Dan Murphy
@bungdan.bsky.social
Ex Journalist Bloomberg/FEER/CSM. Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, then Iraq/Egypt with a smattering of everywhere else. Same handle over at Mos Eisley Spaceport. Made wine for a few years. Now training a blue heeler in the CA foothills.
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Loomer is particularly dangerous in a breaking news situation. Before Thanksgiving 2023 there was an explosion at the U.S.-Canada border. It turned out to be a medical incident or mechanical problem or both.
Loomer sent several unhinged tweets insisting it was terrorism. They’re still up.
Loomer sent several unhinged tweets insisting it was terrorism. They’re still up.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Loomer is particularly dangerous in a breaking news situation. Before Thanksgiving 2023 there was an explosion at the U.S.-Canada border. It turned out to be a medical incident or mechanical problem or both.
Loomer sent several unhinged tweets insisting it was terrorism. They’re still up.
Loomer sent several unhinged tweets insisting it was terrorism. They’re still up.
State of Journalism talk: These people with their sex stuff in public and absent ethics are vapid, venal freaks. Yes. But they are not the problem. The people who put them in those jobs - precisely because they're vapid, venal freaks - are the problem. And aint no one talking about them.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
State of Journalism talk: These people with their sex stuff in public and absent ethics are vapid, venal freaks. Yes. But they are not the problem. The people who put them in those jobs - precisely because they're vapid, venal freaks - are the problem. And aint no one talking about them.
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Shoutout to my brother in law and everyone else working hard today to make sure people have a nice holiday tomorrow.
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Shoutout to my brother in law and everyone else working hard today to make sure people have a nice holiday tomorrow.
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Summary here
Kennedy Katch and Kill Kontinued - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ryan Lizza has further elaborated on his accusations that Olivia Nuzzi was acting as an operative for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while presenting herself to the public as a reporter: The ex-fiancé of Rober...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Oh, cripes. I forgot to include the New York Times in the sleaze vortex. Forgive me and thank you for your attention to this matter. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Can someone tell me what new revelation came from the Olbermann/Lizza/Nuzzi/RFK/VF/NYM sleaze vortex today? I can sense from reading this website there was something. But have no idea what it was.
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Oh, cripes. I forgot to include the New York Times in the sleaze vortex. Forgive me and thank you for your attention to this matter. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Can someone tell me what new revelation came from the Olbermann/Lizza/Nuzzi/RFK/VF/NYM sleaze vortex today? I can sense from reading this website there was something. But have no idea what it was.
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Can someone tell me what new revelation came from the Olbermann/Lizza/Nuzzi/RFK/VF/NYM sleaze vortex today? I can sense from reading this website there was something. But have no idea what it was.
All of it. Everything. All this vulgar and corrosive shite.
a close up of a man 's face in a car with a woman behind him .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face in a car with a woman behind him .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
All of it. Everything. All this vulgar and corrosive shite.
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“I just want to find 11,780 votes”. If you do, you’ll be a hero. If not, you might face criminal charges.
Naw, that’s not election interference.
Naw, that’s not election interference.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“I just want to find 11,780 votes”. If you do, you’ll be a hero. If not, you might face criminal charges.
Naw, that’s not election interference.
Naw, that’s not election interference.
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I increasingly think this 11th C opinion upholding decision throwing out Trump lawsuit is a BFD.
That's bc Chief Judge William Pryor and Trump appointee Andrew Brasher said much of what Trump wants to charge as CRIMINAL conspiracy is not one.
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That's bc Chief Judge William Pryor and Trump appointee Andrew Brasher said much of what Trump wants to charge as CRIMINAL conspiracy is not one.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I increasingly think this 11th C opinion upholding decision throwing out Trump lawsuit is a BFD.
That's bc Chief Judge William Pryor and Trump appointee Andrew Brasher said much of what Trump wants to charge as CRIMINAL conspiracy is not one.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
That's bc Chief Judge William Pryor and Trump appointee Andrew Brasher said much of what Trump wants to charge as CRIMINAL conspiracy is not one.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"This isn’t a bug in the system. It’s a feature Musk designed, then acted surprised when it attracted exactly the kind of behavior that trust & safety teams used to work to identify and limit."
thank you, @mmasnick.bsky.social
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety te…
www.techdirt.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"This isn’t a bug in the system. It’s a feature Musk designed, then acted surprised when it attracted exactly the kind of behavior that trust & safety teams used to work to identify and limit."
