Tim Murphy

@timothypmurphy

National correspondent at Mother Jones. tmurphy@motherjones.com. Signal: timothypmurphy.41 Proton Mail: timothypmurphy@proton.me

311 Siguiendo22.786 Seguidores5384 Publicaciones

YouTube Bluesky

¿Es tu perfil?Reclámalo y timothypmurphy.dirty.social es tuyo.Reclamar perfil

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· 27d

feeling very mary todd over there

From "Lincoln" by Gore Vidal: "the miasmic mansion, as he had taken to calling the hideous ramshackle old house, infested with rats and termites over which gold leaf and damask had been spread in an attempt to disguise the progressive rot."

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· 27d

daylight savings politics is so funny. it's literally just the meme

the meme of the guy shooting a gun at the sun

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jul 12

it's called "knowing your customers" www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

"Bates was never far from controversy, especially in the mid-'80s when he erected a 12ft 12-volt electric fence around Stamford Bridge to prevent pitch invasions - but was then refused permission by Greater London Council to switch it on, citing safety grounds"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jul 12

i mean that's just as confounding www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...

"An earlier version of this article misstated the location of Central, S.C., the town where Senator Lindsey Graham was born. It is in the western part of the state, not the eastern part."

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jul 10

Barack Obama refusing to do the wave at a baseball game in 2010, looking serious and a little depressed, while everyone around him enthusiastically stands up raises their arms like the sheep that they are

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jul 7

malik tillman

"The Kid Who Only Hit Homers," by Matt Christopher

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jul 6

the ayesha curry tweet about how the NBA is "absolutely rigged for money...or ratings in not sure which" [sic]

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jul 3

mood

"“They’re all sharks,” Tuchel said. “If they smell blood, they come and score.”"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 26

proper magazine(s) www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

A photo of four hands burning draft cards, featured on the cover of Ramparts. The caption reads: "These were the actual draft cards belonging to Ramparts’ editors and its art director—at a time when destroying your draft card was a felony."

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 24

going to call it for the old dynasty www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The last few years ought to have once and for all blown up the myth of Camelot—that it was desirable, that it was ever even real. American politics is haunted by a different sort of Northeastern family, ruled by a calcifying and domineering patriarch, digging its pincers into the national story and flaunting its multi-generational ambitions in the service of a misbegotten golden age. The Kennedys are down to their last and thorniest public servant—a sun-baked, worm-addled, crank incubated in a world of entitlement and unaccountability.

Now all that’s left is the ruins. I’m reminded, like a good Kennedy, of Shelley: Look upon their works and despair.

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 24

catching up on the england game

the Ayesha Curry tweet: "I've lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money... Or ratings in not sure which. I won't be silent . Just saw it live sry."

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 19

[in the voice of Democrats talking about the individual mandate for health insurance] firing the entirety of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a conservative idea www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

"Along the way, he regularly berated staff members. Demanding in one meeting that the speed of deportation accelerate, Mr. Miller angrily threatened to fire the entirety of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one senior administration official recalls in the book."

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 17

struggling to spend money both efficiently and in a democratic way? ah, well, nevertheless sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/b...

At one point, there were so many organizations fundraising off the threat of the Billionaire Tax Act that two donors — Ritankar Das of Titan Holdings and Genevieve Jurvetson — tried to organize a Zoom call to get them all in one place. The idea, according to someone with knowledge of the plans, was for donors to appear with their screens blacked out to maintain privacy while representatives for each organization took turns pitching their visions — like an episode of “Shark Tank” in the dark. The idea was eventually scrapped over fear that details would leak to the press, the source said.

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 17

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...

Bret Stephens writing "The War Is Going Better Than You Think" in March

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 16

gonna tell me kid this was didier deschamps

arlo givens from justified, looking exactly like didier deschamps

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 15

jesus christ www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/t...

photo caption: "Dr. Rick Scarborough, former Southern Baptist pastor and president of Recover America, prays for forgiveness after telling Mohamed Hussein to convert to Christianity or leave the country after a panel at the Texas GOP Convention on Judeo-Christian values at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on June 13, 2026"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 9

the incredulity jumps off the page

GRAND JURY: This person wasn't harmed, but by extension impeding and assaultinghis vehicle, that constitutes simple assault?

MS. MECKLENBURG: Yes. You don't have to touch the person for it. The law does not require that you actually touch him. And, in fact, let's just say that you're going to pick up your children at school and I come along and I stand in front of your vehicle and I am not moving, I'm not going to let you go through. Maybe I put my hand on your car and I push back. I'm hindering you and impeding you from going to pick up your children. There's no question..."

GRAND JURY: That's considered simple assault?

MS. MECKLENBURG: Yes, that would be simple, which is why we're asking for simple, not felony.

GRAND JURY: That's why I go back to my question and use your analogy.

MS. MECKLENBURG: Okay.

GRAND JURY: So if the person comes and stands in front of my car, do I have the right to drive against him?

MS. MECKLENBURG: We are not going -- we don't need to address that today because it didn't happen.

GRAND JURY: It happened. He moved.

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 4

BE SMART:

"Trump will attend the NATO summit in Turkey in July, Rubio says"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· Jun 2

gonna have to tap out, this thing will kill me

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 29

important to put this in quotes to distinguish it from the rest of my fan mail

a DNC fundraising email with the subject line "shut up you ugly f*ck"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 28

this is basically true if you interview for a people for a living and use transcription services, but that's not how either he or the people marketing this think of it nymag.com/intelligence...

"Asserted Rosenbaum, “Anyone who is a working writer today who sits in front of a computer, either doing longform or on deadline or at magazines, whatever the cadence of your work is, you’re using AI one way or another at least in part because it is not only seductive as hell but it’s really incredibly valuable.”"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 27

always so cool to see it in the wild. constantly fine-tuning the defenses, proactively curating, and reaping the rewards.

a notification that I can't see someone's bad take because they're already "blocked"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 26

this is one of the meaner AP stories I've read in a while

"The most iconic marks in Olympic sports, though, are in track, and when Kerley called out Bolt’s 17-year-old record, it made headlines and even got Bolt involved with a short post on social media: “OK,” he said. "

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 25

"Tottenham lacking in attack, midfield, defence and ‘brain’, says Igor Tudor"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 20

love to look up great values on the resale market

StubHub: "great value: based on price, view, seat quality and more"

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 19

underrated jd thing is that he is always making this exact gesture

jd vance doing that hand gesture he always makes when he's explaining why we're sacrificing your neighbors to appease the demons, which I frankly think is quite rich that you're complaining about

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 12

shooters shoot www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Thomas Massie "declared himself the winner of his school's (nonexistent) science fair" at the age of 15, so he could advance to the regionals

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 12

compare that with this lol

eater's list of the best ny restaurants in, apparently, a three-mile radius of midtown

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 8

"Real Madrid have started José Mourinho operation" is such a delightful turn of phrase

Fabrizio Romano: "🚨 Real Madrid have started José Mourinho operation with direct contacts now taking place.

Benfica want Mou to stay at all costs but aware of Real talks ongoing; it depends on Madrid.

Up to Florentino Pérez: he will decide if Mourinho returns or not."

Tim Murphy@timothypmurphy· May 8

it's about who gets a say and who doesn't, who gets to be in the room and who just breathes the fumes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...