Ann Murphy
@murphtrials.bsky.social
Law professor. Wild about trials.
It will be god-awful.
President Trump’s ever-growing vision for a ballroom on the White House grounds has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It will be god-awful.
Reposted by Ann Murphy
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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No question about it.
It's fundamentally unfair to consider punishing an estimated 190,000 Afghans for the alleged actions of one (via Bloomberg Opinion)
‘Re-Vetting’ Hundreds of Thousands of Refugees Is an Overreaction
Days after President Donald Trump announced that more than 233,000 refugees would face fresh scrutiny over their legal status, an Afghan refugee was charged with shooting members of the National Guard near the White House, killing one and gravely wounding another.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No question about it.
Got a bunch of great ideas on books. And @vermontgmg.bsky.social is a fabulous writer.
I hope if you're shopping today, you stop by a local indie bookstore. Here's my list of my favorite 25 books from this past year, some old, some new, fiction, history, and current events — something for almost anyone on your list (and, of course, yourself!): www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/my-favorit...
My favorite books of 2025
25 books that changed the way I look at the world this year
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Got a bunch of great ideas on books. And @vermontgmg.bsky.social is a fabulous writer.
LOL
If pasty ass white people was a meal.
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
LOL
This is not good.
At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is not good.
Pay a living wage!
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Pay a living wage!
Truth
Trump says the drug kingpin he just pardoned “has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly.”
In other words, Trump has no idea who this guy is. It seems possible, though, that someone’s beak got dampened.
In other words, Trump has no idea who this guy is. It seems possible, though, that someone’s beak got dampened.
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Truth
Reposted by Ann Murphy
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
What in the hell?
Trump is pardoning yet another major drug trafficker. I've lost count of the number he has already pardoned, including some of the most largest and most dangerous drug traffickers in American history. This time around, it is a foreign dictator. Trump loves dictators.
www.npr.org/2025/11/28/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/28/n...
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
www.npr.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What in the hell?
Wow
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Wow
Let me think for one tenth of a second, oh let’s go back to me.
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Let me think for one tenth of a second, oh let’s go back to me.
No question about it.
this should go without saying but if you were one of the lucky few we did get out of Afghanistan during the withdrawal and we got you out because you'd been working with us, deportation back is likely a death sentence.
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
No question about it.
Reposted by Ann Murphy
Finding a gun on a driver is relevant to whether there is reasonable suspicion to frisk the passenger for a gun, CA5 rules—and here, there was reasonable suspicion.
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Finding a gun on a driver is relevant to whether there is reasonable suspicion to frisk the passenger for a gun, CA5 rules—and here, there was reasonable suspicion.
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
So inappropriate.
Interesting attire for a US Ambassador at a formal occasion.
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
So inappropriate.
Reposted by Ann Murphy
Reposted by Ann Murphy
The plan proposed by the US and Russia appeared to reflect Vladimir Putin’s original war aims.
Any peace deal in Ukraine must be just and fair – the plan proposed by the US and Russia was neither
The plan proposed by the US and Russia appeared to reflect Vladimir Putin’s original war aims.
tcnv.link
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The plan proposed by the US and Russia appeared to reflect Vladimir Putin’s original war aims.
Pay to play.
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Pay to play.
Reposted by Ann Murphy
Btw, why describe this as a “controversial video”? Controversial to whom?
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Btw, why describe this as a “controversial video”? Controversial to whom?
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Reposted by Ann Murphy
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time. n.pr/3M5wRnK
How a 'sweet and shy' tortoise outlived empires and survived two world wars
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time. n.pr/3M5wRnK
Reposted by Ann Murphy
@vermontgmg.bsky.social correctly notes that perhaps the only good thing Elon Musk has done since he bought Twitter is making public the 'location' feature. So many of the far-right’s MAGA accounts actually turn out to be based in Nigeria, Russia, Bangladesh www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-very-b...
The Very Big Business of Lying To You
Turns out "America First" is hugely profitable overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
@vermontgmg.bsky.social correctly notes that perhaps the only good thing Elon Musk has done since he bought Twitter is making public the 'location' feature. So many of the far-right’s MAGA accounts actually turn out to be based in Nigeria, Russia, Bangladesh www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-very-b...
Reposted by Ann Murphy
Stunning. The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call. @nytimes.com
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Stunning. The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call. @nytimes.com
Reposted by Ann Murphy
To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger…
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger…
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes.
We’ve fallen far.
Absolutely tragic
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Absolutely tragic
Interesting.
Opinion: Management service organizations may be attractive to law firms that need capital or want to reduce administrative responsibilities, but the acquisition structure is bound to attract regulatory scrutiny.
Litigation Funders Looking to Invest in Law Firms Face Hurdles
Opinion: Management service organizations may be attractive to law firms that need capital or want to reduce administrative responsibilities, but the acquisition structure is bound to attract regulatory scrutiny.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Interesting.