Tom Sullivan
@tmsullivan.bsky.social
Morning guy at Digby's Hullabaloo since 2014.
Author 'For The Win' guide: http://bit.ly/30oNLBT
Bylines: @crooksandliars @HuffPost @BillMoyers Citizen-Times & more
Trump once threatened to sue me: https://bit.ly/3EHUHhU
Author 'For The Win' guide: http://bit.ly/30oNLBT
Bylines: @crooksandliars @HuffPost @BillMoyers Citizen-Times & more
Trump once threatened to sue me: https://bit.ly/3EHUHhU
February 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Yes, they think you're that stupid.
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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Yes, they think you're that stupid.
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"In short, Congress thought a rule requiring the detention of 45,000 people was too much" until a Friday decision requiring mandatory detention of millions of immigrants.
DHS is buying “mega warehouses" to hold them.
Are cattle cars to transport them next?
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DHS is buying “mega warehouses" to hold them.
Are cattle cars to transport them next?
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Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions
On Friday night, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
"In short, Congress thought a rule requiring the detention of 45,000 people was too much" until a Friday decision requiring mandatory detention of millions of immigrants.
DHS is buying “mega warehouses" to hold them.
Are cattle cars to transport them next?
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
DHS is buying “mega warehouses" to hold them.
Are cattle cars to transport them next?
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
“God bless America,” shouted superstar Bad Bunny in English to end his Puerto Rico-themed Super Bowl halftime show. Then he recited, south to north, the names of countries spread across North and South America.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:28 AM
“God bless America,” shouted superstar Bad Bunny in English to end his Puerto Rico-themed Super Bowl halftime show. Then he recited, south to north, the names of countries spread across North and South America.
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"TPUSA has only itself to blame for the utter lameness of its All-American Halftime Show."
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You Watched the Bad Bunny Super Bowl Show. I Watched the “All-American” One. Oh My God.
It was absolutely brutal.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"TPUSA has only itself to blame for the utter lameness of its All-American Halftime Show."
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Bad Bunny was fantastic
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Bad Bunny was fantastic
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
"In short, Congress thought a rule requiring the detention of 45,000 people was too much" until a Friday decision requiring mandatory detention of millions of immigrants.
DHS is buying “mega warehouses" to hold them.
Are cattle cars to transport them next?
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
DHS is buying “mega warehouses" to hold them.
Are cattle cars to transport them next?
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions
On Friday night, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
"In short, Congress thought a rule requiring the detention of 45,000 people was too much" until a Friday decision requiring mandatory detention of millions of immigrants.
DHS is buying “mega warehouses" to hold them.
Are cattle cars to transport them next?
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
DHS is buying “mega warehouses" to hold them.
Are cattle cars to transport them next?
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
Trumpism’s Primal Scream
Trumpism's effort to undo modernity is as doomed to fail as uninventing the light bulb, the airplane, or the computer. But not before MAGA does consequential damage.
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Trumpism's effort to undo modernity is as doomed to fail as uninventing the light bulb, the airplane, or the computer. But not before MAGA does consequential damage.
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February 8, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Trumpism’s Primal Scream
Trumpism's effort to undo modernity is as doomed to fail as uninventing the light bulb, the airplane, or the computer. But not before MAGA does consequential damage.
digbysblog.net/2026/02/08/t...
Trumpism's effort to undo modernity is as doomed to fail as uninventing the light bulb, the airplane, or the computer. But not before MAGA does consequential damage.
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Post-9/11, the GOP warned bogiemen from somewhere vaguely Middle East were coming to kill us in our beds. Today it's GOP armed thugs tricked out for Fallujah. In 2005, I asked whether Americans were “fighting terrorists, breeding them, or becoming them.” Now we know.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Post-9/11, the GOP warned bogiemen from somewhere vaguely Middle East were coming to kill us in our beds. Today it's GOP armed thugs tricked out for Fallujah. In 2005, I asked whether Americans were “fighting terrorists, breeding them, or becoming them.” Now we know.
