Michael Williams
@michaeldaywilliams.bsky.social
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Photography. Politics. Pets. Puns. Pontification.
Photography. Politics. Pets. Puns. Pontification.
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He's wiping out your life savings, destroying the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid upon which you were promised you could depend, ending the medical research that would protect and prolong your life and that of your families & gutting your liberties...and he doesn't care about any of it.
April 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
He's wiping out your life savings, destroying the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid upon which you were promised you could depend, ending the medical research that would protect and prolong your life and that of your families & gutting your liberties...and he doesn't care about any of it.
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Grateful to my fellow Americans who are focusing on the assignment, and not staying silent!
#HandsOff #Resistance
#HandsOff #Resistance
April 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Grateful to my fellow Americans who are focusing on the assignment, and not staying silent!
#HandsOff #Resistance
#HandsOff #Resistance
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By nearly every metric, Bidenomics was a roaring success. It would be a mistake to ignore or forget the lessons that can be gleaned from the administration’s robust economic policy.
Published December 17, 2024:
Published December 17, 2024:
Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful
The president’s domestic record wasn’t just extraordinary. It might put Democrats back in power in four years.
newrepublic.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
By nearly every metric, Bidenomics was a roaring success. It would be a mistake to ignore or forget the lessons that can be gleaned from the administration’s robust economic policy.
Published December 17, 2024:
Published December 17, 2024:
Fight Fight Fight
Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
March 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Fight Fight Fight
Locus of Power aka The People.
Damn—I’ve only seen a negative flake rate a few times. My favorite was Kamala’s announcement in 2019. Crowd was massive.
Nice work Bernie team.
Nice work Bernie team.
March 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Locus of Power aka The People.
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Yes! The key divide is between those who prefer politics-as-usual, bipartisan "unity," and accommodation vs those who understand "normal" politics is not an adequate option when confronted with a comprehensive assault on democratic self-government and the constitutional order.
My very strong suspicion is that the left/right axis and the fight/don't-fight axis are in the process of unlinking, and that the fight/don't-fight split is emerging as the core struggle in the Democratic Party.
We seriously need to separate the left/right axis from the fight/don’t fight axis.
March 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yes! The key divide is between those who prefer politics-as-usual, bipartisan "unity," and accommodation vs those who understand "normal" politics is not an adequate option when confronted with a comprehensive assault on democratic self-government and the constitutional order.
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On Intl Women’s Day I honor the fierce Ukrainian woman who confronted the 🇷🇺 soldiers invading her land w/ breathtaking bravery.
“What the fuck are you doing on our land with all these guns? Take these seeds and put them in your pockets so at least sunflowers will grow when you all lie down here.”
“What the fuck are you doing on our land with all these guns? Take these seeds and put them in your pockets so at least sunflowers will grow when you all lie down here.”
Ukrainian woman offers seeds to Russian soldiers so 'sunflowers grow when they die'
YouTube video by Guardian News
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
On Intl Women’s Day I honor the fierce Ukrainian woman who confronted the 🇷🇺 soldiers invading her land w/ breathtaking bravery.
“What the fuck are you doing on our land with all these guns? Take these seeds and put them in your pockets so at least sunflowers will grow when you all lie down here.”
“What the fuck are you doing on our land with all these guns? Take these seeds and put them in your pockets so at least sunflowers will grow when you all lie down here.”
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Really realizing that his sixth strategy for trying to attain world-historical hero status is by punishing perceived domestic enemies. His power flows crush his enemies, delivering satisfying retribution for his supporters.
Taken together, Trump's five power flows: expansion, destruction, rule by Executive Order, unification as forced capitulation, and erasing inconvenient truths are an authoritarian consolidation of power in the person of Donald Trump. He has become, or is becoming, the Leviathan.
March 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Really realizing that his sixth strategy for trying to attain world-historical hero status is by punishing perceived domestic enemies. His power flows crush his enemies, delivering satisfying retribution for his supporters.
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DEMOCRATS 📢 The base is growing because we’re pissed off. People who were never engaged before are showing up. If you’re not listening, you’re missing the moment.
1️⃣ Get out of DC. Your constituents have stories—hear them
2️⃣ Tell their stories—loudly
@repsuhas.bsky.social gets it. Follow his lead.
1️⃣ Get out of DC. Your constituents have stories—hear them
2️⃣ Tell their stories—loudly
@repsuhas.bsky.social gets it. Follow his lead.
March 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
DEMOCRATS 📢 The base is growing because we’re pissed off. People who were never engaged before are showing up. If you’re not listening, you’re missing the moment.
1️⃣ Get out of DC. Your constituents have stories—hear them
2️⃣ Tell their stories—loudly
@repsuhas.bsky.social gets it. Follow his lead.
1️⃣ Get out of DC. Your constituents have stories—hear them
2️⃣ Tell their stories—loudly
@repsuhas.bsky.social gets it. Follow his lead.
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So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
March 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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found another cool bookstore
March 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
found another cool bookstore
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The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication.
This is inhumane and illegal.
It’s become obvious to me that it’s a metaphor for the health of the nation.
March 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It’s become obvious to me that it’s a metaphor for the health of the nation.
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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
The only thing on our media room screen for the rest of the day:
#eagles
#FriendsofBigBearValley#JackieandShadow
#eagles
#FriendsofBigBearValley#JackieandShadow
March 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The only thing on our media room screen for the rest of the day:
#eagles
#FriendsofBigBearValley#JackieandShadow
#eagles
#FriendsofBigBearValley#JackieandShadow
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Republican Senator Joni Ernst had adulterous liaisons with 2 Pentagon officials who were trying to—and successfully did—influence her vote on appropriations issues.
No doubt Trump knew of this & used it to pressure Ernst to support his nom of Hegseth to be SecDef.
(more below)
No doubt Trump knew of this & used it to pressure Ernst to support his nom of Hegseth to be SecDef.
(more below)
Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee
Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potenti...
www.propublica.org
March 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Republican Senator Joni Ernst had adulterous liaisons with 2 Pentagon officials who were trying to—and successfully did—influence her vote on appropriations issues.
No doubt Trump knew of this & used it to pressure Ernst to support his nom of Hegseth to be SecDef.
(more below)
No doubt Trump knew of this & used it to pressure Ernst to support his nom of Hegseth to be SecDef.
(more below)
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Taking a super nice train in Italy for $45 and thinking of how cool it is that our taxpayer money back home will buy Ethereum to bail out David Sacks.
March 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Taking a super nice train in Italy for $45 and thinking of how cool it is that our taxpayer money back home will buy Ethereum to bail out David Sacks.
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We have an eaglet! An egg belonging to Big Bear eagles Jackie and Shadow has finally hatched. 🦅🥚💕 https://abc7.la/4hZmrBp
March 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We have an eaglet! An egg belonging to Big Bear eagles Jackie and Shadow has finally hatched. 🦅🥚💕 https://abc7.la/4hZmrBp
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Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.
March 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.