Kayla Williams
@kwilliams101.bsky.social
Author, veteran, kidney donor, mom, advocate
Cool reflection. I'll read his book!
Curing Insomnia with Magic: How One Veteran Finally Got a Good Night’s Sleep
A soldier struggling with insomnia after an Iraq deployment finds writing helps him sleep. He later publishes a novel
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January 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Cool reflection. I'll read his book!
Women veteran advocates often asked why VA couldn't just add locks to doors at VA - suicide prevention is the reason. EFFECTIVE policy change is often hard, 2nd/3rd order effects must be considered, and solutions need to consider multiple variables.
Federal watchdog reports 'suicide hazards' at VA hospitals
The VA Inspector General found safety risks for mental health patients at a Massachusetts hospital and reported “similar concerns” at others.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Women veteran advocates often asked why VA couldn't just add locks to doors at VA - suicide prevention is the reason. EFFECTIVE policy change is often hard, 2nd/3rd order effects must be considered, and solutions need to consider multiple variables.
Since "the weight of a rucksack or a human being" also doesn't care how old you are either, I look forward to seeing them eliminate age-normed standards as well. 🤷♀️
DOD launches review of ‘effectiveness’ of women in ground combat roles
Army and Marine Corp leaders will submit data on readiness, training, performance, casualties and command climate of ground combat units and personnel.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Since "the weight of a rucksack or a human being" also doesn't care how old you are either, I look forward to seeing them eliminate age-normed standards as well. 🤷♀️
Maybe the staffers overseeing this learned it from Elle Woods
The discharge petition is a way to force votes by sidestepping the speaker. For decades it was mostly forgotten, but has been brought back for bills on the Epstein files and to extend ACA subsidies. n.pr/4jtTBu8
A once rare legislative tool is causing headaches for Mike Johnson
The discharge petition is a way to force votes by sidestepping the speaker. For decades it was mostly forgotten, but has been brought back for bills on the Epstein files and to extend ACA subsidies.
n.pr
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Maybe the staffers overseeing this learned it from Elle Woods
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Your tax dollars are being wasted.
The policy was changed to match the ground reality in Iraq and Afghanistan, where women honorably & effectively served in combat.
PS: launching more military actions + excluding half the population = absurd
The policy was changed to match the ground reality in Iraq and Afghanistan, where women honorably & effectively served in combat.
PS: launching more military actions + excluding half the population = absurd
January 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Your tax dollars are being wasted.
The policy was changed to match the ground reality in Iraq and Afghanistan, where women honorably & effectively served in combat.
PS: launching more military actions + excluding half the population = absurd
The policy was changed to match the ground reality in Iraq and Afghanistan, where women honorably & effectively served in combat.
PS: launching more military actions + excluding half the population = absurd
Just another kick in the teeth
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Just another kick in the teeth
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Here we go again. Regime change. Oil. But this time, not even a vote in Congress. Share this video and join us at StopForeverWar.org to end unconstitutional and illegal #ForeverWar.
January 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Here we go again. Regime change. Oil. But this time, not even a vote in Congress. Share this video and join us at StopForeverWar.org to end unconstitutional and illegal #ForeverWar.
Americans are sick of these Forever Wars and sick and tired of presidents of both parties using the military without any vote in Congress when there is no imminent threat.
Bush League
Here we go again. Regime change. Oil. But this time, not even a vote in Congress. Share this video and join us at StopForeverWar.org to end unconstitutional and illegal #ForeverWar.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Americans are sick of these Forever Wars and sick and tired of presidents of both parties using the military without any vote in Congress when there is no imminent threat.
After being raised on Disney’s parade of dead moms, I appreciate the Duffer brothers for letting moms slay
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 AM
After being raised on Disney’s parade of dead moms, I appreciate the Duffer brothers for letting moms slay
My mother puts “re:” in the subject line of every email she sends and it’s a small thing that I find very annoying
December 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My mother puts “re:” in the subject line of every email she sends and it’s a small thing that I find very annoying
Well researched & interesting piece.
Didn’t know some able bodied people request accessible rooms hoping they’re just bigger … don’t do that!
Didn’t know some able bodied people request accessible rooms hoping they’re just bigger … don’t do that!
AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. n.pr/48VPxj2
35 years after ADA, people with disabilities still find hotels unaccommodating
AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Well researched & interesting piece.
Didn’t know some able bodied people request accessible rooms hoping they’re just bigger … don’t do that!
