Rob Hopkirk

Georgetown Law ‘24. He/him

[Rob Hopkirk @rob_hopkirk]

Just listened to a New York Times podcast featuring three older gentlemen comparing 2026 to 1976 and this, almost verbatim, was indeed their shared take on the Bicentennial

[Matthew Sitman @MatthewSitman]

Recommend reading this—and am grateful for the thoughtful, nuanced reporting here. Not surprising, though (Ruth is one of the best)

[Rob Hopkirk @rob_hopkirk]

Learned today that “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale’s great-granddad was the Alabama judge who swore in Jefferson Davis as Pres. of the Confederacy. Lost Cause mythology got so bad up north that our homegrown eccentrics in gothic mansions just had lineages straight out of Faulkner

[Rob Hopkirk @rob_hopkirk]

@elaine_stritch I love Sondheim’s backstory for this lyric in “Finishing the Hat”

- “Hal, it’s about skin.”
- “Nope, too creepy. Change it”

[Rev. Peter Deberny @PastorDeberny]

Yesterday I married my brother

[Tera Hunter @TeraWHunter]

“The same values that make us horrified at his violent death are the ones that should embolden our commitment to defeating the politics he worked for in life” by ⁦@MoiraDonegan⁩ | The Guardian https://t.co/ngPWDtivnX

[Damon Linker @DamonLinker]

This is a brilliant, moving post written in what, to me, is just the right tone.

[Rob Hopkirk @rob_hopkirk]

@elaine_stritch Partial to “In Buddy’s Eyes.” Not a showstopper, but there’s nothing more dramatically satisfying to me than a rhapsodic love song that is actually one big lie to cover up life’s disappointments. “So life is ducky, and time goes flying, and I’m so lucky I feel like crying, and…”

[Rob Hopkirk @rob_hopkirk]

@elaine_stritch Tailor? Paler. Butler? Subtler. Potter? Hotter….Labubu?

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

POWERFUL: "As we continue through Holy Week, my heart aches for my husband, who should have been here leading our Easter prayers. Instead I find myself pleading with the Trump administration and the Bukele administration to stop playing political games with the life of Kilmar."

[Daniel M. Lavery @daniel_m_lavery]

reverse Babette’s feast where a mysterious Norwegian chef slowly teaches a French community the value of sober Protestantism and a plain, cod-based diet

[evelyn gee frick @evelyngfrick]

it was such an honor + a pleasure to get a little mystical with @idinamenzel in talking about @Redwoodmusical!

you can read our convo here: https://t.co/L3ddHzO1Yv

[John Mulaney @mulaney]

I gathered 11 Willy Lomans. Promises were made. #EverybodysLive

[Carrie Coon @carriecoon]

True!
Speaking from experience.

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

Pitch-perfect response to Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin from @GeorgetownLaw Dean Bill Treanor.

It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.

[🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker]

It was an honor to talk about the new @Criterion release of CROSSING DELANCEY, the legacy of director Joan Micklin Silver -- and yes, pickles -- with screenwriter Susan Sandler, star Amy Irving, and the pickle man himself Peter Riegert for @ebertvoices.

https://t.co/9cNG01V6Of

[Mary Ziegler @maryrziegler]

What's surprising is how long this took. I expect we'll see more of the same in the months to come: the Trump Administration slowly and without fanfare adopting the positions abortion opponents want, even on issues, like this, that won't play well politically.

[Rob Hopkirk @rob_hopkirk]

Sharona Fleming informing her boss that he just received a job offer to teach police cadets:

[Club Chalamet 💫 @ClubChalamet]

The Academy made their decision. Congratulations Adrien.

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

I think the Trump regime’s embrace of pro-rape figures like Tate should be seen as a continuation of their anti-abortion politics—different in style, not in substance. Both commandeer women’s bodies by force in order to compel them into a gendered role, be it mommy or sex object.

[Hey Alma @hey_alma]

Laraine Newman and Jane Curtin literally held up their friend, the legendary Jewish comedian, in the final moments of the reunion special.
https://t.co/K2gD3FEYfn