Jim McWilliams
@jim85716.bsky.social
Retired English professor & former underground journalist
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It produces rugs—which can then be pulled.
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It produces rugs—which can then be pulled.
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Asked for comment immediately after the breakfast he attended with the president, Speaker Johnson said he hadn’t heard the remark.
February 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Asked for comment immediately after the breakfast he attended with the president, Speaker Johnson said he hadn’t heard the remark.
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You just don't speak MAGA. The latest phone software has a foreign-language translator, so maybe it can help?
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
You just don't speak MAGA. The latest phone software has a foreign-language translator, so maybe it can help?
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“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
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Writing this piece caused me to reflect on a history of protest songs, and Springsteen’s may be the most unique. My latest in @thebulwark.com
On Springsteen's new song, "Streets of Minneapolis," here's @markhertling.bsky.social:
"This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when authority, fear, and politics collide—when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur."
"This is a song about the values we are testing. It asks what we are willing to preserve when authority, fear, and politics collide—when the lines between security and coercion, order and justice, begin to blur."
Bruce Springsteen and What Protest Songs Sound Like to Soldiers
What the rock icon’s new song about Minneapolis asks of us.
www.thebulwark.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Writing this piece caused me to reflect on a history of protest songs, and Springsteen’s may be the most unique. My latest in @thebulwark.com
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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So it's not enough to mock & diminish the casualties NATO allies suffered in Afghanistan--we now have to fantasize about killing them ourselves?
January 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM
So it's not enough to mock & diminish the casualties NATO allies suffered in Afghanistan--we now have to fantasize about killing them ourselves?
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I guess Vance will let you “heritage Americans” stay. I probably can’t stay, though, since my forebears arrived yesterday on the good ship Lollipop.
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I guess Vance will let you “heritage Americans” stay. I probably can’t stay, though, since my forebears arrived yesterday on the good ship Lollipop.
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Never invade Minnesota in winter. Didn’t Trump’s goons learn anything from history? Just watch the movie Fargo!
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Never invade Minnesota in winter. Didn’t Trump’s goons learn anything from history? Just watch the movie Fargo!
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4. Trump already has a display case made and the medal will be in it within 15 minutes of Machado walking in BUT he still won't allow her to be president of Venezuela.
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 PM
4. Trump already has a display case made and the medal will be in it within 15 minutes of Machado walking in BUT he still won't allow her to be president of Venezuela.
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The warning makes sense. A rogue cop could kill an innocent bystander.
Wait—
Are we talking about Venezuela or Minneapolis?
Wait—
Are we talking about Venezuela or Minneapolis?
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The warning makes sense. A rogue cop could kill an innocent bystander.
Wait—
Are we talking about Venezuela or Minneapolis?
Wait—
Are we talking about Venezuela or Minneapolis?
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Hey, I looked and sounded better seven years ago! After 40, it’s like our bodies age in dog years: seven for every one calendar year.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Hey, I looked and sounded better seven years ago! After 40, it’s like our bodies age in dog years: seven for every one calendar year.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Wrong! But only because it’s going to get worse as he shifts from financial crimes to crimes against democracy (e.g. using the military and security services to thwart elections and repress protests).
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Wrong! But only because it’s going to get worse as he shifts from financial crimes to crimes against democracy (e.g. using the military and security services to thwart elections and repress protests).
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I agree, but if the Dems win Congress & the presidency in 2028, I doubt that any consequences will happen. After all, Obama ignored the torture and human-rights abuses under Bush and Biden ignored until too late the attempted coup under Trump. Why think it will be any different?
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I agree, but if the Dems win Congress & the presidency in 2028, I doubt that any consequences will happen. After all, Obama ignored the torture and human-rights abuses under Bush and Biden ignored until too late the attempted coup under Trump. Why think it will be any different?
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McConnell could have saved this world a lot of grief by leading the Senate GOP in convicting Trump in Jan. 2021. As far as I’m concerned, McConnell can fuck off & die.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
McConnell could have saved this world a lot of grief by leading the Senate GOP in convicting Trump in Jan. 2021. As far as I’m concerned, McConnell can fuck off & die.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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More salient: Can we have work requirements for members of Congress to receive health insurance?
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
More salient: Can we have work requirements for members of Congress to receive health insurance?
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Is that photo op part of her contractual obligations or did she receive a separate stipend?
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Is that photo op part of her contractual obligations or did she receive a separate stipend?
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I heard that he asked her to “beat off the charges” so she—
Well, unlike in that Denver theater, there isn’t any video.
Well, unlike in that Denver theater, there isn’t any video.
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I heard that he asked her to “beat off the charges” so she—
Well, unlike in that Denver theater, there isn’t any video.
Well, unlike in that Denver theater, there isn’t any video.