Marcy Murninghan
@marcymurninghan.bsky.social
Mich-born patriot, design thinker, writer, doer #CivicFiduciary #AmericanCovenant #Democracy'sPromise / Harvard, Babson / private markets + #MoralMoney/ #CorpGov / Boston, Watertown, Lansing + beyond. Help $$$ power build #EquityCulture #CivicStewardship
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Never have we seen such abrogation of the rule of law, "the witness and external deposit of our moral life," the great jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote in 1897. Our moral life, our legal systems, and our politics are in deep trouble, challenging us to rethink and reboot accordingly.
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Reporting from @kylegriffin1.bsky.social: Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells NBC News that Capitol Police are now with her 24/7.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump’s threat. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump’s threat. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
joycevance.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reporting from @kylegriffin1.bsky.social: Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells NBC News that Capitol Police are now with her 24/7.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump’s threat. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump’s threat. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
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On Wednesday, the Trump administration circulated a six-page draft executive order titled “Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy.” It would create an “AI Litigation Task Force” led by the Attorney General to challenge state AI laws, among other provisions.
White House Circulates Draft Executive Order Targeting State AI Laws | TechPolicy.Press
The draft order, titled "Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy," followed a Truth Social post by President Donald Trump.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On Wednesday, the Trump administration circulated a six-page draft executive order titled “Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy.” It would create an “AI Litigation Task Force” led by the Attorney General to challenge state AI laws, among other provisions.
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Our data, analyzed by @washingtonpost.com, shows giving from the 100 wealthiest Americans has risen 140x since 2000. In 2024 they accounted for 7.5% of federal election spending - $1 of every $13. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... @bethreinhard.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our data, analyzed by @washingtonpost.com, shows giving from the 100 wealthiest Americans has risen 140x since 2000. In 2024 they accounted for 7.5% of federal election spending - $1 of every $13. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... @bethreinhard.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
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Re-upping my piece from yesterday on the Deputy Attorney General's "war" against federal courts—including why it's wanting for both quantitative and qualitative support; why it's especially dangerous coming from the number-two official at DOJ; and why the silence of folks on the right is deafening:
193. The "War" on Judges
Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Re-upping my piece from yesterday on the Deputy Attorney General's "war" against federal courts—including why it's wanting for both quantitative and qualitative support; why it's especially dangerous coming from the number-two official at DOJ; and why the silence of folks on the right is deafening:
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“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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Hiring your friends to run a $200 million anti-immigrant ad campaign funded by taxpayer dollars is incredibly corrupt.
They shouldn't be spending your money like this.
They shouldn't be spending your money like this.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Hiring your friends to run a $200 million anti-immigrant ad campaign funded by taxpayer dollars is incredibly corrupt.
They shouldn't be spending your money like this.
They shouldn't be spending your money like this.
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I sure hope the judge lets discovery go forward on vindictive prosecution while she deliberates unlawful appointment. Otherwise, we’ll never find out the full facts.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Judge appears skeptical of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as interim US attorney
A ruling against Halligan could threaten the cases she brought against James Comey and Letitia James.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I sure hope the judge lets discovery go forward on vindictive prosecution while she deliberates unlawful appointment. Otherwise, we’ll never find out the full facts.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
"Vance fears the political consequences of an open disavowal, so much so that he won’t act on the pleas of some of his closest associates to challenge the groypers. But while the vice president won’t say where he stands, it is not hard to sense where his sympathies lie." @jamellebouie.net
“Vance is simultaneously prominent and marginal, a highly visible figure with nothing better to do than idle near the edges of American politics.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o... @jamellebouie.net
Opinion | Why Doesn’t JD Vance Have More to Say About Nick Fuentes?
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Vance fears the political consequences of an open disavowal, so much so that he won’t act on the pleas of some of his closest associates to challenge the groypers. But while the vice president won’t say where he stands, it is not hard to sense where his sympathies lie." @jamellebouie.net
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I will say it again; the Democrats need openly create a list of civil servants called the Dirty Dozen that will be subject to impeachment in 2026, The Constitution provides that “… all civil Officers of the United States” are subject to removal from office upon impeachment.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I will say it again; the Democrats need openly create a list of civil servants called the Dirty Dozen that will be subject to impeachment in 2026, The Constitution provides that “… all civil Officers of the United States” are subject to removal from office upon impeachment.”
