The Lady Chapman
@theladychapman.bsky.social
just an xennial California girl living in a purple state world. 💜
liquor store girl of your dreams + pragmatic progressive + writer for hire + trivia junkie + cat whisperer.
lady love of @fantasticgigantic.bsky.social.
she/her.
liquor store girl of your dreams + pragmatic progressive + writer for hire + trivia junkie + cat whisperer.
lady love of @fantasticgigantic.bsky.social.
she/her.
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Yo. I'm Stephani.
California native in northern Nevada.
Liquor store dream queen by day, exhausted writer by night.
J-school grad. Subpar advice giver.
Cat mom. Bluey fangirl. Crab rangoon connoisseur.
Life partner of a literal giant.
Welcome to my space. Don't be a dick. 😘
California native in northern Nevada.
Liquor store dream queen by day, exhausted writer by night.
J-school grad. Subpar advice giver.
Cat mom. Bluey fangirl. Crab rangoon connoisseur.
Life partner of a literal giant.
Welcome to my space. Don't be a dick. 😘
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Another reason why so many ppl in news media suck is bc they think theyre the cleveriest ppl ever to exist when in fact theyre easily duped idiots
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Another reason why so many ppl in news media suck is bc they think theyre the cleveriest ppl ever to exist when in fact theyre easily duped idiots
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American political journalism has failed democracy.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
American political journalism has failed democracy.
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this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him
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He has two competing voices in his head. One is the one trying to impress internet edgelords. The other one compels him to kiss the ass of any father figure in his immediate vicinity.
I think the edgelord one will end up winning out here, though
I think the edgelord one will end up winning out here, though
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
He has two competing voices in his head. One is the one trying to impress internet edgelords. The other one compels him to kiss the ass of any father figure in his immediate vicinity.
I think the edgelord one will end up winning out here, though
I think the edgelord one will end up winning out here, though
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If the Pope saves us from a Catholic theocracy imposed by Evangelical Protestant voters…
I don’t even know how to finish that thought.
I don’t even know how to finish that thought.
It is going to be really funny when JD Vance inevitably Fucks Around and gets himself excommunicated
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If the Pope saves us from a Catholic theocracy imposed by Evangelical Protestant voters…
I don’t even know how to finish that thought.
I don’t even know how to finish that thought.
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Don't underrate this moment. 50-100 votes breaking (enough for a veto proof majority) with a same party congress and the president actively lobbying against it is very, very lame duck and indicative of major fissures and breaks in the party.
President Trump is making a last-ditch push to dissuade House Republicans from supporting a measure this week to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump Plays Hardball With GOP Lawmakers as Epstein Vote Approaches
Marjorie Taylor Greene says president is publicly targeting her to discourage other Republicans from supporting the measure.
on.wsj.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Don't underrate this moment. 50-100 votes breaking (enough for a veto proof majority) with a same party congress and the president actively lobbying against it is very, very lame duck and indicative of major fissures and breaks in the party.
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The usual suspects are going to tell you how little this all matters, but Massie getting on national TV and saying "you're protecting pedophiles" to his own fucking party is not something that happens, even involving Massie, if DJT is an unstoppable electoral force and all elections are over forever
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The usual suspects are going to tell you how little this all matters, but Massie getting on national TV and saying "you're protecting pedophiles" to his own fucking party is not something that happens, even involving Massie, if DJT is an unstoppable electoral force and all elections are over forever
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I’m being glib but I’m semi-serious about this: send more white collar criminals to prison; prison conditions will improve
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
"What about [form of abuse that is mostly de facto decriminalised right now anyway]?"
I didn't say abolish bullets, did I?
I didn't say abolish bullets, did I?
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I’m being glib but I’m semi-serious about this: send more white collar criminals to prison; prison conditions will improve
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It would sure be nice if more of our species could evolve beyond “needing to literally have a bad thing happen to them personally before they’re capable of even *starting* to grasp that it’s also bad when it happens to other people”
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
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@mediaite.com #GA14
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November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It would sure be nice if more of our species could evolve beyond “needing to literally have a bad thing happen to them personally before they’re capable of even *starting* to grasp that it’s also bad when it happens to other people”
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there were goddamn billboards in Florida telling all the conservative imports to "remember why you came here" leading up to 2024
this take gets annoying as a southerner. you should not give up on the south, but no, it is not red because of voter suppression or a lack of funding for dems. doug jones raised shitloads of money and lost. it is red because the overwhelming majority are extremely racist white conservatives
I understand why a lot of white liberals are like, fuck the south, because they think about the people in power who are mostly white conservatives. But that is only because of Jim Crow, voter suppression, a lack of real funding for Dems there
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
there were goddamn billboards in Florida telling all the conservative imports to "remember why you came here" leading up to 2024
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Life continues on as fascism takes over. This is basically what Cabaret is about.
