David E. Sullivan

The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.

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...

Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics? | Dustin Guastella Maybe. Let’s hope it is not too late for Democrats to win back the working class and Washington

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YouTube video by Harvard Radcliffe Institute Does Meritocracy Undermine Democracy? A Conversation with Michael Sandel

Some really good perspectives here, from Sandel and the panelists www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkL1...

Opinion | America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart

Ezra Klein on overcoming obstacles to building more homes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

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

Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.

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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...

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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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.

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!

The Shutdown’s End as a Republican Victory? No Way. - The American Prospect The shutdown enabled the Democrats to highlight the Republicans’ withdrawal of health coverage from millions of Americans, and Trump’s withholding food stamps—while he was praising himself for buildin...

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Opinion | The Haves and Have-Nots Are, Once Again, at War

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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...

I agree with my fellow boomer here! prospect.org/2025/11/11/m...

Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite

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.

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Rays of Hope The Rule of Law Has Its Best Ten Days Since Trump Returned to Office

Rays of Hope -- not only Tuesday's amazing election results, but some genuinely good news in the courts open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

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.

Heather Cox Richardson: Mamdani in perspective open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

What the Virginia Governor Election Might Portend for Trump

Working to protect VA voters and help win this one tomorrow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Opinion | This Is the Way You Beat Trump — and Trumpism

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...

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.

It really was a very good episode buffalonews.com/life-enterta...

Congresswoman Pressley endorses all 6 ABC incumbents. Please repost and share!. @abciepac.org.

Opinion | It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose.

And this: "When safety nets are stripped away to help absorb the losses if bets don’t turn out, when trust is lost, excessive risk-taking stops becoming productive and morphs into something predatory." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...

Opinion | How Bad Is Finance’s Cockroach Problem? We Are About to Find Out.

Bankruptcies and bad loans. "Non-bank banks" exempt from regulation. Starting to sound like 2008 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...

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.

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

Don't blame boomers, blame Republicans (Reagan, Bushes, Trump, et al)

As the former top lawyer for Gov. Patrick's budget office, and earlier for the MA Senate's budget committee, I have some *rather* strong feelings about this myself!

Important history lesson for No Kings Day

Compare and contrast the 7th Circuit's approach to whether there is a "rebellion" in Chicago

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NEIGHBORHOOD MULTIFAMILY UPZONING What does Cambridge's New Upzoning, passed in February 2025, actually mean for residential neighborhoods? A quide with facts for 2025 voters. WHAT DOES THE NEW ZONING ACTUALLY CHANGE? • Allows multifamily housing in all Cambridge neighborhoods (most already have multifamily homes, but new construction was banned for decades) • Promotes more housing, especially adding more affordable housing units built within a larger, market-rate development • Removes barriers like minimum lot sizes, unit limits, and floor area restrictions WHAT REMAINS UNCHANGED: • Climate Resilience requirements • Inclusionary Housing requirements • Green Building requirements • Historical Commission review • Tree Protection Ordinance • Building, codes fire safety, sanitary, energy ALL CURRENT PROPOSED PROJECTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS (3): Three projects currently in design review with city of Cambridge utilize the multifamily housing zoning for residential neighborhoods (none under construction): • 60 Ellery Street - demolition approved, project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories • 84-86 Ellery Street - demolition not approved, development will repurpose existing building project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories • Spears Funeral Home - demolition approved, construction likely 2027, project will include 20% inclusionary unit, 6 stories

NEIGHBORHOOD MULTIFAMILY ZONING OTHER BENEFITS • Homeowner flexibility: Possible to change your home to add rental units for income or to house home caregivers (previously required difficult variances) • Housing ladder: Helps residents transition from shared housing to family homes, from shelters to homes, and more • Affordable housing stock: Encourages developers to build affordable units that are rented to qualified people and rents are set at 30% of household income for families. • Housing crisis: A step forward in addressing local, regional and national housing shortage POLITICAL REALITY After years of meetings and community input, the final zoning petition passed in the council 8 to I. • Extensive compromises negotiated by all councillors and through community engagement resulted in : ⁃ Market-rate buildings: max 4 stories ⁃ 6 stories only if: 20% inclusionary, 5,000+ sq ft lot, 30% green space, larger setbacks ⁃ Buildings over 3 stories require community meetings • Pro-housing is a popular policy position and pro-housing candidates took 68% of the #1 votes in 2023 • In 2023, pro-housino candidates ran on supporting at least 4 stories in neighborhoods Sources: Cambridge CDD

#CambMA #housing #MApoli

Lots of fear mongering and misinformation being given to voters about what exactly the February 2025 rezoning meant for #CambMA.

Here are the facts!

The anti-voter SAVE Act failed in Congress thanks to widespread opposition. Now, its proponents are pressuring the Election Assistance Commission to enact a similar “show-your-papers” requirement for voting. Will you speak out against this attack on the freedom to vote? bit.ly/4ngSyyl

Mamdani: Son of La Guardia and FDR Today on TAP: His platform, his movement, and his super-rich enemies all fit the historic pattern of New York’s politics.

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Opinion | How a Trump Judge Exposed the Trump Con

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