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Brian Murphy

@burrite.bsky.social
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Historian @ Rutgers & Fulbright prof in Ireland writing about the founding of Paterson, NJ. Brennan Center fellow studying state constitutions. Jersey guy. Eagle Scout. Got a scar at Action Park. Bergen Co. NJ-5 LD-39. StateConstitutionsLab.org

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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
my god
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Oh yeah Gottheimer 1000% loved what they’re doing to Ilhan Omar.
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Box of matchbooks that’s like a time machine
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dinner tonight with the Quill Project summer constitutional studies cohort
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The day ICE murdered someone in Maine Josh Gottheimer was promoting a Fox segment about the nepo book his & DHS Sec Mullin’s daughters wrote about “bipartisanship” Now he’s attacking Ro Khanna for visiting the West Bank. It’s too late for 2026 but 2028 can be his last election. Enough is enough.
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It looks like Axios actually cropped it in the most current version of their story. The image for social is the prior version.
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So many parts like this one are a moment when an editor should have just stepped in to ask “what the f are you actually trying to say?”
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Got to visit Msgr. Hugh O’Flaherty’s gravesite today in Cahersiveen. An incredible man and life.
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I haven’t had a chance to watch yet. There’s definitely some local charm everywhere you go.
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“I thought we were just sparring.” “That’s why you don’t win.”
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This opening
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I keep this on my phone for just these moments
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Overcast at the Sandymount strand today
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Incredible day in Dublin to see the pride parade complete with an Aer Lingus float where the DJ was the captain and finish off with a Belfast Coffee at Bar 1661 with poitin
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Dublin in late June. Lovely but you can see the pollen in those rays of sun.
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Naxos this week
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
B&W rescues are the best
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
She literally did the meme
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Films you’ve watched more than six times
Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Inishmaan this weekend
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I am at the Hitman vineyard in Mendoza except it’s in Tuscany
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Buongiorno
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Have you seen the disco fries at Tops Diner?
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Dutch apple crumb pie to finish the day and the chocolate cherry brioche that started it. Tomorrow is leg day so it’s fine.
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
One of my graduate students holding the floor at our constitutional studies “summer camp” mock state ratification convention at @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social with @quilldir.bsky.social and cohorts from four American universities @law.rutgers.edu @sasn.rutgers.edu @rutgersgsn.bsky.social
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Got this from them today
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
“Explore opportunities in the mining industry”
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
I’ve got this one saved and ready to go for the right moment
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Does your work intersect with state constitutions? Join the State Constitutions Lab on Thu April 24 at 2PM to discuss Quinn Yeargain's paper-in-progress "State Legislative Imperialism" www.stateconstitutionslab.org/events/april... @yeargain.bsky.social #stateconstitutions #constitutions
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"The attention of the mill owners of [Paterson, NJ] should be called to the orphan female, who had the misfortune to lose a limb one year since. One dollar each would place her in a situation to walk as well... -HUMANITY"
The attention of the mill owners of this town should be called to the orphan female, who had the misfortune to lose a limb one year since. One dollar each would place her in a situation to walk as well, or nearly so, as ever, and it is only necessary that one good feeling person (male or female) should take it in hand in order to make her comfortably happy - HUMANITY
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Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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