Laura Chapin
@laurachapin.bsky.social
Feminist, relentless abortion rights advocate, foodie, world traveller, music lover, childless cat lady, proud Coloradan with Texas roots. Molly Ivins & Diane Nash are my heroes. The Chicks song "The Long Away Around" pretty well covers it.
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Women being attracted to RFK Jr is how you know heterosexuality is NOT a choice.
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Women being attracted to RFK Jr is how you know heterosexuality is NOT a choice.
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"Owned a home in the U.S. for 30 years": I try not to look down on others, but the people who swallowed the bait that he'd only deport 'bad hombres' and 'criminals' have a gullibility so intense that it warrants study by science, if only this country still did that.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Owned a home in the U.S. for 30 years": I try not to look down on others, but the people who swallowed the bait that he'd only deport 'bad hombres' and 'criminals' have a gullibility so intense that it warrants study by science, if only this country still did that.
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“Seventy years ago, Mamie Till said, ‘Let them see.’ And today, with the preservation of the barn by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the world will see,” Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that the Emmett Till Interpretive Center given to the Mississippi Free Press on Nov. 24.
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Barn Where White Men Murdered Emmett Till to Be Preserved as a ‘Reverent, Sacred Site’
The barn in Drew, Miss., where two white men murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 will be preserved as a “sacred site.”
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Seventy years ago, Mamie Till said, ‘Let them see.’ And today, with the preservation of the barn by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the world will see,” Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that the Emmett Till Interpretive Center given to the Mississippi Free Press on Nov. 24.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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After ousting the BLS director and scrapping the October jobs and inflation reports, Trump is now canceling release of the advance Q3 GDP estimate.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
After ousting the BLS director and scrapping the October jobs and inflation reports, Trump is now canceling release of the advance Q3 GDP estimate.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
It is absolutely fucking hilarious for Sen Markwayne Meathead Mullin from Oklahoma, the least healthy and most physically miserable state in the nation, to yammer about how people just need to buck up on fitness on to get affordable insurance.
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It is absolutely fucking hilarious for Sen Markwayne Meathead Mullin from Oklahoma, the least healthy and most physically miserable state in the nation, to yammer about how people just need to buck up on fitness on to get affordable insurance.
Obesity rate in red Oklahoma: 40%
Obesity rate in blue-ish Colorado: 25%
Obesity rate in blue-ish Colorado: 25%
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Obesity rate in red Oklahoma: 40%
Obesity rate in blue-ish Colorado: 25%
Obesity rate in blue-ish Colorado: 25%
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims newrepublic.com/article/2035... via @newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims newrepublic.com/article/2035... via @newrepublic.com
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An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
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An amazing new Trump controversy, Part I of II:
- Friday night: Jair Bolsonaro’s son summons a crowd to their family home
- Later Friday night: Bolsonaro takes a soldering iron to his ankle bracelet days before starting a lengthy prison
- Saturday morning: Bolsonaro is re-arrested
- Friday night: Jair Bolsonaro’s son summons a crowd to their family home
- Later Friday night: Bolsonaro takes a soldering iron to his ankle bracelet days before starting a lengthy prison
- Saturday morning: Bolsonaro is re-arrested
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part I of II:
- Friday night: Jair Bolsonaro’s son summons a crowd to their family home
- Later Friday night: Bolsonaro takes a soldering iron to his ankle bracelet days before starting a lengthy prison
- Saturday morning: Bolsonaro is re-arrested
- Friday night: Jair Bolsonaro’s son summons a crowd to their family home
- Later Friday night: Bolsonaro takes a soldering iron to his ankle bracelet days before starting a lengthy prison
- Saturday morning: Bolsonaro is re-arrested
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NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
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Just read a post about Thanksgiving 'humor' stories and one of them was a woman describing putting orange juice in a dish because her son's girlfriend claimed to have a citrus allergy which she believed was fake. She had an EpiPen just in case.
Whether she did or not, that wasn't funny.
Whether she did or not, that wasn't funny.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Just read a post about Thanksgiving 'humor' stories and one of them was a woman describing putting orange juice in a dish because her son's girlfriend claimed to have a citrus allergy which she believed was fake. She had an EpiPen just in case.
Whether she did or not, that wasn't funny.
Whether she did or not, that wasn't funny.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Seeing that 100 Best Comedies list floating through my timeline, & anything that doesn't have Airplane!, Hot Shots!, the original French 'La Cage Aux Folles', Dazed & Confused, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and the mother of all comedies 'Blazing Saddles' atop the throne surely can't be serious.
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Seeing that 100 Best Comedies list floating through my timeline, & anything that doesn't have Airplane!, Hot Shots!, the original French 'La Cage Aux Folles', Dazed & Confused, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and the mother of all comedies 'Blazing Saddles' atop the throne surely can't be serious.
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Somebody tell my US Senator, Tim Scott, that he dishonors his country by taking his shoes off in flight. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Somebody tell my US Senator, Tim Scott, that he dishonors his country by taking his shoes off in flight. Thanks!
Just read a post about Thanksgiving 'humor' stories and one of them was a woman describing putting orange juice in a dish because her son's girlfriend claimed to have a citrus allergy which she believed was fake. She had an EpiPen just in case.
Whether she did or not, that wasn't funny.
Whether she did or not, that wasn't funny.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Just read a post about Thanksgiving 'humor' stories and one of them was a woman describing putting orange juice in a dish because her son's girlfriend claimed to have a citrus allergy which she believed was fake. She had an EpiPen just in case.
Whether she did or not, that wasn't funny.
Whether she did or not, that wasn't funny.
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What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
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Sometimes I think about how many people were convinced that the Vice President of the United States lost the presidential election because she didn’t contort herself to do this show.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Sometimes I think about how many people were convinced that the Vice President of the United States lost the presidential election because she didn’t contort herself to do this show.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
If it’s true it says a lot about this country.
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This is how you do it
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is how you do it
There's dumb. And there's 'picking a fight with an astronaut and fighter pilot with a chest full of military medals' dumb.
a man wearing 3d glasses holds a box of popcorn in his hand
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November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There's dumb. And there's 'picking a fight with an astronaut and fighter pilot with a chest full of military medals' dumb.