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
Some of us still remember working to pass these reforms the last time www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Some of us still remember working to pass these reforms the last time www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
Feds of the Year for 2025: federal district judges open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Feds of the Year for 2025
In a time of constitutional ravages, one group of feds held the line.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Feds of the Year for 2025: federal district judges open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
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A new visual breakdown shows just how concentrated wealth has become at the very top. A tiny group of the world’s wealthiest people now control an outsized share of global resources. https://seiu.co/4pSdXQn
‘The 0.001%’: a quick visual breakdown of the world’s wealthiest people
About 56,000 people control three times as much wealth as half of humanity. Here’s one way to illustrate that
seiu.co
December 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A new visual breakdown shows just how concentrated wealth has become at the very top. A tiny group of the world’s wealthiest people now control an outsized share of global resources. https://seiu.co/4pSdXQn
I'm beginning to think that Russsell Vought might be doing even more harm to humanity than Stephen Miller, though it's a tough call. newrepublic.com/article/2044...
Why Russell Vought Is Worse Than Watergate
Conservatives used to think you could be a political hatchet artist or you could serve the Lord. Now they say: Why choose?
newrepublic.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I'm beginning to think that Russsell Vought might be doing even more harm to humanity than Stephen Miller, though it's a tough call. newrepublic.com/article/2044...
I hope this will stop deploying the US military and National Guard against Americans slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump Just Faced the Biggest Supreme Court Defeat of His Second Term So Far
But another battle looms in the distance.
slate.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I hope this will stop deploying the US military and National Guard against Americans slate.com/news-and-pol...
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BREAKING: Common Cause Massachusetts, ACLU of Massachusetts, Jane Doe Inc., and a voter just filed a motion to intervene in 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘷 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯, the DOJ's lawsuit seeking to get their hands on sensitive Bay State voter info.
Full press release HERE: www.commoncause.org/massachusett...
Full press release HERE: www.commoncause.org/massachusett...
December 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
BREAKING: Common Cause Massachusetts, ACLU of Massachusetts, Jane Doe Inc., and a voter just filed a motion to intervene in 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘷 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯, the DOJ's lawsuit seeking to get their hands on sensitive Bay State voter info.
Full press release HERE: www.commoncause.org/massachusett...
Full press release HERE: www.commoncause.org/massachusett...
The way forward for Dems prospect.org/2025/12/22/h...
A Happy 2025 By-Product: Revulsion at the Rich - The American Prospect
With Trump, Musk, Bezos et al. running amok, progressive economic populism is on the rise. Polling shows a broad public turn toward policy that seeks to reverse the upward redistribution of income and...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The way forward for Dems prospect.org/2025/12/22/h...
A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan
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December 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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.
www.bostonglobe.com
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.
bit.ly
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.
open.substack.com
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...