Matthew Chapman

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

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'He is far too senile': MSNBC's Hayes unloads on Trump over 'desperate' Project 2025 move www.rawstory.com/trump-msnbc-...

'He is far too senile': MSNBC's Hayes unloads on Trump over 'desperate' Project 2025 movewww.rawstory.com Former President Donald Trump's has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, proclaiming on his Truth Social account that he has nothing to do with it and doesn't agree with large portions of it. ...

Trump claims credit for Obama's veteran accomplishment in 'leaked video' of July 4 event www.rawstory.com/trump-obama-...

Trump claims credit for Obama's veteran accomplishment in 'leaked video' of July 4 eventwww.rawstory.com Former President Donald Trump revived one of his go-to lies about his record on veteran policy during a Fourth of July message to supporters this week."Our military, we do, as you know, we did choice,...

Jack Smith gives Judge Cannon new evidence that Trump should be gagged in documents case www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-d...

Jack Smith gives Judge Cannon new evidence that Trump should be gagged in documents casewww.rawstory.com Special counsel Jack Smith provided a raft of new evidence to District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday that former President Donald Trump needs to be placed under a gag order in the Mar-a-Lago classifie...

'Investigate!' Outrage as MAGA candidate accused of misdeeds at dangerous daycare he ran www.rawstory.com/trump-mark-r...

'Investigate!' Outrage as MAGA candidate accused of misdeeds at dangerous daycare he ranwww.rawstory.com North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, currently running for governor on a far-right MAGA platform, came under fire today for his proclamation endorsing political violence. Now he's also facing questi...

'Essential questions': Trump demands Cannon yank Smith based on Supreme Court ruling www.rawstory.com/trump-classi...

'Essential questions': Trump demands Cannon yank Smith based on Supreme Court rulingwww.rawstory.com Former President Donald Trump invoked the Supreme Court's recent immunity decision to demand Judge Aileen Cannon rule special counsel Jack Smith's appointment is unconstitutional, according to a new f...

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Interesting thread about the debate fallout from @fawfulfan.bsky.social over on The Other Place that hasn't been ported here yet.

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Trump ex-staffer accuses campaign of settling multiple sexual harassment lawsuits www.rawstory.com/aj-delgado-2...

Trump ex-staffer accuses campaign of settling multiple sexual harassment lawsuitswww.rawstory.com An ex-adviser who is suing the 2016 campaign of former President Donald Trump revealed a text exchange in court filings that appears to show a Trump lawyer admitting to quietly settling multiple discr...

'Lasted a week': Maggie Haberman takes hilarious jab at Donald Trump's July 4 rampage www.rawstory.com/maggie-haber...

'Lasted a week': Maggie Haberman takes hilarious jab at Donald Trump's July 4 rampagewww.rawstory.com New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman roasted Donald Trump Thursday evening for a supposed campaign tactic amid turmoil raised by President Joe Biden's poor debate performance. The former president,...

'Disgusting human being': Trump spokesman triggered by Biden's Fourth of July speech www.rawstory.com/steven-cheun...

'Disgusting human being': Trump spokesman triggered by Biden's Fourth of July speechwww.rawstory.com President Joe Biden managed once again to send former President Donald Trump's campaign spokesperson into conniptions on Thursday.The president kicked off July 4 celebrations with a rousing speech at ...

'Blow everything away!' Trump challenges Biden to another presidential debate www.rawstory.com/biden-tump-d...

'Blow everything away!' Trump challenges Biden to another presidential debatewww.rawstory.com Former President Donald Trump threw down the gauntlet in one of many rambling posts to Truth Social on July 4, challenging President Joe Biden to another debate.Trump also leapt at the opportunity to ...

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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association, source confirms.

Trump unleashes brutal attack against 'tiny, angry man' in rambling July 4th rant www.rawstory.com/trump-truth-...

Trump unleashes brutal attack against 'tiny, angry man' in rambling July 4th rant www.rawstory.com Fresh off his self-aggrandizing rant earlier in the day, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on July 4 to lob schoolyard insults at ABC News reporter George Stephanopoulos.This comes ju...

'So pathetic': Trump uses insulting and foulmouthed hot mic rant to impress voters www.rawstory.com/trump-campai...

'So pathetic': Trump uses insulting and foulmouthed hot mic rant to impress voterswww.rawstory.com Former President Donald Trump was caught on hot mic this week while driving in a golf cart, ranting about President Joe Biden as a "pile of c---" and proclaiming that Vice President Kamala Harris, who...

'Bitter old man': Trump shredded for egocentric and rambling July 4th rant www.rawstory.com/trump-july-4...

'Bitter old man': Trump shredded for egocentric and rambling July 4th rantwww.rawstory.com Former President Donald Trump kicked off the Fourth of July with a lengthy screed on Truth Social praising himself and lobbing insults at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris — barely ...

Happy Fourth of July. Let's commit to fight to preserve American freedom.

