Michael Sullivan

Husband, dad, runner, politico, F1 fan. @SenatorHagerty alum

[The Boring Company @boringcompany]

TBC is excited to announce the first residential Music City Loop station agreement, serving those living at the beautiful Prime, Alcove, and Paramount towers in downtown Nashville.

Residents will take an elevator directly to a Loop station within the building, board a Tesla, and be at the airport in ~9 minutes or Lower Broadway in ~2 minutes.

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

All of this tracks with eliminating an unnecessary, and often bloated, federal job. It wasn’t needed, it’s not applicable outside the government created bureaucracy, and it shouldn’t be recreated. It’s not personal; it’s about efficiency, and fiscal responsibility of tax dollars

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Thirteen federal workers who were laid off during the DOGE cuts tell NBC News they struggled to find work, had to move or took major pay cuts after their agencies were gutted. https://t.co/JoQ2c3qWQT

[Senator Bill Hagerty @SenatorHagerty]

Proud to join the @TNChamber’s Innovation & Manufacturing Summit alongside @Amaero_3DA Founder & CEO Hank Holland. There’s never been a more critical time to bring our supply chains back home.

Tennessee’s strong public-private partnerships are leading the way by strengthening American manufacturing and securing our economic future. I’ll keep working with the Trump Administration in Washington to ensure we get it done.

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

All that income growth in Tennessee and no income tax, impossible to beat.

[Visual Capitalist @VisualCap]

Mapped: Income Growth in Every U.S. State Since 2010 💸

https://t.co/pP5EQpjjkg

[Senator Bill Hagerty @SenatorHagerty]

DHS is still shutdown because Democrats don’t want illegal immigrants deported.

I have voted 7 times to fund it. Democrats have voted 7 times to keep it shutdown.

@SenSchumer is ok with you suffering through long TSA lines and missing your flight in order to protect the constituents he serves: illegals.

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

A majority of the worlds democracies requires ID to vote. This isn’t implementing a major restriction. It’s a basic security update.

It’s akin to saying you can’t access your email with just a username, you need the password too.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

There are, in fact, risks when you implement major restrictions to deal with minor problems.

They can have other effects -- whether or not those other effects are intended.

More here: https://t.co/JCRgOoN4Xj

[Senator Bill Hagerty @SenatorHagerty]

I wrote an op-ed laying out the success of Memphis Safe Task Force in the @DailyMemphian.

“Embedded in the fabric of Tennessee is a spirit of independence, courage, and determination. Tennesseans don’t wait for others to solve our problems. We take challenges head‑on and make things work. That is exactly what we did in Memphis to address violent crime that has plagued the city for too long.

I’ve wrestled with the crime in Memphis since I served as Economic and Community Development Commissioner (ECD) of Tennessee. At that time, we were recruiting a company to bring high-paying jobs to the state and while the company was going to be located hours away from Memphis, its leadership worried about how crime in the city would affect their ability to recruit talent statewide. The CEO asked—quietly—whether the state could provide crime statistics that excluded Memphis to make relocation recruitment easier.

With President Trump’s re-election, I saw that opportunity and went fast to work organizing federal, state and local allies to move quietly and effectively to empower law enforcement to do their jobs.

This effort was as broad as it was deep. The Departments of Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Treasury, and most impressively our own Tennessee National Guard collaborated with local authorities to create an atmosphere of calm and justice.

As of March 4, 2026, the operation in Memphis has resulted in 6,748 arrests and 1,095 illegal firearms removed from the streets. Those numbers represent thousands of hours of police work, federal coordination, and officers putting themselves in harm’s way to protect their communities.

But the true measure of success goes beyond arrest numbers. Violent crime is down. Repeat offenders are being taken off the streets. Displaced children are returning home. Criminal networks that once operated in the open are being dismantled. And for the first time in years, residents and businesses alike are seeing sustained, visible enforcement from all levels of government. Law enforcement is being allowed to do what they do best: keep people safe.”

Read the full op-ed here: https://t.co/VjKdkMOeBt

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

The first race the 2026 formula 1 season is upon us. It’s a great day. #f1

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

Had a quick 24 hrs in DC, but it was productive and was able to enjoy the snow covered scenery some.

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

Trust in the media is at all time lows and print media is now a small piece of the news consumption pie, yet so
many in the industry act baffled by the Washington Post layoffs. They think ownership and readers are to blame, not the content of their reporting.

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

The @AP’s use of “far-right” outnumbers its use of “far-left” by 100 to 1, and that is not hyperbole

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Israel’s Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister says. https://t.co/a1NCi3rRV8

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

Baker Group with boots on the ground getting precinct level results before anyone else in #TN07

[Baker Group Strategies @BakerGrpStrat]

In Williamson County, @mattfortn wins Fairview Recreation Precinct by 51%. Same margin as Pearre Creek Elementary.

Van Epps - 1210 (75%)
Behn - 382 (24%)
Other - 20

#TN07

[Senator Bill Hagerty @SenatorHagerty]

Democrats need to stop blocking Republican efforts to reopen the government and pay air traffic controllers, federal law enforcement and our military members. Rehashing old ransom demands that they already know are non-starters is political theater.

They must get serious about helping Americans that are suffering. Quit blocking the Republican effort to open the government.

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

The man was thinking of leaving Memphis for Yemen because of the crime. Yes that Yemen.

https://t.co/1FgScchmFO

[Michael Sullivan @Sully21]

I fervently believe there should be a limited series called The Secret City and it be about Oak Ridge, the Manhattan project, and the espionage and secrecy around it.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘The Sopranos’ creator David Chase is developing a new limited series ‘PROJECT: MKULTRA’ for HBO

The series will follow the CIA’s MKUltra Psychedelic program which conducted deadly mind control experiments on subjects during the Cold War.

(Source: Deadline)

[Bill Hagerty @BillHagertyTN]

Congratulations to Matt Van Epps on his primary election win tonight in Tennessee’s 7th district. Matt is a West Point graduate, a decorated Army combat helicopter pilot, and an America First conservative. We had a lot of great candidates run, but now it is time to get behind our nominee @MattForTN and make sure he is sent to Washington to help defend President Trump’s agenda.

[Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock]

What a wild sentence.

[Daniel Reid @danielp_reid]

So Dems have been using taxpayer dollars to hide the failure of Obamacare?

Utterly unsurprising, and yet more evidence for ending the subsidies, ending government manipulation of the insurance market, and letting prices actually come down through competition and choice

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

.@StephenM to Memphis Police: "The idea that there is a square inch of block in this city where a citizen doesn't feel safe is unacceptable. This is Memphis. This is the United States of America — and all that bullshit is DONE. It's over. It's finished." 🔥

[Squawk Box @SquawkCNBC]

"This is really up to the Democrats right now," says @SenatorHagerty on the looming government shutdown. https://t.co/8uHdWS6tfP