@stevechapman.bsky.social
Contributing columnist, Chicago Tribune, and freelance journalist. I always heed my doubts.
It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. Itβs an obscene violation of every founding American principle.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
Imagine sucking so bad that millions of people take to the streets to say how much they hate you
19.10.2025 00:04 β π 991 π 126 π¬ 7 π 1this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
18.10.2025 18:27 β π 15342 π 4451 π¬ 15 π 2Antifa mob terrorizing Bardstown, KY
18.10.2025 17:53 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1β¨Congress has not authorized military force against Venezuela.
But the Trump administration has made it clear they may not stop at boat strikes in the Caribbean.
We must stop the U.S. from being draggedβintentionally or accidentallyβinto full-fledged war in South America.
The administration at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the student newspaper and barred the publication from putting out a print edition. The dispute has left student journalists and press advocates accusing the university of censorship.
17.10.2025 16:00 β π 70 π 26 π¬ 10 π 6Ah, yes, the double standard.
Kids do edgy things like saying "I love Hitler." Just ignore it.
Oh, also, my admin is getting people fired and pulling their visas for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk.
Someone should ask Vance why its only the shitheads who support him who get to be "edgy"
China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, Itβs $0. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
14.10.2025 17:06 β π 588 π 228 π¬ 59 π 308. Bezos' ex-wife, McKenzie Scott, has donated more than 4x as much as Bezos since their divorce.
14.10.2025 13:11 β π 461 π 99 π¬ 15 π 5The first thing I do when I check into a hotel room is put out a tip for the housekeeper. That way I donβt have to worry about forgetting when I leave.
14.10.2025 13:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I dunno, maybe because the Palestinians were held in prisons and the Israelis were not?
14.10.2025 13:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Progressive prosecutors seem fine.
www.nber.org/system/files...
Iβm old enough to remember when football players didnβt wear shorts
13.10.2025 18:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βParliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.β
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)
American politics in a nutshell.
11.10.2025 01:01 β π 18 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1Christopher Caldwell says Hegseth is right to get rid of inclusive policies that hinder military effectiveness. How many examples does he give of the harms they cause? ZERO. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
09.10.2025 15:09 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a βwar on Christianityβ are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.
08.10.2025 12:04 β π 3188 π 1154 π¬ 80 π 38Hope not
07.10.2025 17:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This Texan used to think living in Illinois was some protection against Greg Abbottβs lunacy
07.10.2025 17:54 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The Strategic Costs of the Gaza War
open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
Every word from this regime should be considered lies and propaganda
06.10.2025 16:20 β π 33 π 6 π¬ 3 π 0If Dems win in 2026, we need hearings to publicize the abuses by federal law enforcement. Then pass a bill creating a path to sue for those abuses. Trump will veto it. Let him. Let the public see these videos & hear from victims, & then learn there's no way to hold the abusive officers accountable.
06.10.2025 14:09 β π 1066 π 269 π¬ 22 π 9Cities with a higher violent crime rate than Chicago:
Houston
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Mississippi State has a black punter. I canβt remember seeing one since Reggie Roby, who retired in 1998, except at HBUCs
05.10.2025 00:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On Saturday Weekend Edition, WBEZ is currently re-running interviews with NPR contributors that are a week old, apparently in error.
04.10.2025 12:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Details like this will be useful when he is prosecuted in The Hague.
03.10.2025 18:37 β π 282 π 85 π¬ 19 π 2"He is inventing a conflict out of thin air to provide cover for his murders of almost two dozen civilians. He is also doing this so that he can order more attacks on civilians." open.substack.com/pub/daniella...
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