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Kevin Murphy

@kevincmurphy.com
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Speechwriter, historian, cinephile, old-school blogger. Formerly academia, Congress, politics, preservation. Nowadays in Philly. He/him/his. kevincmurphy.com/biography.html

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Chuck Tee @chutry.bsky.social · 15h
I wouldn’t call it “mind-boggling.”
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21h
The fact that Pete Hegseth remains Defense secretary is a moral failing of our nation.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 20h
The peace Conan describes here is what I find so psychotic about Capitalism: The unnatural systemic need for more, growth, bigger, up, is constantly making people feel - mentally and financially - like where they’re at is not what success looks like, even if it’s exactly what makes them happy.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 21h
Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos"
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 21h
"pete hegseth's idea of a smart guy" is such a brutal own
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 21h
A Democratic governor celebrating a hedge fund billionaire's donation to a private university feels very on brand for the party's higher ed agenda.
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Chron 🇨🇦 @xhp.ca · 30/09/2026
Listen to The Board, folks
The Board from Control says "Support independent/lonely media as they are underfunded/poor yet essential"
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"
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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
My 6-year-old in Maryland watching Ice Cream Sandwich cartoons on YouTube just got an anti-UN ad from the literal State of Israel?!?!?
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 27/09/2026
Enjoyed Backrooms too, tho' I confess I felt too old for it. Being stuck in an endless glitchy Goldeneye level is just not an ingrained subconscious fear I hold.
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 27/09/2026
Pleased to report Primetime is good fun. Phoebe Bridgers isn't half bad either, already a better actor than Dylan.
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 27/09/2026
This tweet followed by one by @jonlewis.bsky.social: strong men also cry
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nothing could make me cast a vote for Rahm Emanuel. Nothing.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The meaningful divide in the Democratic party for the foreseeable future is going to be a lot less about center vs left ideology and a lot more about people who grasp this vs people who don’t.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>
nytimes.com
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028.
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 26/09/2026
The Gen-Z guy next to me at the brunch bar is telling his friend the movie they're showing, "The Legend of the Headless Horseman," is one of his favorite films. (It's Sleepy Hollow).
Frances McDormand In Fargo: not sure i agree 100% with your police work, Lou.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 26/09/2026
It do be like that sometimes.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov day! He saved the world from nuclear annihilation on this day in 1983. My freshman year in college would have been so much worse without his courage.🧵
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The fact that we've gotten to the point where this man feels comfortable speaking his mind in public is such an indictment of the 21st century as a whole
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rahm Emanuel, who has about a good a chance of being president as I do, has been profiled like 9 times in the last couple months in major newspapers. It really shows you how profoundly out of touch the people are that drive much of our national political discourse.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
theguardian.com
Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 26/09/2026
Rahm Emanuel's career has been built on the myth that he did a good job with candidate recruitment and campaigning in 2006 at the DCCC. The DCCC actually did a bad job that year in both its primary and general targets. He benefitted from a wave and recruitment by the netroots and groups like LCV.
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
iced coffee is junior level. the real power move is bringing a corn on the cob to your interview
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since Jan. 20, 2025 and a blue wave in November won’t fix it if Trump can just ignore legislation passed by Congress.
cbsnews.com
Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal
President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 25/09/2026
I dunno, kinda makes sense they would've built Silo 1.
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 25/09/2026
Here's the rest of the story if you're interested. (Don't buy this on my account - I was paid out for this project long ago.)
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Prime Minister for Peace: My Struggle for Serbian Democracy: Panic, Milan: 9780810896178: Amazon.com: Books
Prime Minister for Peace: My Struggle for Serbian Democracy [Panic, Milan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Prime Minister for Peace: My Struggle for Serbian Democracy
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why would anyone care if you brought a coffee to a job interview? What in the world are you all on about?
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 25/09/2026
That NYT list is bad. Here, try this one. (Runners-Up: Chernobyl, The Americans, Succession, Bojack, Fleabag).
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 25/09/2026
Traditional to start with Giant Size X-Men #1, then X-Men #94 on. (Or Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1) That said, it doesn't really hit its stride until the end of that volume. Vol. 2,3, and 4 are the peak period, then a lot of 90s tomfoolery.
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ceej @ceej.online · 25/09/2026
Be serious. Bert and Ernie are not “in love.” Maybe they used to be, once
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 25/09/2026
Too busy on the streets of Birmingham.
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 25/09/2026
Good to see Bruce Spence still getting work playing monsters.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think we are underestimating how much the polls have broken Trump. He's going to Alabama to campaign ffs. Please clap.
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bijan @bijan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i think about this post all the time. you might too
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I am paid a very high salary to design new ways to hurt innocent people. Please don't hurt me. I want to live. My job is to hurt your children. Please, don't do anything to me. I want to be safe. My job is to make your family sick. I want to live. Please, I deserve to live. Pleas
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 25/09/2026
Milan Panic, whom I ghosted a memoir for, passed yesterday. Very interesting guy. WWII partisan, then Olympian defector to US. Then got rich through his early pharma biz. Then big Dem/CA donor. Then served as Yugoslavia's president and tussled often with Milosevic. Big personality, crazy life. RIP.
online-tribute.com
Milan Panic | 1929 - 2026 | Online-Tribute.com
MMilan Panić, the visionary entrepreneur who founded ICN Pharmaceuticals, former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, World War II veteran, champion cyclist, devoted husband, father and generous friend, die…
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DRAGON'S LAIR (1983)
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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place
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Resident Warren G. Harding @popeawesomexiii.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
First day as a vampire hunter: This is easy lol First night as a vampire hunter: oh no
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male to fujoshi transsexual @foxglove.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The NYT asking a 50 year-old Republican about the trans panic and segregation is just the NYT doing a victory lap.
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 24/09/2026
Curtains for Zoosha and no mistake.
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That’s not the Mary Peltola I know from my spam folder
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 24/09/2026
How could I resist stories of thirty men, plus Kreegyr?
Star Wars Reign of the Empire book 2 : Edge of the Abyss, by Rebecca Roanhorse
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 24/09/2026
Maybe China's ascendancy wasn't inevitable a generation ago, but it sure is now.
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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 24/09/2026
This is a silly thing to get mad at Trump for. It's plainly obvious that China is the rising power, and we are the declining one. That's what happens when you let Republicans do 50 years of Smash and Grab.
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
tech ceos are openly salivating about the idea of kids losing basic literacy and numeracy. this tells you pretty much all you need to know
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