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Brian Murphy
@burrite.bsky.social
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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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Arthur Burgess Murphy, often known as Brian Murphy, was an Irish scholar of Russian literature and Professor Emeritus of the University of Ulster.

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Environmental science 19%
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burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 1d
Kiddo asked what the weather will be and I said “let’s check on what Steve says” and he said “who’s Steve?”

“The hardest working man in New Jersey weather”

Reposted by Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Brian Murphy

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d
In our deep dive into Stephen Miller, we report that Miller praised Coolidge's 1924 restrictions even though an unpublished history of Miller's ancestry authored by his grandmother explicitly talked about how it closed the door on people like Miller's relatives:

newrepublic.com/article/2041...

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 4d
It’s also telling that a lot of the main characters behind those mobs never did a book and are no longer in the field

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 4d
It let you connect with lots of really interested and interesting people in and out of the profession.

It also created and enforced hierarchies based on follower counts and just being able to devote a ton of time to posting, and leveled some really stupidly cliquish attacks on wonderful colleagues

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 4d
Going to Byers is definitive proof they’re full of it

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 7d
Incredible

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Laura Huenneke , and 1 more

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8d
16 Democratic senators joined Republicans in confirming a close ally of Elon Musk as head of NASA:

Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 11d
Used to think it was a liberal paper that twisted itself into a pretzel for Republicans and conservatives but it’s a conservative paper trying to win over liberals.

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 11d
Man in the High Castle wardrobe
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."

Reposted by Brian Murphy

atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."

Reposted by Brian Murphy

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15d
Inside the Secret Network Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants Amid Trump’s ICE Onslaught talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...
Inside the Secret Network Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants Amid Trump’s ICE Onslaught
They call them the “forgotten migrants.” Of the approximately 11 million undocumented...
talkingpointsmemo.com

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 15d
We’re on a mission from God

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 16d
Have you seen the disco fries at Tops Diner?

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 16d
The Democratic senators are still voting for his nominees.

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 16d
Ok I couldn’t put my finger on it but I think this is it, except for me it was like a mashup of Buddy with Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 16d
This is amazing reporting!

Reposted by Brian Murphy

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 17d
Some of the same churches that are part of the Undocumented Underground in New York played key roles in the fight against slavery.

They are springing back into action to defend migrants.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...
Inside the Secret Network Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants Amid Trump’s ICE Onslaught
They call them the “forgotten migrants.” Of the approximately 11 million undocumented...
talkingpointsmemo.com

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 21d
Kelly is *still* voting for their nominees?!

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 21d
Won’t even stand up for someone in his own caucus. A complete zero.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce, Robert C. Richards , and 8 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."

Reposted by Brian Murphy

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 23d
Team: I have an extra copy of Robert Parkinson's "Heart of American Darkness" and I want to give it to YOU. Enter to win by joining Revolutionary Histories on Patreon for FREE. I'll choose a winner on December 15th and ship it to you in time for the holidays.
www.patreon.com/cw/Revolutio...

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 24d
This is great!

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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 25d
Hello! @adamsopko.bsky.social and I have been working on a proposal to charter an AALS Section on State Constitutional Law. We believe that such a section is long overdue and that it is urgent to foster scholarly community and support in a growing discipline. Links to support this effort below: ⬇️

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 26d
He’s at 60% disapproval you cowards
mattheweadie.bsky.social Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 27d
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university

Full statement from NU below:

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 26d
And nobody in that useless credentialed press corps is remotely curious.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch, Matthew Bunn , and 25 more

mattheweadie.bsky.social
Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 27d
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university

Full statement from NU below:

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 28d
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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Steve (Works at public land grant university UC Berkeley) Katz @stevenkatz.bsky.social · 29d
@nilsgilman.bsky.social’s “Climate Leviathan” in hemstacks.antikythera.org takes us to China’s emergence "as the comprehensive titan of the technology that would define the central development agenda of the twenty-first century.” This is @greatdismal.bsky.social’s post-Jackpot world made real.
Hemispherical Stacks | Hemispherical Stacks
An exploration of planetary computation, emerging geopolitics, and Hemispherical Stacks—covering AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, sovereignty, and the future architecture of global power.
hemstacks.antikythera.org

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 29d
Fabulous balmacaan on him

burrite.bsky.social
Brian Murphy @burrite.bsky.social · 29d
Time for a blogger ethics panel