Deborah Murphy
@deborahmurphyla.bsky.social
Champion of SAFE - safe, accessible, fun and equitable- streets. Jack Russell Terrier companion. Second generation Angeleno. Silver Lake resident.
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Here's my list so far. The reason I'm noting the members of the council's ad hoc Olympics and Paralympics committee (on right) is that there are only seven members of that committee and theoretically four votes could halt LA28-related legislative decisions
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Here's my list so far. The reason I'm noting the members of the council's ad hoc Olympics and Paralympics committee (on right) is that there are only seven members of that committee and theoretically four votes could halt LA28-related legislative decisions
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"Anything less is a distraction and undermines efforts to make sure the Games truly reflect the values of a city."
Now LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who also sits on the city's ad hoc Olympics and Paralympics committee, is calling for LA28 chair Casey Wasserman to step down
Now LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who also sits on the city's ad hoc Olympics and Paralympics committee, is calling for LA28 chair Casey Wasserman to step down
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
"Anything less is a distraction and undermines efforts to make sure the Games truly reflect the values of a city."
Now LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who also sits on the city's ad hoc Olympics and Paralympics committee, is calling for LA28 chair Casey Wasserman to step down
Now LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who also sits on the city's ad hoc Olympics and Paralympics committee, is calling for LA28 chair Casey Wasserman to step down
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Clearly there are other things going on 😮💨 but this did pass today with a shit ton of money for Metro. I am assured this is for passenger-focused, transit-relevant improvements, but trying to get a more detailed breakdown
February 4, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Clearly there are other things going on 😮💨 but this did pass today with a shit ton of money for Metro. I am assured this is for passenger-focused, transit-relevant improvements, but trying to get a more detailed breakdown
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Here's one LA elected official making a statement: “I think Casey Wasserman needs to step down,” says LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn. “Having him represent us on the world stage distracts focus from our athletes and the enormous effort needed to prepare for 2028"
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Here's one LA elected official making a statement: “I think Casey Wasserman needs to step down,” says LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn. “Having him represent us on the world stage distracts focus from our athletes and the enormous effort needed to prepare for 2028"
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tragic and avoidable if we only provided safe cycling facilities like protected cycle tracks
36-year old woman and unborn baby killed by driver while riding ebike with her family on Pershing Drive in Playa del Rey — exactly where bike lanes were installed, then ripped out in 2017: bikinginla.com/2026/02/02/3... #bikeLA #LosAngeles
36-year old woman and unborn baby killed riding ebike on Pershing Drive in Playa del Rey, where bike lanes removed in 2017 - BikinginLA
Apparently, last month isn’t done with us yet. And it ends with perhaps the worst news of all. After a month that had already seen seven people lose their lives riding a bicycle in Southern California...
bikinginla.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
tragic and avoidable if we only provided safe cycling facilities like protected cycle tracks
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If you want breaking news and analysis of LA’s megaevent era — without the sports! — become a paid subscriber to Torched 🔥
Torched
So LA doesn't get burned
www.torched.la
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
If you want breaking news and analysis of LA’s megaevent era — without the sports! — become a paid subscriber to Torched 🔥
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Here at Expo Center with a very large crowd invited to watch LA Mayor Karen Bass deliver the State of the Megaevents — the first of two State of the City addresses she’ll deliver this year
Mayor Karen Bass State of The City 2026
YouTube video by City of Los Angeles
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February 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Here at Expo Center with a very large crowd invited to watch LA Mayor Karen Bass deliver the State of the Megaevents — the first of two State of the City addresses she’ll deliver this year
It’s bad enough we don’t plant enough trees then we’ve got people taking out trees in the name of crime prevention. What is wrong with us?
New piece from me today in L.A. Reported — a new nonprofit publication running original, in-depth pieces about the issues that matter most to Angelenos.
It's about fighting crime by cutting down trees, dismantling bus shelters, and getting rid of shade
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It's about fighting crime by cutting down trees, dismantling bus shelters, and getting rid of shade
lareported.substack.com/p/shade-remo...
Uncool
Whacking L.A. trees in a mistaken effort to reduce crime
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February 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
It’s bad enough we don’t plant enough trees then we’ve got people taking out trees in the name of crime prevention. What is wrong with us?
