(((Steve Chapman)))
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Contributing columnist, Chicago Tribune, and freelance journalist. I always heed my doubts.
Known bootlicker licks boot.
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Raise your hand if you regularly hang out with women without raping them
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7 days ago
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Where can I get my Vance 2026 bumper sticker?
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Imagine if Kevin Hassett were not a bootlicking fraud
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8 days ago
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Taking mansplaining to a new level
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Brendan Nyhan
9 days ago
Literally the first comment. Also, the fact that authoritarians *can* lose elections in some systems does not mean democracy is unaffected. Would Cowen prefer to live in an illiberal democracy or competitive authoritarian state? Are they really the same as, say, Canada?
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I hope Xi Jinping hasn't noticed what a great time this would be to invade Taiwan. The US Navy is kinda busy elsewhere.
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If Eric Swalwell had only had the foresight to be a MAGA Republican, his political future would be bright.
9 days ago
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As a nonbeliever, I'm curious to see if the Vatican can salvage Christianity faster than Trump is degrading it.
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The Bulwark
13 days ago
Trump is a war criminal. Not a conflicted one. An enthusiastic one. Trump *fantasizes* about war crimes. Read about it from @saletan.bsky.social:
lnk.thebulwark.com/3QsajzG
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Wall Street Journal editorial board takes a break from cheering for Trump: "Did the war with Iran that began with a roar end with a whimper? Thatās the way it looks."
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
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https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-iran-cease-fire-strait-of-hormuz-4dd95294?st=QSG4zr&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
13 days ago
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Patrick Chovanec
15 days ago
It's amazing that both sides lost a very stupid war and now they're both going to pretend that they won it.
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Defense was king tonight. South Carolina scored 59 last year vs UConn and lost by 23; tonight they scored 62 and won by 14. UCLA scored 51 vs UConn last year and lost by 34. Tonight they scored the same and won by 7.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
21 days ago
Oh, honey . . . your own Pope just rebuked you for being someone God ignores because you're a warmonger with blood on your hands. Maybe it's not the best time to try to make a buck by sanctimoniously preening over your Catholicism.
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CatWoman
21 days ago
Another MAGA pedophile
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My latest for
@chicagotribune.com
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www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/c...
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Steve Chapman: The Iran war showcases Pete Hegsethās belligerent incompetence
Before he played a major role in war with Iran, Pete Hegseth was a serious contender for the title of the worst secretary of defense ever.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/column-pete-hegseth-iran-war-incompetence-chapman/
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I hate it when someone commits a foul and basketball broadcasters donāt bother telling us who
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I donāt think he could find Idaho on a map
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My latest:
www.theunpopulist.net/p/texas-repu...
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Texas Republicans Are Moving From Demonizing Muslims to Stripping Away Their Rights
The ugly logic of bigotry is on vivid display in the Lone Star State
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/texas-republicans-are-moving-from
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And Mike Johnson will still be utterly powerless
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The Harvard Crimson
28 days ago
120 Harvard Jewish affiliates signed an open letter denouncing the U.S. DOJās latest lawsuit, accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing antisemitism complaints to curb free speech. Abigail S. Gerstein and Amann S. Mahajan report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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120 Harvard Jewish Affiliates Condemn Justice Department Antisemitism Lawsuit | News | The Harvard Crimson
120 Jewish affiliates at Harvard have signed an open letter denouncing the U.S. Department of Justiceās latest lawsuit against Harvard, accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing antisemitismā¦
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/3/26/jewish-affiliates-blast-doj-lawsuit/
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The Rude Pundit
28 days ago
Can we just have health care?
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Oddly enough, itās easier to drive away existing viewers than to attract new ones.
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28 days ago
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Morgan J Freeman
29 days ago
President Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesdayās special election in Palm Beach County, Florida.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump just voted by a method he calls āmail-in cheatingā
The presidentās decision to vote by mail comes as he pushes a sweeping bill to reform balloting nationwide, including restrictions on mail-in voting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/23/trump-mail-in-voting-florida/
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Hal 10000
about 1 month ago
Translation: every country in the Middle East realized that Trump was a courting a humanitarian disaster of biblical proportions and told him to knock it the fuck off.
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 1 month ago
h/t to
@adammockler.com
for pointing out this gem from 2016.
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Indivisible Central Ohio
about 1 month ago
The irony is not lost on us.
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Patrick Chovanec
about 1 month ago
I actually think having thousands of American families directly interact with ICE agents demanding their ID at the airport is a great idea.
