Matthew Chapman

Strategists pinpoint reasons for 'hero' Dem's Texas loss: 'People will be upset' The hotly contested Texas Democratic Senate primary concluded on Tuesday with state representative and Presbyterian minister James Talarico narrowly but firmly defeating Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett...

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Republican officials caught using racist slurs, genocide fantasies in group chats: report A newly revealed series of group chats obtained by The Floridian shows Republican officials in Miami fantasizing about genocide and spamming racial slurs."In a disturbing series of group chat obtained...

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'Substantial' evidence found Republican had affair with staffer who died by suicide The Office of Congressional Conduct has already found "substantial reason to believe" that Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) engaged in sexual relations with a now-deceased subordinate, Politico reported on W...

'Substantial' evidence found Republican had affair with staffer who died by suicide www.rawstory.com/tony-gonzale...

Yep. They couldn't help themselves from trying to suppress Black voters, even just one time to follow through on their attempt to Claire McCaskill the opposition.

Texas Dems furious as Dallas polling places thrown into chaos by rule change The Texas Democratic Party issued an alert on social media Tuesday, as voters in Dallas County reported widespread confusion over their polling place triggered by a rule change at the start of this ye...

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Republican Thom Tillis is really mad that Kristi Noem killed her dog. My question is why did he vote to confirm her? I don’t really need an answer.😒

'Record high': Staggering number of Republicans now support abolishing ICE President Donald Trump got more bad news on Tuesday, with a new YouGov poll that shows catastrophic numbers for public approval of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.In fact, even one in four Republi...

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That said, the Triangle metros are king, so that's where you want to look for an early sign of how things are headed.

What is turnout in the I-35 Corridor? What is turnout in DFW? And what are the margins coming out of Houston? These 3 will likely decide everything.

For those of you who aren't really that familiar with Texas geography, I'll put this in simpler terms:

Take out a pen, draw a line between Dallas and Houston. Crockett will win most of what's east of that line, Talarico will win most of what's west of it.

As far as the rest of the state goes:

Crockett is going to win Beaumont, Tyler, Longview, and many of the small towns and rural communities in that area, while Talarico will take El Paso, Corpus Christi, the RGV, and most of the rest of the rurals + midsize cities.

What to look for on Election Night in the #TXSen Dem primary:

1. What are the results in Harris County? Crockett needs to win there by a lot. If she isn't, that's bad for her.

2. Is turnout better in the Metroplex (advantage Crockett) or the I-35 Corridor (advantage Talarico)?

'Great villains': Law firms that 'groveled' to Trump scorched as revenge bid dropped President Donald Trump's Justice Department backed down on Monday on a huge monthslong legal battle, no longer defending a series of executive orders that attacked prominent law firms that represented...

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Trump border boss under investigation by Minnesota prosecutors for 'unlawful conduct' The Hennepin County, Minnesota, district attorney is investigating Trump Border Patrol enforcer Greg Bovino and 16 other federal agents for "unlawful conduct."According to The Minnesota Star Tribune, ...

Trump border boss under investigation by Minnesota prosecutors for 'unlawful conduct' www.rawstory.com/greg-bovino-...

i don't think it's good for news organizations to partner with organizations they should be investigating as avenues of public corruption

MAGA insiders suddenly embrace 'indispensable' energy they long derided as a 'parasite' President Donald Trump spent much of his first year in office in an all-out war against solar power, even going so far as to change regulations so that renewable energy faces vastly more permitting. B...

MAGA insiders suddenly embrace 'indispensable' energy they long derided as a 'parasite' www.rawstory.com/trump-solar-...

Trump DOJ gives up on order punishing law firms: report In a seismic admission of defeat, the Trump administration's Justice Department is abandoning its legal defense of an executive order that would have punished law firms that had represented clients ag...

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Kristi Noem's new bid to block Congress from ICE centers gets judicial smackdown Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's latest legal argument for blocking Democratic members of Congress from unscheduled inspections of immigration detention facilities just got rejected by a fede...

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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....

Ex-GOP aide predicts 'perfect storm' for Dems to capture 'white whale' state in midterms www.rawstory.com/democrats-26...

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...

GOP governor of red state picks a fight with Trump on two policies: 'That's un-American' www.rawstory.com/kevin-stitt-...

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...

Jasmine Crockett reported journalist to Capitol Police for visiting her campaign office: report www.rawstory.com/jasmine-croc...

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.