Tom Schaller
@schaller67.bsky.social
UMBC political scientist, NYT bestselling co-author of White Rural Rage, diehard Washington Caps fan, peripatetic. Longtime DC denizen, Albany, NY, native.
Given the SCourt case on tariffs, the timing of the story below would funny… if not for fact that folks who worked for these retail stores are going to lose their jobs:
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Given the SCourt case on tariffs, the timing of the story below would funny… if not for fact that folks who worked for these retail stores are going to lose their jobs:
TACO Trump, Sunday edition:
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
TACO Trump, Sunday edition:
Only two types of men spend 2 hours daily on their hair and makeup before they go out in public:
1. Drag queens
2. Donald Trump
Didn’t see Trump at the DC #NoKings rally today but Terra Hoot was there (right).
1. Drag queens
2. Donald Trump
Didn’t see Trump at the DC #NoKings rally today but Terra Hoot was there (right).
October 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Only two types of men spend 2 hours daily on their hair and makeup before they go out in public:
1. Drag queens
2. Donald Trump
Didn’t see Trump at the DC #NoKings rally today but Terra Hoot was there (right).
1. Drag queens
2. Donald Trump
Didn’t see Trump at the DC #NoKings rally today but Terra Hoot was there (right).
Well, it’s noon in DC. The rally has started.
So here’s my starting thought: All of this became necessary because America dared to elect a black guy to fix the big economic mess left by his white predecessor.
And so ‘Murica had to respond.
So here’s my starting thought: All of this became necessary because America dared to elect a black guy to fix the big economic mess left by his white predecessor.
And so ‘Murica had to respond.
October 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well, it’s noon in DC. The rally has started.
So here’s my starting thought: All of this became necessary because America dared to elect a black guy to fix the big economic mess left by his white predecessor.
And so ‘Murica had to respond.
So here’s my starting thought: All of this became necessary because America dared to elect a black guy to fix the big economic mess left by his white predecessor.
And so ‘Murica had to respond.
Little birdie in tiny Rockport ME tells me that thousand+ clogging traffic to see Platner speak—and despite fact Sox are facing hated Yanks in playoff game at same time.
October 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Little birdie in tiny Rockport ME tells me that thousand+ clogging traffic to see Platner speak—and despite fact Sox are facing hated Yanks in playoff game at same time.
Exactly. I can’t vouch for how accurate this AI factoid below is, but clearly if I can learn that a substantial plurality of all Cracker Barrel comments were bot-generated, surely corporations spending huge sums know this, too. (Maybe platforms adjust prices accordingly to satisfy ad buyers?)
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Exactly. I can’t vouch for how accurate this AI factoid below is, but clearly if I can learn that a substantial plurality of all Cracker Barrel comments were bot-generated, surely corporations spending huge sums know this, too. (Maybe platforms adjust prices accordingly to satisfy ad buyers?)
…notice that the great “deal maker” president unwittingly admits in the very first sentence that China—whom he repeatedly said in 2016 was “killing us”—outsmarted him by making a better deal.
Self-own post admitting a self-own policy.
Self-own post admitting a self-own policy.
October 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
…notice that the great “deal maker” president unwittingly admits in the very first sentence that China—whom he repeatedly said in 2016 was “killing us”—outsmarted him by making a better deal.
Self-own post admitting a self-own policy.
Self-own post admitting a self-own policy.
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In 1974, Francis Ford Coppola did something I believe nobody has done before or since: He was nominated for both best original *and* best adapted screenplays in same year. (The Conversation and GF2, respectively.)
Nevrmind that AI, um, disagrees:
Nevrmind that AI, um, disagrees:
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In 1974, Francis Ford Coppola did something I believe nobody has done before or since: He was nominated for both best original *and* best adapted screenplays in same year. (The Conversation and GF2, respectively.)
