Bill McColl
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Harm Reduction, HIV and Public Health is my thing. I ride the bus, watch the Caps, Nats and Wolverines, play bocce, read and hike. DC is 🏡
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I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
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Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
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Courts and political spaces attach credibility to "experts" based on social status.
These institutions don't care about accuracy in the way that people dealing with real world stuff do.
These institutions don't care about accuracy in the way that people dealing with real world stuff do.
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Courts and political spaces attach credibility to "experts" based on social status.
These institutions don't care about accuracy in the way that people dealing with real world stuff do.
These institutions don't care about accuracy in the way that people dealing with real world stuff do.
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The Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to the nation's capital has cost taxpayers $330M and delivered little in the way of measurable results, per a new report from Democrats on the Republican-led Senate Homeland Security Committee.
Democrats criticize cost of National Guard deployment in D.C. and its results in new report
The Trump administration deployed National Guard members in August. More than 2,000 are still in Washington.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to the nation's capital has cost taxpayers $330M and delivered little in the way of measurable results, per a new report from Democrats on the Republican-led Senate Homeland Security Committee.
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Portland mayor:
"To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave.
"To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children..."
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"To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave.
"To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children..."
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Portland stands against federal injustice
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February 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Portland mayor:
"To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave.
"To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children..."
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORP...
"To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave.
"To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children..."
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORP...
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“I know they would do anything, that they would hurt people, that they’ve murdered people... I know that intellectually. But I still did not expect them to gas a chill, friendly protest full of nurses and teachers and children and the elderly.”
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“I know they would do anything, that they would hurt people, that they’ve murdered people... I know that intellectually. But I still did not expect them to gas a chill, friendly protest full of nurses and teachers and children and the elderly.”
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
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It is hard to overstate how infuriating it is to have the Department of Health and Human Services led by a non-health expert who actively chooses to disseminate disinformation at every opportunity.
NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the keto diet could cure schizophrenia — an unfounded claim that experts say vastly overstates preliminary research into whether a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help patients w/ the disorder.
via @sherylnyt.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia
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February 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
It is hard to overstate how infuriating it is to have the Department of Health and Human Services led by a non-health expert who actively chooses to disseminate disinformation at every opportunity.
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Read it all please.
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Read it all please.
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It always cracks me up when cops say they felt woozy at the sight of fentanyl and give themselves naloxone. And then I fly into a rage when local news reporters retell the story like it’s accurate.🤬
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
It always cracks me up when cops say they felt woozy at the sight of fentanyl and give themselves naloxone. And then I fly into a rage when local news reporters retell the story like it’s accurate.🤬
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"Many Guard members have also been engaged in beautification work. As of Sept. 2025, they had packed 6,030 pounds of food, painted 270 feet of fence and pruned 65 trees, according to the report. The work has been halted for the winter and will resume in the spring."
A real bargain for $330 million.
A real bargain for $330 million.
National Guard deployment in DC having no measurable impact on crime, report says
The National Guard said troops’ presence has deterred petty crime and helps control crowds during the police department’s law enforcement efforts.
www.stripes.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
"Many Guard members have also been engaged in beautification work. As of Sept. 2025, they had packed 6,030 pounds of food, painted 270 feet of fence and pruned 65 trees, according to the report. The work has been halted for the winter and will resume in the spring."
A real bargain for $330 million.
A real bargain for $330 million.
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They failed to reduce our already low crime rate, but for 1/3 of a billion dollars they picked up a lot of trash and spread a lot of mulch. I still haven't seen any of them pick up a snow shovel though.
National Guard deployment in DC having no measurable impact on crime, report says
The National Guard said troops’ presence has deterred petty crime and helps control crowds during the police department’s law enforcement efforts.
www.stripes.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
They failed to reduce our already low crime rate, but for 1/3 of a billion dollars they picked up a lot of trash and spread a lot of mulch. I still haven't seen any of them pick up a snow shovel though.
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Of course he does. Is this a joke? He defended the guy who killed Good. He’s told multiple people that he thinks protesters should be attacked. He told people at a rally to rough someone up. He’s said nothing as ICE has hurt people for months.
He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
Leavitt: "Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized by illegal alien criminals"
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Of course he does. Is this a joke? He defended the guy who killed Good. He’s told multiple people that he thinks protesters should be attacked. He told people at a rally to rough someone up. He’s said nothing as ICE has hurt people for months.
He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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To those who are suggesting the Democrats have no legislative power to extract anything more than some ICE reforms from the White House, misses the point that they do have a different kind of power in civic leadership if they would use it. bsky.app/profile/donm...
Am wondering why more Democratic politicians aren’t joining in organic displays of resistance and protest in Minnesota. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 PM
To those who are suggesting the Democrats have no legislative power to extract anything more than some ICE reforms from the White House, misses the point that they do have a different kind of power in civic leadership if they would use it. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Next week on B*tch, Listen: @vilissathompson.bsky.social explains that true crime has a disability problem.
Disabled victims are erased—and their deaths reframed as mercy.
Disabled victims are erased—and their deaths reframed as mercy.
January 23, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Next week on B*tch, Listen: @vilissathompson.bsky.social explains that true crime has a disability problem.
Disabled victims are erased—and their deaths reframed as mercy.
Disabled victims are erased—and their deaths reframed as mercy.
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They think the American people are stupid.
It's been 2 days since the killing of Alex Pretti & this Admin continues to lie about what we all saw on video.
Americans are horrified & don't want their tax dollars funding this brutality.
Not another dime to this lawless operation.
It's been 2 days since the killing of Alex Pretti & this Admin continues to lie about what we all saw on video.
Americans are horrified & don't want their tax dollars funding this brutality.
Not another dime to this lawless operation.
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
They think the American people are stupid.
It's been 2 days since the killing of Alex Pretti & this Admin continues to lie about what we all saw on video.
Americans are horrified & don't want their tax dollars funding this brutality.
Not another dime to this lawless operation.
It's been 2 days since the killing of Alex Pretti & this Admin continues to lie about what we all saw on video.
Americans are horrified & don't want their tax dollars funding this brutality.
Not another dime to this lawless operation.
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Just give Homan $50,000 in a paper bag and he’ll look the other way.
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Just give Homan $50,000 in a paper bag and he’ll look the other way.
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Perfidy Pete is a walking war crime.
This is an actual post from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: Praising ICE after Alex Pretti was killed, blaming the Democratic leadership of Minnesota, and writing that ICE is greater/better than Minnesota.
He is actively demeaning the people of Minnesota just hours after Pretti was murdered.
He is actively demeaning the people of Minnesota just hours after Pretti was murdered.
January 25, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Perfidy Pete is a walking war crime.
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This is who Stephen Miller called a “domestic terrorist” today. Listen to Alex Pretti in his own voice.
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This is who Stephen Miller called a “domestic terrorist” today. Listen to Alex Pretti in his own voice.
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Trump causes the problem and then demands the Insurrection Act as a solution to the crisis of his own making which then leads to more conflict. I believe psychiatrists refer to this phenomenon "Munchausen by Nazi." www.childrensmn.org/educationmat...
The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
theintercept.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Trump causes the problem and then demands the Insurrection Act as a solution to the crisis of his own making which then leads to more conflict. I believe psychiatrists refer to this phenomenon "Munchausen by Nazi." www.childrensmn.org/educationmat...
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Oh this is an OUTSTANDING point.
Excellent sociocultural analysis.
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Excellent sociocultural analysis.
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Trump keeps lying about how Venezuela “stole” from US oil companies. Here’s what really happened. Venezuelans know their own history & that’s why Trump’s oil gambit could become the focal point of a resistance. They won’t unite for Maduro, but they could come together to defend their patrimony.🧵
This is why Venezuelans nationalized their oil over generations:
“The right-wing strongman Juan Vicente Gómez, the military dictator who ruled Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935, granted concessions that left three foreign oil companies in control of 98% of the Venezuelan market.“
“The right-wing strongman Juan Vicente Gómez, the military dictator who ruled Venezuela from 1908 until his death in 1935, granted concessions that left three foreign oil companies in control of 98% of the Venezuelan market.“
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Oh this is an OUTSTANDING point.
Excellent sociocultural analysis.
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Excellent sociocultural analysis.
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I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
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I've been tweeting this for years
folks love to complain about "the Democrats" but to go to three meetings and they will put you in charge of something
folks love to complain about "the Democrats" but to go to three meetings and they will put you in charge of something
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I've been tweeting this for years
folks love to complain about "the Democrats" but to go to three meetings and they will put you in charge of something
folks love to complain about "the Democrats" but to go to three meetings and they will put you in charge of something
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on #WorldAIDSDay, #HIV activists block intersection near #Trump White House www.washingtonblade.com/2025/12/01/h...
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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