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Matthew Chapman

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Game programmer, reporter at @rawstory.com, author, elections nerd, devoted husband. Proudly on the spectrum. All opinions are my own.

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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Judge tosses MAGA lawyer's suit — and says testimony shows he coached his client to lie www.rawstory.com/stefan-passa...
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Judge tosses MAGA lawyer's suit — and says testimony shows he coached his client to lie
A federal judge has thrown out former Trump White House lawyer Stefan Passantino's defamation lawsuit against MSNOW commentator Andrew Weissmann, ruling that the very transcript Passantino cited in hi...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ICE ordered to return torture victim dumped on African roadside: 'Shocks the conscience' www.rawstory.com/ice-judge/
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ICE ordered to return torture victim dumped on African roadside: 'Shocks the conscience'
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring back a Nigerian man it secretly deported despite a court order protecting him from return to Nigeria — after Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Trump's 'Lake America' stunt claims surprise casualty as doctor's office pays the price www.rawstory.com/trump-267778...
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Trump's 'Lake America' stunt claims surprise casualty as doctor's office pays the price
President Donald Trump's order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America has already had one unexpected consequence: an unassuming doctor's office in Florida is getting review-bombed.Trump is...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Steve Bannon's bid to erase his rap sheet gets searing denial from Trump-appointed judge www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
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Steve Bannon's bid to erase his rap sheet gets searing denial from Trump-appointed judge
A federal judge shot down the Trump Justice Department's attempt to wipe out Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction Wednesday, ruling prosecutors didn't even bother explaining why they wanted ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Steve Bannon's bid to erase his rap sheet gets searing denial from Trump-appointed judge www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
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Steve Bannon's bid to erase his rap sheet gets searing denial from Trump-appointed judge
A federal judge shot down the Trump Justice Department's attempt to wipe out Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction Wednesday, ruling prosecutors didn't even bother explaining why they wanted ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Undercover Trump DHS agents caught trying to goad activists into violence www.rawstory.com/dhs-26777701...
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Undercover Trump DHS agents caught trying to goad activists into violence
Department of Homeland Security agents infiltrated a gathering of activists in Minneapolis, and upon learning the group planned to protest using peaceful methods, suggested they could hook them up wit...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
For years now, Emmett Till's name has been misspelled on a Pokémon GO stop on the South Side of Chicago. Tonight I finally managed to submit a correction through the app while passing under it on a Red Line train.
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Republican's move to snatch Dem votes crashes into brick wall: report www.rawstory.com/mike-rogers-...
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Republican's move to snatch Dem votes crashes into brick wall: report
MAGA-loyalist Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers is trying to court Jewish Democrats to defect to his campaign — but so far, his messaging has not landed, local Jewish leaders are saying.Rogers, wh...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
'Stop being a moron!' MAGA influencers turn on each other over 'selfish' new-mom claim www.rawstory.com/ben-shapiro-...
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'Stop being a moron!' MAGA influencers turn on each other over 'selfish' new-mom claim
Infighting broke out between far-right commentators at The Daily Wire over a key women's health issue — culminating in influencer Ben Shapiro indirectly calling one of his own colleagues a "moron."The...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump's clout no longer 'packing a punch' as 'loser' list hits double digits www.rawstory.com/trump-endors...
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Trump's clout no longer 'packing a punch' as 'loser' list hits double digits
President Donald Trump's power to endorse candidates got a brutal obituary in The Daily Beast on Wednesday, as the number of Trump-endorsed candidates this cycle who have lost their primary officially...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Notorious MAGA activist slapped with lawsuit over failed bid to purge judges www.rawstory.com/scott-presle...
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Notorious MAGA activist slapped with lawsuit over failed bid to purge judges
A notorious far-right activist has been hit with a lawsuit alleging he violated campaign finance law as part of his push to oust liberal state judges.Scott Presler, who founded the political action co...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
GOP stunned after 'unheard of' defection rocks high-profile race www.rawstory.com/james-talari...
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GOP stunned after 'unheard of' defection rocks high-profile race
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico just hired a five-year veteran of Republican Sen. John Cornyn's office to help sink GOP nominee Ken Paxton.Jacob Smith, who served as Cornyn's deputy l...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Scandal-plagued lawmaker now facing fresh misconduct allegations www.rawstory.com/jimmy-gomez-...