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Fairly astonishing that the World Cup organizers fail to mention how the second-largest public transportation agency in the country has planned dedicated transit services that will not cost $250 and get you much closer than one mile away
February 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Fairly astonishing that the World Cup organizers fail to mention how the second-largest public transportation agency in the country has planned dedicated transit services that will not cost $250 and get you much closer than one mile away
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February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
@awalkerinla.bsky.social always has the latest scoop 🔥👀🕵️🔍
I wrote about the World Cup fan zones announcement, changes to Cultural Olympiad leadership, ICE going to Milan, and yes, the Casey Wasserman emails 😑
Plus soooooo many links for your weekend reading, all in today's Torched news roundup 🔥
Plus soooooo many links for your weekend reading, all in today's Torched news roundup 🔥
Can we kick it?
Finally, the locations of LA's World Cup fan zones
www.torched.la
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
@awalkerinla.bsky.social always has the latest scoop 🔥👀🕵️🔍
Just what we need on our streets - more speeding 🏎️ maniacs
“To think, 190 miles an hour down Pennsylvania Avenue — this is going to be wild.”-Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy.
Be there! Will be wild!
JFC- bunch of old, fucking white men clapping because they get off on childish things instead of the reality that it’s going to cost taxpayers money.
Be there! Will be wild!
JFC- bunch of old, fucking white men clapping because they get off on childish things instead of the reality that it’s going to cost taxpayers money.
Trump announces August auto race in downtown Washington
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Just what we need on our streets - more speeding 🏎️ maniacs
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Leading the way forward.
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Leading the way forward.
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"The protest in Piazza XXV Aprile, a square named for the date of Italy’s liberation from Nazi fascism in 1945, drew people from the left-leaning Democratic Party, the CGIL trade union confederation and ANPI organizations that protect the memory of Italy’s partisan resistance during World War II"
Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics, criticizing 'creeping fascism'
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Milan to protest the deployment of ICE agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"The protest in Piazza XXV Aprile, a square named for the date of Italy’s liberation from Nazi fascism in 1945, drew people from the left-leaning Democratic Party, the CGIL trade union confederation and ANPI organizations that protect the memory of Italy’s partisan resistance during World War II"
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The LA Times has published a story! Proud of them. They haven't previously reported on the connection between Wasserman and Epstein which, as is noted in this story, was first made in a 2003 Vanity Fair profile
Latest Epstein files include emails between Ghislaine Maxwell, LA28 Olympics head Casey Wasserman
The latest cache of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein includes personal emails exchanged between Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA28 Olympics organizing committee, and convicted sex offender Gh...
www.latimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The LA Times has published a story! Proud of them. They haven't previously reported on the connection between Wasserman and Epstein which, as is noted in this story, was first made in a 2003 Vanity Fair profile
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The city's plan for the Cultural Olympiad was recently approved by council.
But the official LA28 Cultural Olympiad Strategic Plan is still nowhere to be seen.
Paris had cultural programming starting four years out from the opening ceremonies 😮💨
But the official LA28 Cultural Olympiad Strategic Plan is still nowhere to be seen.
Paris had cultural programming starting four years out from the opening ceremonies 😮💨
LA's Department of Cultural Affairs just released its planning framework "intended to serve as a complementary plan to LA28’s Cultural Olympiad Strategic Plan."
Where is LA28’s Cultural Olympiad Strategic Plan? Good question.
Read here: culture.lacity.gov/2028-cultura...
Where is LA28’s Cultural Olympiad Strategic Plan? Good question.
Read here: culture.lacity.gov/2028-cultura...
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 AM
The city's plan for the Cultural Olympiad was recently approved by council.
But the official LA28 Cultural Olympiad Strategic Plan is still nowhere to be seen.
Paris had cultural programming starting four years out from the opening ceremonies 😮💨
But the official LA28 Cultural Olympiad Strategic Plan is still nowhere to be seen.
Paris had cultural programming starting four years out from the opening ceremonies 😮💨
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Email from Jeffrey Epstein: "supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage.. =C2 . she said she has a witness. in 1993"
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Email from Jeffrey Epstein: "supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage.. =C2 . she said she has a witness. in 1993"
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Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop
![To:
*gmaxign
From:
Casey Wasserman
Sent:
Mon 4/7/2003 11:30:08 PM
Subject: RE: Title: Message
or something like that.
*--Original Message--
From: gmax [mailto:gmax1@mindspring.com]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4:34 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE: What foggy enough so that you can float naked down the beach and no one can see you unless
they are close up?
