Sean Murphy
@smurp31.bsky.social
Emmy Award Winning Features Reporter/Traffic Anchor Formerly of NBC4-Los Angeles & CW57/CBS3, CSN-Philadelphia, In-Arena Host-Phila Flyers
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"Contracts to calibrate radiation detection equipment, to support cancer care and veterans cemetery management, among others were also targeted..."
Just restating that for a sec here:
-- calibrating radiation detection equipment
-- cancer care
-- veterans cemetaries
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Just restating that for a sec here:
-- calibrating radiation detection equipment
-- cancer care
-- veterans cemetaries
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk
The cuts would affect everything from cancer care to the ability to assess toxic exposure.
www.politico.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Contracts to calibrate radiation detection equipment, to support cancer care and veterans cemetery management, among others were also targeted..."
Just restating that for a sec here:
-- calibrating radiation detection equipment
-- cancer care
-- veterans cemetaries
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Just restating that for a sec here:
-- calibrating radiation detection equipment
-- cancer care
-- veterans cemetaries
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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The NYT article blaming Zelensky for annoying Trump was wrongheaded and I thought it needed a response.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Blame Zelensky
The Ukrainian president isn’t the problem.
www.theatlantic.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The NYT article blaming Zelensky for annoying Trump was wrongheaded and I thought it needed a response.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Ah yes, focusing on the issues that impact regular Americans.
February 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ah yes, focusing on the issues that impact regular Americans.
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“The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including some who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, despite four deadly crashes since inauguration day.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration firing hundreds of FAA employees despite four deadly crashes in four weeks
President moves to cut Federal Aviation Administration workforce, including safety workers, as critics say public could be endangered
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including some who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, despite four deadly crashes since inauguration day.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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Republican lawmakers in Utah are advancing a bill that would allow schools to fly swastika flags and Confederate flags while banning Pride flags.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
February 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Republican lawmakers in Utah are advancing a bill that would allow schools to fly swastika flags and Confederate flags while banning Pride flags.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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Man With Fogged-Up Glasses Forced To Finish Soup Using Other Senses
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Man With Fogged-Up Glasses Forced To Finish Soup Using Other Senses
ST. GEORGE, UT—With the water vapor causing condensation to form on the lenses and impair his vision, local man Patrick Whittle was reportedly forced Thursday by his fogged-up glasses to finish his soup using his other senses. “In my blinded state, I must rely on my other senses if I’m ever going to eat this […]
theonion.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Man With Fogged-Up Glasses Forced To Finish Soup Using Other Senses
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"The enormity of Defendants’ actions cannot be overstated."
Please read this paragraph in court case filed on Monday.⬇️
Details the devastating, immediate and far-reaching, real-world impacts of the #USAID funding freeze.
From famine to counternarcotics and counter-terrorism programs, more.
Please read this paragraph in court case filed on Monday.⬇️
Details the devastating, immediate and far-reaching, real-world impacts of the #USAID funding freeze.
From famine to counternarcotics and counter-terrorism programs, more.
February 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"The enormity of Defendants’ actions cannot be overstated."
Please read this paragraph in court case filed on Monday.⬇️
Details the devastating, immediate and far-reaching, real-world impacts of the #USAID funding freeze.
From famine to counternarcotics and counter-terrorism programs, more.
Please read this paragraph in court case filed on Monday.⬇️
Details the devastating, immediate and far-reaching, real-world impacts of the #USAID funding freeze.
From famine to counternarcotics and counter-terrorism programs, more.
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Monday thought:
February 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Monday thought:
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Two weeks into Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment
President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Two weeks into Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...
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Trump just took down rural.gov—the main site helping small towns and rural communities access funding to create jobs & run critical services.
Democrats made the largest investments in rural communities since the New Deal, Trump abandoned them in less than a month.
Democrats made the largest investments in rural communities since the New Deal, Trump abandoned them in less than a month.
February 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Trump just took down rural.gov—the main site helping small towns and rural communities access funding to create jobs & run critical services.
Democrats made the largest investments in rural communities since the New Deal, Trump abandoned them in less than a month.
Democrats made the largest investments in rural communities since the New Deal, Trump abandoned them in less than a month.
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
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Trump, asked if he plans to visit the crash site:
"What's the site, the water? You want me to go swimming?"
"What's the site, the water? You want me to go swimming?"
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump, asked if he plans to visit the crash site:
"What's the site, the water? You want me to go swimming?"
"What's the site, the water? You want me to go swimming?"
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I had the opportunity to talk to @boston25 yesterday about handling the stress around this terrible tragedy www.boston25news.com/news/local/l...
Local aviation expert says midair collisions are ‘extremely rare’ despite tragedy in Washington D.C.
After seeing a tragedy like this, aviation experts want to remind everyone how rare this was.
www.boston25news.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I had the opportunity to talk to @boston25 yesterday about handling the stress around this terrible tragedy www.boston25news.com/news/local/l...
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My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
I see your feline…and raise you two canines
January 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I see your feline…and raise you two canines
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Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.
January 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.
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This is grossly irresponsible reporting by the AP. What’s being offered is not a buyout. The deal is if you agree to resign in September you can continue working remotely until then. There is no buyout or severance.
January 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is grossly irresponsible reporting by the AP. What’s being offered is not a buyout. The deal is if you agree to resign in September you can continue working remotely until then. There is no buyout or severance.
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The January 6 pardons are turning out great.
January 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The January 6 pardons are turning out great.
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There is no more important story that needs your attention than the fact that the GOP is trying to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.
Please watch, share, and take action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh1...
Please watch, share, and take action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh1...
The GOP Is Trying To Steal a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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January 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
There is no more important story that needs your attention than the fact that the GOP is trying to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.
Please watch, share, and take action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh1...
Please watch, share, and take action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzh1...
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When Led Zeppelin was still an active band in the mid-1970s, the group's manager, Peter Grant, spotted Dylan at a star-studded event. "'Hello, Bob. I'm Peter Grant, I manage Led Zeppelin.'"
Dylan's retort: "'I don't come to you with my problems.'"
Dylan's retort: "'I don't come to you with my problems.'"
December 29, 2024 at 4:08 PM
When Led Zeppelin was still an active band in the mid-1970s, the group's manager, Peter Grant, spotted Dylan at a star-studded event. "'Hello, Bob. I'm Peter Grant, I manage Led Zeppelin.'"
Dylan's retort: "'I don't come to you with my problems.'"
Dylan's retort: "'I don't come to you with my problems.'"
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This is how they cover up what abortion bans do — fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
This is how they cover up what abortion bans do — fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
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newrepublic.com/article/1886...
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...