
Mike Murphy
@murphymike
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Infuriated frmr GOP Strategist. Co-director @USCPolFuture. OG Trump hater. Co-Host @HacksOnTap podcast. NBC News Analyst. @EVPoliticsUSA honcho. RT≠endorsement
Los Angeles, CA
Joined February 2009
Contributor: California can fix Trump’s EV mistake
latimes.com
The Trump administration is hobbling free-world automakers in the race against China to electrify transportation. America's EV leader — California — can help.
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Hegseth's 17 pages of new rules for media in the Pentagon are a mistake and upend over 80 years of American norms. The wide range of outlets refusing these rules - from the Washington Post to Newsmax and The Hill - show how indefensible these new rules are.
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Trump administration is literally helping China do this…
newsletter.dunneinsights.com
The Formula: Scale Up. Flood In. Starve Out.
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U.S. Battery Market Could Leapfrog China - Battery Show 2025 https://t.co/lTzcGRFmQx via @YouTube
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Santa Clara is one of the first law schools to publish 2026-27 tuition. Historically, Grad PLUS loans have had no limits. Starting next year, professional school borrowing will be capped at $50k/year. Notice anything about the trend in tuition? I expect many schools to copy this.
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Pro-Trump cable news outlet Newsmax refused to sign Pete Hegseth’s updated press policy on Monday, joining legacy media outlets that condemned Hegseth’s policy as press intimidation and a violation of the First Amendment Hegseth’s new policy banned Pentagon reporters from asking
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MIT has become the first school to reject the Trump administration’s proposal that offered a select few universities preferential access to federal funds in exchange for agreeing to a set of demands.
nbcnews.com
"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology president wrote in a letter.
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This is my Life of a Showgirl.
This is the story of President James Garfield and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau, the man who would come to kill him. Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin, Bradley Whitford and Shea Whigham star in Death By Lightning. Premiering November 6.
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In Hoffman Estates, Illinois, ICE dragged a girl out of a car, slammed her to the ground, then pinned her face down and knelt on her neck. “I’m 15!” she cries out. “I’m not resisting!” What has America become?
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Karin Immergut, lifelong prosecutor and judge and a registered Republican since 2001, is a kind of hero we need. A real conservative, reality-based, truthful, brave. Gift link: https://t.co/CYCNvlWUqE
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Ignore the noise. Much of the world will be rushing to get their hands on Israeli defense tech innovation after the war. My conversation on @SquawkCNBC with @andrewrsorkin @BeckyQuick @JoeSquawk
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On the bipartisan attack on #autism in Michigan. https://t.co/ZOCbtnDLBK cc @AutismAlliance @briancalley @TimAlberta @GovWhitmer @RepMattHall @EricMGarcia @davidaxelrod @autismspeaks
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We should not be shutting down Voice of America, Radio Free Europe. Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks. We need these in our national security toolkit. Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and Cuba don’t want their citizens to know the truth. Information is power.
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Smartphones and social media place adult-sized responsibilities on children long before they’re ready.
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Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition https://t.co/tfbCy6Bf9E
theatlantic.com
The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.
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Good morning with good news: US added a record number of EV charging stations in third quarter of 2025! ~780 public high-speed charging stations opened in Q3. US charging infrastructure expanded by 19% in the first nine months of the year. https://t.co/Dzk5tS1O7s
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The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat https://t.co/mkxl9u3OEF via @NYTimes
nytimes.com
Spurned by the country’s authoritarian president and even her own colleagues in the opposition, María Corina Machado has built the most significant voter mobilization since Hugo Chávez.
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Here’s our story on Katie Porter’s campaign, my first TV package for CNN.
.@Elex_Michaelson with a CNN segment on @katieporteroc and recent snafus in her bid to be the future governor of California 10.9.25 751 pm ET/ 451 pm PT
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