At 04:23 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: june gloom is the common phrase...very foggy in the AM, usually burns off in the
afternoon...but still in the high 70's, low 80's...
I like Carbon Beach the best, and of course, that is where my house is...and it is the best and nicest
beach and closest to the city which is nice. ---Original Message---
From: gmax [mailto
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4?28 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE: Max will be relieved - Stephen Shapiro just called and is going to find out what is available in June to rent in the 3 different areas along the beach. I said I would look at all 3 and would make a decision based more on the house than the area probably. Do
you have a view? I don't know anything about Malibu or LA for that matter. Anyway, regardless of that, Stephen told me that the weather is normally lousy in June -Is that right? What does lousy mean? Is it just hazy? Plse explain to the
foreigner
Gx
PS - I can't sleep - where are you when I need you?
- At 04:06 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:
that can be the exception...but only one. ----Original Message-----
From: gmax [mailto:
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 3:12 PM
To: Casey Wasserman
Subject: RE:
What about Max? - At 02:39 PM 4/7/2003 -0700, you wrote:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvvwejxthpp5s62cu5bqpvxw/bafkreifsqmknqryxrwchuarb3isv5fg7lcr3asspmjybzeifpkkqjzldua@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop
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"Efforts to remove unhoused people will focus on the security perimeters of Olympic venues, according to the report."
For many of the major venues, what's been discussed has been a one-mile radius. For the Figueroa/Expo Park cluster, that would encompass huge sections of downtown and South LA
For many of the major venues, what's been discussed has been a one-mile radius. For the Figueroa/Expo Park cluster, that would encompass huge sections of downtown and South LA
LA County considers plans to remove unhoused people and clear encampments around Olympic venues
L.A. County officials have issued a strategy report advising local governments on how to clear people from encampments near major events.
laist.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
"Efforts to remove unhoused people will focus on the security perimeters of Olympic venues, according to the report."
For many of the major venues, what's been discussed has been a one-mile radius. For the Figueroa/Expo Park cluster, that would encompass huge sections of downtown and South LA
For many of the major venues, what's been discussed has been a one-mile radius. For the Figueroa/Expo Park cluster, that would encompass huge sections of downtown and South LA
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Trump launched an affordability-focused midterm campaign for Republicans this week, traveling to Iowa to give a speech about how good his presidency has been for the cost of living.
That's going about as well as you'd think. Here POTUS is saying he is going to keep housing prices high.
That's going about as well as you'd think. Here POTUS is saying he is going to keep housing prices high.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Trump launched an affordability-focused midterm campaign for Republicans this week, traveling to Iowa to give a speech about how good his presidency has been for the cost of living.
That's going about as well as you'd think. Here POTUS is saying he is going to keep housing prices high.
That's going about as well as you'd think. Here POTUS is saying he is going to keep housing prices high.
Thanks @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social for sticking up for all of us and democracy
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LIVE: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urges end to Trump's ICE immigration crackdown
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Thanks @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social for sticking up for all of us and democracy
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BREAKING: A Waymo robotaxi hit a child crossing the street near an elementary school on January 23.
The company claims the child sustained minor injuries.
NHTSA is already investigating.
Much more to come.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/w...
The company claims the child sustained minor injuries.
NHTSA is already investigating.
Much more to come.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/w...
Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica | TechCrunch
The child, whose age is not known, sustained minor injuries according to Waymo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating.
techcrunch.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
BREAKING: A Waymo robotaxi hit a child crossing the street near an elementary school on January 23.
The company claims the child sustained minor injuries.
NHTSA is already investigating.
Much more to come.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/w...
The company claims the child sustained minor injuries.
NHTSA is already investigating.
Much more to come.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/w...
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Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Greg Bovino.
They must all resign and be held accountable.
They must all resign and be held accountable.
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Greg Bovino.
They must all resign and be held accountable.
They must all resign and be held accountable.
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One asterisk for LA's World Cup plans — unlike other host cities, these fan festivals/zones are not running the length of the 39-day tournament. The official fan festival in Expo Park is only five days long. Then the fan zones jump around the County, with some only open a single day?
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 AM
One asterisk for LA's World Cup plans — unlike other host cities, these fan festivals/zones are not running the length of the 39-day tournament. The official fan festival in Expo Park is only five days long. Then the fan zones jump around the County, with some only open a single day?