Video game designer and science fiction author from Texas. Can be found on Twitter @fawfulfan.
A high school student called Republican Rep. Mark Amodei’s office and demanded Congress do something on gun control. So the congressman’s office had him suspended.
By Matthew Chapman - March 20, 2018
Republicans like Mitch McConnell talk a good game — until they don’t.
By Matthew Chapman - March 19, 2018
After passing a disastrous, error-ridden tax bill with zero Democratic support or input, Sen. Chuck Grassley thinks it’s only fair Democrats vote for all the changes Republicans need.
By Matthew Chapman - March 19, 2018
Republicans lost what was supposed to be a safe red seat in Pennsylvania. They are terrified they might lose one in Kansas too.
By Matthew Chapman - March 19, 2018
Republicans are in trouble. There are 119 congressional districts more competitive than Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district, where Democrat Conor Lamb is giving the GOP a run for its money.
By Matthew Chapman - March 13, 2018
Republican Rep. Mike Conaway made it painfully clear that the GOP could not even keep its narrative straight for 24 hours.
By Matthew Chapman - March 13, 2018
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had the gall to blame “free passes to elderly, fourth graders, veterans, disabled” park visitors for increased admission prices.
By Matthew Chapman - March 13, 2018
Republicans in Kentucky wanted to make it harder to vote. They failed.
By Matthew Chapman - March 13, 2018
Sam Nunberg confessed that the special counsel asked him about Trump’s attempts to buy women’s silence.
By Matthew Chapman - March 12, 2018
Sen. Richard Burr apparently does not know what the word “collusion” actually means.
By Matthew Chapman - March 12, 2018
Iowa state Senate leader Bill Dix made a hasty exit from the political scene after the embarrassing footage emerged.
By Matthew Chapman - March 12, 2018
Just like her dad, Ivanka Trump is not even trying to avoid conflicts of interest.
By Matthew Chapman - March 12, 2018
Even Senate GOP leaders claim to support the “Fix NICS” bill. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner is doing the dirty work of blocking it.
By Matthew Chapman - March 12, 2018
Betsy DeVos wants to carry out the NRA’s agenda in America’s schools.
By Matthew Chapman - March 09, 2018
The Republican in Pennsylvania’s special election is dangerously close to losing. So naturally, Trump is attacking him.
By Matthew Chapman - March 09, 2018
Butch Otter’s scheme was so ridiculous that even the Trump administration admitted it was illegal.
By Matthew Chapman - March 09, 2018
Samantha Vinograd made it clear Trump is not going to have an easy time of talking to the North Koreans.
By Matthew Chapman - March 08, 2018
Republicans in Kentucky and Tennessee are conflicted on whether marrying kids is acceptable.
By Matthew Chapman - March 08, 2018
State Rep. Elizabeth Porter compared school shooting survivors speaking out against gun violence to letting kids abolish homework.
By Matthew Chapman - March 08, 2018
In the Center for Politics’ latest House forecast, there are no longer enough seats leaning or favoring Republicans for a GOP majority.
By Matthew Chapman - March 08, 2018
Trump associate Erik Prince tried to cover up the purpose of a meeting in Seychelles with a Putin confidante. Now Robert Mueller is zeroing in.
By Matthew Chapman - March 07, 2018
Trump is in a panic about special counsel Robert Mueller, and he’s badgering current and former staff about it.
By Matthew Chapman - March 07, 2018
The Lone Star State’s congressional delegation is finally starting to look more like Texas.
By Matthew Chapman - March 07, 2018
Withholding danger pay from troops in Niger makes it painfully clear that Trump doesn’t care about the well-being of the nation’s service members.
By Matthew Chapman - March 06, 2018
Even Gary Cohn can’t take any more of this nonsense.
By Matthew Chapman - March 06, 2018
Rep. Claudia Tenney lost it when a local reporter brought up her inflammatory claims about mass shootings.
By Matthew Chapman - March 06, 2018
Pennsylvania Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone would rather give tax cuts to billionaires than fund the fight against opioid addiction.
By Matthew Chapman - March 05, 2018
Barbara McQuade and Maya Wiley easily shredded former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg for insisting he can refuse to comply with the special counsel’s subpoena.
By Matthew Chapman - March 05, 2018
Texas voters are famous for staying home. Now they are turning out — to vote for Democrats.
By Matthew Chapman - March 05, 2018
America’s most vulnerable senator does not want to talk to the public. Especially about his record on guns.
By Matthew Chapman - March 05, 2018