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Scandal-plagued lawmaker now facing fresh misconduct allegations
The House Ethics Committee revealed yet more allegations against a scandal-plagued Democratic lawmaker in California are under review.The letter, released on Monday, states the committee is investigat...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Far-right MAGA prosecutor yet again ruled to be illegally serving in her role www.rawstory.com/sigal-chatta...
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Far-right MAGA prosecutor yet again ruled to be illegally serving in her role
A federal appeals court ruled the Trump Justice Department's favorite trick for keeping unconfirmed prosecutors in power is flat-out illegal.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Monday t...
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
And Natalie Harp ...just a few yards away Strait up 💩💩
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Outrage as Trump aides move to put his name back on Kennedy Center after court said no www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
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Outrage as Trump aides move to put his name back on Kennedy Center after court said no
The Kennedy Center board is moving once again to put President Donald Trump's name on the side of the performing arts center — defying court orders.The Trump-loyal board voted Thursday to inscribe "Re...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
'Could be devastating': Analysts aghast after Trump ICE unveils shock gloves plan www.rawstory.com/trump-shock-...
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'Could be devastating': Analysts aghast after Trump ICE unveils shock gloves plan
New Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to employ electroshock gloves to incapacitate suspects were met with horror by a CNN panel on Wednesday.Anchor Brianna Keilar raised her own concerns to c...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Alarms blare as RFK Jr. releases food plan that nobody really understands: report www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26776...
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Alarms blare as RFK Jr. releases food plan that nobody really understands: report
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promising the federal government's first official definition of ultra-processed foods.There's just one problem, reported Nicholas Florko fo...
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 12/08/2026
PETER JENNINGS: They’re laboratory mice, and their genes… have been spliced.
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
'Thanks, Dr. Trump': Wall Street Journal editors bash Trump's anti-vaccine crusade www.rawstory.com/trump-wsj-26...
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'Thanks, Dr. Trump': Wall Street Journal editors bash Trump's anti-vaccine crusade
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board slammed President Donald Trump's new executive order appeasing anti-vaccine activists at the cost of public health.The main highlights of the order...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Drunken horror stories emerge after Max Miller's former classmates come forward: report www.rawstory.com/max-miller-2...
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Drunken horror stories emerge after Max Miller's former classmates come forward: report
A far-right Ohio lawmaker accused of horrific domestic violence has a troubled past dating back to his time in school.A new CNN investigation, drawing on interviews with more than half a dozen former ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
MAGA candidate makes stunning admission when pressed by J6er at Georgia campaign stop www.rawstory.com/mike-collins...
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MAGA candidate makes stunning admission when pressed by J6er at Georgia campaign stop
GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins became one of the first major Republican candidates for high office to not just back President Donald Trump's "anti-weaponization fund," but also to say that people w...
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Funny thing after September 11: I kept getting stopped at the airport b/c somehow the government confused me with a blind, Irish terrorist. And even after they confirmed that I was not in fact, a blind Irish terrorist, I kept getting upgraded to first class to sit next to the U.S. Marshal.
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
'Childlike' MAGA Rep's CNN appearance floors ex-GOP strategist: 'This is obscene' www.rawstory.com/nancy-mace-2...
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'Childlike' MAGA Rep's CNN appearance floors ex-GOP strategist: 'This is obscene'
Former Republican campaign adviser Steve Schmidt tore into Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) over her recent CNN interview.Schmidt, who referred to Mace as a "putrid canker" and "Miss Look At Me Look At Me Look ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Trump confided to Jeffrey Epstein the real reason he wanted to be president: report www.rawstory.com/trump-267768...
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Trump confided to Jeffrey Epstein the real reason he wanted to be president: report
Before he became president, Donald Trump had a bizarre fixation on a scandalous aspect of the office, biographer Michael Wolff claimed Monday.According to The Daily Beast, Wolff wrote in his Substack,...
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S.V. Dáte @svdate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NEW -- For the past year, Trump has been snapping up our means of production. Guess which political philosophy that's central to. Exactly. Maybe we should be calling him Comrade President. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Calls Democrats ‘Communists’ While Acting Like One
Just call him Comrade President.
