Michael Sullivan
@thesullivan.bsky.social
Former cognitive anthropologist, former US tank gunner, former US bureaucrat, current IT teacher. ND AF, but mask on the daily to 'people' better.
I nerd out over whiskey, politics, technology, and the human condition.
I nerd out over whiskey, politics, technology, and the human condition.
US Judge Biery is formally asserting that the current US government is trampling the Constitution.
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
US Judge Biery is formally asserting that the current US government is trampling the Constitution.
"None have been charged with a crime connected to the investigation."
What kind of DOJ sits on over 3 million documents of this sort and cannot be bothered to charge any of these predators with a crime?
By the way, that's also the kind of DOJ that would shred documents they fear.
What kind of DOJ sits on over 3 million documents of this sort and cannot be bothered to charge any of these predators with a crime?
By the way, that's also the kind of DOJ that would shred documents they fear.
From Elon Musk to the former Prince Andrew, a who’s who of powerful men are named in Epstein files
Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.
apnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
"None have been charged with a crime connected to the investigation."
What kind of DOJ sits on over 3 million documents of this sort and cannot be bothered to charge any of these predators with a crime?
By the way, that's also the kind of DOJ that would shred documents they fear.
What kind of DOJ sits on over 3 million documents of this sort and cannot be bothered to charge any of these predators with a crime?
By the way, that's also the kind of DOJ that would shred documents they fear.
Elected Democrats are now being investigated by the DOJ for refusing to lick the boots that are kicking their constituents.
With Trump, we are living in a post-Constitutional America. He has no use for democracy or the rule of law. Only brutality and intimidation.
With Trump, we are living in a post-Constitutional America. He has no use for democracy or the rule of law. Only brutality and intimidation.
Justice Department investigates Minnesota Gov. Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, accordin...
www.pbs.org
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Elected Democrats are now being investigated by the DOJ for refusing to lick the boots that are kicking their constituents.
With Trump, we are living in a post-Constitutional America. He has no use for democracy or the rule of law. Only brutality and intimidation.
With Trump, we are living in a post-Constitutional America. He has no use for democracy or the rule of law. Only brutality and intimidation.
World War 3 is spinning up, with Stephen Miller at the epicenter.
We all better hope the Venezuela situation evolves such that the Trump administration loses confidence in the Trump empire, or things are going to get really ugly.
We all better hope the Venezuela situation evolves such that the Trump administration loses confidence in the Trump empire, or things are going to get really ugly.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 11:42 AM
World War 3 is spinning up, with Stephen Miller at the epicenter.
We all better hope the Venezuela situation evolves such that the Trump administration loses confidence in the Trump empire, or things are going to get really ugly.
We all better hope the Venezuela situation evolves such that the Trump administration loses confidence in the Trump empire, or things are going to get really ugly.
Trump conducted an invasion of another country from a private resort (which has an international clientele), not from the Situation Room.
Trump touts 'AMAZING' capture of Venezuela's Maduro: 'Could not have been better'
YouTube video by Fox News
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January 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Trump conducted an invasion of another country from a private resort (which has an international clientele), not from the Situation Room.
He's an incoherent mess and he's getting worse each month. #25thAmendmentNow
President Trump Speaks at Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve Party
President Trump delivers remarks at the New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
www.c-span.org
January 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
He's an incoherent mess and he's getting worse each month. #25thAmendmentNow
The current rise of Chinese auto makers is reminiscent of the rise in the 1970s of Japanese auto makers.
Japan went from making cheap hardware to being a world leader in new tech.
Is China on a similar trajectory? Reviewers are saying their EVs are not just cheap, but *good*.
Japan went from making cheap hardware to being a world leader in new tech.
Is China on a similar trajectory? Reviewers are saying their EVs are not just cheap, but *good*.
