David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NO on 3: Powerful, convincing argument by @senatorledwards.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0jJ...youtube.comWhy We're Voting NO! ... on Mass Ballot Question 3 with Senator Lydia EdwardsYouTube video by Java With Jimmy 035
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...nytimes.comOpinion | These Elections Could Decide 2028. No One Is Watching Them. (Gift Article)Four swing states will soon elect the official who will run the 2028 presidential election. The candidates are alarming. 111
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oij...youtube.com'Career of CORRUPTION': James Talarico CALLS OUT Ken Paxton for avoiding debatesYouTube video by MS NOW 111
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Which side are you on? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...nytimes.comThe Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate (Gift Article)Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio. 100
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com!iwillvote.comI Will VoteBe a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election. 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026newrepublic.com/article/2154...newrepublic.comHow the Midterms Could Shrink Red-State America—and Why It MattersRight now, there are 23 GOP “trifecta” states, and only 16 Democratic ones. That may change big-time—and the ramifications are huge. 032
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comJohn Roberts’ New Role Model Demonstrates Everything Wrong With the Supreme CourtIf the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law. 010
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Watch this amazing political talent, and see why Trump's corrupt FCC kept the interview off broadcast TV. Then give here: jamestalarico.com 020
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026buffalonews.com/sports/profe...buffalonews.com'O Canada' is a fixture at Sabres games. Now, it's coming to Highmark StadiumThe Buffalo Bills announced Wednesday that, for the first time, the Canadian national anthem will be performed at the home season opener this year. 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | There Is a Sickness Worse Than Wokeness (Gift Article)The anti-woke movement’s “cure” was more intolerance and more repression. 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Proportional representation is the best answer now. I'm biased, because a version of it elected me 5 times to the Cambridge City Council. But I can attest that it works! 032
Reposted by David E. SullivanMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/08/2026🚨BREAKING: Senate Republicans failed to pass a truncated version of the SAVE America Act before going into recess early Saturday morning. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comVoters spared as Senate recesses without passing SAVE America Act’s voter ID measureThe failed bill, which required a narrow set of photo IDs for voter eligibility, could have prevented millions of people from voting in November’s midterms. 15442091087
Reposted by David E. SullivanNo on 3 @voterrightsma.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Question 3 wants to turn our primary elections into a contest over who has the biggest bankroll, not the most grassroots support. Voting NO will protect the first-time, working-class, and candidates of color that are more likely to get locked out due to fear of being a spoiler. 11816
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 06/08/2026prospect.org/2026/08/06/a...prospect.orgDorothy Day: Saint Radical - The American ProspectThe incredible life and times of the Catholic who served the poor and gave hell to everyone else 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 04/08/2026www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...ncronline.orgCatholic leaders say Missouri amendment to end income tax would hurt the poorThe state's four bishops, in a July 17 statement issued by the Missouri Catholic Conference, urged voters to consider "the moral principles that should guide us in pondering any tax proposal." 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Get excited, but not complacent -- we can do this if we keep working hard! 010
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 18/07/2026It's a tough contest, but this anti-democratic decision may be the worst of the SCOTUS term newrepublic.com/article/2129...newrepublic.comThe Supreme Court’s Most Brazen Attack on Congress YetThe high court’s decision in Landor v. Louisiana Dept. of Corrections and Public Safety could incapacitate the legislative branch’s policymaking powers. 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Massive economic inequality is a policy choice — we need to make better choices www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe Problem America Refuses to AddressIn the age of the trillionaire, inequality remains a defining challenge. 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Proud to be a citizen, lawyer, and former legislative officer of the Commonwealth with this great heritage of freedom and justice -- and much farther to go www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe Enslaved Woman Who Sued for Freedom and Emancipated Herself (Gift Article)For the 250th anniversary, The Times Magazine asked leading historians to profile founding-era Americans whose roles in the drama have been often overlooked. 021
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Social democracy and social norms www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness 031
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Words to live by www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comPope praises US history of welcoming immigrants in implicit rebuke to TrumpPope Leo urges Americans to live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence in his first major address to the US 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Eloquent! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxR...youtube.comMayor Mamdani Delivers Address Marking America’s 250th BirthdayYouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Read this to celebrate the 250th properly! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Five Words That Changed America 000
Reposted by David E. SullivanRep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 26/06/2026“We do a Watergate twice a day” is a crazy way to confess your own corruption… 902947789
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This great, important decision today stops (unless an appeal succeeds) Trump's awful inaccurate national database, which many red states use to purge their voter rolls of alleged non-citizens. Good news for voting rights! 120
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Celebrating #juneteenth by reveling in the (wonderful) winners and (awful) losers from yesterday's great court decision kicking the dangerous and regressive income tax off the #MApoli ballot www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/19/n...bostonglobe.com‘I’m a loser.’ Who won, who lost, in SJC’s stunning income tax decision. - The Boston GlobeThe Supreme Judicial Court's decision to reject an income tax cut heading for November's ballot will please progressive groups and state lawmakers, frustrate some business groups. 020
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 17/06/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Real Reason Trump Never Stops Talking About Voter Fraud 001
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This is important, and amazing: www.jurist.org/news/2026/06...jurist.orgFederal court blocks Texas AG lawsuit against Democratic fundraising platformThe US District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively blocking Paxton from pursuing a lawsuit against the Demo... 010
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 11/06/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Republicans Thought They Owned ‘Values.’ Not Anymore. 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 08/06/2026www.commondreams.org/news/paxton-...commondreams.orgTexas Lawyer Who Defended Paxton Against Impeachment Endorses Talarico for US Senate | Common Dreams“Republicans have had control of Texas for 30 years,” said lawyer Dan Cogdell. "We are last in the country in healthcare, bottom for education, first in school shootings, first in most uninsured.” 000
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 02/06/2026More *truth* from my dear sister open.substack.com/pub/margaret...open.substack.comWe need truth more than ever. How to find it amid political lies and AI slopOn that Texas senate race, a weird encounter over an AI-ridden book, and the 'murdering' of CBS's 60 Minutes 110
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 16/05/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Law They Hate Was a High Point of Our History 011
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 08/05/2026newrepublic.com/article/2100...newrepublic.comLess Noted, Just as Radical: The High Court’s Rightward Economic ShiftThe Supreme Court and other federal courts have moved dramatically to the right on economic policy as well as social and democracy policy. It’s time to take on that fight too. 010
Reposted by David E. SullivanGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026A new paragon of free speech and civic discourse emerges 422034
Reposted by David E. SullivanMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026"We're preserving the character of Marblehead...it's a bad thing. We're being selfish. We're not doing any housing." 2838
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Amazing memoir by a US AID whistleblower who witnessed Elon Musk's evil destruction of the agency from the inside last year. Will probably kill tens of millions of people worldwide. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/b...nytimes.comWhat It Was Like Inside U.S.A.I.D. Before He Blew the Whistle 020
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Best answer to Voting Rights Act demise: proportional representation in multi-member districts (full disclosure: it elected me 5 times to the #cambMA city council) leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-suprem...leedrutman.substack.comThe Supreme Court killed voting rights and escalated the gerrymandering wars. Here’s what Congress needs to do in responseThe racial gerrymandering free-for-all is now on. The only real solution is proportional representation. 130
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Just say no to “deal” on tax cuts for rich people and big corporations #mapoli 081
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Gotta listen to my hometown crowd, just loving its neighbors youtu.be/mMbsvYDlQIYyoutu.beBuffalo Sabres Crowd Sings "O Canada" After Mic IssueYouTube video by Bleacher Report 000
Reposted by David E. SullivanSlate @slate.com · 29/04/2026Wednesday’s 6-3 party line decision in Louisiana v. Callais will go down in history as one of the most pernicious and damaging Supreme Court decisions of the last century. slate.trib.al/0ZJZ2elslate.trib.alThe Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a CenturyThis evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously. 02010
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Destroying US AID, which may cause deaths in the tens of millions, is probably Trump's worst action (I know that's hard to decide) slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comI Watched the Worst of Trump’s Attempt to Destroy the Government. I Have One Requirement for All 2028 Democrats.Millions of lives are at stake. 010
David E. Sullivan @dsulliva2.bsky.social · 19/04/2026They were protesting a tax break for a monopoly www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/19/o...bostonglobe.comEverything you know about the Boston Tea Party is wrong - The Boston GlobeAmericans then and now have very different attitudes about taxes than you might imagine. The implications are profound. 010