Matthew Chapman

Firestorm as Trump's wild 'crashout' reveals Pentagon's 'mass surveillance' plot President Donald Trump lashed out at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Friday, slamming them for refusing to change their safeguard rules against automated use of weapons for the Defens...

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5 things to know as Trump's 'national emergency' plan emerges to seize control of voting The liberal media platform Democracy Docket has obtained the 17-page draft emergency executive order that President Donald Trump's allies have presented to him to seize control of voting infrastructur...

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Catholic bishops beg Supreme Court to stop Trump: 'Protect God-given human dignity' The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court this week, urging the justices to strike down President Donald Trump's executive order dismantling the Fourteenth A...

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Trump's DOJ sues red state for defying order to hand over voter rolls President Donald Trump's Justice Department is suing the state of Oklahoma for refusing to turn over confidential information from its voter rolls.According to KOSU, "Earlier this month, State Electio...

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LMAO, John Cornyn is running a new ad with multiple clips of Trump praising him, edited to make it sound like an endorsement.

You can't do that, dude! He hasn't endorsed you!

School vouchers fraudulently bought millions of dollars in gift cards and condoms: report Millions of dollars more in fraud have been discovered in Arizona's controversial school voucher program.According to 12 News, "records show at least 18,000 [Empowerment Scholarship] account holders —...

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Trump warned voter fraud fight won't save him by ex-GOP insider Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson gave President Donald Trump and his supporters a blunt reality check on MS NOW Thursday: Waging a fight about voter ID is not going to save you in the midterms...

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Ex-GOP aide predicts 'perfect storm' for Dems to capture 'white whale' state in midterms Former Republican strategist turned anti-Trump crusader Kurt Bardella flagged an opening for Democrats in Texas — a place they have tried to compete for decades but has always been out of their reach....

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GOP governor of red state picks a fight with Trump on two policies: 'That's un-American' Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) took yet another stand against President Donald Trump during an NPR interview published on Thursday, questioning the wisdom of his mass deportation policies."The president need...

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MAGA civil war brews as Nancy Mace plans to force vote to expose sex misconduct The House Republican caucus faces a new fight as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) prepares to force a vote to expose all reports of alleged sexual misconduct by sitting members of Congress.According to NBC News...

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Analyst pinpoints 'one of the larger red flags' about 'rapid decline in Trump's support' President Donald Trump may not appear to be losing support among his own voters — but one reason for that might be the Trump voters who disapprove of him, now deny they voted for him in the first plac...

Analyst pinpoints 'one of the larger red flags' about 'rapid decline in Trump's support' www.rawstory.com/trump-voters...

House lawmaker reported journalist to Capitol Police Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reported a journalist who visited her campaign office to the Capitol Police for trespassing last month, Semafor reported on Tuesday.Crockett, often hailed as a rising star...

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I'm generally supportive of license plate reader tech. But not if it's handing over that data to ICE. Public anger is more than understandable.

Republican appalls internet with defense of House colleague accused of sex misconduct Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) is facing mounting calls from within his own party to resign as details trickle out about his alleged sexual misconduct against a House staffer who died in a gruesome suicide...

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The Texas Sen primary is getting extremely feral.

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WSJ smacks down Trump's claim that a hospital ship is headed to Greenland President Donald Trump announced last week that a U.S. Naval hospital ship was en route to Greenland, sparking outrage at yet another imperialist move on the Danish territory despite its residents' re...

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Whistleblowers find $1.7B in payments to Iran from crypto firm whose CEO Trump pardoned A cryptocurrency firm accused of involvement in shady overseas dealings had internal whistleblowers flag $1.7 billion in payments to Iran before President Donald Trump pardoned its CEO, The New York T...

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'Disgusting': Republicans turn on House colleague amid 'predator' accusations As more revelations come to light for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), a growing number of Republicans have called on him to step down.Gonzales was reportedly having an affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, who...

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Also, Dems really just need to reach 3 percentage points more right-leaning voters than Beto already did, to win the state.

When you put it that way, it's a big lift but not an impossible one.

Trumpism has been out-marketing the competition but more people are understanding the product is a cheap piece of trash. Forcing them to accept the trash isn't working.

This was always the plan. Pretend there's safety concerns, that drugs used for decades are too dangerous to continue using, even in a trial.

Meanwhile, cis children with precocious puberty take them without issue.

Persecution and gross inequality.

We're deploying USNS Comfort to GREENLAND? In the middle of winter? (and "on the way" could be interesting given the huge Nor'easter building off the East Coast)

Crockett wants to be seen as the "fighter" in the race.

The truth is, Congress is full of fighters, but it has very few diplomats, and that's why nothing ever gets done. Talarico's skills as a diplomat in a legislature where Dems have next to no power stand out.

Crockett's supporters have obsessively tried to paint Talarico as a new Fetterman or Sinema, but really, the politician he's most like is Pete Buttigieg. He's a committed Dem, but not afraid to go into GOP spaces and listen to them, and he'll compromise, but only if they do too.

Talarico is not a squish. He called Pete Hegseth a liar to his face. He was one of the first to lead the quorum break against the MAGA gerrymander.

But he has a genuine skill for getting Republicans to listen to him. That's why he actually got bills passed in the TX legislature.

This is exactly the kind of thing that happens in the GOP, with MAGA extremists attacking any hint of compromise or understanding for the opponent, forcing Republicans to constantly look over their shoulder to make sure they're just as extreme as anyone challenging them.

What really bothers me here is not just that these influencers are lying about what Talarico said — they're sending the message that anyone who sits down with ideological opponents and sincerely talks out their differences to find common ground is either a cuck or a traitor.

...and clipped a handful of segments where he was nodding as Boebert said something about inflation, and spun that into, "Talarico attacked Biden on inflation, he's a stealth Republican who'll sell out the party."

It's just wildly bad faith.

For example, Talarico just went on Bill Maher with Lauren Boebert and, in a nuanced, respectful dialogue, skillfully cornered her and got her to admit to GOP hypocrisy or that Dems have a point on some issues — but Crockett supporters deceptively timestamp-mined that interview...