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Walter Olson
about 1 month ago
Remember six months ago when many right-wingers pretended to believe that speaking ill of the dead was so indecent and uncivil as to be a firing offense? [thanks J.T.L.)
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āBartender, a glass of Sean Hannity tears with a whiskey chaser.ā
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about 1 month ago
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Leadership wisdom from my favorite firefighter:
www.firehouse.com/leadership/b...
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Fire Service Leaders' Effect on Excellence: Eat the Frog in the Morning
Ross Chapman explains why the essence of company- and battalion-level leadership is the willingness to start early, particularly hands-on training.
https://www.firehouse.com/leadership/blog/55365630/fire-service-leaders-effect-on-excellence-eat-the-frog-in-the-morning
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Checked in at the doctorās office and the woman at desk, a fellow Boomer who processes dozens of patients every day, said, āItās been a long time since I saw someone with a newspaper.ā
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Cesar Chavez is credibly accused of sexually assaulting girls and women, and liberals don't hesitate to recognize and denounce his conduct. Donald Trump is credibly accused of raping and sexually assaulting girls and women, and conservatives revere him.
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The Government Defrauds Legal Immigrants and US Sponsors Who Paid $1 Billion in Fees
open.substack.com/pub/alexnowr...
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The Government Defrauds Legal Immigrants and US Sponsors Who Paid $1 Billion in Fees
Trump admin takes fees for services that it refuses to deliver.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alexnowrasteh/p/the-government-defrauds-legal-immigrants?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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about 1 month ago
āIt became an organization that was supporting Donald Trump and people who follow Donald Trump,ā Pritzker said. āAIPAC really is not an organization that I think today I would want any part of.ā (AP) AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) is pro Iran war and pro Trump.
flip.it/q5kZJh
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Gov. JB Pritzker criticizes AIPAC after pro-Israel group spent heavily in Illinois primary
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is condemning special interest money that poured into the state ahead of this weekās primary, including from a pro-Israel political group that the billionaire and potential 2...
https://flip.it/q5kZJh
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Stan Oklobdzija
about 1 month ago
What to say about the morality, patriotism and character of someone who only regrets their three Trump votes only after he made gas cost $3.54?
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Andy Craig
about 1 month ago
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land"
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We didnāt lose battles in Vietnam. Only the war.
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And sheās only a sophomore
nesn.com/more-sports/...
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Sarah Strong Named 2025-26 First Team All-American, Player of the Year by Sporting News | NESN
Sarah Strong joinsĀ Iowa's Caitlin Clark (2024) and USC's Juju Watkins (2025) as recent recipients of the award.
https://nesn.com/more-sports/news/sarah-strong-all-american-player-year-sporting-news/c71a4cbd5476b897356cefbe
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about 1 month ago
Bernie Sanders suggests reading the EPSTEIN FILES during the filibuster on Donald Trump's SAVE Act. Total transparency before the nation! Yes! Do it finally! Many have threatened to do this So somebody do it already!
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Gillian Branstetter
about 1 month ago
If you don't see the problem with forcing this man to carry an F for female on his driver's license then I don't know what to tell you
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ANTIFA LIBBEY DEM āæšŗš¦šµšø
about 1 month ago
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In the Room Where Death Row Prisoners Say Final Goodbyes, He Learned He Would Live
I was supposed to witness Sonny Burtonās execution by nitrogen gas. Instead I saw him celebrate a stunning commutation.
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/14/alabama-sonny-burton-execution-commutation/
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Maybe the mistake was menās suffrage
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Patrick Chovanec
about 1 month ago
You can win every ābody countā and still lose the war, and regret you ever started it.
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Starting my day by drinking a tall glass of Hegseth tears
about 1 month ago
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Holman Jenkins does some vigorous turd-polishing here.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Opinion | The Improvisational Trump
His greatest asset, his flexibility, may prove his undoing if he lets Iran off the hook.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-improvisational-trump-ed0d44eb?st=8x8iuP&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Fighting a war with Iran reminds me of the axiom about having sex with a gorilla: You don't stop when you're tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.
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Bill Kristol
about 1 month ago
"What is unfolding is not immigration enforcement. It is a state project of ethnic rollback. The purpose is not to administer law but to override it. The aim is not security but purification. The prerogative state is not a bugāit is its essential operating system."
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Every Element of Stephen Miller's Immigration Agenda Is Designed for Ethnic Cleansing
He is effectively engaging in regime change to demographically purify America
https://open.substack.com/pub/theunpopulist/p/every-element-of-stephen-millers?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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If I were Xi Jinping and planning to attack Taiwan, this would be a good week to do it.
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