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“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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Note that this 11th Circuit opinion ALSO means that Donald Trump has lost to Jim Comey twice in one week.
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11th Circuit cites Clinton v Jones in ruling that Trump doesn't get extended statute of limitations on lawsuits to sue Hillary just bc he was super busy as President.
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![The Supreme Court rejected a similar request from President Clinton when it refused to excuse him from judicial process
during his term. See Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 703–04 (1997). It
took no issue with a private citizen subjecting the president to judicial process, in the process burdening his “time and energy” and
“impair[ing] the effective performance of his office.” Id. at 702. If a
president can be haled into court, he cannot be excused from suing
to enforce his rights.
Trump unpersuasively argues that two “circumstances”
support his request. First, he points to the workload he faced during his first term. But it is hard to see how his presidential workload
differs from any other modern president, and those concerns did
not arrest the Supreme Court in Clinton. See 520 U.S. at 697–99.
Second, Trump argues that he was unable to seek relief in court
while in office because, if he had filed this lawsuit during the
Mueller or Durham investigations, “it would have looked like [he]
was interfering with law enforcement functions.” But this argument gives away the game. Equitable tolling requires the circumstances “prevent[ing]” Trump from suing to be “beyond [his] control.” Menominee Indian Tribe, 577 U.S. at 255, 257 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Trump concedes that he chose not](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreie6dmdzir7emcv4c3esfgfsujmlf55qqywomglwhjaxevyyjzwkxm@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Note that this 11th Circuit opinion ALSO means that Donald Trump has lost to Jim Comey twice in one week.
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Scrolling through November 1863 newspapers looking at reactions to Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation and what’s notable is how whiny the conservative Dem papers are about how Thanksgiving proclamations should be the state prerogative and not the federal government’s
plus ça change, I guess
plus ça change, I guess
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Scrolling through November 1863 newspapers looking at reactions to Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation and what’s notable is how whiny the conservative Dem papers are about how Thanksgiving proclamations should be the state prerogative and not the federal government’s
plus ça change, I guess
plus ça change, I guess
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New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
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I suppose every accusation really is a confession
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I suppose every accusation really is a confession
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“Appeared drowsy”
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“Appeared drowsy”
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If this is what it looks like, this is a live third amendment issue. The third amendment has always been my favorite amendment, but largely because it never came up.
Idk if I'm right. Here's what I think I'm seeing:
Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.
They stay!
Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.
They stay!
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If this is what it looks like, this is a live third amendment issue. The third amendment has always been my favorite amendment, but largely because it never came up.
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Aiming a gun at an unarmed civilian who is not posing a threat.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Aiming a gun at an unarmed civilian who is not posing a threat.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
Should be an immediately fireable offense.
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The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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I'm doing my 4th annual Black Friday gravel ride this year, so if you live in Massachusetts you should definitely join. It'll be 35 miles of trails and quiet roads.
Route: ridewithgps.com/routes/53382...
Route: ridewithgps.com/routes/53382...
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I'm doing my 4th annual Black Friday gravel ride this year, so if you live in Massachusetts you should definitely join. It'll be 35 miles of trails and quiet roads.
Route: ridewithgps.com/routes/53382...
Route: ridewithgps.com/routes/53382...
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🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
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i would say that twitter is eating barro’s brain but he’s always been like this
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
i would say that twitter is eating barro’s brain but he’s always been like this
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This Administration’s policies will spur millions of new infections and deaths from AIDS. Today’s announcement is simply to rub all of our noses in this. It is to say: we know what we’re doing; we don’t care. It is pure sadism. It’s a descent into barbarism once again.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This Administration’s policies will spur millions of new infections and deaths from AIDS. Today’s announcement is simply to rub all of our noses in this. It is to say: we know what we’re doing; we don’t care. It is pure sadism. It’s a descent into barbarism once again.
Henceforth we should call the gap in Latino support between Republicans and Democrats the "chupacabra gap." bsky.app/profile/toda...
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Henceforth we should call the gap in Latino support between Republicans and Democrats the "chupacabra gap." bsky.app/profile/toda...
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As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.