David E. Sullivan

Why a Republican Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs Trump loses, and the Democratic justices didn’t need to concede anything.

Why a Republican Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs www.vox.com/politics/479...

The good news: a bit of honesty from a Trump DOJ lawyer. But the bad news:

The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.

So glad that @warren.senate.gov represents me, in every sense. prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...

MHTC Revealed Who’s really behind The Massachusetts High Technology Council's push for deep cuts to education and healthcare? Massachusetts voters have a right to know.

www.mhtcrevealed.com

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

NEW: A federal tool meant to find noncitizens on voter rolls is consistently marking citizens as noncitizens, especially if they were born outside the U.S., causing chaos as election clerks try not to disenfranchise voters, @zachdespart.bsky.social and I found. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/save...

More of this plan that I agree with, see my previous post

Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics

Is class warfare the future of US politics? I sure hope so! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...

Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

Thankfully, we still have brave citizens who sit on juries (and grand juries) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Mass. High Tech Council is losing higher-ed members amid its income tax rollback push. Why? - The Boston Globe Several have left or not renewed memberships to the influential business group, including UMass Lowell, Bridgewater State, and Bunker Hill Community College.

UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen said it best: "when it seems like a group’s primary focus could harm the organization you represent, it’s hard to justify sticking around." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/b... #mapoli

YouTube video by Jon Ossoff Full Speech | Jon Ossoff in Atlanta | Rally for Our Republic | 02.07.2026

Amazing speech by GA Sen. Jon Osoff. We badly need to re-elect him, and elect more Dems like him, to take the Senate and save our country this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzQY...

Mass. High Tech Council is losing higher-ed members amid its income tax rollback push. Why? - The Boston Globe Several have left or not renewed memberships to the influential business group, including UMass Lowell, Bridgewater State, and Bunker Hill Community College.

" If the safety net for low-income residents gets weakened, she says, fewer would have the luxury of time to study in the first place." #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/b...

The Nation’s Most Democratic State Might Elect a Trump-Friendly Governor - The American Prospect California’s nonpartisan primary pits eight Democrats against two Republicans; only the top two finishers advance. Do the math.

What an awful disaster this "top 2" jungle primary has proven to be in CA. (and for many other reasons not mentioned here) Yet it has a real chance to pass on the November ballot this year in #MApoli Just VOTE NO! prospect.org/2026/02/09/c...

YouTube video by Billy Bragg BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES

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SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9

This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.

by Amanda Gorman: For Alex Jeffrey Pretti
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Boston in the 1770s. Minneapolis in 2026. - The Boston Globe America itself was born out of resistance to heavy-handed occupation.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/o...

Despite Vows on ‘Affordability,’ Trump Proclaims: ‘I Want to Drive Housing Prices Up’ | Common Dreams President Trump vows to make living in the US more affordable, but then says he wants to make housing even more expensive. Polls show voters are giving him low marks on handling the economy.

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Trump’s Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not. Was this a dry run?

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Mass. AG: Why I filed a lawsuit to enforce housing law — and why it’s personal for me - The Boston Globe Enforcing the law is a necessary step to ensure every transit-served town does its part to allow more housing.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/29/o...

Disruption at a church is not the scandal. Injustice is. "The question before us is not whether protest belongs in church, but whether the church still belongs to the Gospel it proclaims," writes Kat Armas.

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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

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Proposed Income Tax Cuts in Massachusetts Would Benefit Households with Highest Incomes and Force Deep Public Cuts - Mass. Budget and Policy Center Big business groups have funded the collection of signatures for a ballot question this November that would cut revenue from the state income tax annually by about $5 billion. The loss of these public...

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Extreme Wealth Inequality Destroys Constitutions A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

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This guy belongs on the Supreme Court -- listen to him!

Will DOJ be investigating him for “sedition” too?

Editorial: The church speaks out. A new era has dawned. It is a new level of opposition for American cardinals to formally question the fundamental morality of an administration's engagement with the world.

Broglio,who is pretty conservative, urged soldiers to disobey immoral orders, such as Greenland www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...

Elizabeth Warren Is Right About the Democrats’ Big Problem The Massachusetts senator is right that her party is too beholden to the donor class. How on earth could anyone dispute that? And yet …

Elizabeth Warren Is Right About the Democrats’ Big Problem newrepublic.com/article/2053... via @newrepublic.com

With Democrats at a Crossroads, Elizabeth Warren Urges a Left Turn

"Either we politely nibble around the edges of change, or we throw ourselves into the fight.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...

Boston’s broken land use system blocks the homes we desperately need - CommonWealth Beacon Rather than reflecting some sort of democratic ideal of local control, Boston’s process empowers those who already have housing to block housing for those who do not.

Boston’s broken land use system blocks the homes we desperately need commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/bost...

ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder - The American Prospect As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.

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