in the same way that crazy knows no bounds.
contrarian.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...
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“His hints about seeking a third term aren’t crazy. Americans not believing him, however, is.” @carronjphillips.bsky.social latest on Trump’s 2028 ambitions.
It feels like America isn’t taking the idea of a third Trump term seriously — that’s terrifying.
Mistakenly assuming that an inevitable “return to norm” is on the horizon is a big reason why we’re here.
contrarian.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“His hints about seeking a third term aren’t crazy. Americans not believing him, however, is.” @carronjphillips.bsky.social latest on Trump’s 2028 ambitions.