Bill Scher
@billscher.bsky.social
Politics Editor for @washingtonmonthly.com
Defining narcissism down
October 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Defining narcissism down
Marjorie Taylor Greene apparently is reading me in the @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/01/s...
October 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene apparently is reading me in the @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/01/s...
Why is NYT using the informal “Obamacare” in headline and first mention when reporting on a policy decision made by Republicans who opposed Obama’s creation of the program?
September 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Why is NYT using the informal “Obamacare” in headline and first mention when reporting on a policy decision made by Republicans who opposed Obama’s creation of the program?
Don’t sleep on the NYT investigation into a botched Trump 1.0 Seal Team 6 operation in which 2-3 North Korean fishermen were shot & killed.
Key point: Seal Team 6 record was so checkered Obama reduced ops & increased oversight. Trump reversed course.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
Key point: Seal Team 6 record was so checkered Obama reduced ops & increased oversight. Trump reversed course.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
September 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Don’t sleep on the NYT investigation into a botched Trump 1.0 Seal Team 6 operation in which 2-3 North Korean fishermen were shot & killed.
Key point: Seal Team 6 record was so checkered Obama reduced ops & increased oversight. Trump reversed course.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
Key point: Seal Team 6 record was so checkered Obama reduced ops & increased oversight. Trump reversed course.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
Having served on a grand jury, I can tell you that a prosecutor’s case has to be really terrible to whiff on the indictment.
August 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Having served on a grand jury, I can tell you that a prosecutor’s case has to be really terrible to whiff on the indictment.
I'm sure this isn't new but I just noticed this on the Commerce Department homepage
July 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'm sure this isn't new but I just noticed this on the Commerce Department homepage
How many times have Democrats won elections by defending Social Security?
July 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How many times have Democrats won elections by defending Social Security?
A president downplaying early signs of inflation after six months in office, what could go wrong?
July 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A president downplaying early signs of inflation after six months in office, what could go wrong?
This strikes me as extremely shoddy political thinking.
July 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This strikes me as extremely shoddy political thinking.
…then 8 hours later…
June 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
…then 8 hours later…
“We can’t.” And yet, he will.
June 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“We can’t.” And yet, he will.
Can u believe it dawg world blowin up an I get a front row seat wheeeeeeee
June 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Can u believe it dawg world blowin up an I get a front row seat wheeeeeeee
Spotted in a Vermont bookstore
June 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Spotted in a Vermont bookstore
Only one poll taken within the last week so hard to know if it’s an outlier or indicative of a momentum shift
June 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Only one poll taken within the last week so hard to know if it’s an outlier or indicative of a momentum shift
But I thought immigration was an 80-20 issue
June 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
But I thought immigration was an 80-20 issue
Watch the bond markets he said
May 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Watch the bond markets he said
Watch the bond markets, he said…
May 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Watch the bond markets, he said…
Two hours after this post, the House Budget Committee voted against advancing the Big Beautiful Bill with 5 Republicans defecting #lameduckwatch
May 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Two hours after this post, the House Budget Committee voted against advancing the Big Beautiful Bill with 5 Republicans defecting #lameduckwatch