Kirk Murphy 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ❌👑
@kirkmurphy.bsky.social
"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings" Ursula K LeGuin
"The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba
"He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people
"Cuddle us" my kitties
"The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba
"He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people
"Cuddle us" my kitties
LA residents literally died - and Mayor Bass conspired to falsify the official record.
Karen Bass is unworthy of Los Angeles, LA’s people, and the public’s trust.
May this destroy her political career and get her criminally prosecuted.
Karen Bass is unworthy of Los Angeles, LA’s people, and the public’s trust.
May this destroy her political career and get her criminally prosecuted.
Sources tell the LA Times that Mayor Karen Bass directed changes to the Palisades fire after-action report that softened criticism of the city’s response — contradicting her public statements.
Bass directed watering down of Palisades fire after-action report, sources say
One Bass confidant told a source that 'the mayor didn’t tell the truth when she said she had nothing to do with changing the report.'
www.latimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:40 AM
LA residents literally died - and Mayor Bass conspired to falsify the official record.
Karen Bass is unworthy of Los Angeles, LA’s people, and the public’s trust.
May this destroy her political career and get her criminally prosecuted.
Karen Bass is unworthy of Los Angeles, LA’s people, and the public’s trust.
May this destroy her political career and get her criminally prosecuted.
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Anaheim’s city manager resigns following a TimesOC investigation that led to an FPPC probe into a Lake Havasu retreat he attended but did not disclose as a gift.
Anaheim also waived and released an ethics memo assessing the retreat and potential gift valuations.
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
Anaheim also waived and released an ethics memo assessing the retreat and potential gift valuations.
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
Anaheim city manager resigns amid state watchdog probe into Havasu retreat
Jim Vanderpool's resignation as city manager followed a closed session meeting where Anaheim City Council did not opt to fire him. The FPPC is currently investigating Vanderpool for a chamber-paid tri...
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Anaheim’s city manager resigns following a TimesOC investigation that led to an FPPC probe into a Lake Havasu retreat he attended but did not disclose as a gift.
Anaheim also waived and released an ethics memo assessing the retreat and potential gift valuations.
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
Anaheim also waived and released an ethics memo assessing the retreat and potential gift valuations.
www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...
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Area woman becomes small business owner in Highland Park.
Why Kristen Stewart just saved this historic L.A. theater
Kristen Stewart bought L.A.'s historic Highland Theatre, which shut down nearly two years ago, and hopes to revitalize theatergoing.
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Area woman becomes small business owner in Highland Park.
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L.A. archbishop holds 'Mass for Peace' as students protest Trump immigration policies
L.A. archbishop holds 'Mass for Peace' as students protest Trump immigration policies
With public outrage growing over immigration enforcement, Archbishop José H. Gomez — the highest-ranking Latino bishop in the U.S. — held a 'Mass for Peace' at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
www.latimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
L.A. archbishop holds 'Mass for Peace' as students protest Trump immigration policies
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Chinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from US detention after being granted asylum
Chinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from US detention after being granted asylum
Chinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from US detention after being granted asylum
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Chinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from US detention after being granted asylum
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The federal government is just disappearing children.
These 2 kids detained last week were brought back to MN today. But school officials say many others from the Columbia Heights district are missing. They're not sure if they're in ICE detention or have moved away with their families. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Conejo Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The federal government is just disappearing children.
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Not gullibility, not exactly. Nor personal agreement.
A deep psychological need and professional incentive for normality, with both sides equal, where we share basic values but disagree about how.
Because if it really is this bad, good people would be biased against it, not neutral and “balanced.”
A deep psychological need and professional incentive for normality, with both sides equal, where we share basic values but disagree about how.
Because if it really is this bad, good people would be biased against it, not neutral and “balanced.”
After Trump tells NBC News he could maybe use a "softer touch" on immigration, we immediately get the "different tone" narrative from CNN.
Brianna Keilar: "A change of tone for the president. Softer touch."
David Chalian: "He acknowledged learning something that this requires a softer touch."
Brianna Keilar: "A change of tone for the president. Softer touch."
David Chalian: "He acknowledged learning something that this requires a softer touch."
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Not gullibility, not exactly. Nor personal agreement.
A deep psychological need and professional incentive for normality, with both sides equal, where we share basic values but disagree about how.
Because if it really is this bad, good people would be biased against it, not neutral and “balanced.”
A deep psychological need and professional incentive for normality, with both sides equal, where we share basic values but disagree about how.
Because if it really is this bad, good people would be biased against it, not neutral and “balanced.”
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Everything DHS said about Chicago & the people who live here is a lie. DHS even continues to defame CBP shooting survivor Marimar Martinez months after it was proven that everything they said about her case was false.
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Everything DHS said about Chicago & the people who live here is a lie. DHS even continues to defame CBP shooting survivor Marimar Martinez months after it was proven that everything they said about her case was false.
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(Reuters) - A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines. www.reuters.com/world/america...
Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, said Gabbard's office and three sources familiar with the previously unreported events.
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
(Reuters) - A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines. www.reuters.com/world/america...
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Nike co-founder Phil Knight is a major GOP donor.
February 5, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Nike co-founder Phil Knight is a major GOP donor.
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If this is your photograph, would you be okay with us embedding this post on the Guardian US politics live blog?
February 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
If this is your photograph, would you be okay with us embedding this post on the Guardian US politics live blog?
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
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By sheer coincidence, "we're sorry to see you go" was also my message to the Washington Post.
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
By sheer coincidence, "we're sorry to see you go" was also my message to the Washington Post.
