Mike Williams
@mwilli.bsky.social
Senior Fellowing @AmericanProgress. Formerly @BGAlliance. Former local elected official. All opinions mine… I hope.
ISDS sucks.
Big business is trying to restore NAFTA’s corporate courts. They want the U.S. to give companies more power to challenge governments.
ISDS hurts communities and undermines environmental and public health rules. The USMCA review should dismantle ISDS completely, not revive it.
ISDS hurts communities and undermines environmental and public health rules. The USMCA review should dismantle ISDS completely, not revive it.
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ISDS sucks.
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Now would be a good time to announce your retirement Susan Collins. #MESenate
a woman in a pearl necklace is sitting in a row of men in suits and ties .
ALT: a woman in a pearl necklace is sitting in a row of men in suits and ties .
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Now would be a good time to announce your retirement Susan Collins. #MESenate
Hey everybody, let's ignore that dumb op-ed by Matt Yglesias and instead focus on something great that was released today: the annual CLIMATE DENIERS report!
h/t to the inimitable @kso23.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
h/t to the inimitable @kso23.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
Climate Deniers of the 119th Congress and the Second Trump Administration
A new CAP analysis finds that the federal government is rife with officials who deny climate change in leadership positions within the executive branch, presidential Cabinet, and Congress.
www.americanprogress.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hey everybody, let's ignore that dumb op-ed by Matt Yglesias and instead focus on something great that was released today: the annual CLIMATE DENIERS report!
h/t to the inimitable @kso23.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
h/t to the inimitable @kso23.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
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Enacting reforms to build worker power and voice is essential to ensuring Americans are able to access other key progressive workplace priorities, such as paid sick and family and medical leave. https://ampr.gs/4pxJyXj
State and Local Policymakers Can Raise Standards and Build Power for Workers
States and cities can advance these 21 ideas in 2026 to build worker power, support unionized workers, and uphold workforce stability and standards.
ampr.gs
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Enacting reforms to build worker power and voice is essential to ensuring Americans are able to access other key progressive workplace priorities, such as paid sick and family and medical leave. https://ampr.gs/4pxJyXj
Thank you @whitehouse.senate.gov @repdelbene.bsky.social for introducing the Clean Competition Act–a bill that would support American manufacturing and our climate. We need positive ideas like this out there. Here are 5 things you should know about the CCA... www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...
Whitehouse, DelBene Reintroduce Carbon Border Adjustment to Boost Domestic Manufacturers, Tackle Climate Change
Clean Competition Act bolsters American companies’ competitiveness and cuts emissions at home and abroad
Washington, D.C. - Senator Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on E...
www.epw.senate.gov
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Thank you @whitehouse.senate.gov @repdelbene.bsky.social for introducing the Clean Competition Act–a bill that would support American manufacturing and our climate. We need positive ideas like this out there. Here are 5 things you should know about the CCA... www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...
“It was the beginning of Nana Banana Pro…”
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“It was the beginning of Nana Banana Pro…”
Back in college, bunch of us drank too much then decided to go see Hannibal. I fell asleep almost immediately but was startled awake for an extremely grotesque scene I’d rather not explain.
Flip side… seeing Avengers Endgame opening night at 1am was a blast. Place was cheering and crying.
Flip side… seeing Avengers Endgame opening night at 1am was a blast. Place was cheering and crying.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Back in college, bunch of us drank too much then decided to go see Hannibal. I fell asleep almost immediately but was startled awake for an extremely grotesque scene I’d rather not explain.
Flip side… seeing Avengers Endgame opening night at 1am was a blast. Place was cheering and crying.
Flip side… seeing Avengers Endgame opening night at 1am was a blast. Place was cheering and crying.
I love how @dmk1793.bsky.social just might be somehow responsible for Project 2029.
Project 2029 blueprint leaked: bsky.app/profile/cost...
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
December 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I love how @dmk1793.bsky.social just might be somehow responsible for Project 2029.
