Brian Murphy
@burrite.bsky.social
Historian writing about the founding of Paterson, N.J. and the Passaic River. Brennan Center fellow studying state constitutions. Jersey guy, got a scar at Action Park. StateConstitutionsLab.org
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Someone’s done the Wrath of Khan Starfleet Field Coat as a unisex cardigan.
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Someone’s done the Wrath of Khan Starfleet Field Coat as a unisex cardigan.
I would love to see Leo visit Chicago and insist on visiting this facility and see MAGA Catholics lose their minds
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I would love to see Leo visit Chicago and insist on visiting this facility and see MAGA Catholics lose their minds
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Jazz OTD: Miles Davis and Gil Evans's reimagining of the first movement of Joaquín Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" is an iconic moment in 20th-century music, stretching the boundaries of jazz contributions. They recorded it on November 20, 1959 for the landmark album "Sketches of Spain." #jazzsky
Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
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November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Jazz OTD: Miles Davis and Gil Evans's reimagining of the first movement of Joaquín Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" is an iconic moment in 20th-century music, stretching the boundaries of jazz contributions. They recorded it on November 20, 1959 for the landmark album "Sketches of Spain." #jazzsky
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mark Sanford was running for president?
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Mark Sanford was running for president?
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
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NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I take a look at the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the little it accomplished- especially on the central governmental crisis we face- the constitutional crisis over impoundment.
www.crisesnotes.com/the-longest-...
www.crisesnotes.com/the-longest-...
The Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History Ends Without Ameliorating Our Constitutional Crisis
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November is my birth month so I'm doing a birthday sale all month long. I'm turning 34, so an annual subscription is now ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social: I take a look at the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the little it accomplished- especially on the central governmental crisis we face- the constitutional crisis over impoundment.
www.crisesnotes.com/the-longest-...
www.crisesnotes.com/the-longest-...
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They're running from it now. But the fact that Senate Republicans tried to give 10 of their colleagues at least $1 million each for nothing but a bogus press op captures the corruption of Trump II. In no other environment wld this even occur to the most corrupt politicians.
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
They're running from it now. But the fact that Senate Republicans tried to give 10 of their colleagues at least $1 million each for nothing but a bogus press op captures the corruption of Trump II. In no other environment wld this even occur to the most corrupt politicians.
You literally voted to confirm her as Agriculture Secretary
After using hungry Americans as pawns, this will only make it more difficult for families in need to put food on the table.
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
You literally voted to confirm her as Agriculture Secretary
The images say it all and Heidi Schlumpf is right in Commonweal:
The U.S. Catholic bishops’ statement on immigration falls short.
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social @commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bishops-stat...
The U.S. Catholic bishops’ statement on immigration falls short.
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social @commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bishops-stat...
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The images say it all and Heidi Schlumpf is right in Commonweal:
The U.S. Catholic bishops’ statement on immigration falls short.
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social @commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bishops-stat...
The U.S. Catholic bishops’ statement on immigration falls short.
@heidischlumpf.bsky.social @commonweal.bsky.social
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bishops-stat...
Huh what role did he have?
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Huh what role did he have?
My daughter said he’s doing a smoky eye
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 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My daughter said he’s doing a smoky eye
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
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About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.
Dems should be calling for Trump’s resignation. All of them.
This isn’t even a close call.
This isn’t even a close call.
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Dems should be calling for Trump’s resignation. All of them.
This isn’t even a close call.
This isn’t even a close call.
Ah and what are Illinios senators up to today?
Oh.
Oh.
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ah and what are Illinios senators up to today?
Oh.
Oh.
Meanwhile these are Durbin’s constituents who he is supposed to be protecting.
It’s so genuinely shameful there are no words.
It’s so genuinely shameful there are no words.
Federal agents pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Cicero chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
1-year-old, pepper sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club on Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restric...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Meanwhile these are Durbin’s constituents who he is supposed to be protecting.
It’s so genuinely shameful there are no words.
It’s so genuinely shameful there are no words.
People this gullible should have other jobs.
Shaheen on Fox & Friends: "I believe there are number of Republicans who are gonna join us in trying to address healthcare costs ... we are gonna be able to continue to right about healthcare because we're gonna have a vote in December."
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
People this gullible should have other jobs.
Going on Fox to talk about how you stuck it to your own voters is something.
KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Going on Fox to talk about how you stuck it to your own voters is something.
Republicans were going to have to kill the filibuster, which the surrender Democrats wanted to keep in place so they can use it as an excuse to tank the Democratic agenda if they’re ever in power again.
They all deserve to be primaried. Every last one.
They all deserve to be primaried. Every last one.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Republicans were going to have to kill the filibuster, which the surrender Democrats wanted to keep in place so they can use it as an excuse to tank the Democratic agenda if they’re ever in power again.
They all deserve to be primaried. Every last one.
They all deserve to be primaried. Every last one.
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Democrats weren't going to win. They were going to force Republicans to kill the filibuster. WIthout the filibuster they would be forced in power to pass a lot of things they don't want to pass.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Democrats weren't going to win. They were going to force Republicans to kill the filibuster. WIthout the filibuster they would be forced in power to pass a lot of things they don't want to pass.
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.