The Tom Sullivan Show

From John Adams to Walter Isaacson and throw in the cadets at West Point, we reflect on our nation's founders on our 250th year as a great experiment.

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Democratic Socialists keep winning primaries and traditional Democrats keep getting angrier about their party being taken over by a movement they did not invite in. Here is the detail nobody talks about — the DSA is overwhelmingly wealthy and white, which makes their working-class messaging a little hard to take seriously. Then the biggest overhyped story in America right now — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting married at Madison Square Garden. Rehearsal dinner tonight, wedding tomorrow, wall-to-wall coverage everywhere. We acknowledge it and move on. And we close with something genuinely wonderful — a couple climbed the Empire State Building, unfurled a love flag, and he got down on one knee. Love is alive and well in New York City. Big show today.

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Democratic Socialists have now beaten established Democrats in New York and Colorado and the movement keeps spreading. Kamala Harris apparently noticed and Axios is reporting she has reached out to Mayor Mamdani to figure out how to align with what is winning — because she does not have a winning vision of her own. That tells you everything about where mainstream Democratic politics stands right now. Trump flew the new Air Force One — the repainted Qatari 747 with the gold fixtures — to South Dakota today. The President loves it. We get it. But we still prefer what Jackie Kennedy and Raymond Loewy created. Understated dignity beats gold fixtures every time. All of it today.

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The Supreme Court ended its term today with three landmark rulings — birthright citizenship, transgender athletes in sports, and campaign finance — and the ideological coalitions behind each decision defied the standard liberal versus conservative script. Justices crossed lines in every direction and today we break down what each ruling actually means. In Colorado another Democratic Socialist is on the primary ballot today. But after last week's New York socialist win on just seven percent voter turnout we need to talk about what these victories actually represent — because ninety-three percent of voters did not show up. And the housing affordability bill is heading back to the White House. Our position has not changed — it is a bad bill with a good name and signing it would make the housing crisis worse not better. All of it today.

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The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that states can count mail-in ballots received days after Election Day as long as they were postmarked on time — a real defeat for the Trump administration's push for faster nationwide counting. States make the rules, and that is not changing anytime soon. We break down what it means for how fast we know election results going forward. And Gavin Newsom is facing real pay-to-play questions over behested payments tied to his wife's charities. He calls it political payback. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't — but if authorities don't get to the bottom of it now, opposition researchers absolutely will once Newsom's expected 2028 presidential run gets underway. Big show today.

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Democratic Socialists are young, passionate, and growing fast — and the Democratic Party establishment is genuinely worried about losing control of its own coalition. Bernie Sanders seemed harmless for years. Not anymore. The reason the movement is growing is simple — people don't trust either party and want something that actually addresses their needs. But we also ask the harder question today — has America trained people to look to government first instead of looking in the mirror? Both conversations today, no easy answers. Plus a federal judge declared a mistrial in the Palisades Fire arson case after the jury deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of not guilty. The evidence was entirely circumstantial and prosecutors say they will retry the case in October. Big show today.

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The Supreme Court delivered two big rulings today. Gun owners can now carry into any business open to the public unless that business says no — a major reversal of the old default rule. And Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, granted back in 2010, is finally ending after sixteen years. Sixteen years is not temporary by any definition. We break both rulings down. Iran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz with a drone — a clear test of President Trump's patience after the recent ceasefire announcement. Will he respond? And earthquakes have hit Japan, California, Russia, and even SFO airport recently, with the most damaging one striking Venezuela. Is it earthquake season? Big news day, all of it today.

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Democratic Socialists won more races yesterday and the trend keeps growing. It will keep growing until enough Americans learn what every person who has actually lived under socialism already knows — don't go there. But the reason this is gaining traction is real. People can't afford homes, groceries are crushing budgets, student loans feel inescapable, and capitalism doesn't feel like it's working for a lot of struggling Americans right now. We address both the false solution and the real pain today. And Trump refused to sign the bipartisan housing affordability bill — we don't blame him. It wouldn't have lowered housing costs and might have made things worse. We explain why a bad bill is still a bad bill even with bipartisan support.

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The actual Iran negotiators are still in Switzerland hammering out the real details that matter — and the media is talking about a reflecting pool instead. We ask what that says about what passes for news coverage right now. Four states vote today — New York, Maryland, Utah, and South Carolina — and while most races are ordinary the one to watch is in New York where socialist candidates riding Mayor Mamdani's momentum are making real noise. Does that momentum mean anything outside the five boroughs? We break it down today.

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Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman who shaped American monetary policy for nearly twenty years, has died at 100. Before the Fed he was a jazz musician at Juilliard. Clive Davis, the music mogul who discovered Whitney Houston and signed Bruce Springsteen, has died at 94. Before the music business he was a bored corporate lawyer. Two unlikely paths, two enormous legacies, gone the same day. We pay tribute to both. Vice President Vance is proud that Iran agreed to IAEA nuclear inspections but General Jack Keane says the IAEA has been played by Iran before and could be again. And Keir Starmer resigned as UK Prime Minister today, the seventh PM Britain has lost in just ten years. Big show today.

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