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, grandpa, friend, doggy’s human, Catholic social democrat, boomer, slow runner and cyclist, citizen
Watch this amazing political talent, and see why Trump's corrupt FCC kept the interview off broadcast TV. Then give here: jamestalarico.com
James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social · 3w agoWatch my banned interview with Jimmy Kimmel on YouTube: youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Proportional 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!
Ruth Greenwood@ruthgreenwood.bsky.social · 2mo agoI've spent my career fighting gerrymandering through litigation, advocacy, and public education. I even lost huge in the Supreme Court. After Callais, I'm convinced the tools are nearly gone. The problem is structural. My case for proportional representation, in @GlobeOpinion: protdem.org/45XQYuL
🚨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/...
Voters spared as Senate recesses without passing SAVE America Act’s voter ID measure
The 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.
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Question 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.
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Catholic leaders say Missouri amendment to end income tax would hurt the poor
The 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."
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Get excited, but not complacent -- we can do this if we keep working hard!
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 2mo agoDems strongly favored to take the House in our new election forecast. Senate just better than a tossup: Iowa: 41% Dem Texas: 48 Alaska: 51 Ohio: 53 Maine: 68 Michigan: 69 North Carolina: 84 Georgia: 94 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
It's a tough contest, but this anti-democratic decision may be the worst of the SCOTUS term newrepublic.com/article/2129...
The Supreme Court’s Most Brazen Attack on Congress Yet
The high court’s decision in Landor v. Louisiana Dept. of Corrections and Public Safety could incapacitate the legislative branch’s policymaking powers.
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Massive economic inequality is a policy choice — we need to make better choices www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Problem America Refuses to Address
In the age of the trillionaire, inequality remains a defining challenge.
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Proud 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/...
The 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.
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Read this to celebrate the 250th properly! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...
Opinion | Five Words That Changed America
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“We do a Watergate twice a day” is a crazy way to confess your own corruption…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoJD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
This 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!
Rick Hasen@rickhasen.bsky.social · 3mo ago#ELB: Federal Court Blocks Trump-Modified “SAVE” Database Being Misused to Purge Voters from State Voter Roles https://electionlawblog.org/?p=156844