1. If America were fascist right now, I would not be posting here. Neither would you.
Instead, I - and you - would be trying to build networks of people *offline* who can support and protect each other, in the dark, rather than yelling at the president and his stooges in our own names. /2
Instead, I - and you - would be trying to build networks of people *offline* who can support and protect each other, in the dark, rather than yelling at the president and his stooges in our own names. /2
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Life continues on as fascism takes over. This is basically what Cabaret is about.
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
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Dana Bash was right to point out that Marge only now speaks about donalds inciting hate and threats towards people when it hit her front door.
MTG owes several people personal apologies, not that blanket BS. Ohh and while shes at it, hang up the J6 plaque.
MTG owes several people personal apologies, not that blanket BS. Ohh and while shes at it, hang up the J6 plaque.
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Dana Bash was right to point out that Marge only now speaks about donalds inciting hate and threats towards people when it hit her front door.
MTG owes several people personal apologies, not that blanket BS. Ohh and while shes at it, hang up the J6 plaque.
MTG owes several people personal apologies, not that blanket BS. Ohh and while shes at it, hang up the J6 plaque.
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Yes, of course, this is why ICE is rounding up immigrants at daycares, hospitals, churches, construction sites, courtrooms, apartments... anywhere except, you know, the houses they supposedly "stole".
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Yes, of course, this is why ICE is rounding up immigrants at daycares, hospitals, churches, construction sites, courtrooms, apartments... anywhere except, you know, the houses they supposedly "stole".
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Prison abolition is just a re-skinned "voting is bad", same mindset. The current system is imperfect and allows bad things to happen so the only possible answer is to burn it all down because that's easier to bullshit about between bong hits to sound smart than coming up with a real solution.
I‘m tired of being nice about this; “abolitionism” has had years to develop a non-idiot policy program and the best they’ve come up with is ”murder without even the pretense of juridical process.” And I am not nut-picking; this is all over abolitionist writing.
"What about [form of abuse that is mostly de facto decriminalised right now anyway]?"
I didn't say abolish bullets, did I?
I didn't say abolish bullets, did I?
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Prison abolition is just a re-skinned "voting is bad", same mindset. The current system is imperfect and allows bad things to happen so the only possible answer is to burn it all down because that's easier to bullshit about between bong hits to sound smart than coming up with a real solution.
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Everyone normalizing saying this goes a long way.
Seth Moulton went on MSNBC and straight up said "the president is a pedophile" and refused to walk it back even after the hosts kept trying to equivocate.
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Everyone normalizing saying this goes a long way.
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I honestly understand why the news folks don't want to expose their networks to more groundless lawsuits so I am glad that the Dems are just going out and saying it and daring Trump to sue them for it.
Seth Moulton went on MSNBC and straight up said "the president is a pedophile" and refused to walk it back even after the hosts kept trying to equivocate.
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I honestly understand why the news folks don't want to expose their networks to more groundless lawsuits so I am glad that the Dems are just going out and saying it and daring Trump to sue them for it.
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Can people please get either less or more psychotic on this website, effective immediately? Thank you.
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Can people please get either less or more psychotic on this website, effective immediately? Thank you.
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huh, emails don’t rise to the level of being newsworthy? oct 2016 would like a word
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
huh, emails don’t rise to the level of being newsworthy? oct 2016 would like a word
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once again I'm begging and pleading with someone in the press to draw this obvious connection between trump/epstein and trump's precision defunding of programs that assist women who are the victims of domestic and sexual abuse
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
once again I'm begging and pleading with someone in the press to draw this obvious connection between trump/epstein and trump's precision defunding of programs that assist women who are the victims of domestic and sexual abuse
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“The 15 year-old selling her body for food is a vile temptress and the billionaire who paid her twenty dollars for a blowjob is the tragic victim.”
Many such cases.
Many such cases.
As someone who has frequently defended free speech rights of sex workers and sex work advocates, it's completely unsurprising but nevertheless galling to be reminded once again how POWERFUL MEN talk fondly about sex work in private while demonizing it and pushing oppressive laws about it publicly.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The 15 year-old selling her body for food is a vile temptress and the billionaire who paid her twenty dollars for a blowjob is the tragic victim.”
Many such cases.
Many such cases.
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It is true that there are many good journalists doing valuable work at places like the NY Times. It's *also* true that there are major systemic issues at these papers, including leadership. You can't fault readers for taking larger institutional problems into account when judging an outlet's work.
What I know is there are still great journalists - even at elite media outlets - who are doing good work. Adopting a knee-jerk cynicism about all they do abandons those journalists. And it's lazy. And it plays into hands of authoritarians who WANT people to distrust all fact-based journalism.
Come on Eric….you know what these means about the Times and a lot of elite media
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It is true that there are many good journalists doing valuable work at places like the NY Times. It's *also* true that there are major systemic issues at these papers, including leadership. You can't fault readers for taking larger institutional problems into account when judging an outlet's work.
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how could you ask America's finest minds to break off contact with a genius like this simply for abusing children?
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
how could you ask America's finest minds to break off contact with a genius like this simply for abusing children?