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
MAGA accused of election meddling as 'random internet stranger' gets onto state ballot www.rawstory.com/michigan-maga/
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MAGA accused of election meddling as 'random internet stranger' gets onto state ballot
The Bulwark investigated a "random internet stranger" fielded as a third-party candidate in a swing House seat in Michigan, and what they found was deeply suspicious.The seat is currently occupied by ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Tommy Tuberville takes Trump's border wall idea to another level during wild interview www.rawstory.com/tommy-tuberv...
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Tommy Tuberville takes Trump's border wall idea to another level during wild interview
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) doesn't think a wall at the southern border is enough. He thinks a wall might be needed around his own state.Tuberville made the suggestion on Wednesday while speaking on ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Furious Trump 'highly likely' to fire Jeannine Pirro over Reflecting Pool debacle: report www.rawstory.com/trump-jeanin...
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Furious Trump 'highly likely' to fire Jeannine Pirro over Reflecting Pool debacle: report
President Donald Trump's D.C. federal prosecutor is hanging by a thread as the president is reportedly considering firing her.His rage at Jeanine Pirro, a longtime Fox News firebrand personality who w...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
'Lying' Trump caught using made-up story to justify slashing national monument: NY Times www.rawstory.com/trump-bears-...
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'Lying' Trump caught using made-up story to justify slashing national monument: NY Times
President Donald Trump claimed hikers, hunters and anglers were locked out of Utah's Bears Ears National Monument and used that story to justify slashing its size by more than 1.2 million acres. Newly...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
MAGA media empire collapsing — just in time for the midterms: report www.rawstory.com/maga-media/
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MAGA media empire collapsing — just in time for the midterms: report
The right-wing media ecosystem that has spent years building up President Donald Trump's image and promoting his causes is now splintering, according to a new report.Many of the most prominent right-w...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
MAGA pastor who thinks Satanic forces run 'Austin swamp' handed major election role www.rawstory.com/texas-pastor/
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MAGA pastor who thinks Satanic forces run 'Austin swamp' handed major election role
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sparked alarm with his appointment of a far-right Christian nationalist to advise him on election integrity.Abbott tapped Nate Schatzline, a two-term Texas House member and ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Florida 'has not been hacked': Trump election claim crumbles as states start to speak up www.rawstory.com/trump-electi...
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Florida 'has not been hacked': Trump election claim crumbles as states start to speak up
President Donald Trump's grand claims of a Chinese conspiracy to undermine U.S. elections in 2020 is already falling apart, according to a new report. Twelve out of the 15 states listed as "compromise...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
'Trying to shut me up': Brawl brewing as anti-Trump bar owner slams 'fake' MAGA attacks www.rawstory.com/trump-maga-2...
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'Trying to shut me up': Brawl brewing as anti-Trump bar owner slams 'fake' MAGA attacks
A Wisconsin brewery owner who promised free beers to mark the day President Donald Trump dies is defiant after the state planned to revoke his alcohol permit.According to The Independent, "The Wiscons...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Trump prosecutor taken to school by defense in Reflecting Pool case: 'Exactly backwards' www.rawstory.com/trump-reflec...
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Trump prosecutor taken to school by defense in Reflecting Pool case: 'Exactly backwards'
The defense counsel in the Trump administration's Reflecting Pool vandalism case were forced to school the prosecution on how grand jury secrecy rules work.The case concerns Olympic canoeist David "Da...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
MAGA AG moves to investigate Fauci as Republicans vow revenge for invoking Fifth www.rawstory.com/fauci-florida/
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MAGA AG moves to investigate Fauci as Republicans vow revenge for invoking Fifth
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, is launching an investigation into former National Institutes of Health director Dr. Anthony Fauci.According to ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'Where does it stop?' Todd Blanche's 'lawfare' haunts him as another GOP senator defects www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche...
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'Where does it stop?' Todd Blanche's 'lawfare' haunts him as another GOP senator defects
President Donald Trump's nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general hit yet another stumbling block on Wednesday, this time from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).According to Semafor's Burgess Everett, C...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
‘Fake historian’ exposed as mastermind behind Trump’s Smithsonian obsession: report www.rawstory.com/trump-david-...
