Michael Scherer
@michaelscherer.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The Atlantic. Previously at the Washington Post, TIME, Salon, others. Signal: michaelscherer.11
https://www.theatlantic.com/author/michael-scherer/
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When your boss has to tell people you oppose slavery. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
When your boss has to tell people you oppose slavery. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New: Following the death of America 250 commissioner Tom Walker last month, the Senate Majority Leader had nominated his former advisor Kellyanne Conway to help plan the semiquincentennial celebration. A win for the White House which had been trying to change the commission.
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New: Following the death of America 250 commissioner Tom Walker last month, the Senate Majority Leader had nominated his former advisor Kellyanne Conway to help plan the semiquincentennial celebration. A win for the White House which had been trying to change the commission.
Orwell more helpful on the term in a political context.
October 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Orwell more helpful on the term in a political context.
Statement from the President.
September 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Statement from the President.
August 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The son puts his father in a meme.
August 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The son puts his father in a meme.
It gettin spicy over at the Supreme Court. This from last Thursday's dissent by Sotomayor and Jackson in the Sudan deportation case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
July 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It gettin spicy over at the Supreme Court. This from last Thursday's dissent by Sotomayor and Jackson in the Sudan deportation case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Another banner day for the infallible predictive power of betting markets.
June 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Another banner day for the infallible predictive power of betting markets.
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
June 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
The tribal argument against tribal blindness to the suffering of others www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
June 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The tribal argument against tribal blindness to the suffering of others www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
So are a lot of Republican leaders: Melania Trump, Sebastian Gorka, Sen. Bernie Moreno, Reps. Ciscomani, Spartz, Gimenez, etc.
June 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So are a lot of Republican leaders: Melania Trump, Sebastian Gorka, Sen. Bernie Moreno, Reps. Ciscomani, Spartz, Gimenez, etc.
Never know what to expect from the White House pool report.
April 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Never know what to expect from the White House pool report.
But who paid for the poll? Need to disclose.
April 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
But who paid for the poll? Need to disclose.
For the next 8 months, whenever a Senator or Member of Congress talks about government spending, deficits and debt, this is the chart to ask about---> www.crfb.org/blogs/defici...
April 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For the next 8 months, whenever a Senator or Member of Congress talks about government spending, deficits and debt, this is the chart to ask about---> www.crfb.org/blogs/defici...
A remarkable warning from unanimous panel of 4th Circuit rejecting Trump appeal in Abrego Garcia case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A remarkable warning from unanimous panel of 4th Circuit rejecting Trump appeal in Abrego Garcia case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal spending up under Trump, per WSJ. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Federal spending up under Trump, per WSJ. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
With measles outbreak spreading among unvaxxinated in Texas, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praises the value of vaccines. Not the "anti-Vax" position his opponents accused him of holding--and he denied. Nor a clear reversal from past positions. www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
March 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
With measles outbreak spreading among unvaxxinated in Texas, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praises the value of vaccines. Not the "anti-Vax" position his opponents accused him of holding--and he denied. Nor a clear reversal from past positions. www.foxnews.com/opinion/robe...
Some personal news.
March 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Some personal news.
As reported earlier today.
February 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
As reported earlier today.
Bring back political sexy talk.
January 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Bring back political sexy talk.