Robert David Sullivan

Robert David Sullivan

@robertdsullivan.bsky.social

Production editor for americamagazine.org. BA in poli sci, former editor at Boston Phoenix, Boston Business Journal, CommonWealth mag and the New York Blade (LGBTQ weekly). Decided the "Top 100 Sitcom Episodes of All Time" in 2012. UWS resident.

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Will McKinley
@willmckinley.bsky.social

Farewell to Susan Saint James (1946-2026) who brought warmth and wit to everything she did. Here she is in a scene from McMILLAN AND WIFE. She and Rock Hudson had such sweet, sexy, adorable chemistry.

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New Hampshire Bulletin
@newhampshirebulletin.com

This year’s statewide ballot measures are written, on average, at a graduate-school reading level, according to a new report. From @acvollers.bsky.social via @stateline.org

newhampshirebulletin.com2026 ballot measures are written at a graduate-school reading level, report finds • New Hampshire BulletinThis year’s statewide ballot measures are written, on average, at a graduate-school reading level, according to a new report.
Robert David Sullivan
@robertdsullivan.bsky.social

Kathleen McChesney: "Any time a sex abuse victim is accused of dishonesty, all victims’ stories become questionable, and their trauma re-emerges. As a civil society, and a Christian nation, we must do better than this." www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...

americamagazine.orgRamaswamy’s vicious attack ad is re-traumatizing sex abuse victimsUsing a victim’s trauma as a political weapon is the most vicious and immoral strategy I have ever seen in any election in this country.
Robert David Sullivan
@robertdsullivan.bsky.social

"he asked for an accommodation under Title VII, a federal law that allows employees to ask for a change in their work requirements to comply with religious belief. In Sept., the university agreed and granted him a religious accommodation, meaning he does not have to use AI to complete his work."

Thomas Reese@thomasreesesj.bsky.social

religionnews.com/2026/10/26/i... @bmietana.bsky.social

religionnews.comA Kentucky man becomes the first humanist granted religious exemption from AI(RNS) — David Durman, an administrator at the University of Kentucky, said using AI would cause him to offload his thinking and decision making, which would violate his humanist views. He hopes other ...

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CommonWealth Beacon
@cwbeacon.bsky.social

Massachusetts has once again been ranked among the least competitive states for elections nationwide, a pervasive problem that supporters of a ballot question to transform primary elections have pushed in their campaign for electoral reform. buff.ly/nbyn3wd

buff.lyMass. upgraded from least competitive elections in the country to second-worstFor the first time since Barack Obama was president, Massachusetts did not land in dead last in Ballotpedia's biennial assessment of state legislative competition across the country.

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Black Intellect Media
@blackintellect.bsky.social

The NYPD arrested a mom & took her kids' Christmas gifts, she never got them back: Proposed class-action lawsuit accuses the police dept of violating due process rights & upholding a convoluted system that courts have said for decades is unconstitutional. gothamist.com/news/the-nyp...

gothamist.comThe NYPD arrested a mom and took her kids' Christmas gifts. She never got them back.A new lawsuit accuses the NYPD of making it hard for New Yorkers to reclaim seized belongings.

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David Simon
@audacityofdespair.bsky.social

This metaphor is ridiculously obvious and unsubtle. Fire the writers. They're hacks.

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social

This is sad. General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s historic World War II globe was broken when Pete Hegseth’s team dropped it while trying to move it into his office.

Robert David Sullivan
@robertdsullivan.bsky.social

Amazingly, this seems to be a real ad. Or an attempt to turn the name Kyle into a synonym for "worst person in the world."

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

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Phil Nobile Jr.
@philnobilejr.bsky.social

This is 100% true: once upon a time people watched bonus features on DVDs where they learned all kinds of interesting movie facts

Amy "Thunderjam" Chase@amythunderjam.bsky.social

We all know the "Viggo broke his toe" story but what's another movie fact you're personally compelled to bring up every time without prompting? For me, it's the fact that Robin Tunney is wearing a wig in The Craft because of having just shaved her head to save her job filming Empire Records.

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Kat O’Brien
@lavidagata.bsky.social

Trying to say somebody who founded and ran a food pantry that serves thousands of people a month is a bad person that America would be better off without - this should earn you everlasting shame from all around you. This is ICE.

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Kevin Clarke
@clarkeatamerica.bsky.social

According to @amnesty.org, just 17 nations worldwide executed prisoners in 2025. Iran was responsible for 2,159; followed by Saudi Arabia, 356; the United States, 47; Egypt, 23; Kuwait, 17; Singapore, 17; and Somalia, 17. www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

americamagazine.orgTrump calls off livestreamed execution after backlash. Have Americans finally had enough of the death penalty?For many Americans, a recent botched execution and Pete Hegseth’s plans for public execution are “just the last straw.”

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Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social

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Video shows him pinned face down and handcuffed, crying because his arm was broken and begging for paramedics. Local police eventually got him to medical care. A bike ride in your own neighborhood should never end like this.

kesq.comUS citizen injured during California ICE incident, officials sayBy Julianna Bragg, Celina Tebor, Sarah Dewberry, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A resident of Long Beach, California, was injured during an incident involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday,...

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Jennifer
@jenwith1n.bsky.social

Here’s what’s going on. Baby boomers bought houses for cheap and then spent decades showing up to meetings demanding nothing else could be built in their neighborhoods so that their houses would see exponential increases in value, and now they don’t want that value taxed.

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

politico.comDo You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.
Robert David Sullivan
@robertdsullivan.bsky.social

Logically, shouldn't he be part of the "abolish the police" movement?

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

politico.comDo You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

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The A.V. Club
@avclub.com

Bleecker Street, the film distributor overseeing the theatrical release of Alex Gibney's documentary Musk, was informed on Friday that the film's TikTok account was subject to "permanent suspension." tinyurl.com/4yd9997x

Robert David Sullivan
@robertdsullivan.bsky.social

<The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that “more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin.”> www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

americamagazine.orgTrump administration sets a refugee limit, prioritizing white South AfricansThe U.S. Refugee admissions threshold of 17,500 reflects an 80 percent decrease from the historical average across decades of both Republican and Democratic presidential administrations alike.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
@doctorow.pluralistic.net

No matter where you shop, you're getting screwed by Amazon. Amazon has found a way to make everything you buy - at Target, at a mom-and-pop shop, even direct from the manufacturer - more expensive. And they're not the only one: Expedia's done the same thing, but for hotel rooms.

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Derek Willis
@dwillis.bsky.social

That's my student, and I'm proud of her.

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

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Mark Joseph Stern
@mjsdc.bsky.social

GOP launches investigation into the 1st, 5th, and 6th amendments

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into alleged jury nullification initiatives led by @freedcproject.bsky.social and @harrietsdreams.bsky.social, reports my @washingtonsun.com colleague Jenny Gathright: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/house-...

washingtonsun.comHouse Republicans Launch Investigation Into D.C. 'Jury Nullification’Rep. James Comer’s office said it sent letters to two D.C. activist groups that have been training D.C. residents on jury duty.
Robert David Sullivan
@robertdsullivan.bsky.social

Whether or not it is livestreamed

Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com

AP: "Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military…stipulated that any Catholic soldier assigned to the U.S. Army firing squad should ask to be excused from that duty, which he described as contrary to the teachings of the church."

politico.comArchbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squadThe archbishop described the planned execution of a gunman who killed 13 people on a military base as contrary to the teachings of the church.