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Note that @wydenpress.bsky.social sent this shortly after the Gang of 8 were briefed on the alleged misconduct of Tulsi which implicated another agency.
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Note that @wydenpress.bsky.social sent this shortly after the Gang of 8 were briefed on the alleged misconduct of Tulsi which implicated another agency.
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Healey is the only Democratic governor with a 287(g) agreement.
Tell her: De-ICE Mass.
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell her: De-ICE Mass.
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
February 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Healey is the only Democratic governor with a 287(g) agreement.
Tell her: De-ICE Mass.
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell her: De-ICE Mass.
#mapoli
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Healthcare experts warn a crisis is here. Congress’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” cuts $100B from CA healthcare. LA Times: “People will die.” A one-time 5% billionaire tax can backfill the cuts and protect care.
https://lat.ms/4amFfYK
https://lat.ms/4amFfYK
Healthcare experts warn 'people will die' unless state steps up amid federal cuts
As massive federal cuts are upending the health care system in California, analysts and health care professionals are urging the state to soften the blow by creating new revenue streams and helping residents navigate through the red tape.
lat.ms
February 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Healthcare experts warn a crisis is here. Congress’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” cuts $100B from CA healthcare. LA Times: “People will die.” A one-time 5% billionaire tax can backfill the cuts and protect care.
https://lat.ms/4amFfYK
https://lat.ms/4amFfYK
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JUST IN: 2 school systems in MN file suit to block ICE enforcement near schools. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#1 in Fridley Public School District, Independent School District 14 v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-01023) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants (filing fee $ 405, receipt number AMNDC-12627493) filed by Education Minnesota, Duluth Public School District, Independent School District 709, Fridley Public School D...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
JUST IN: 2 school systems in MN file suit to block ICE enforcement near schools. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The CIA is up to something and Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who is the longest serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, doesn't like it but can't tell us about it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
The CIA is up to something and Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who is the longest serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, doesn't like it but can't tell us about it.
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We need more worker-governed news collectives NOW.
I WANT an editor.
I WANT a fact checker.
I NEED an attorney to defend my reporting against the fascist regime.
Freelancing is a nightmare right now, y’all. I can’t make enough to survive and I could have published 3X the news were I on staff.
I WANT an editor.
I WANT a fact checker.
I NEED an attorney to defend my reporting against the fascist regime.
Freelancing is a nightmare right now, y’all. I can’t make enough to survive and I could have published 3X the news were I on staff.
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
We need more worker-governed news collectives NOW.
I WANT an editor.
I WANT a fact checker.
I NEED an attorney to defend my reporting against the fascist regime.
Freelancing is a nightmare right now, y’all. I can’t make enough to survive and I could have published 3X the news were I on staff.
I WANT an editor.
I WANT a fact checker.
I NEED an attorney to defend my reporting against the fascist regime.
Freelancing is a nightmare right now, y’all. I can’t make enough to survive and I could have published 3X the news were I on staff.
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2/3. Experts told us the sums they supposedly paid for estate planning services were unusually high.
Some of the contract language is also “suspicious,” one said. “It sounds like something nowadays you’d plug into AI and say, ‘Can you make up some BS for me?’”
Some of the contract language is also “suspicious,” one said. “It sounds like something nowadays you’d plug into AI and say, ‘Can you make up some BS for me?’”
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 PM
2/3. Experts told us the sums they supposedly paid for estate planning services were unusually high.
Some of the contract language is also “suspicious,” one said. “It sounds like something nowadays you’d plug into AI and say, ‘Can you make up some BS for me?’”
Some of the contract language is also “suspicious,” one said. “It sounds like something nowadays you’d plug into AI and say, ‘Can you make up some BS for me?’”
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1/3. @giacomotognini.bsky.social and I have uncovered two new billionaire clients of Epstein’s in the latest batch of files: real estate mogul Mortimer Zuckerman and Ariane de Rothschild, heir by marriage to the Rothschild banking fortune.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 PM
1/3. @giacomotognini.bsky.social and I have uncovered two new billionaire clients of Epstein’s in the latest batch of files: real estate mogul Mortimer Zuckerman and Ariane de Rothschild, heir by marriage to the Rothschild banking fortune.
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"I'm worried that if I'm the only one that goes, my kids will still be in this country and if I go, how am I supposed to live? That's what I think about," said Vang, through an interpreter.
(Notable that local TV stations link to a Go Fund Me in stories. They're covering this like a disaster).
(Notable that local TV stations link to a Go Fund Me in stories. They're covering this like a disaster).
First, a story about a St. Paul woman who was detained by ICE. They keep coming back to her house
After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home
Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.
www.kare11.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"I'm worried that if I'm the only one that goes, my kids will still be in this country and if I go, how am I supposed to live? That's what I think about," said Vang, through an interpreter.
(Notable that local TV stations link to a Go Fund Me in stories. They're covering this like a disaster).
(Notable that local TV stations link to a Go Fund Me in stories. They're covering this like a disaster).
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This man has shown no backbone, no vision, no morals. He is doing his best to turn the UK over to the hate clown Farage.
Maybe the lettuce would be better a better choice for PM.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Maybe the lettuce would be better a better choice for PM.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour rebels force Starmer into humiliating climbdown on Mandelson files
Prime minister’s own integrity and judgement under scrutiny as he admits he knew of Peter Mandelson’s ongoing relationship with Epstein – but appointed him US ambassador anyway
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This man has shown no backbone, no vision, no morals. He is doing his best to turn the UK over to the hate clown Farage.
Maybe the lettuce would be better a better choice for PM.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Maybe the lettuce would be better a better choice for PM.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...