Kevin Murphy
@kevincmurphy.com
Speechwriter, historian, cinephile, old-school blogger. Formerly academia, Congress, politics, preservation. Nowadays in Philly. He/him/his. http://kevincmurphy.com/biography.html
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January 15, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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The email came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains.
January 15, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The email came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains.
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A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
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Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
Learned a lot about normie culture from that gig.
My first job was at Blockbuster (Florence, SC). It was interesting to me that they'd have 2 copies of Reservoir Dogs and like 50 copies of Home Alone 2, and we couldn't keep Home Alone 2 on the shelf. Always had at least one Dogs in tho.
January 14, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Learned a lot about normie culture from that gig.
As a fellow former 17 year old Blockbuster employee, this all checks out.
I know nostalgia for Blockbuster is a thing. I don’t really remember it that way. I remember it having fewer movies than the stores I went to as a kid. But I worked at Blockbuster when I was 17.
Here are some things that happened while I was there.
Here are some things that happened while I was there.
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 AM
As a fellow former 17 year old Blockbuster employee, this all checks out.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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Fun to think about how, say, Tim Russert would have reacted to Bill Clinton doing this. Or Jake Tapper if it was any Democrat at all.
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Fun to think about how, say, Tim Russert would have reacted to Bill Clinton doing this. Or Jake Tapper if it was any Democrat at all.
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If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
January 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
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This is what happens when you slap tariffs on everything. Countries retaliate by buying goods from your competitor.
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China had a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus in 2025, as exports rose 6.6% in December
China’s government says that the country's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion last year as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the United States.
apnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:03 AM
This is what happens when you slap tariffs on everything. Countries retaliate by buying goods from your competitor.
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this fucking headline and the lede is that she *served on a fucking school board*
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
this fucking headline and the lede is that she *served on a fucking school board*
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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She was trying to go to a doctor’s appointment. They smashed her window and cut her seatbelt off with knives, then brutally dragged her out onto the ground.
“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:22 PM
She was trying to go to a doctor’s appointment. They smashed her window and cut her seatbelt off with knives, then brutally dragged her out onto the ground.
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ICE agents are fucking stealing and selling peoples’ PHONES
take a second to really wrap your head around this.
January 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM
ICE agents are fucking stealing and selling peoples’ PHONES
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lotta Dems should be taking notes from Van Hollen on how to respond to the moment we're in
Van Hollen: We are here to say not one more dime for Donald Trump's ICE operations
January 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
lotta Dems should be taking notes from Van Hollen on how to respond to the moment we're in
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The good news is that SIX seasoned federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned rather than engage in a bogus 'investigation' of Renee Good and her wife rather than investigating Good's killer.
The bad news is that there are now six fewer honest, dedicated federal prosecutors with DOJ.
The bad news is that there are now six fewer honest, dedicated federal prosecutors with DOJ.
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The good news is that SIX seasoned federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned rather than engage in a bogus 'investigation' of Renee Good and her wife rather than investigating Good's killer.
The bad news is that there are now six fewer honest, dedicated federal prosecutors with DOJ.
The bad news is that there are now six fewer honest, dedicated federal prosecutors with DOJ.
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very much like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, where the fact of the administration's wrongs against you makes you an enemy to be fought by all available means.
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
very much like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, where the fact of the administration's wrongs against you makes you an enemy to be fought by all available means.
Soon.
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Soon.
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Managed to find an original of Peter Gabriel's fantastic 12" single released in 1980 of the song "Biko" about the great Steven Biko, murdered by the South African apartheid government in 1977. The single includes the actual songs sung at his funeral. Worth reading the liner notes by Gabriel.
January 13, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Managed to find an original of Peter Gabriel's fantastic 12" single released in 1980 of the song "Biko" about the great Steven Biko, murdered by the South African apartheid government in 1977. The single includes the actual songs sung at his funeral. Worth reading the liner notes by Gabriel.
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And this is so so important. The media is not covering what is happening. Spread the word any way you can.
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I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM
And this is so so important. The media is not covering what is happening. Spread the word any way you can.
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