Didn’t know some able bodied people request accessible rooms hoping they’re just bigger … don’t do that!
This is fascinating!
Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold. n.pr/3L6Mqvo
In the snow, these salamanders get supercool
Blue spotted salamanders have been seen walking across snow and new research suggests how they get by in the cold.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is fascinating!
Reposted by Kayla Williams
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Congratulations to Major General Williams!
Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Veterans & Defense Affairs Appointment - Meet Governor-Elect Abigail Spanberger
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December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Congratulations to Major General Williams!
They don’t want us to notice. They don’t care if we suffer. They don’t care if we were raped.
This is the first nationwide abortion ban under Trump. It likely won’t be the last.
Speak up.
This is the first nationwide abortion ban under Trump. It likely won’t be the last.
Speak up.
Trump-Vance Administration Bans Abortion Care and Counseling for Veterans in Secret - Democracy Forward
Our 2025 Impact Report is now live!
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December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
They don’t want us to notice. They don’t care if we suffer. They don’t care if we were raped.
This is the first nationwide abortion ban under Trump. It likely won’t be the last.
Speak up.
This is the first nationwide abortion ban under Trump. It likely won’t be the last.
Speak up.
Reposted by Kayla Williams
Unfilled roles ≠ unnecessary roles
An excess of unfilled roles means an agency can’t attract enough talent. By eliminating unfilled roles, VA is forcing its valuable employees to do more with even less, putting them on the fast track to failure & burnout, while vets face worse healthcare outcomes.
An excess of unfilled roles means an agency can’t attract enough talent. By eliminating unfilled roles, VA is forcing its valuable employees to do more with even less, putting them on the fast track to failure & burnout, while vets face worse healthcare outcomes.
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Unfilled roles ≠ unnecessary roles
An excess of unfilled roles means an agency can’t attract enough talent. By eliminating unfilled roles, VA is forcing its valuable employees to do more with even less, putting them on the fast track to failure & burnout, while vets face worse healthcare outcomes.
An excess of unfilled roles means an agency can’t attract enough talent. By eliminating unfilled roles, VA is forcing its valuable employees to do more with even less, putting them on the fast track to failure & burnout, while vets face worse healthcare outcomes.
Trump admin is slashing staff & wants VA to be more like private sector insurance.
But VA trains a huge percent of all health care providers, so this will hurt ALL Americans, not just veterans. It's *wildly* shortsighted (and, as a bonus, will cost more!).
But VA trains a huge percent of all health care providers, so this will hurt ALL Americans, not just veterans. It's *wildly* shortsighted (and, as a bonus, will cost more!).
Another Mass Staffing Purge at the VA - The American Prospect
Up to 37,000 positions may be dropped, with the VA transformed into a facilitator for outsourcing, sources tell the Prospect.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump admin is slashing staff & wants VA to be more like private sector insurance.
But VA trains a huge percent of all health care providers, so this will hurt ALL Americans, not just veterans. It's *wildly* shortsighted (and, as a bonus, will cost more!).
But VA trains a huge percent of all health care providers, so this will hurt ALL Americans, not just veterans. It's *wildly* shortsighted (and, as a bonus, will cost more!).
Experts say in long run Coast Guard mission will suffer: some allies won’t share intel bc of fears US is violating international law
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Q&A: How Did the U.S. Patrol the Caribbean for Drug Smuggling Before It Started Blowing Up Boats?
The Coast Guard is responsible for counter drug patrols in the Caribbean and has seized half a million pounds of narcotics this year.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Experts say in long run Coast Guard mission will suffer: some allies won’t share intel bc of fears US is violating international law
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What Americans believe makes one American.
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What Americans believe makes one American.
This piece is worth reading in full.
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This piece is worth reading in full.
"Trump’s $1,776 checks for more than a million troops, announced Wednesday, come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize" BAH
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Trump’s $1,776 checks for more than a million troops, announced Wednesday, come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize" BAH
Reposted by Kayla Williams
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
Closing in on civilian numbers...
Veteran unemployment rates bump up in job market hit by layoffs
The unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans bumped up from 2.7% in September to 4.3% in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Closing in on civilian numbers...
"No one bothered to ask the Iraqis if they liked creamed corn."
We Pined for the Comforts of Home. We Got Tube Socks and Old Candy for Christmas Instead
Green Berets lament Americans don't understand the needs of modern soldiers after receiving tube socks and canned soup in Christmas care packages.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"No one bothered to ask the Iraqis if they liked creamed corn."