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
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
Reposted by David E. Sullivan
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
www.youtube.com
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...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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...
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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talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/zohran-...
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...
talkingpointsmemo.com
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.
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/zohran-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/zohran-...
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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...
prospect.org
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
www.nytimes.com
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...
Rays of Hope -- not only Tuesday's amazing election results, but some genuinely good news in the courts open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Rays of Hope
The Rule of Law Has Its Best Ten Days Since Trump Returned to Office
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Rays of Hope -- not only Tuesday's amazing election results, but some genuinely good news in the courts open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Heather Cox Richardson: Mamdani in perspective open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Heather Cox Richardson: Mamdani in perspective open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Working to protect VA voters and help win this one tomorrow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
What the Virginia Governor Election Might Portend for Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Working to protect VA voters and help win this one tomorrow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
A lot I agree with here. Dems need toleration, pluralism, big tent -- esp on social issues. I've donated to @gluesenkampperez.house.gov and @golden.house.gov, though I don't always agree with them, because our House majority depends on them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
Opinion | This Is the Way You Beat Trump — and Trumpism
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A lot I agree with here. Dems need toleration, pluralism, big tent -- esp on social issues. I've donated to @gluesenkampperez.house.gov and @golden.house.gov, though I don't always agree with them, because our House majority depends on them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
It really was a very good episode buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
Alan Pergament: 'Law & Order' episode doesn't 'bend a knee' to Trump administration
The Oct. 23 episode was an example of why “Law & Order” remains one of my favorite broadcast network series, Pergament says.
buffalonews.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It really was a very good episode buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
Congresswoman Pressley endorses all 6 ABC incumbents. Please repost and share!. @abciepac.org.
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Congresswoman Pressley endorses all 6 ABC incumbents. Please repost and share!. @abciepac.org.
Bankruptcies and bad loans. "Non-bank banks" exempt from regulation. Starting to sound like 2008 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
Opinion | How Bad Is Finance’s Cockroach Problem? We Are About to Find Out.
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Bankruptcies and bad loans. "Non-bank banks" exempt from regulation. Starting to sound like 2008 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
Not often I'll be posting George Will, but he reminds us here that the transformational Erie Canal -- which put my hometown Buffalo on the map -- was a government enterprise, you might even say "socialist" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Erie Canal, here’s to your 200th. Thanks for transforming America.
The canal’s 363 miles, dug by human muscle, aided by improvised cleverness, helped build a nation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Not often I'll be posting George Will, but he reminds us here that the transformational Erie Canal -- which put my hometown Buffalo on the map -- was a government enterprise, you might even say "socialist" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Please ask your state senator and rep to vote for Same Day Registration, a common-sense voting reform that 22 other states have already adopted
Thousands of Massachusetts voters get left behind because of the ten-day registration deadline. That’s why we support An Act Enacting Same Day Voter Registration.
Take Action: act.commoncause.org/letters/its-...
Take Action: act.commoncause.org/letters/its-...
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Please ask your state senator and rep to vote for Same Day Registration, a common-sense voting reform that 22 other states have already adopted