Tim Sullivan
@sullitm.bsky.social
2nd place - McCarthy, Alaska egg toss (7/4/95); FJV Anchorage ‘93-‘94; Third Amendment supporter
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When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 AM
When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
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How do you think you’ll feel when the paramilitary drives by your kid’s elementary school in a show of force? I hope you never have to find out.
January 21, 2026 at 3:37 PM
How do you think you’ll feel when the paramilitary drives by your kid’s elementary school in a show of force? I hope you never have to find out.
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The Democratic leaders in Congress have repeatedly shown that they have no interest in leading an effective opposition.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
We have to get rid of Jeffries and Schumer. We have to. It’s unendurable that these men are the most prominent Democrats of the moment. They are two of the most broadly undistinguished men I could imagine in politics, zero fire, zero fight, zero zeal, machine politicians with sinecures.
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The Democratic leaders in Congress have repeatedly shown that they have no interest in leading an effective opposition.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
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every single goddam crisis happening right now is self imposed
January 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
every single goddam crisis happening right now is self imposed
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Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
![DECLARATION
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
ROBERT LANSING
New YorK, August 4, 1916.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
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We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
January 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
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The Founders assumed that Members of Congress would jealously and zealously guard the powers and prerogatives of their branch of government against the grasping of an overweening Executive, and instead we got this supine GOP majority that yearns to lick the boot.
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The Founders assumed that Members of Congress would jealously and zealously guard the powers and prerogatives of their branch of government against the grasping of an overweening Executive, and instead we got this supine GOP majority that yearns to lick the boot.
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The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
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Also DHS policy requires agents to provide medical attention as soon as practicable following the use of deadly force www.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Also DHS policy requires agents to provide medical attention as soon as practicable following the use of deadly force www.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...
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So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
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Oh wow. Trump got a hand-me-down Nobel Peace Prize! Did you know:
It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Oh wow. Trump got a hand-me-down Nobel Peace Prize! Did you know:
It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
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Marco Rubio, June 2012.
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Marco Rubio, June 2012.
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
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This is one of those things that seems small but is really a massive canary in the coal mine.
Pre-release numbers were sacrosanct. The people I knew with access in past admins treated them like nuclear secrets.
Preventing leaks was a cornerstone of anti-corruption and good government. Gone
Pre-release numbers were sacrosanct. The people I knew with access in past admins treated them like nuclear secrets.
Preventing leaks was a cornerstone of anti-corruption and good government. Gone
First found by @bharatkumarmd.bsky.social on the extremely bad site: yesterday at 8:20 pm, Trump tweeted out jobs numbers that included data that weren’t released until 8:30 am today. It was a copy of a presentation with CEA letterhead.
January 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This is one of those things that seems small but is really a massive canary in the coal mine.
Pre-release numbers were sacrosanct. The people I knew with access in past admins treated them like nuclear secrets.
Preventing leaks was a cornerstone of anti-corruption and good government. Gone
Pre-release numbers were sacrosanct. The people I knew with access in past admins treated them like nuclear secrets.
Preventing leaks was a cornerstone of anti-corruption and good government. Gone
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I know there are a lot of big stories. And I have long ago learned not to over-react to crazy things Trump says. But him telling the NYT that the only limitation on his power is his own conscience is profoundly disturbing. Because that is dictator territory. And because he has no conscience.
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I know there are a lot of big stories. And I have long ago learned not to over-react to crazy things Trump says. But him telling the NYT that the only limitation on his power is his own conscience is profoundly disturbing. Because that is dictator territory. And because he has no conscience.
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Holy fuck they actually did it
January 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Holy fuck they actually did it
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Everyone should ask why the Trump Administration keeps lying about this — why they are telling you to disbelieve your own eyes.
An American citizen in a peaceful neighborhood gunned down by masked agents sent there to make people afraid.
The Vice President’s lies are despicable.
An American citizen in a peaceful neighborhood gunned down by masked agents sent there to make people afraid.
The Vice President’s lies are despicable.
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Everyone should ask why the Trump Administration keeps lying about this — why they are telling you to disbelieve your own eyes.
An American citizen in a peaceful neighborhood gunned down by masked agents sent there to make people afraid.
The Vice President’s lies are despicable.
An American citizen in a peaceful neighborhood gunned down by masked agents sent there to make people afraid.
The Vice President’s lies are despicable.
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The fact is that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens, and are being scapegoated by the President to justify a host of harmful, wildly unpopular policy decisions, including ending ACA health insurance subsidies and cutting food assistance.
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The fact is that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than U.S. citizens, and are being scapegoated by the President to justify a host of harmful, wildly unpopular policy decisions, including ending ACA health insurance subsidies and cutting food assistance.
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Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
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I’m still just floored by the fact that we justifiably must close our public schools to protect our kids from the federal government.
January 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I’m still just floored by the fact that we justifiably must close our public schools to protect our kids from the federal government.
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made