Mike Smullen
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Mike Smullen
@msmullen.bsky.social
Higher Ed professional. Jersey guy. Father. Husband. Son. Etc.
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You have died of dysentery.
March 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I stand with Ukraine. Our country believes in freedom and liberty from tyranny and murder. President Trump doesn’t speak for the United States.

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March 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Never before have people been taken from U.S. soil and sent to Guantanamo, and then denied access to lawyers and the outside world,” said Lee Gelernt. “It is difficult to think of anything so flagrantly at odds with the fundamental principles on which our country was built.”
U.S. Claims Immigrants Held at Guantanamo Are “Worst of the Worst.” Their Families Say They’re Being Unfairly Targeted.
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have identified nearly a dozen immigrants who have been flown to Guantanamo Bay. Government officials have refused to release the names of detainees or provide details...
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social, @andykimnj.bsky.social, please tell me you are doing something real to stop this. All of our information will be weaponized against us, not to mention given directly to our enemies.
The IRS is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive taxpayer data. IRS data is tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details, and employment information.
Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records
A White House spokesman said that the initiative called the Department of Government Efficiency needed to review data to fix waste within the agency.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
But not Russia.
European leaders warned on Monday that a trade war with the U.S. would destabilize economies on both sides of the Atlantic, after President Trump said late Sunday that European nations would "definitely" be hit with tariffs.
Trump Says EU Will ‘Definitely’ Be Hit With Tariffs
President Trump said late Sunday that European nations would “definitely” be hit with tariffs. His moves against Canada and Mexico have European officials on alert.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It’s hard to recognize where we live now. So much of what I loved is gone. I know life goes on, but does it have to go on so quickly?
Final print edition
February 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
2016: pretty sure Trump is a Putin asset. 2025: 100% sure Trump is a Putin asset.
February 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Illegal search and seizure. One of the founding grievances of the American revolution.
January 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
But @nytimes.com … it’s a bit worse than that, right? Didn’t Ulbricht try to hire a hitman to kill a few people? Really buried the lede.
President Trump granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace.

Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@rogerkver-b.bsky.social I’m thinking about how crypto can significantly boost universities that are struggling financially. Seems like a creative and significant approach, but I have nowhere near the knowledge needed. Think it can save struggling schools if done right?
January 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This is how dictatorships grow from within. Using the military in this way allows for easy response to any disagreements, followed by requirements to watch our neighbors. It’s not rocket science, but it is anti-American.
January 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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People trolling @mariashriver.bsky.social for her work bringing attn to LA right now

Saying things like.. where were you when FL, NC, etc needed help?

She's the former first lady of CA & an LA resident FFS

Where are Casey DeSantis (FL) & Ann McCrory (NC) now? What are they doing to help LA?
January 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Weirded out by Zuckerberg’s “masculinity” talk. I know some Nuns that have more masculinity in their pinkies than that guy has in his whole yacht.
January 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Post one of many to come.
January 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM