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Matt

@mattmurph24.bsky.social

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Originally from Queens, NY. Pragmatic Jewish Democrat. Yankees, Lakers, Cards, Devils, Chelsea FC, FSU, UCLA. Civil Rights. Equality. Multiculturalism. Ruthless Pragmatism.

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · Jan 28

Some basic math for slow folks:

Senate: 53-47 GOP
House: 218-215 GOP

White House: GOP
SCOTUS: 6-3 GOP

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HR McMahon! 1-1

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The American media jerking off Trump now on this Gaza deal.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 54m

“Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine said Wednesday that he and other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a classified briefing this week, were denied access to the Pentagon’s legal opinion about whether the boat strikes adhered to U.S. law.”

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say

The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified.

apnews.com

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 54m

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 4h

2 wounded in shooting in Bassett,Virginia.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 3h

1 dead and 1 injured in shooting in Mccomb, Mississippi.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 2h

2 wounded in shooting in West Point, Mississippi.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 2h

1 dead and 2 injured in shooting in Cocoa, Florida.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1h

2 dead in shooting in Waterbury, Connecticut.

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Greg Abbott needs to police his own state.

AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: Gunman goes on shooting spree from Sugar Land to Houston, Texas, killing multiple people. - local media

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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: Gunman goes on shooting spree from Sugar Land to Houston, Texas, killing multiple people. - local media

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1h

Houston athletics just posted this… why? Why would you not just send another email correcting it?

Why do this in public?

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1h

Los Angeles firefighters lacked resources in initial attack on Palisades fire, report says

The challenges that firefighters faced during the Palisades fire included an ineffective process for recalling firefighters who were off-duty and fire chiefs with little to no experience handling a major incident.

www.latimes.com

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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 1h

Sherrill ethering him for his medical publishing history that led to more opioid deaths & how he helped kill tens of thousands of people & his work on an app to get opioids more easily.

Jack’s talking about her finances too as he hadn’t released his taxes since 2017 until she called him on it.

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Congresswoman Julia Brownley @juliabrownley.house.gov · 3h

When asked if he would bring the House back to reopen the government, Speaker Johnson quipped, “We’ve already done our job.”

Mr. Speaker, you have not done your job.

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Jake Lahut @jakelahut.writes.news · 1h

Also wild that Kristi Noem literally said today that Antifa is “just as sophisticated” as ISIS or Hezbollah (among others)

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 59m

The war is not over.

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Andy Beshear in VA knocking on doors for Abigail Spanberger.

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Team Spanberger @teamspanberger.bsky.social · 1h

Team Spanberger brought the energy in Loudoun County this afternoon to knock doors with Governor @andybeshearky.bsky.social, @deldavidreid.bsky.social, and Delegate Kannan Srinivasan. 
27 days to go until Election Day — let’s do this, Virginia.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1h

Leader Jeffries: Our position over the last several weeks has been clear. We will sit down with anyone at any time and at any place in order to enter into a bipartisan agreement to reach a spending deal that meets the needs of the American people.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1h

Brave of Kristi Noem to visit the Portland "war zone." LOL.

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Julien Hoez @julienhoez.eu · 4h

Emmanuel Macron may announce France's sixth Prime Minister since the 2022 presidential election within the next 48 hours.

This follows last-ditch negotiations led by outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 16h

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 1h

A'ja Wilson.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 1h

The 2025 WNBA Finals is putting up viewership numbers not seen in decades.

◽️ 1.5M viewers through two games (most since 2000)
◽️ 1.9M viewers for Game 1 (most since 1997)

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 1h

The 2025 WNBA Finals is putting up viewership numbers not seen in decades.

◽️ 1.5M viewers through two games (most since 2000)
◽️ 1.9M viewers for Game 1 (most since 1997)

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