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‘Fake historian’ exposed as mastermind behind Trump’s Smithsonian obsession: report
President Donald Trump's moves to discredit the Smithsonian Museum of American History are being driven by a notorious Christian nationalist "fake historian," according to a new report. According to J...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'Buckle up': Legal expert says Trump lackey torpedoed her own attack with a single tweet www.rawstory.com/harmeet-dhil...
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'Buckle up': Legal expert says Trump lackey torpedoed her own attack with a single tweet
A Trump administration lackey only has herself — and a single tweet — to blame for the epic smackdown she received in court last week, a legal expert said Wednesday. President Donald Trump's civil rig...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Trump admin cracks 'garbage' joke after fatal blizzard it wouldn't help blue states fight www.rawstory.com/fema-2677285...
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Trump admin cracks 'garbage' joke after fatal blizzard it wouldn't help blue states fight
President Donald Trump's officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency cracked mean jokes Wednesday about a deadly blizzard to which they were refused to commit resources.The comment appeared i...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'You're disgusting': Republican facing horrific abuse allegations lashes out at reporter www.rawstory.com/max-miller-2...
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'You're disgusting': Republican facing horrific abuse allegations lashes out at reporter
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is plagued with appalling allegations of domestic violence, but he is defiant in the face of calls to resign.Miller "has been accused by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, of domestic a...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'Fallen quite far': Strategist reveals new warning sign that Trump's grip is slipping www.rawstory.com/chai-komandu...
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'Fallen quite far': Strategist reveals new warning sign that Trump's grip is slipping
President Donald Trump's political power has crumbled, said political strategist Chai Komanduri on MS NOW Tuesday, and one reason is that his cultural clout has collapsed."You know, Andrew Breitbart s...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
'Admission of weakness': Trump's major war confession earns scathing rebuke from WSJ www.rawstory.com/wsj-iran/
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'Admission of weakness': Trump's major war confession earns scathing rebuke from WSJ
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board expressed fury that the Trump administration projected a major vulnerability to Iran in the middle of wartime.New leaked reports indicate the White...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Privacy nightmare unleashed as Trump's ICE finds 'unregulated' way to track people: report www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-26...
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Privacy nightmare unleashed as Trump's ICE finds 'unregulated' way to track people: report
A new investigation by 404 Media revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a surprising roadmap to tracking you: Your credit cards.According to the report, when someone opens a new credit ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
John Thune drops hammer on Trump's push to rewrite Senate rules: 'Facts don't change' www.rawstory.com/john-thune-2...
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John Thune drops hammer on Trump's push to rewrite Senate rules: 'Facts don't change'
Senate Majority Leader John Thune issued a reality check to President Donald Trump on Monday, as the president continues to demand that senators rewrite their own rules.Trump has been demanding severa...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
MAGA-loving actor Rob Schneider declares war on Texas GOP — with bizarre reason www.rawstory.com/maga-loving-...
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MAGA-loving actor Rob Schneider declares war on Texas GOP — with bizarre reason
Rob Schneider, a Hollywood star who has grown controversial in recent years for his ties to the MAGA movement, is publicly opposing the Texas GOP.The bizarre reason is that he believes they have let I...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Trump slammed for 'weak and petulant' order to slap right-wing propaganda on Smithsonian www.rawstory.com/trump-smiths...
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Trump slammed for 'weak and petulant' order to slap right-wing propaganda on Smithsonian
President Donald Trump issued a new executive order on Friday demanding warning signs be placed outside the Smithsonian Museum of American History.The order, which is meant to alert visitors that the ...
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Watch: Embattled GOP congressman manhandles passerby who asked him a question www.rawstory.com/zach-nunn/
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Watch: Embattled GOP congressman manhandles passerby who asked him a question
Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) was caught on camera physically accosting a political operative who tried to confront him about his past remarks."Congressman Nunn, do you still think that rural hospital closure...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Obama Derangement Syndrome. The guy has been retired for 10 years and he’s still living rent free in their tiny brains.
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Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Trump just turbocharged Iran's nuclear ambitions in a big way: report www.rawstory.com/iran-nuclear/
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Trump just turbocharged Iran's nuclear ambitions in a big way: report
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the main rationale for the Iran war is to stop Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon.But according to The New York Times, everything he has done may have actu...
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