George Williams
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Progressive; space & science geek, futurist; spiritual, not religious; guitarist, sound engineer, retired computing technologist, AI researcher, and programmer. Ex-X.
Alumnus of Georgia Tech, Intergraph, Boeing.
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Alumnus of Georgia Tech, Intergraph, Boeing.
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“This is what the end of the Voting Rights Act looks like: courts that won’t protect minority communities even when the evidence is staring them in the face.”
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SCOTUS Allows Texas to Use Racially Gerrymandered Map in 2026 Midterm Elections
Read more here.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“This is what the end of the Voting Rights Act looks like: courts that won’t protect minority communities even when the evidence is staring them in the face.”
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Hassett is Trump's current pick for Fed Chair, and that would really be bad for the economy.
If even Fox News isn’t convinced, I’m not sure how Hassett thinks he’ll convince the American people.
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If even Fox News isn’t convinced, I’m not sure how Hassett thinks he’ll convince the American people.
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Trump Official Fights for His Life as Fox News Grills Him on Economy
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, was having a tough time defending Donald Trump’s economy on Fox News.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hassett is Trump's current pick for Fed Chair, and that would really be bad for the economy.
If even Fox News isn’t convinced, I’m not sure how Hassett thinks he’ll convince the American people.
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If even Fox News isn’t convinced, I’m not sure how Hassett thinks he’ll convince the American people.
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Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Jean Su on COP30 narratives
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‘COPs Are About the Public vs. Politicians and Their Corporate Interests’: CounterSpin interview with Jean Su on COP30 narratives
"It's the people, it's the citizenry of the world who are going toe to toe with the handful of politicians who are driving disastrous decisions for us."
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December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Jean Su on COP30 narratives
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“Republicans have not put forth a single credible proposal to address the affordability crisis. Instead, life in America is more expensive,”
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Republicans are ‘Nowhere on Healthcare’
Political disaster looms for MAGA
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December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“Republicans have not put forth a single credible proposal to address the affordability crisis. Instead, life in America is more expensive,”
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In a country with a bad Senate map, a hostile Court, and a furious electorate, how are you actually going to use power to make life cheaper, safer, and more democratic — and can you explain that to people who don’t already like you?
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The 2028 “Ideas Primary” Probably Won’t Be About Ideas
It will be about theories of power...and vibes.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In a country with a bad Senate map, a hostile Court, and a furious electorate, how are you actually going to use power to make life cheaper, safer, and more democratic — and can you explain that to people who don’t already like you?
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Climate change plays havoc with crops, livestock, and pollinators as much as it does with water, leading to sticker shock at the grocery store, one of American consumers’ biggest concerns.
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The Cost of Climate - The American Prospect
Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Climate change plays havoc with crops, livestock, and pollinators as much as it does with water, leading to sticker shock at the grocery store, one of American consumers’ biggest concerns.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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And then he sold the powerful F-35s to the Saudis which has a defense partnership with CHINA ! This is a matter of national security. Those F-35's will be copied by the economic enemy of the US then. What craziness is this ???
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And then he sold the powerful F-35s to the Saudis which has a defense partnership with CHINA ! This is a matter of national security. Those F-35's will be copied by the economic enemy of the US then. What craziness is this ???
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As you might expect from people who don't have their heads in a dark place...
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12 former FDA chiefs unite to say agency memo on vaccines is deeply stupid
Prasad’s arguments “misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record.”…
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December 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As you might expect from people who don't have their heads in a dark place...
