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John Murphy

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John Murphy, rhetorical critic, author of John F. Kennedy and the Liberal Persuasion (MSU, 2019). Professor, Un of Illinois Views mine he/him/his

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calendar_today07-09-2012 01:13:17

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So, Musk, who's srsly not in charge of anything, has demanded every federal employee account for their work. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. I hope some CIA operative will respond with the classic movie line, "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."

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Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) have a great State of the State address that won good reviews and boosted his presidential prospects. Here, I try to explain why the speech worked, including his provocative denunciation of home-grown Nazis. substack.com/home/post/p-15…

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Some thoughts on Trump's State of the Union, presidential genres, and democracy. They are not happy thoughts. #teamrhetoric substack.com/home/post/p-15…

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I will pay a journalist $100 if they manage to get an answer from Trump on whether there's a danger in his levying further tariffs on Wakanda if they don't begin fairly trading vibranium with the US.

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This week, I detail the argument fallacies in the Tapper and Thompson book attacking Joe Biden. Spoiler alert: Hasty generalization is bad. open.substack.com/pub/oratorical…

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Some thoughts on the early public speeches of daaaa new pope. Spoiler alert: I’m encouraged. open.substack.com/pub/oratorical…