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Judge Mark Wolf -- who stepped down from the federal bench last week -- on his first podcast and also California's AG Rob Bonta on the blue state resistance
He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 11/15/2025 · 1h 16m
podcasts.apple.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Judge Mark Wolf -- who stepped down from the federal bench last week -- on his first podcast and also California's AG Rob Bonta on the blue state resistance
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Bondi in July: “there’s no Epstein client list”
Bondi now: “the department will pursue (Democrats) with urgency”
Imagine thinking this DOJ is anything but a tool of the aspiring dictator in the Oval Office
Bondi now: “the department will pursue (Democrats) with urgency”
Imagine thinking this DOJ is anything but a tool of the aspiring dictator in the Oval Office
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Bondi in July: “there’s no Epstein client list”
Bondi now: “the department will pursue (Democrats) with urgency”
Imagine thinking this DOJ is anything but a tool of the aspiring dictator in the Oval Office
Bondi now: “the department will pursue (Democrats) with urgency”
Imagine thinking this DOJ is anything but a tool of the aspiring dictator in the Oval Office
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Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social destroys the Trump/Vance “costs are down” lie
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social destroys the Trump/Vance “costs are down” lie
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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Trump lashing out in fear at GOP lawmakers will not end well for him.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump lashing out in fear at GOP lawmakers will not end well for him.
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Had 4 years of outrage media coverage of Hunter Biden having a board seat but not quite as much energy directed to what is basically legalized bribery. Need your tariffs cut? Just hand Trump a <checks notes> $130,000 solid gold bar and a bespoke Rolex desk clock. Media shrugs.
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Had 4 years of outrage media coverage of Hunter Biden having a board seat but not quite as much energy directed to what is basically legalized bribery. Need your tariffs cut? Just hand Trump a <checks notes> $130,000 solid gold bar and a bespoke Rolex desk clock. Media shrugs.
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Investigate whoever he wants. Trumps drowning on every front.
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Investigate whoever he wants. Trumps drowning on every front.
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Listening to one podcast after another in which liberals carefully dissect the intellectual underpinnings of the right's latest plan to throw us all in gulags, and it makes me wonder: Why don't they talk about us? Why do we only talk about them?
Whether it's garbage NYT left-bait or right wing flood-the-zone nonsense that we all pile on to, we are letting the wrong people set our overall information agenda in a very deep and fundamental way. And it's a very serious mistake.
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Listening to one podcast after another in which liberals carefully dissect the intellectual underpinnings of the right's latest plan to throw us all in gulags, and it makes me wonder: Why don't they talk about us? Why do we only talk about them?
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Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Jim Ryan is the epitome of integrity. Knew him when he was dean of @harvardeducation.bsky.social. May the Good + the Just shine through in this awful time, and may we humans have the wisdom and courage to discern + preserve it.
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Jim Ryan is the epitome of integrity. Knew him when he was dean of @harvardeducation.bsky.social. May the Good + the Just shine through in this awful time, and may we humans have the wisdom and courage to discern + preserve it.
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Dems can say: Are you really sure you want to trust Trump, of all people, when he tells you that what he’s directing you to do is lawful, and that you’ll be protected later as a result? That’s a tenuous position for anyone to put themselves into—and Dems should not hesitate to say so.
Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Darken as Secret Memo Reveals Holes in Legal Case
A new White House memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the White House says so!
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Dems can say: Are you really sure you want to trust Trump, of all people, when he tells you that what he’s directing you to do is lawful, and that you’ll be protected later as a result? That’s a tenuous position for anyone to put themselves into—and Dems should not hesitate to say so.
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This stuff is so crazy. Trump is now just letting his allies that helped him nearly overthrow the government take turns stealing taxpayer money.
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This stuff is so crazy. Trump is now just letting his allies that helped him nearly overthrow the government take turns stealing taxpayer money.
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Playing us all for suckers. The corruption of this regime will leave an indelible mark on our nation. 🇺🇸 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights reut.rs/4i0E0l2
US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights
President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday it was formally withdrawing a plan by his predecessor to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when U.S. flight disruptions are caused by carriers.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights reut.rs/4i0E0l2
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The Epstein emails make clear how little powerful people care about victimizing girls.
There's also this NYT story on a 17 year-old girl (allegedly) victimized by Matt Gaetz. The girl turned to sex work to afford braces. She also lived in a homeless shelter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
There's also this NYT story on a 17 year-old girl (allegedly) victimized by Matt Gaetz. The girl turned to sex work to afford braces. She also lived in a homeless shelter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Epstein emails make clear how little powerful people care about victimizing girls.
There's also this NYT story on a 17 year-old girl (allegedly) victimized by Matt Gaetz. The girl turned to sex work to afford braces. She also lived in a homeless shelter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
There's also this NYT story on a 17 year-old girl (allegedly) victimized by Matt Gaetz. The girl turned to sex work to afford braces. She also lived in a homeless shelter.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...