Mike Williams
@mwilli.bsky.social
Senior Fellowing @AmericanProgress. Formerly @BGAlliance. Former local elected official. All opinions mine… I hope.
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After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, the 3,200 workers at VW Chattanooga have won a tentative agreement that provides 20 percent across-the-board wage increases, affordable health care, real job security, and more.
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UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Marking Historic Breakthrough for Southern Autoworkers - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of Americ...
Autoworkers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant have won a historic tentative agreement with the company. After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, th...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, the 3,200 workers at VW Chattanooga have won a tentative agreement that provides 20 percent across-the-board wage increases, affordable health care, real job security, and more.
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It's Not a General Strike, but it's a Start
January 30th has been set as a nationwide day of action against the campaign of state terror carried out by ICE and other DHS agencies. Some have referred to the 30th as a ‘general strike’. In this ar...
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January 30, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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This fella should be in consideration for Attorney General in 2029 if the opportunity should arise...
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
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Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
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January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This fella should be in consideration for Attorney General in 2029 if the opportunity should arise...
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We’re at Susan Collins’s offices all across Maine today to demand: not one dollar more for ICE.
A pinky promise from Kristi Noem is not enough.
A pinky promise from Kristi Noem is not enough.
January 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
We’re at Susan Collins’s offices all across Maine today to demand: not one dollar more for ICE.
A pinky promise from Kristi Noem is not enough.
A pinky promise from Kristi Noem is not enough.
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You could see it as a 1:1 relationship. Republicans clawed back 25% of the IRS funding in the the first showdown after Inflation Reduction Act passage. That could be the baseline: 25% of the ICE surge funding from OBBBA.
Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
You could see it as a 1:1 relationship. Republicans clawed back 25% of the IRS funding in the the first showdown after Inflation Reduction Act passage. That could be the baseline: 25% of the ICE surge funding from OBBBA.
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Today, President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement becomes official. It’s a step backward for American leadership.
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Today, President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement becomes official. It’s a step backward for American leadership.
Never Again apparently means something different than what I thought it meant.
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Never Again apparently means something different than what I thought it meant.
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"His parents said their last conversation with their son was a couple days before his death. They talked about repairs he had done to the garage door of his home. The worker was a Latino man, and they said with all that was happening in Minneapolis he gave the man a $100 tip." 🥹
January 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"His parents said their last conversation with their son was a couple days before his death. They talked about repairs he had done to the garage door of his home. The worker was a Latino man, and they said with all that was happening in Minneapolis he gave the man a $100 tip." 🥹
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In 2022 we gave the IRS $80 bn. When Rs took the House they made rescinding that $$ the price of funding the govt. In each funding bill enacted since, large chunks of that were pared back
Ds should do that for the ICE money from OBBBA. Paring back that $$ must be a prerequisite for funding the govt
Ds should do that for the ICE money from OBBBA. Paring back that $$ must be a prerequisite for funding the govt
January 23, 2026 at 12:07 AM
In 2022 we gave the IRS $80 bn. When Rs took the House they made rescinding that $$ the price of funding the govt. In each funding bill enacted since, large chunks of that were pared back
Ds should do that for the ICE money from OBBBA. Paring back that $$ must be a prerequisite for funding the govt
Ds should do that for the ICE money from OBBBA. Paring back that $$ must be a prerequisite for funding the govt
Major kudos to Richard B. and Lara R. Skinner for editing and masterminding, and to all of my fellow authors!
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Major kudos to Richard B. and Lara R. Skinner for editing and masterminding, and to all of my fellow authors!
There’s brilliant work throughout, so please consider grabbing a copy: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780913...
The Climate-Labor Movement by edited by Richard A. Benton and Lara Skinner | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. It poses an existential threat to humanity and the planet, as well as a profound social and economic crisis for millions of workers and communitie...
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January 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
There’s brilliant work throughout, so please consider grabbing a copy: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780913...
If so (but honestly either way…) then I am very excited to share the news that the latest research volume from the Labor and Employment Relations Association and Cornell University Press has been published… AND it features a chapter I wrote...
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
If so (but honestly either way…) then I am very excited to share the news that the latest research volume from the Labor and Employment Relations Association and Cornell University Press has been published… AND it features a chapter I wrote...
Need something a little different than the current news? Then perhaps I can tempt you with a book that looks back at the last Administration’s efforts on climate, labor, clean energy, and manufacturing with an eye towards the future?
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Need something a little different than the current news? Then perhaps I can tempt you with a book that looks back at the last Administration’s efforts on climate, labor, clean energy, and manufacturing with an eye towards the future?
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America
January 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America
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DHS says they have a “list” of around 1,400 people to round up in what they’re calling “Operation Catch of the Day” — a completely disgusting and inhumane name for their terror campaign in our state.
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
DHS says they have a “list” of around 1,400 people to round up in what they’re calling “Operation Catch of the Day” — a completely disgusting and inhumane name for their terror campaign in our state.
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The Trump administration is putting Big Oil first once again with its plans to withdraw from the UNFCCC, the bedrock of all international climate cooperation—and Americans will pay the price.
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump administration is putting Big Oil first once again with its plans to withdraw from the UNFCCC, the bedrock of all international climate cooperation—and Americans will pay the price.
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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The damage Trump is inflicting on American climate science will reverberate for decades; but states, cities, and universities demonstrate that American climate progress is resilient. My column for @elpais.com : english.elpais.com/climate/2026...
Trump’s climate war could cost America a generation, if we let it
While the United States drives away its brightest minds, China is doubling down on its investment in research, positioning itself at the forefront of an industrial transformation
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January 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The damage Trump is inflicting on American climate science will reverberate for decades; but states, cities, and universities demonstrate that American climate progress is resilient. My column for @elpais.com : english.elpais.com/climate/2026...
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ICE out of Maine.
January 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
ICE out of Maine.
You have many good takes, Jamelle. This might be your best.
korean fried chicken is straight up the superior fried chicken preparation. no competition.
January 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
You have many good takes, Jamelle. This might be your best.
More idiocy from Trump yesterday. Further explained by my colleagues below ⬇️
Last night, the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational 1992 treaty that established the entire framework for international climate cooperation.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
More idiocy from Trump yesterday. Further explained by my colleagues below ⬇️
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Last night, the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational 1992 treaty that established the entire framework for international climate cooperation.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Last night, the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational 1992 treaty that established the entire framework for international climate cooperation.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.