Michael Quinn Sullivan was a newspaper reporter, magazine contributor, Capitol Hill staffer, and think tank vice president before founding the largest grassroots activist organization in the Lone Star State. He has since returned to his journalistic roots by serving as the publisher of Texas Scorecard, a news organization focused on state and local government. Texas Monthly dubbed him “the enforcer” on their list of the 25 most influential Texans, while the Dallas Morning News called him Texas’ most influential unelected Republican. The Fort Worth Star Telegram once wrote Sullivan “slays taxpayer dragons in Austin… When the heat is on in Austin, Michael Quinn Sullivan knows how to make it even hotter.” Sullivan is the author of the state’s most-read daily email, the Texas Minute, and he hosts a morning podcast of the same name.