Paul Sullivan
@suman1.bsky.social
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Imagine how fried-by-white-supremacist-over-online-bullshit your brain needs to be to think that Britain or France's immigration policy is a greater threat than the nuclear arsenals of actual geopolitical rivals like China, North Korea or Russia.
JD VANCE THINKS BRITAIN & FRANCE ARE AMERICAS LIKELY ENEMIES.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Imagine how fried-by-white-supremacist-over-online-bullshit your brain needs to be to think that Britain or France's immigration policy is a greater threat than the nuclear arsenals of actual geopolitical rivals like China, North Korea or Russia.
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people who are new to academia tend to find its obsession with sources and citations a brake on their "i'm just trying to be CREATIVE, man" mindset. but it turns out the relentless obsession with accuracy, citation, and *provenance* is a load-bearing pillar of the whole enterprise
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
people who are new to academia tend to find its obsession with sources and citations a brake on their "i'm just trying to be CREATIVE, man" mindset. but it turns out the relentless obsession with accuracy, citation, and *provenance* is a load-bearing pillar of the whole enterprise
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I guess it’s a good thing we were so concerned about the right to speak our opinions being outlawed by a ruling class that we guaranteed it by making it the very first amendment in our Bill of Rights when we formed the country.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I guess it’s a good thing we were so concerned about the right to speak our opinions being outlawed by a ruling class that we guaranteed it by making it the very first amendment in our Bill of Rights when we formed the country.
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It really cements Charlie Kirk’s reputation as a hero of free speech when his followers threaten, doxx, and get people fired for not “mourning properly.”
(Actually, it underlines what a scam that “free speech” routine was in the first place.)
(Actually, it underlines what a scam that “free speech” routine was in the first place.)
Charlie Kirk's allies warn Americans: Mourn him properly or else
After the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, U.S. Republicans have a warning for Americans: Mourn him respectfully or suffer the consequences.
www.reuters.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It really cements Charlie Kirk’s reputation as a hero of free speech when his followers threaten, doxx, and get people fired for not “mourning properly.”
(Actually, it underlines what a scam that “free speech” routine was in the first place.)
(Actually, it underlines what a scam that “free speech” routine was in the first place.)
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The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
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Easy to forget, it was so long ago. 🤡
July 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Easy to forget, it was so long ago. 🤡
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This is the same MAGA rep who was accused in February of assaulting a woman — not his wife, they’re divorcing — but Ed Martin refused to sign off on the arrest warrant.
Roger Sollenberger reports that MAGA Rep. Cory Mills is currently being evicted from his DC penthouse because he owes roughly $85,000 in back rent.
July 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is the same MAGA rep who was accused in February of assaulting a woman — not his wife, they’re divorcing — but Ed Martin refused to sign off on the arrest warrant.
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Why?
In part, because the destruction of USAID has made it near impossible to distribute the food.
Calculations suggest that it could have fed every starving child in Gaza for a week.
And roughly a million dollars up in smoke — due to DOGE.
In part, because the destruction of USAID has made it near impossible to distribute the food.
Calculations suggest that it could have fed every starving child in Gaza for a week.
And roughly a million dollars up in smoke — due to DOGE.
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Why?
In part, because the destruction of USAID has made it near impossible to distribute the food.
Calculations suggest that it could have fed every starving child in Gaza for a week.
And roughly a million dollars up in smoke — due to DOGE.
In part, because the destruction of USAID has made it near impossible to distribute the food.
Calculations suggest that it could have fed every starving child in Gaza for a week.
And roughly a million dollars up in smoke — due to DOGE.
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This is the sort of smoking gun connection between a decision and outcome that gets people fired in a normal government
Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended.
This is so horrifying I made a bar graph www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
This is so horrifying I made a bar graph www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
July 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is the sort of smoking gun connection between a decision and outcome that gets people fired in a normal government
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this is, incidentally, what a lot of people dislike about country. it's just muzak about how country the singer is
think it has a lot to do with country music not having a lot of 'country' in it. the actual music is mostly soft rock or adult contemporary with a heavy pronounced twang
July 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
this is, incidentally, what a lot of people dislike about country. it's just muzak about how country the singer is
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If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.
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if Trump were actively trying to impoverish and deskill the united states for the sake of our competitors, what would he be doing differently?
the American government is effectively ending its space program.