Ex-Trump officials warn about unintended consequence of Supreme Court immunity ruling www.rawstory.com/trump-immuni...

Ex-Trump officials warn about unintended consequence of Supreme Court immunity rulingwww.rawstory.com Former President Donald Trump's partial victory on presidential immunity at the Supreme Court did more than help him out on his legal problems, former Trump administration Justice Department officials...

Revealed: Trump's hot-mic Biden conversation while sitting in golf cart leaked online www.rawstory.com/trump-biden-...

Revealed: Trump's hot-mic Biden conversation while sitting in golf cart leaked onlinewww.rawstory.com New video footage obtained by The Daily Beast shows former President Donald Trump at a golf outing, boasting that he forced President Joe Biden out of the race and speculating that he'll have to run a...

'Lack of trigger safety': Matt Gaetz slammed for picture of himself with Trump gun www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-g...

'Lack of trigger safety': Matt Gaetz slammed for picture of himself with Trump gunwww.rawstory.com Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) posted a picture to X on Wednesday, that appeared to depict himself holding a handgun bearing an image of former President Donald Trump's criminal mugshot in Fulton County, Geor...

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Latest: federal appeals court rules that foreign students who enrolled and paid tuition at a fake Michigan university run by ICE can sue the government for breach of contract reason.com/2024/07/03/i...

Indian students who enrolled in fake university run by ICE can sue the government, court rulesreason.com Foreign students paid millions of dollars to a fake university run by ICE. A federal appeals court says they can sue for breach of contract.

Ex-White House staffer impersonated judge assigned to his criminal case: report www.rawstory.com/biden-white-...

Ex-White House staffer impersonated judge assigned to his criminal case: reportwww.rawstory.com A former Biden administration White House staffer who has been charged with impersonating a local man to send racist hoax messages to his own campaign, now appears to have impersonated a criminal cour...

'Scheming witches': Analyst sickened by Justice John Roberts' putdown of female colleagues www.rawstory.com/john-roberts...

Are you outraged by the Supreme Court's dismissal of women's concerns?www.rawstory.com Chief Justice John Roberts and his right-wing colleagues on the Supreme Court are projecting their own insecurities and "hurt feelings" onto women who are calling out their flawed and dangerous ruling...

'September earthquake': Expert warns Trump's sentencing delay could hugely backfire on him www.rawstory.com/trump-immuni...

'September earthquake': Expert warns Trump's sentencing delay could hugely backfire on himwww.rawstory.com Former President Donald Trump's pushback of his sentencing date in Manhattan is probably going to turn out badly for him, one expert told Newsweek.New York Judge Juan Merchan on Wednesday ruled that t...

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Crazy to me that anyone is having a conversation about whether Biden should step aside and not which of the Roberts Gang of Six should be under federal investigation tomorrow.

'Severe' harm: Federal court finds Black voters' rights violated in Mississippi www.rawstory.com/mississippi-...

'Severe' harm: Federal court finds Black voters' rights violated in Mississippiwww.rawstory.com Mississippi lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against Black voters in their legislative redistricting plan, a federal district court ruled Tuesday.In an opinion released by th...

'Very unlikely': Ex-Trump lawyer doubts immunity defense can make NY conviction go away www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

'Very unlikely': Ex-Trump lawyer doubts immunity defense can make NY conviction go awaywww.rawstory.com A former attorney for Donald Trump poured cold water on his ex-client's plan to get his felony conviction in the Manhattan hush money case tossed citing the Supreme Court's recent presidential immunit...

RFK Jr says barbecued carcass he held up on camera was a 'real photo' — but it was no dog www.rawstory.com/robert-f-ken...

RFK Jr says barbecued carcass he held up on camera was a 'real photo' — but it was no dogwww.rawstory.com Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is refuting a report in Vanity Fair that he sent a photo of himself to friends posing with the barbecued carcass of what experts identified as ...

Has it occurred to Rowling that maybe the man she was talking to was uncomfortable for reasons OTHER than that she was making a remotely valid point?

Sorry wouldn’t normally put her on the timeline but this might be the most insane thing j k rowlings ever written

Clarence Thomas signals he's coming for assault weapons bans: analysis www.rawstory.com/clarence-tho...

Clarence Thomas signals he's coming for assault weapons bans: analysiswww.rawstory.com The Supreme Court just had a significant term of decisions on gun-related cases, from the legality of "bump stocks" to the Second Amendment rights of accused domestic abusers. But far-right Justice Cl...

RFK Jr. accused of sexual misconduct with babysitter — and parading around with barbecued dog meat www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26686...

Bombshell report hurls shocking new accusations at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.www.rawstory.com Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is alleged to have had inappropriate contact with a 23-year-old babysitter for the Kennedy family when he was 45, according to an explosive new...

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SCOTUS’ ruling in Donald J. Trump v. United States is nothing less than a judicial coup. You’re going to hear a lot of speeches from politicians and read a lot of fundraising emails. But, the reality is these asks either don’t matter or will not save us (like the courts). Here’s the hard truth. 🧵