China forecast to have sold one in every 10 new cars in UK in 2025
Carmakers such as MG, BYD and Chery are set to pass 200,000 mark in sales, analysis suggests, double 2024’s total
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The current rise of Chinese auto makers is reminiscent of the rise in the 1970s of Japanese auto makers.
Japan went from making cheap hardware to being a world leader in new tech.
Is China on a similar trajectory? Reviewers are saying their EVs are not just cheap, but *good*.
Japan went from making cheap hardware to being a world leader in new tech.
Is China on a similar trajectory? Reviewers are saying their EVs are not just cheap, but *good*.
It's frustrating that people who should have known better instead chose to give this malignant kakistocracy the benefit of the doubt, enabling them.
But after nearly 12 straight months of horrors, can we finally unify around the need to restore science & expertise?
But after nearly 12 straight months of horrors, can we finally unify around the need to restore science & expertise?
Opinion | I Was Wrong About RFK Jr.
In early 2025, I was overly optimistic he might get a thing or two right for public health
www.medpagetoday.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's frustrating that people who should have known better instead chose to give this malignant kakistocracy the benefit of the doubt, enabling them.
But after nearly 12 straight months of horrors, can we finally unify around the need to restore science & expertise?
But after nearly 12 straight months of horrors, can we finally unify around the need to restore science & expertise?
Noem is worried that DHS activities are causing people with guns to get angry. Instead of working to de-escalate tensions provoking people to violence, she wants to create a DMZ around DHS.
She plans to keep provoking violence.
She plans to keep provoking violence.
Homeland Security seeks emergency demolition of historic buildings in D.C.
DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem, in a memo obtained by The Washington Post, said the buildings “constitute a present risk to life and property.” Preservationists contend no evidence of an emergency exist...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Noem is worried that DHS activities are causing people with guns to get angry. Instead of working to de-escalate tensions provoking people to violence, she wants to create a DMZ around DHS.
She plans to keep provoking violence.
She plans to keep provoking violence.
I guess we're supposed to believe that Trump is now shaking hands ambidextrously to the point where his hands need medical attention?
And how is it that the most powerful man in the world can't seem to find a makeup artist capable of making either his face or his hands look normal?
And how is it that the most powerful man in the world can't seem to find a makeup artist capable of making either his face or his hands look normal?
Karoline Leavitt grilled on Trump’s bandaged hands as Fox News halted
Karoline Leavitt faced tough questions about President Trump's bandaged and bruised hands during a White House press briefing that Fox News covered with a breaking news segment
www.the-express.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I guess we're supposed to believe that Trump is now shaking hands ambidextrously to the point where his hands need medical attention?
And how is it that the most powerful man in the world can't seem to find a makeup artist capable of making either his face or his hands look normal?
And how is it that the most powerful man in the world can't seem to find a makeup artist capable of making either his face or his hands look normal?
The Heritage Foundation has declared itself for White nationalism as an agenda, and this has caused 15 staffers to resign because they preferred their White nationalism to be less overt.
The Heritage Foundation has become a branch of the Klan with college degrees.
The Heritage Foundation has become a branch of the Klan with college degrees.
The Heritage Foundation Implodes | National Review
Heritage has abandoned or downgraded its conservative commitments in pursuit of populist ideological fashions.
www.nationalreview.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Heritage Foundation has declared itself for White nationalism as an agenda, and this has caused 15 staffers to resign because they preferred their White nationalism to be less overt.
The Heritage Foundation has become a branch of the Klan with college degrees.
The Heritage Foundation has become a branch of the Klan with college degrees.
What is striking to me is "independents": Trump is polling at just 25% with that group.
His overall 36% is maintained because registered Republicans refuse to adjust their position, no matter how ugly things get.
But he has lost almost everyone outside of MAGA.
His overall 36% is maintained because registered Republicans refuse to adjust their position, no matter how ugly things get.
But he has lost almost everyone outside of MAGA.
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
What is striking to me is "independents": Trump is polling at just 25% with that group.