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Absurdist theater based on Donald Trump’s presidency presents a problem for the Hamburg State Opera. Reality is overtaking attempts to satirize Trump.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Absurdist theater based on Donald Trump’s presidency presents a problem for the Hamburg State Opera. Reality is overtaking attempts to satirize Trump.
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“Before I blacked out on the cell floor, my cell mate pleaded over and over to get me emergency medical care. When I opened my eyes at Hennepin County’s emergency room, I learned I was brought there to be treated for assault.”
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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 4, 2026 at 3:28 AM
“Before I blacked out on the cell floor, my cell mate pleaded over and over to get me emergency medical care. When I opened my eyes at Hennepin County’s emergency room, I learned I was brought there to be treated for assault.”
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GOP donors see handsome returns for investments in political donations. They at least adjacent to the "Epstein class," out there where sketchy deals are handshake-informal and, says John Ganz, “often downright criminal.” But then, Donald always wanted to be a gangster
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February 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
GOP donors see handsome returns for investments in political donations. They at least adjacent to the "Epstein class," out there where sketchy deals are handshake-informal and, says John Ganz, “often downright criminal.” But then, Donald always wanted to be a gangster
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Care to present that evidence to a jury, Tommy?
Sen. Tuberville: "We gotta get rid of these voting machines. There's a half dozen people here in the House and Senate that did not get elected. It was all bogus. We've seen the evidence."
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Care to present that evidence to a jury, Tommy?
The political divide goes beyond left and right. A less noticed divide is between Americans of principle and those who root their life choices on maximizing principal.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The political divide goes beyond left and right. A less noticed divide is between Americans of principle and those who root their life choices on maximizing principal.
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In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home.
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Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home.
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The death of Alex Pretti has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said. Pretti was shot Jan. 24 during a chaotic encounter with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez were named as the two officers who fired at Pretti.
Alex Pretti’s death ruled homicide after Minneapolis shooting by federal agents
The death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed by federal agents, has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
The death of Alex Pretti has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said. Pretti was shot Jan. 24 during a chaotic encounter with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez were named as the two officers who fired at Pretti.
Sue them!
Democrats filed 12+ bills this term for removing qualified immunity from federal officials who violate people’s civil rights under color of law. Except Prof Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law believes individual states might empower state victims to sue for damages.
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Democrats filed 12+ bills this term for removing qualified immunity from federal officials who violate people’s civil rights under color of law. Except Prof Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law believes individual states might empower state victims to sue for damages.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Sue them!
Democrats filed 12+ bills this term for removing qualified immunity from federal officials who violate people’s civil rights under color of law. Except Prof Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law believes individual states might empower state victims to sue for damages.
digbysblog.net/2026/02/02/s...
Democrats filed 12+ bills this term for removing qualified immunity from federal officials who violate people’s civil rights under color of law. Except Prof Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law believes individual states might empower state victims to sue for damages.
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"Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."
— U.S. District Judge Fred Biery
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— U.S. District Judge Fred Biery
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February 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."
— U.S. District Judge Fred Biery
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— U.S. District Judge Fred Biery
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Our government is brutalizing Americans
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February 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Our government is brutalizing Americans
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"A president who doesn’t care about the law, who commands an obedient Congress and is supported by a radicalized base...represents a threat to the next election. [M]illions of citizens are still too complacent. They aren’t aware of the peril we face."
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Opinion | This Is Not a Drill
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February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
"A president who doesn’t care about the law, who commands an obedient Congress and is supported by a radicalized base...represents a threat to the next election. [M]illions of citizens are still too complacent. They aren’t aware of the peril we face."
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"Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."
— U.S. District Judge Fred Biery
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— U.S. District Judge Fred Biery
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February 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned."
— U.S. District Judge Fred Biery
digbysblog.net/2026/02/01/p...
— U.S. District Judge Fred Biery
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Our government is brutalizing Americans
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February 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Our government is brutalizing Americans
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