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J. Michael Dennis, LL.L., LL.M.
@jmdlive.bsky.social
BUSINESS CONTINUITY STRATEGIST
Systemic Strategic Planning; Regulatory Compliance; Crisis & Reputation Management. [https://www.jmichaeldennis.live/]
LIVING ~ "Christmas is a time to hold your family close ... well, some of them" ~ J. Michael Dennis
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
TESLA ~ Elon Musk’s brand sold 12,130 new cars across the EU last month, down from 18,430 in November 2024. Tesla continued a run of weak sales in the EU in November, with new car registrations of Elon Musk’s brand down a third, while Chinese carmakers’ sales soared.
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THE EPSTEIN FILES ~ A newly released batch of the so-called Epstein files includes many references to Donald Trump. The dump of files by the justice department follows a similar release last week of a section of the documents detailing its investigations into the billionaire sex offender.
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
VENEZUELA ~ Russia and China pledge support for Venezuela as Trump ratchets up pressure on Maduro. Trump again called for Venezuela’s president to leave power and said the US would keep or sell the oil it had seized.
December 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
TRUMP PRESIDENCY ~ The United States has seen a dramatic increase in violence against journalists since Donald Trump again took office. The US press have suffered about as many assaults this year as in the previous three years combined.
December 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
THE EPSTEIN FILES ~ More cover-up: The US Department of Justice has released nearly 30,000 of additional pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein issuing a rare defense of Trump, saying claims include "untrue and sensationalist" claims against the president.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
LIVING ~ The food pantry’s costs are climbing and. it is not over. We are seeing that in our budget right now. We are spending more money than we ever have on food. Things are going to be tight.
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
TRUMP PRESIDENCY ~ Trump promised a new "golden age" for the US economy. Where is it?Most Americans have yet to see this boom.
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
THE EPSTEIN FILES ~ Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties. The US justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
WISDOM ~ "If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it". Avoid attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient. An attempted improvement may prove to be risky is and might backfire.
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
THE EPSTEIN FILES ~ Trump over-promises and under-delivers with heavily redacted Epstein cache. The hundreds of thousands of pages of documents released Friday contain precious little that is new.
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
THE EPSTEIN FILES ~ Trump’s justice department is hit with legal threats and scathing outrage after authorities released a limited, heavily redacted trove of Jeffrey Epstein files in an apparent violation of the law mandating the near-complete disclosure of these documents.
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
THE EPSTEIN FILES ~ The US justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday signaled how the agency is using a variety of tactics to try to bury and obfuscate Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TRUMP PRESIDENCY ~ Trump family income has ballooned since his return to office. It reached an estimated $864m in the first half of this year compared with $51m in the same period the previous year.
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
INSANITY ~ Trump has been blatant in his appointment of relatives, close friends and big donors, almost none of whom have diplomatic experience. The craziness of these nominations reflects a total contempt for human dignity, custom, and the law.
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
TRENDING ~ Wired headphones are back, and suddenly cool again. From celebrity endorsements to digital fatigue, the once-obsolete white wire has become a fashion statement and a quiet act of opting out.
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
INSANITY: White House says US would be ‘lucky’ if Trump stayed for a constitutionally prohibited third term. Comments follow reports that Trump discussed idea with constitutional scholar Alan Dershowitz.
December 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
REALITY CHECK ~ Real goal of Trump's boat strikes is to topple Venezuela's Maduro. He wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle. This is not a war on the cartels; It is looking for a regime change. Either way, totally illegal and nonsensical.
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ~ Pentagon won’t release full video of Caribbean strike that killed two people, Hegseth says. Legal experts have raised concerns US forces may have committed a war crime by killing survivors of initial strike on September 2, and that the campaign against Venezuela is illegal.
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
INSANITY ~ Amid concerns that he has failed to address a worsening affordability crisis, Trump revealed on Sunday that his domestic policy chief’s main priority is building a triumphal arch for Washington DC. This initiative is hard to believe for Americans struggling to make ends meet.
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ~ Corrupt pay-to-play schemes are at the heart of everything the Trump administration does. Trump administration’s blatant use of cronyism and pay-to-play politics knows no limit. It’s clear that they’re padding the pockets of billionaires at the expense of working Americans.
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ~ On Thursday Dec. 12, Trump signed an executive order seeking to halt any laws limiting artificial intelligence and block states from regulating the emerging technology, also creating a task-force that will have the “sole responsibility” of challenging states’ AI laws.
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
THE EPSTEIN FILES ~ Democrats on the House oversight committee have published 19 new photos from the 95,000 they have received from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. In the latest drop, there is a picture picture featuring a bowl of “Trump condoms” selling for $4.50, making fun of the president.
December 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MADURO ~ In July 2024, Maduro suffered a landslide defeat in the presidential election, amid widespread anger at his increasingly authoritarian rule and Venezuela’s economic collapse. Today, Maduro's political downfall is inevitable but is not too late for Maduro's peaceful handover of power.
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
VENEZUELA ~ Trump expands Venezuela sanctions as Maduro decries new ‘era of piracy’. Trump is now exerting more pressure on Venezuela’s president, expanding sanctions and issuing fresh threats to strike land targets in Venezuela.
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM