Prof Williams
@aewillia.bsky.social
Heart 💕 of Illinoisan
UMich PhD 💙💛💙💛
Swimmer 🌊🩵🌊
"Art doesn't lie - it is just waiting to be seen"
UMich PhD 💙💛💙💛
Swimmer 🌊🩵🌊
"Art doesn't lie - it is just waiting to be seen"
"For months I’ve been calling on the media to write headlines like 'Trump is building a dictatorship.' Because he is, and there’s a mountain of evidence to support that conclusion. The failure to do that keeps us sliding toward authoritarianism."
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"For months I’ve been calling on the media to write headlines like 'Trump is building a dictatorship.' Because he is, and there’s a mountain of evidence to support that conclusion. The failure to do that keeps us sliding toward authoritarianism."
What an a$$hole. There's more to this story... Follow the money.
Durbin is a YES on this deal: “At Democrats’ urging, today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
What an a$$hole. There's more to this story... Follow the money.
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The Dem weak links:
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The Dem weak links:
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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Let me be clear: if Chuck Schumer caves tonight, that will be the formal end of his career in Democratic politics.
The new generation coming into leadership has no tolerance for cowards.
The new generation coming into leadership has no tolerance for cowards.
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Let me be clear: if Chuck Schumer caves tonight, that will be the formal end of his career in Democratic politics.
The new generation coming into leadership has no tolerance for cowards.
The new generation coming into leadership has no tolerance for cowards.
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
"Understand what it is to be Chicago. To carry a whistle and have the ICIRR hotline in your phone. To wake up from nightmares of shouting militiamen and guns in your face. To rehearse every day how to calmly refuse entry, how to identify a judicial warrant, how to film and narrate an assault."
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Understand what it is to be Chicago. To carry a whistle and have the ICIRR hotline in your phone. To wake up from nightmares of shouting militiamen and guns in your face. To rehearse every day how to calmly refuse entry, how to identify a judicial warrant, how to film and narrate an assault."
“The whistles are everywhere … this is what we do. The best thing we do in Chicago is organize. So good luck.”
Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“The whistles are everywhere … this is what we do. The best thing we do in Chicago is organize. So good luck.”
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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👀 Did you know we're constantly tracking every state's laws, constitutions, and court decisions on abortion? Check out our After Roe Fell: Abortion Laws by State map on our brand new website: https://reproductiverights.org/maps/abortion-laws-by-state/
U.S. Abortion Laws by State - Center for Reproductive Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, so it's crucial to understand abortion laws by state, and where abortion is protected. Learn more now.
reproductiverights.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
👀 Did you know we're constantly tracking every state's laws, constitutions, and court decisions on abortion? Check out our After Roe Fell: Abortion Laws by State map on our brand new website: https://reproductiverights.org/maps/abortion-laws-by-state/
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Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Pure evil
NEW: Trump admin goes to SCOTUS to try and stop order that it pay full SNAP benefits this month
DOJ asks the justices for an order by 9:30 p.m. Friday — as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments, under a court order to finish Friday.
Now at Law Dork:
DOJ asks the justices for an order by 9:30 p.m. Friday — as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments, under a court order to finish Friday.
Now at Law Dork:
Trump admin goes to SCOTUS to try and stop order that it pay full SNAP benefits this month
DOJ asks the justices for an order by 9:30 p.m. Friday — as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments, under a court order to finish Friday.
www.lawdork.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Pure evil
What's the cost of a soul?
Cornell sells theirs for 60 million
Cornell sells theirs for 60 million
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What's the cost of a soul?
Cornell sells theirs for 60 million
Cornell sells theirs for 60 million
Truth.
My section editors, easily half a dozen, in the last few years looked exactly like Ross Douthat, pale nervous ill-dressed beardy remnant males unable to make eye contact. It was a men's room. I would not be as vicious as the NYT and claim men ruined newsrooms. They just kept everything the same.
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Truth.
"Because nothing says 'protect the children' like masked men storming a preschool and dragging parents away."
Families 'Horrified' After Daycare Teacher Pulled Out Of Preschool By Armed Federal Agents
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
blockclubchicago.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Because nothing says 'protect the children' like masked men storming a preschool and dragging parents away."
Good morning, America 💙
Kat's right: "Good things ARE possible and we don't have to settle."
Kat's right: "Good things ARE possible and we don't have to settle."
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good morning, America 💙
Kat's right: "Good things ARE possible and we don't have to settle."
Kat's right: "Good things ARE possible and we don't have to settle."
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
File under: more bullsh$t happening south of the mason-dixon line
Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
Auburn University requires faculty to review courses to comply with anti-DEI law
Auburn's provost office posted a web site on how to comply with state and federal DEI mandates on Oct. 31.
www.al.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
File under: more bullsh$t happening south of the mason-dixon line
It's Prop 50 day! All eyes on California. Let's get it done 💙
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's Prop 50 day! All eyes on California. Let's get it done 💙
"Take me back to the pines..." at the cross section of Lake Michigan & Rogers Park
Justin Townes Earle "Rogers Park" (Kalamazoo, Michigan, 17 May 2018)
YouTube video by LJSimon
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Take me back to the pines..." at the cross section of Lake Michigan & Rogers Park
This is next level atrocious
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is next level atrocious
What part of "get the hell out of our city" is so hard to understand?!
Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
What part of "get the hell out of our city" is so hard to understand?!
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JB Pritzker creating the “Illinois Accountability Commission” isn’t getting enough attention. Its focus is on immigration agents & it will document abuses, capture impacts on families and communities, & recommend actions to prevent further harm. We need more of these nationwide.
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
JB Pritzker creating the “Illinois Accountability Commission” isn’t getting enough attention. Its focus is on immigration agents & it will document abuses, capture impacts on families and communities, & recommend actions to prevent further harm. We need more of these nationwide.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like—because it’s already happening in North Carolina, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:
North Carolina Is the Canary in the Election Coal Mine
Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one state.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like—because it’s already happening in North Carolina, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily: