Dara Purvis
@darapurvis.bsky.social
Law professor at Temple. Professional angry feminist (she/her). Views are mine, my own, my precious.
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Starting a war to distract his base from the Epstein files
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Starting a war to distract his base from the Epstein files
Counterpoint: my very American six year old engaged in the very American tradition of protest by crossing out the turkey on her Thanksgiving worksheet.
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Counterpoint: my very American six year old engaged in the very American tradition of protest by crossing out the turkey on her Thanksgiving worksheet.
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I understand all the words and context of this post and really wish I didn't.
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I understand all the words and context of this post and really wish I didn't.
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CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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This Court will overturn Obergefell, but it won't be with this case (as expected).
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This Court will overturn Obergefell, but it won't be with this case (as expected).
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I am not represented by any of the Caving 8. So today, I’ll be calling my Senators and making two asks:
1. Deny unanimous consent to anything that moves the bill forward.
2. Immediately and publicly call for Schumer’s replacement as Leader.
Otherwise, I’m shopping for a new candidate.
1. Deny unanimous consent to anything that moves the bill forward.
2. Immediately and publicly call for Schumer’s replacement as Leader.
Otherwise, I’m shopping for a new candidate.
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I am not represented by any of the Caving 8. So today, I’ll be calling my Senators and making two asks:
1. Deny unanimous consent to anything that moves the bill forward.
2. Immediately and publicly call for Schumer’s replacement as Leader.
Otherwise, I’m shopping for a new candidate.
1. Deny unanimous consent to anything that moves the bill forward.
2. Immediately and publicly call for Schumer’s replacement as Leader.
Otherwise, I’m shopping for a new candidate.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
You saw what New Jersey Democrats can do last week, @andykimnj.bsky.social @corybooker.com. We want a fight.
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
You saw what New Jersey Democrats can do last week, @andykimnj.bsky.social @corybooker.com. We want a fight.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
Not five minutes ago I saw a Tiktok captioned "mothers in Africa" where a mom tells her children to finish their dinner, there are children starving in America.
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Not five minutes ago I saw a Tiktok captioned "mothers in Africa" where a mom tells her children to finish their dinner, there are children starving in America.
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NO FOOD FOR YOU
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
NO FOOD FOR YOU
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REAL feminists know their place in the patriarchy and graciously submit FFS 🙄 #LadyLawyerDiaries
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
REAL feminists know their place in the patriarchy and graciously submit FFS 🙄 #LadyLawyerDiaries
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Absolutely shameful. Cornell has abandoned every trans student there.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Absolutely shameful. Cornell has abandoned every trans student there.
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40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
If SCOTUS says trans people have to put their sex assigned at birth on their passport as a historical fact, then I get to put my birth weight on my driver's license.
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If SCOTUS says trans people have to put their sex assigned at birth on their passport as a historical fact, then I get to put my birth weight on my driver's license.
My money is on Gorsuch writing because it gets a fact egregiously wrong (insisting every person is clearly and correctly identified as one of two sets at birth).
The order is as annoying as you think it is and its overtones are worse.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My money is on Gorsuch writing because it gets a fact egregiously wrong (insisting every person is clearly and correctly identified as one of two sets at birth).
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The order is as annoying as you think it is and its overtones are worse.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The order is as annoying as you think it is and its overtones are worse.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Fellas are rowdy masculine environments gay
The crocodile tears from Mike Cernovich are hilarious until you realize he’s putting Heritage on blast for walking back a statement supporting Nazism.
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Fellas are rowdy masculine environments gay
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Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.