Cubs fan, Rhetoric Manhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3miwfokazy222In which I join the growing debate initiated by @juliaazari.bsky.social and others about whether Congress should try once again to impeach Donald Trump. https://oratoricalanimal.substack.com/p/impeachment-again07 Apr 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwfokazy222https://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mg6kaow4s22ySome thoughts on Trump's failure to justify this war and the continuing relevance of traditional presidential rhetoric. https://oratoricalanimal.substack.com/p/presidential-war-rhetoric-or03 Mar 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6kaow4s22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mddj645ztk2eI wrote about Mark Carney's excellent speech last week. It's a great example of a speaker trying to create a new language for a new world and I talk about how he does so. https://oratoricalanimal.substack.com/p/prime-minister-mark-carneys-rhetorical26 Jan 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddj645ztk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mckkeonwzs2aA quick and dirty critique of @governorwalz.mn.gov speech yesterday. Spoiler alert: He uses language to make order of disorder. https://substack.com/inbox/post/184775432?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2901061&post_id=184775432&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=7jke2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email16 Jan 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckkeonwzs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3mchwh3qluc2wThis guy. Yes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchwh3qluc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3m4njknpk622yMy best birthday present ever happened on a Wednesday in Cleveland https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOp8w2PgHlM&fbclid=IwVERDUAN0L7tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHudjf0nPDvBRVlw6jYyFZxt54PDQbTW2WlBApv0xCBKqfMjH889XfQIgJEpK_aem_ugZrPGhSWinWcIwv26-WjA#menu02 Nov 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4njknpk622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lzljyyfdok2aMore critiques of Trump's rhetoric! I'm looking at his UN speech and, in particular, his public diplomacy toward India. https://substack.com/inbox/post/174381404?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2901061&post_id=174381404&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=7jke2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email24 Sep 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzljyyfdok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lxf4mfcans24"Appeasement" feels like it's in the air tonight, as it were, and so I thought a brief rhetorical history of appeasement, bullies, Hitler, Trump, and more might be useful. https://substack.com/inbox/post/172017188?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2901061&post_id=172017188&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=7jke2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email27 Aug 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxf4mfcans24https://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lw7lhtyicc2qIn which I think about Trump, Nixon, and his little dog Checkers, or How did we get to Resentment Politics? https://substack.com/inbox/post/170473330?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2901061&post_id=170473330&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=7jke2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email12 Aug 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7lhtyicc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lv4dno2f6c2dFascism is one way to explain Trump but he’s also embraced the Republican, authoritarian agenda that stretches back to Jim Crow. https://open.substack.com/pub/oratoricalanimal/p/the-mississippi-model?r=7jke2&utm_medium=ios29 Jul 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4dno2f6c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3ltwfntosws2jSome thoughts on the debate about the Texas flood https://open.substack.com/pub/oratoricalanimal/p/whos-to-blame-for-the-death-toll?r=7jke2&utm_medium=ios14 Jul 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwfntosws2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lqpgvfu4kk2wSome thoughts on Daaaa new pope’s early public speeches. I’m encouraged: https://open.substack.com/pub/oratoricalanimal/p/daaaaa-popes-rhetorical-style?r=7jke2&utm_medium=ios03 Jun 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpgvfu4kk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lpmc5gwxds2yThis week, I critique the argument fallacies filling the Tapper and Thompson book attacking Joe Biden. Spoiler alert: Hasty generalization is bad. https://open.substack.com/pub/oratoricalanimal/p/joe-biden-harvard-university-and?r=7jke2&utm_medium=ios20 May 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmc5gwxds2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lndpovoiys24I had no idea that Joe's Biden's retirement package include a condo in Trump's head. Livin' large and rent-free forever, it appears.21 Apr 2025 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndpovoiys24https://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lmfphwx5ts2gSurrendering on tariffs is a nice way to celebrate the 160th anniversary of Appomattox. Trump's side lost there, too.09 Apr 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfphwx5ts2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3llwkxlpay22iCory Booker's a little tired now because he spent 25 hours speaking on the Senate floor and the 25 hours after that sending me emails.03 Apr 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwkxlpay22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lltkjjehl22dI wrote a bit about Cory Booker. With some historical 1957 trivia as well. https://oratoricalanimal.substack.com/p/quick-thoughts-on-cory-bookers-record02 Apr 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltkjjehl22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lklririah22zIf you want to measure Chuck Schumer's failure, it's in the disappearance of the budget. Rather than banner headlines about Trump/Musk's attacks on beloved programs, the headlines concern Russian progress in Ukraine, Trump's economic rhetoric, and the deportation of alleged terrorists.17 Mar 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklririah22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lkl5k2hju22kA rhetorical analysis of #Illini AD Josh Whitman’s congressional testimony https://substack.com/inbox/post/159186655?publication_id=2901061&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=7jke217 Mar 2025 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkl5k2hju22khttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lkelkpq47k2uNo need for any more cloture. They’ll stuff every possible horrible thing into a reconciliation and that’s it. The Democratic leader cleared the way. This was the only place to stop them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkelkpq47k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lkelfgh7fc2uSchumer and his sniveling colleagues have made it possible for Musk and Trump to claim the firings, the unconstitutional destruction of agencies, etc. is bipartisan. That is the rhetoric they will use. And Schumer, Durbin, etc have undercut any response. Idiots.14 Mar 2025 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkelfgh7fc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lkceeuxomc2uTime for @amyklobuchar.com to challenge Schumer for Minority Leader14 Mar 2025 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkceeuxomc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3ljqfes4gik2fThat's a Paul Wellstone line. And, yes, I miss Paul Wellstone all of the time. It was a terrible thing to lose him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2025 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqfes4gik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3ljq74fmpuk2fSome thoughts on Trump, the state of the union, presidential genres, and democracy. They are not happy thoughts. #teamrhetoric https://substack.com/home/post/p-15851740106 Mar 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljq74fmpuk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3liz6nl7w6s2fGovernor JB Pritzker (D-IL) gave a great State of the State address that received wide applause and boosted his presidential prospects. Here, I try to explain why, beyond his provocative denunciation of home-grown Nazis. https://substack.com/home/post/p-15774641325 Feb 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3liz6nl7w6s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3liu7tkdzzk2qSo, Musk, who's srsly not in charge of anything, so don't ask him for financial records, has demanded federal employees report to him. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. I hope some CIA operative responds with the classic movie line, "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."23 Feb 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3liu7tkdzzk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3lihjyzvfgs2gIn which I try to show just how JD Vance’s speech in Europe gaslights the world. https://substack.com/inbox/post/157329059?publication_id=2901061&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=7jke2&utm_medium=email18 Feb 2025 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihjyzvfgs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cubsmurphy.bsky.social/post/3li3dik25bs2rThe @nytimes.com seems finally to have figured out that this Donald Trump fellow just might be bad for the country. How COULD we have known? It’s a mystery. https://media.tenor.com/P37h2QraFuIAAAAC/pals-metapals.gif?hh=498&ww=49613 Feb 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:buvugumpvoejodrad5f6eybd/app.bsky.feed.post/3li3dik25bs2r