Amy Chapman

The media needs to stop letting Speaker Mike Johnson get away with Sgt. Schultz impressions every time they ask him about Trump's highly publicized behavior.

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

What every Gov, regardless of party, should be doing

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

My latest newsletter takes up this claim

It does not appear to be true

I say "appear" because I'm honestly not sure why he'd think this was happening -- and his office did not respond to my request for clarification (1)

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show Songs in Spanish? In America?

The snowflakes are falling early this year.

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

House Republicans Take Aim at Red-State Economies President Biden bent over backwards to help left-behind communities get factories and jobs. Their congressional representatives don’t appreciate it.

"In effect, these voters responded to the most comprehensive attempt to provide concrete benefits to them since the New Deal by loading an economic shotgun and pointing it directly at themselves." prospect.org/politics/202...

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Leave it to CNN to use imagery from the 1992 Rodney King riots to prop up Trump's threats to use the Insurrection Act in 2025.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Note: Cao is the dude who is scared of Wiccans, and who claimed he was 100% disabled "just from being blown up in combat many times"—despite never having received a Purple Heart nor having been awarded the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, discrepancies he has declined to resolve.

Portland is so peaceful Republicans had to go all the way to South America to find photos from years ago for their bad memes.

"A clear visual clue that the photograph was not taken in Portland was that the first officer’s shield is marked 'Policia', the Spanish or Portuguese word for police."

As you can see, I had to use cutting edge #OSINT techniques for this one.

here's hoping

In Testimony, Top Texas Republican Remembers Another Conversation With GOP Mapmaker Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: A top Texas Republican revealed in federal court Monday he didn’t tell legislators about a phone call with the national GOP operative who drew the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Looking forward to seeing this referenced by @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social in tomorrow’s Cup of Coffee newsletter

These Republicans are unbelievably soft

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

But I thought if you smeared someone and they were then the victim of violence, that meant you had to be fired from your job.

Or does Fox News only think that applies to teachers?

ICE is lying. Go figure

Hey there, @nytimes.com. The judge didn’t “decide not to immediately block.” She ordered a response from the government Wednesday and set a hearing Thursday. Let me know if you need help with this.

Important post here.

Also, I am so tired of these made-up titles to enable the people really running our government to avoid even a brief day of questioning in the Senate.

If Congress wants to create a "CEO" of the IRS, it is certainly free to do so. I expect that would be a Senate-confirmed role.

Fact Check: No, the Shutdown Isn't About Immigrant Health Care President Donald Trump and other Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown over giving free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

That's not true. Here are the facts.
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Ms. Martinez’ lawyer says body cam footage shows the agent turned into HER car and yelled “do something bitch” before firing shots.

Read the whole thread to see how the no experience new editor in chief of CBS (potentially) chatGPTed he heartfelt all staff email

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

I told ya this would happen

Contrary to the new owner of CBS, it isn’t the case that 70% of Americans identify themselves as center-left or -right. www.pbump.net/o/you-cant-g...

the restraint Senator Kelly shows in not ending this with "... you little ignorant little sycophant." is incredibly admirable.