David E. Sullivan
@dsulliva2.bsky.social
Dem voting rights lawyer/organizer; former MA & Cambridge govt, still working for housing, tax, and immigrant justice; striving husband, dad, friend, puppy’s human, boomer, slow runner and cyclist, citizen
A 21-Gun Salute to Admiral Alvin Holsey
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A 21-Gun Salute to Admiral Alvin Holsey
His principled resignation reminds us of the good in government
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December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A 21-Gun Salute to Admiral Alvin Holsey
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Can’t overstate importance of Republican supermajority Indiana state senate rejecting Trump’s 9-0 mid-decade gerrymander. Huge defeat of Trump’s attempt to rig midterms & his use of threats & intimidation to force Republican state legislators to bend to his will www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Can’t overstate importance of Republican supermajority Indiana state senate rejecting Trump’s 9-0 mid-decade gerrymander. Huge defeat of Trump’s attempt to rig midterms & his use of threats & intimidation to force Republican state legislators to bend to his will www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Yesterday was international Human Rights Day. The Trump Administration did not recognize it. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 10, 2025
Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor of the day seventy-seven years ago, December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Hu...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Yesterday was international Human Rights Day. The Trump Administration did not recognize it. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
I don't always agree with Jeff Jacoby, but I hope SCOTUS does this time www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
Citizenship by birth is America at its best - The Boston Globe
A principle rooted in the Constitution and reinforced by long experience cannot be undone at a president’s whim.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I don't always agree with Jeff Jacoby, but I hope SCOTUS does this time www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/o...
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For decades, right-wing groups have been fighting to access private voter roll information—data they see as critical in their long war to establish unproven claims of rampant voter fraud.
But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.
But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For decades, right-wing groups have been fighting to access private voter roll information—data they see as critical in their long war to establish unproven claims of rampant voter fraud.
But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.
But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.
Amazing trend that I hadn't realized: over 300 federal court decisions reject Trump efforts to detain immigrants pending removal proceedings open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
195. The Immigration Detention Flood
The Trump administration's attempt to quietly—but massively—expand who can be detained pending their removal has been met with overwhelming pushback from a remarkably large number of district courts.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Amazing trend that I hadn't realized: over 300 federal court decisions reject Trump efforts to detain immigrants pending removal proceedings open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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Why We Must Save the 'Sistine Chapel of the New Deal' From Trump Destruction
Why We Must Save the 'Sistine Chapel of the New Deal' From Trump Destruction
It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens—the Social Security that over 70 million Americans rely on today—would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity.
www.commondreams.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Why We Must Save the 'Sistine Chapel of the New Deal' From Trump Destruction
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In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Some really good perspectives here, from Sandel and the panelists www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkL1...
Does Meritocracy Undermine Democracy? A Conversation with Michael Sandel
YouTube video by Harvard Radcliffe Institute
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November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Some really good perspectives here, from Sandel and the panelists www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkL1...
Ezra Klein on overcoming obstacles to building more homes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart
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November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ezra Klein on overcoming obstacles to building more homes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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For more than a century, socialism has been integral to American progressivism, championing early many of the reforms that would eventually come into vogue on the center left.
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Are Zohran Mamdani and Katie Wilson Democratic Socialists or FDR Democrats? They Are Both
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For more than a century, socialism has been integral to American progressivism, championing early many of the reforms that would eventually come into vogue on the center left.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Wow, Trump not only botched this TX racial gerrymander (subject to SCOTUS appeal), but kicked off a national response (CA, VA, ??) that might wind up adding Dem seats next year. Well done!
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wow, Trump not only botched this TX racial gerrymander (subject to SCOTUS appeal), but kicked off a national response (CA, VA, ??) that might wind up adding Dem seats next year. Well done!
I agree with my fellow boomer here! prospect.org/2025/11/11/m...
The Myth of the Democrats’ Gerontocracy Problem - The American Prospect
The Democrats’ problem is not age—it’s corporate and centrist Democrats of all ages. What distinguishes some of the most successful young Democrats is not just their youth but the fact that they are c...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I agree with my fellow boomer here! prospect.org/2025/11/11/m...
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Spanberger, Sherrill & Mamdani all saw Trump’s contempt for his own voters.
My column: Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
My column: Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
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November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Spanberger, Sherrill & Mamdani all saw Trump’s contempt for his own voters.
My column: Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
My column: Trumpism began in anger, alienation, frustration and division. The antidote is empathy, solidarity, mutual respect and hope. Tuesday’s elections delivered a starter dose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...