His overall 36% is maintained because registered Republicans refuse to adjust their position, no matter how ugly things get.
But he has lost almost everyone outside of MAGA.
His overall 36% is maintained because registered Republicans refuse to adjust their position, no matter how ugly things get.
But he has lost almost everyone outside of MAGA.
Weiss claims she censored the segment because the Trump administration had not yet weighed in.
She's omitting, however, the obvious reality that the Trump administration was never going to respond to 60 Minutes' requests for comment.
She's licking boots here and she knows it.
She's omitting, however, the obvious reality that the Trump administration was never going to respond to 60 Minutes' requests for comment.
She's licking boots here and she knows it.
Bari Weiss defends decision to pull 60 Minutes episode on El Salvador prison
CBS News editor-in-chief argues in memo that network’s priority was ‘comprehensive and fair’ coverage
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Weiss claims she censored the segment because the Trump administration had not yet weighed in.
She's omitting, however, the obvious reality that the Trump administration was never going to respond to 60 Minutes' requests for comment.
She's licking boots here and she knows it.
She's omitting, however, the obvious reality that the Trump administration was never going to respond to 60 Minutes' requests for comment.
She's licking boots here and she knows it.
We're at that stage of fascism where news critical of official use of torture gulags has to be leaked out in foreign venues before being fearfully pulled.
The United States keeps descending deeper into authoritarian madness.
The United States keeps descending deeper into authoritarian madness.
60 Minutes prison segment pulled by CBS briefly viewed in Canada | CBC News
A portion of a postponed 60 Minutes segment critical of the Trump administration's deportation policies was temporarily available to watch Monday through a Canadian network's website and app.
www.cbc.ca
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We're at that stage of fascism where news critical of official use of torture gulags has to be leaked out in foreign venues before being fearfully pulled.
The United States keeps descending deeper into authoritarian madness.
The United States keeps descending deeper into authoritarian madness.
American News media has bent the knee to fascism. Diversify your sources to escape the propaganda, y'all.
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say | CNN Business
“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
American News media has bent the knee to fascism. Diversify your sources to escape the propaganda, y'all.
There are good reasons to redact files that might be used in a future prosecution, but DOJ has not so much as opened an inquiry. Regardless, there is never an excuse to redact even a single page in its entirety. This is a confession of guilt.
December 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
There are good reasons to redact files that might be used in a future prosecution, but DOJ has not so much as opened an inquiry. Regardless, there is never an excuse to redact even a single page in its entirety. This is a confession of guilt.
How does he figure Venezuela "stole" oil from the US? Even when US oil companies were extracting oil from Venezuela and the gov't there seized it from them, the oil itself was Venezuelan and the contract violations were with private companies, not the USG.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
How does he figure Venezuela "stole" oil from the US? Even when US oil companies were extracting oil from Venezuela and the gov't there seized it from them, the oil itself was Venezuelan and the contract violations were with private companies, not the USG.
Trump's need to be deified is pathetic. He needs assisted living care, not the power of the Presidency.
#25thAmendmentNow
#25thAmendmentNow
Killing the penny was just the start. Trump is rewriting the rules on America’s coins | CNN Business
The next signs of the nation’s political divide might be jingling in your pocket next year.
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Trump's need to be deified is pathetic. He needs assisted living care, not the power of the Presidency.
#25thAmendmentNow
#25thAmendmentNow
While the NSS is, historically, more poetry than policy - the new NSS is quite a nasty document. It is an unhinged White nationalist screed, framing US national security priorities entirely around a core philosophy obsessed with preventing the dilution of White power.
A stunningly ugly document.
A stunningly ugly document.
The Situation: Why Did the White House Write This National Security Strategy?
A very strange document.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
While the NSS is, historically, more poetry than policy - the new NSS is quite a nasty document. It is an unhinged White nationalist screed, framing US national security priorities entirely around a core philosophy obsessed with preventing the dilution of White power.
A stunningly ugly document.