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
if Trump were actively trying to impoverish and deskill the united states for the sake of our competitors, what would he be doing differently?
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TSA famously advertised for people on pizza boxes. Trump's new super-rich ICE is gonna advertise on Stormfront, Truck Nutz boxes, No Fat Chicks t-shirts, and ED medication websites.
Again to the point. Inside federal law enforcement ICE has always had a terrible rep. Place for people who can't get jobs at the more legit/disciplined federal policing agencies. High zeal to beat people up, low competence. Will get vastly worse hiring vast numbers under time pressure.
ICE is going to get someone killed.
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
This was outside 100 Montgomery in SF’s Financial District.
If you needed proof these rookie hires aren’t trained, here it is. Real feds de-escalate. They call for backup. They don’t drag people down the street w/a car.
Hope everyone’s OK.
(Multi-angle footage)
July 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
TSA famously advertised for people on pizza boxes. Trump's new super-rich ICE is gonna advertise on Stormfront, Truck Nutz boxes, No Fat Chicks t-shirts, and ED medication websites.
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"
English is the official language of Liberia...
English is the official language of Liberia...
July 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"
English is the official language of Liberia...
English is the official language of Liberia...
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given how quickly the solar/battery revolution happened, i am now pretty confident we could have avoided this trajectory with some modest investment 10-15 years earlier. gore presidency alt timeline basically
Influx of Chinese EVs along the lines of Japanese/Korean cars in the 80s: negligible overall GDP impact, acc to IMF calculations.
Climate change, natural disaster scenario, until 2030: -4.7% of GDP in the euro area.
Just to put that into perspective. www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
Climate change, natural disaster scenario, until 2030: -4.7% of GDP in the euro area.
Just to put that into perspective. www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
Climate risks: no longer the tragedy of the horizon
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
www.ecb.europa.eu
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
given how quickly the solar/battery revolution happened, i am now pretty confident we could have avoided this trajectory with some modest investment 10-15 years earlier. gore presidency alt timeline basically
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One thing that I keep circling back to is that a Reaganite neighbor of mine used to drive an electric car prototype around town during the 90s.
given how quickly the solar/battery revolution happened, i am now pretty confident we could have avoided this trajectory with some modest investment 10-15 years earlier. gore presidency alt timeline basically
Influx of Chinese EVs along the lines of Japanese/Korean cars in the 80s: negligible overall GDP impact, acc to IMF calculations.
Climate change, natural disaster scenario, until 2030: -4.7% of GDP in the euro area.
Just to put that into perspective. www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
Climate change, natural disaster scenario, until 2030: -4.7% of GDP in the euro area.
Just to put that into perspective. www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
July 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One thing that I keep circling back to is that a Reaganite neighbor of mine used to drive an electric car prototype around town during the 90s.
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Are they going to start paying taxes??
The IRS said clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements, a potential move away from a 71-year-old policy that banned the mixing of religion and politics.
IRS: Churches should be allowed to make political endorsements
Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns. The agency now says political endorsements by churches should be allowed.
wapo.st
July 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Are they going to start paying taxes??
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USAID didn’t fail. It fed 127,000 kids—then was erased mid-crisis. No speech. No tribute. Just silence. They didn’t end a program. They liquidated a covenant. The last American promise not built on conquest—but care.
🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
USAID didn’t fail. It fed 127,000 kids—then was erased mid-crisis. No speech. No tribute. Just silence. They didn’t end a program. They liquidated a covenant. The last American promise not built on conquest—but care.
🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
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Grok is a full blown nazi now.
July 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Grok is a full blown nazi now.
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Outstanding!
Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
July 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Outstanding!
“I wish Europe was in South America.” - my little brother, just now.
July 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“I wish Europe was in South America.” - my little brother, just now.
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idk how to tell rural americans who vote for republicans that the republican plan for those americans is to just get sick and die. it just is. that’s it. die and stop costing the country money, that’s money they think rich people should have.
Senate Republicans are calling to cut Medicaid and CHIP by over $1 trillion, growing to an 18% cut by 2034.
This would be at least four times the size of the largest Medicaid cut in history.
This would be at least four times the size of the largest Medicaid cut in history.
June 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
idk how to tell rural americans who vote for republicans that the republican plan for those americans is to just get sick and die. it just is. that’s it. die and stop costing the country money, that’s money they think rich people should have.