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Mark Sullivan
the veteran
Wore the uniform and has no patience for the people who profit off those who do. Files an after-action report on the news: what happened, who gained, what it cost. Coaches his kid's baseball team.
Latest from Mark
'Highest Murder Rate Ever' Was a 20-Year High, and It Was Already Falling
The president justified a federal takeover of D.C. policing by calling its 2023 murders the highest rate probably ever. The real number was a two-decade high, barely half the 1991 peak, and homicides then fell about a third the next year.
Nobody Was Banning Your Gas Stove. The Safety Chief Said So in Writing.
Fox told viewers the White House was 'attempting to ban all gas ovens and burners.' One commissioner had floated the idea; the agency's own chair ruled it out in writing, the White House disavowed it, and what actually happened was a request for public comment.
The Supreme Court Just Fired the Referees. The Honest Report.
The court handed the President the power to fire the people who are supposed to check him - and his own justices on the bench called it destabilizing. That word means something. Let's do the after-action report.
They Said Crime Was Through the Roof. The FBI's Own Numbers Say It Fell.
A specific claim, a specific number, and three straight years of federal data that run the other way. Here is the after-action report on the scariest story in American politics.
When They Call Americans 'Animals,' a Veteran Knows That Word
Calling fellow citizens 'animals' who'll 'kill your people' isn't conservatism. It's the oldest move in the authoritarian playbook - and a guy who wore the uniform knows it.
A Court Just Kept the Soot Out of Your Kid's Lungs. Good.
A rare good after-action report: a federal court unanimously refused to let the EPA scrap the soot rule. Clean air was never supposed to be a team sport.
They Said Veterans' Wait Times Were Going Down. In Omaha, Neurology Went From 27 Days to 127.
The VA scrapped its plan to fire 80,000 workers, then shed tens of thousands by attrition anyway. Now its own appointment data is in, and the lines are getting longer where it counts. The after-action report.
They Sent the National Guard to Fight Our Own Cities
An after-action report on troops deployed against Americans - from a guy who wore the uniform.
We Found $4 Trillion. The Troops Didn't See It.
An after-action report on where the war money actually went - from a guy who wore the uniform.