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Of course they're finding all kinds of excuses to limit the amount of information they'll release on Epstein
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Kash Patel Lets Slip How He’ll Stall Releasing the Epstein Files
We still may not get all the information the Trump administration has on Jeffrey Epstein.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Of course they're finding all kinds of excuses to limit the amount of information they'll release on Epstein
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1.17 million layoffs this year, which is a whopping 54% higher than last year and the highest layoffs have been since the pandemic hit the economy in 2020
Politico polling shows that nearly half the country thinks that the cost of living is the worst they’ve ever seen
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Politico polling shows that nearly half the country thinks that the cost of living is the worst they’ve ever seen
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Layoffs Hit Highest Since Covid-19 Even as Trump Brags About Economy
Donald Trump insists the economy is doing well. The data shows otherwise.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
1.17 million layoffs this year, which is a whopping 54% higher than last year and the highest layoffs have been since the pandemic hit the economy in 2020
Politico polling shows that nearly half the country thinks that the cost of living is the worst they’ve ever seen
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Politico polling shows that nearly half the country thinks that the cost of living is the worst they’ve ever seen
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Hernández was convicted of three counts of drug trafficking and weapons charges, earning him a 45-year prison sentence. Corruption and violence flourished in Hernández’s Honduras.
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Trump Frees Ex-President of Honduras, Right-Wing "Narco-Dictator" Convicted of Drug Trafficking
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, who served less than two years of a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking, comes as Trump threatens war on Venezuela over “narcoterrorism.”
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December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hernández was convicted of three counts of drug trafficking and weapons charges, earning him a 45-year prison sentence. Corruption and violence flourished in Hernández’s Honduras.
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“This is about as clear of a case being patently illegal that subordinates would probably not be able to successfully use a following-orders defense.”
Over the weekend, lawmakers expressed rare bipartisan agreement about the illegality of killing survivors.
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Over the weekend, lawmakers expressed rare bipartisan agreement about the illegality of killing survivors.
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Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“This is about as clear of a case being patently illegal that subordinates would probably not be able to successfully use a following-orders defense.”
Over the weekend, lawmakers expressed rare bipartisan agreement about the illegality of killing survivors.
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Over the weekend, lawmakers expressed rare bipartisan agreement about the illegality of killing survivors.
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Perhaps Trump has been freaking out more frequently because he senses his power draining away at an accelerated clip.
Expect the temper tantrums to get worse.
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Expect the temper tantrums to get worse.
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Trump Faltering in Face of Lower Courts
The rule of law is proving to be stronger than he thought
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December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Perhaps Trump has been freaking out more frequently because he senses his power draining away at an accelerated clip.
Expect the temper tantrums to get worse.
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Expect the temper tantrums to get worse.
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Kushner is engaged in activities that can only be conducted by government officials. He is acting in an authorized capacity, under Trump’s direction, and that creates a host of legal issues.
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Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Kushner is engaged in activities that can only be conducted by government officials. He is acting in an authorized capacity, under Trump’s direction, and that creates a host of legal issues.
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Hopefully, Hegseth will be held accountable. We'll see.
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Bulletproof No More
Pete Hegseth: “I watched that first strike live.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hopefully, Hegseth will be held accountable. We'll see.
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This is simply obscene.
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The Last Big Case Against Trump Has Been Dropped
The U.S. justice and political systems have shown that they can’t hold the president and his allies to account for trying to steal the 2020 election.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is simply obscene.
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Coverup!
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‘War Department’ Mission: Saving Secretary Hegseth - The American Prospect
‘The buck stops there, not here’ tradition of exonerating higher-ups at the expense of those further down the chain of command is well established when it comes to war crimes.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Coverup!
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Last week, the Washington Post reported that Hegseth gave a verbal order to leave no survivors in the first strike of the DOD’s campaign against drug smuggling boats, which took place in the Caribbean on September 2.
This is likely a war ctime.
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This is likely a war ctime.
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Department of War Crimes
Since September 2, the Department of Defense (DOD) has used drones to kill more than 80 people traveling by boat in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Last week, the Washington Post reported that Hegseth gave a verbal order to leave no survivors in the first strike of the DOD’s campaign against drug smuggling boats, which took place in the Caribbean on September 2.
This is likely a war ctime.
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This is likely a war ctime.
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The House and Senate armed services committees have opened investigations into the recent US military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Trump administration is ‘selling out’ admiral to shield Hegseth over boat strikes, officials say
White House names Adm Frank M Bradley as officer who ‘directed the engagement’, distancing Hegseth from accountability
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December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The House and Senate armed services committees have opened investigations into the recent US military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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“Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.”
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December 1, 2025
President Donald J.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.”
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