Nevrmind that AI, um, disagrees:
Nevrmind that AI, um, disagrees:
If I had to sum up how duplicitous, hypocritical, phony, outrage-faking, racist, and media echo chamber-exploitive the Right is—and do so using just two images—I’d remind folks that they were FURIOUS about the image on left and haven’t said shit about the one on the right:
September 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If I had to sum up how duplicitous, hypocritical, phony, outrage-faking, racist, and media echo chamber-exploitive the Right is—and do so using just two images—I’d remind folks that they were FURIOUS about the image on left and haven’t said shit about the one on the right:
See if you can discern a pattern from the headlines in this thread: (1/x)
September 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
See if you can discern a pattern from the headlines in this thread: (1/x)
September 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Evidence? We don’t need no stinkin’ evidence!”
(Insert your own Blazing Saddles voice here.)
(Insert your own Blazing Saddles voice here.)
September 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Evidence? We don’t need no stinkin’ evidence!”
(Insert your own Blazing Saddles voice here.)
(Insert your own Blazing Saddles voice here.)
I needed a new novel to read so I went online and ordered the one below.
What are other folks reading?
What are other folks reading?
September 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I needed a new novel to read so I went online and ordered the one below.
What are other folks reading?
What are other folks reading?
Pictures you’ll never see on Fox News:
September 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Pictures you’ll never see on Fox News:
Trump bought a girl from Epstein for $22,500.
I’m old enough to remember when the media had to end Howard Dean’s presidential ambitions because he yelled, “woooo!”
Of course, we can all agree than Dean’s scream was far worse than, say, pedophile sex trafficking.
I’m old enough to remember when the media had to end Howard Dean’s presidential ambitions because he yelled, “woooo!”
Of course, we can all agree than Dean’s scream was far worse than, say, pedophile sex trafficking.
September 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump bought a girl from Epstein for $22,500.
I’m old enough to remember when the media had to end Howard Dean’s presidential ambitions because he yelled, “woooo!”
Of course, we can all agree than Dean’s scream was far worse than, say, pedophile sex trafficking.
I’m old enough to remember when the media had to end Howard Dean’s presidential ambitions because he yelled, “woooo!”
Of course, we can all agree than Dean’s scream was far worse than, say, pedophile sex trafficking.
An HHS secretary who thinks vaccines cause autism; an education secretary who calls artificial intelligence “A-1”; led by a president who thinks import tariffs raise money from foreign governments and toilets must be flushed 10 times to work.
As Arendt warned below, we are ruled by crazed fools:
As Arendt warned below, we are ruled by crazed fools:
September 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
An HHS secretary who thinks vaccines cause autism; an education secretary who calls artificial intelligence “A-1”; led by a president who thinks import tariffs raise money from foreign governments and toilets must be flushed 10 times to work.
As Arendt warned below, we are ruled by crazed fools:
As Arendt warned below, we are ruled by crazed fools:
Tucker Carlson and others *were right* when they said there was an undercover FBI agent at the Capitol on January 6!
If you know the identity of the person below plz contact the Department of Homeland Security immediately:
If you know the identity of the person below plz contact the Department of Homeland Security immediately:
September 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Tucker Carlson and others *were right* when they said there was an undercover FBI agent at the Capitol on January 6!
If you know the identity of the person below plz contact the Department of Homeland Security immediately:
If you know the identity of the person below plz contact the Department of Homeland Security immediately:
Yesssss! I love my city.
September 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Yesssss! I love my city.
The same conservatives who screamed about limiting the size of soft drinks or Kamala supposedly taking away Americans’ hamburgers (we see you, lying Ted Cruz) are somehow weirdly silent about RFK’s dietary goals, expressed here:
September 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The same conservatives who screamed about limiting the size of soft drinks or Kamala supposedly taking away Americans’ hamburgers (we see you, lying Ted Cruz) are somehow weirdly silent about RFK’s dietary goals, expressed here:
Sure, but that would be more impressive feat if belichik (a) hadn’t drafted the players shown below ahead of Brady that year, and (b) started Brady ahead of Bledsoe before latter left due to injury.
He did neither.
He did neither.
September 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sure, but that would be more impressive feat if belichik (a) hadn’t drafted the players shown below ahead of Brady that year, and (b) started Brady ahead of Bledsoe before latter left due to injury.
He did neither.
He did neither.
The data is clear and damning:
September 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The data is clear and damning: