(((Steve Chapman)))
@stevechapman.bsky.social
Contributing columnist, Chicago Tribune, and freelance journalist. I always heed my doubts.
The trash takes itself out
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The trash takes itself out
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
An evangelical Christian couple I used to be friends with just sent me their Christmas card, which features a photo of CHARLIE KIRK.
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
An evangelical Christian couple I used to be friends with just sent me their Christmas card, which features a photo of CHARLIE KIRK.
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Today, ProPublica revealed that another woman died in a preventable death due to Texas’s extreme abortion ban. Tierra Walker—a 37-year-old mother from San Antonio—was denied lifesaving emergency abortion care.
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Today, ProPublica revealed that another woman died in a preventable death due to Texas’s extreme abortion ban. Tierra Walker—a 37-year-old mother from San Antonio—was denied lifesaving emergency abortion care.
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Half a dozen members of Congress who previously served in the military or intelligence community are urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Democratic lawmakers urge troops to disobey illegal orders | CNN Politics
Half a dozen members of Congress who previously served in the military or intelligence community are urging servicemembers and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by ...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Half a dozen members of Congress who previously served in the military or intelligence community are urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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I finished listening to @radleybalko.bsky.social's excellent podcast on the actual costs of the drug war earlier this week. It's fantastic, and I think I'll likely add it to my syllabus in the future. It does a great job of condensing history and showing the stakes.
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Collateral Damage Archives
Hosted by Radley Balko, each episode of Collateral Damage takes an in-depth look at someone who was unjustly killed in the half-century-long “war on drugs.”
theintercept.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I finished listening to @radleybalko.bsky.social's excellent podcast on the actual costs of the drug war earlier this week. It's fantastic, and I think I'll likely add it to my syllabus in the future. It does a great job of condensing history and showing the stakes.
theintercept.com/podcasts/col...
theintercept.com/podcasts/col...
"They also choked me with my pectoral cross too. I don’t know of a more meaningful image and more meaningful metaphor, really, of what’s going on there.”
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Evanston pastors arrested, charged with misdemeanors at Broadview ICE protest
Two pastors of Evanston churches were among 21 arrested on Nov. 14 outside of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Broadview processing facility. One said he was beaten, bruised and had…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"They also choked me with my pectoral cross too. I don’t know of a more meaningful image and more meaningful metaphor, really, of what’s going on there.”
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/e...
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How much did it cost Texas taxpayers for Greg Abbott to send 200 National Guard troops to Chicago to spend several weeks doing nothing?
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
How much did it cost Texas taxpayers for Greg Abbott to send 200 National Guard troops to Chicago to spend several weeks doing nothing?
Operation Maximum Stud Hombre
I’m beginning to suspect all of the men in the Trump administration are impotent.
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Operation Maximum Stud Hombre
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Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief apnews.com/article/natu...
Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief
As President Donald Trump reshapes immigration and the nation’s relationship with immigrants, some naturalized citizens are wondering if the country they made a commitment to when they took the oath o...
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief apnews.com/article/natu...
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The official GOP position is "15 isn't that young."
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The official GOP position is "15 isn't that young."
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Por que no los dos? “If it’s true, he’s incompetent, and he should leave for that reason,” Mr. Jacobs said. “And if it’s not true, he’s a liar.”
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Under Fire for Tucker Carlson Remarks, Think Tank Chief Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Por que no los dos? “If it’s true, he’s incompetent, and he should leave for that reason,” Mr. Jacobs said. “And if it’s not true, he’s a liar.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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The new Epstein emails are the most incriminating evidence to date on Trump & Epstein & let's be clear, there has been plenty of incriminating evidence for many years. So, can we stop treating this like a process story and start focusing squarely on the likelihood Trump is a pedophile sex criminal.
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The new Epstein emails are the most incriminating evidence to date on Trump & Epstein & let's be clear, there has been plenty of incriminating evidence for many years. So, can we stop treating this like a process story and start focusing squarely on the likelihood Trump is a pedophile sex criminal.
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Reminder that pretty much everything Bovino has told the press (and judges and juries) has turned out to be a lie. See what they do, not what Bovino says they’ll do.
"Another source with direct knowledge said the number of Border Patrol agents currently operating in the Chicago area will go from 250 down to 100. But in March, that number could increase to 1,000 agents."
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U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to leave Chicago soon
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds' immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one source said they could b...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Reminder that pretty much everything Bovino has told the press (and judges and juries) has turned out to be a lie. See what they do, not what Bovino says they’ll do.
Montgomery said that as agents pursued Garcia, they aimed their guns toward other residents . . . The agents told residents their target was dangerous and that they were protecting neighbors.
“Well, he’s never pointed guns at us,” Montgomery retorted.
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“Well, he’s never pointed guns at us,” Montgomery retorted.
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ICE agents in Northbrook point rifles at bystanders, try to break down door
ICE agents in Northbrook pointed rifles at bystanders and tried to break down doors, then arrested a Salem Walk apartments resident.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Montgomery said that as agents pursued Garcia, they aimed their guns toward other residents . . . The agents told residents their target was dangerous and that they were protecting neighbors.
“Well, he’s never pointed guns at us,” Montgomery retorted.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/i...
“Well, he’s never pointed guns at us,” Montgomery retorted.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/i...
“As a previous winner, my strong advice is to say no to everything. Get home as quickly as you can. Lock the door.”
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‘Flesh’ by David Szalay wins this year’s Booker Prize
“Flesh” follows the twists and turns in the life of a Hungarian man named Istvan. The novel has been acclaimed for its attentiveness to masculine physicality and alienation.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“As a previous winner, my strong advice is to say no to everything. Get home as quickly as you can. Lock the door.”
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"My joke is how do you radicalize middle-aged white women?” she asked. “You throw tear gas at them.”https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/chicago-immigration-ice-resistance/
Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"My joke is how do you radicalize middle-aged white women?” she asked. “You throw tear gas at them.”https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/chicago-immigration-ice-resistance/
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Final from Gampel
UConn 99 FSU 67
Banner night complete!
UConn 99 FSU 67
Banner night complete!
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Final from Gampel
UConn 99 FSU 67
Banner night complete!
UConn 99 FSU 67
Banner night complete!
Here's an idea: admit Nigerian Christians as refugees. But something tells me Trump won't do it. wapo.st/3JECubO
Trump’s ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat to Nigeria shocked key players, aides
President Trump’s threat to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria concerned U.S. military officials in Africa and surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.
wapo.st
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Here's an idea: admit Nigerian Christians as refugees. But something tells me Trump won't do it. wapo.st/3JECubO
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You know the world has become fucked up when a growing number of older people, like myself, are now saying "I'm glad I'm so old I probably won't live to see the culmination of this trend."
A proposed rule change would allow DHS to collect a wide range of sensitive biometric data on all immigrants, without age restrictions, and store that data throughout each person’s “lifecycle” in the immigration system.
DHS offers “disturbing new excuses” to seize kids’ biometric data, expert says
Sweeping DHS power grab would collect face, iris, voice scans of all immigrants.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You know the world has become fucked up when a growing number of older people, like myself, are now saying "I'm glad I'm so old I probably won't live to see the culmination of this trend."
Trump is unpopular even in OKLAHOMA
Once the honeymoon is over, presidents tend to lose popularity quickly. But no recent president has fallen so low so quickly as Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s approval rating
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econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump is unpopular even in OKLAHOMA
Mamdani is a democratic socialist, but he will do less to empower government and meddle with private markets than Trump has.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Mamdani is a democratic socialist, but he will do less to empower government and meddle with private markets than Trump has.