Christian Schneider
@Schneider_CM
Author, @1916theBlog, Columnist, @NRO, Pulitzer Prize-eligible writer. Lactose tolerant.
Me today: Donald Trump's swearing isn't his real problem - it's his broken brain. (Link in comments.)
Democrats' Social Security scaremongering in 2005 made today's retirees poorer and helped ensure the program's insolvency, but it was Republicans who wanted to push granny off a cliff.
Your reminder that Ryan Braun is a thief who stole tens of millions from the Brewers organization by earning a giant salary while on performance enhancing drugs, then lying to fans about it.
A GOATED Wisco sports crossover Ryan Braun x @JJWatt
This is 100% on point, and just as true about the vanity docs you see about athletes and actors.
"Once you’ve heard about enough toxic behavior, the familiar pileups of sex and drugs start to feel less like a thrill ride and more like a dull narrative cul-de-sac." Over at the NY Times, I wrote about the new, less icky nature of music docs and biopics. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/mag…
When the office IT guy is remotely controlling your computer
This actor's voice is a gift from God handed down to a world of undeserving mortals
My column at @NRO today: In 2005, Republicans caved to hyperbolic Dems and dropped a plan to allow individual investment accounts for Social Security. The numbers are in, and we are poorer as a result: (gift link): link.nationalreview.com/click/68824e9c…
.@Schneider_CM highlights a look back piece by @biggsag @AEI in @NRO for how much better off American seniors would be if the U.S. Congress had enacted a proposal to allow workers to save a portion of their payroll taxes in private accounts back in 2005.
When your Boomer parents and your Gen Z children are both complaining about your music being too crude and aggressive, you know you've hit the sweet spot
Ozzy Osbourne got to attend his own funeral which is about the most metal thing there is
Buy stock in tote bags
scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding nytimes.com/2025/07/24/bus…
Too risky! Cruel to seniors! Handout to bankers! The scare tactics about Social Security privatization worked. We are all much the poorer. | @schneider_cm trib.al/T9VFddT
Good @Schneider_CM column pointing out how a couple decades of innumeracy and economic illiteracy persuaded the public that the responsible choice (investing in private accounts) was irresponsible and the irresponsible choice (doing nothing and whistling past the graveyard) was…
My coworkers asked me if I'm 100 years old because I like Good & Plentys. I was so mad I took an unwrapped butterscotch out of my pocket and threw it at them
Put some respect on @roywoodjr's name for coming up with this
Best new name for Cheryl Hines: The Marvelous Mrs. Measles
I, for one, cannot believe Barack Obama invited Jeffrey Epstein to Trump's wedding in 1993
Reporter: Did Bondi tell you your name appeared in the Epstein files? Trump: No.. I would say these files were made up by Comey and Obama, made up by the Biden…
I’m beginning to suspect Donald Trump might not be a great guy