A stunningly ugly document.
Tesla ranked dead last (out of 26 auto companies) in terms of long-term reliability. Caveat emptor.
And Europeans have lost interest in Tesla: sales are down 50% there due to Musk's politics.
Remind me again how Musk is worth $1 trillion to Tesla shareholders?
And Europeans have lost interest in Tesla: sales are down 50% there due to Musk's politics.
Remind me again how Musk is worth $1 trillion to Tesla shareholders?
Which Brands Have the Best Long-Term Car Reliability? - Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports’ free brand ranking for used cars focuses on the reliability of 5- to 10-year-old models, based on member surveys.
www.consumerreports.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Tesla ranked dead last (out of 26 auto companies) in terms of long-term reliability. Caveat emptor.
And Europeans have lost interest in Tesla: sales are down 50% there due to Musk's politics.
Remind me again how Musk is worth $1 trillion to Tesla shareholders?
And Europeans have lost interest in Tesla: sales are down 50% there due to Musk's politics.
Remind me again how Musk is worth $1 trillion to Tesla shareholders?
GOP officials are saying they'll continue to lick Trump's boots until they know they can't be primaried by him.
This is what 'courage' looks like in the GOP these days.
Vote them ALL out of office; they've abandoned any pretense of representing citizens.
This is what 'courage' looks like in the GOP these days.
Vote them ALL out of office; they've abandoned any pretense of representing citizens.
Republican Insider Reveals Exact Moment Trump’s Party Will Abandon Him
Politico chief assesses the “daily humiliation” of supporting Trump.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
GOP officials are saying they'll continue to lick Trump's boots until they know they can't be primaried by him.
This is what 'courage' looks like in the GOP these days.
Vote them ALL out of office; they've abandoned any pretense of representing citizens.
This is what 'courage' looks like in the GOP these days.
Vote them ALL out of office; they've abandoned any pretense of representing citizens.
Uh, so the Pentagon is acknowledging that this is drug trade between countries nowhere near a US border, with neither vessel intended on heading toward us.
These victims pose zero threat to US national security.
The Pentagon is admitting to outright murder as routine practice now.
These victims pose zero threat to US national security.
The Pentagon is admitting to outright murder as routine practice now.
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Uh, so the Pentagon is acknowledging that this is drug trade between countries nowhere near a US border, with neither vessel intended on heading toward us.
These victims pose zero threat to US national security.
The Pentagon is admitting to outright murder as routine practice now.
These victims pose zero threat to US national security.
The Pentagon is admitting to outright murder as routine practice now.
I realize that in the moment many on the Left are referring to MAGA - especially the pro-ICE wing - as Nazis.
Years from now, when this ugliness is behind us, do you think people will use MAGA as a similar epithet to label other post-factual nationalists?
Years from now, when this ugliness is behind us, do you think people will use MAGA as a similar epithet to label other post-factual nationalists?
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I realize that in the moment many on the Left are referring to MAGA - especially the pro-ICE wing - as Nazis.
Years from now, when this ugliness is behind us, do you think people will use MAGA as a similar epithet to label other post-factual nationalists?
Years from now, when this ugliness is behind us, do you think people will use MAGA as a similar epithet to label other post-factual nationalists?
The press should ask AG Bondi why this isn't enough of a predicate to open a murder investigation against a SecDef who insists on being called the Secretary of War.
They don't need a detective for this one; the murder is on camera, with ample documentation.
They don't need a detective for this one; the murder is on camera, with ample documentation.
Pete Hegseth said to kill everybody, officials say - The Washington Post
During the first U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean, in September, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the directive to “kill them all,” according to two people with direct knowledge of the operat...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The press should ask AG Bondi why this isn't enough of a predicate to open a murder investigation against a SecDef who insists on being called the Secretary of War.
They don't need a detective for this one; the murder is on camera, with ample documentation.
They don't need a detective for this one; the murder is on camera, with ample documentation.