Once again I am apologizing to you on behalf of the US, Chris…
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wheez, choke. You think getting a solar, wind, gas, coal, *anything* plant or transmission unit permitted is hard??? Probably the last new hydro plant in 🇨🇦 outside Quebec has been built, but some can up-powered. Rain & snow supply is becoming highly variable too.
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Once again I am apologizing to you on behalf of the US, Chris…
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The UMaine Graduate Workers Union - @uaw.org deserves a fair contract.
Chancellor Malloy must end the union-busting, stop stalling, and negotiate a fair contract.
Chancellor Malloy must end the union-busting, stop stalling, and negotiate a fair contract.
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The UMaine Graduate Workers Union - @uaw.org deserves a fair contract.
Chancellor Malloy must end the union-busting, stop stalling, and negotiate a fair contract.
Chancellor Malloy must end the union-busting, stop stalling, and negotiate a fair contract.
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USA: Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances www.americanprogress.org/article/why-...
Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances
Gen Z men support unions more strongly than any other group, both today and when older generations were their age. Looking at the gains from union membership for young men, it’s easy to understand why...
www.americanprogress.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
USA: Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances www.americanprogress.org/article/why-...
Co-sign.
(Side note: I swear a bit more often than once a decade.)
(Side note: I swear a bit more often than once a decade.)
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Co-sign.
(Side note: I swear a bit more often than once a decade.)
(Side note: I swear a bit more often than once a decade.)
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Gotta be ready for when the supremes come for the NLRA!
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Gotta be ready for when the supremes come for the NLRA!
Wholeheartedly agree... and wrote about it here: renewal.org.uk/articles/del...
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Wholeheartedly agree... and wrote about it here: renewal.org.uk/articles/del...
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“This is where America’s next century of steel is being forged.”
This is the CEO of US Steel saying it will run its coal-based facilities into the ground and leave for non-union states, rather than reinvest in cleaner technologies in the towns that birthed the steel industry. Shameful legacy.
This is the CEO of US Steel saying it will run its coal-based facilities into the ground and leave for non-union states, rather than reinvest in cleaner technologies in the towns that birthed the steel industry. Shameful legacy.
www.deltaplexnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“This is where America’s next century of steel is being forged.”
This is the CEO of US Steel saying it will run its coal-based facilities into the ground and leave for non-union states, rather than reinvest in cleaner technologies in the towns that birthed the steel industry. Shameful legacy.
This is the CEO of US Steel saying it will run its coal-based facilities into the ground and leave for non-union states, rather than reinvest in cleaner technologies in the towns that birthed the steel industry. Shameful legacy.
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"Climate change is a global problem...but the solutions are local." 🌎 Hear from #COP30 attendees about how collaborating with the U.S. is important to finding solutions to the climate crisis.
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Climate change is a global problem...but the solutions are local." 🌎 Hear from #COP30 attendees about how collaborating with the U.S. is important to finding solutions to the climate crisis.
THE DWEEBS ARE WRONG.
Every time a Dem suggests a way to lower prices, the centrist policy dweebs screech, "NOT LIKE THAT!"
Great piece from @nateweisberg.bsky.social showing how the dweebs are wrong and Mamdani is right about exorbitant stadium beer prices.
Great piece from @nateweisberg.bsky.social showing how the dweebs are wrong and Mamdani is right about exorbitant stadium beer prices.
The Freakout Over Cheaper Beer at Yankee Stadium
Mamdani and Khan consider using long-standing powers to end monopolistic pricing at NYC stadiums. Cue the neoliberal freakout.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
THE DWEEBS ARE WRONG.
I’d like the advice of an expert. @griffinmcelroy.bsky.social What level charm spell do we think Zohran used on Trump?
Sadly the spell does wear off after a bit. That said, we know he’s well above 2nd level… what other WH creatures did he target?!?
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’d like the advice of an expert. @griffinmcelroy.bsky.social What level charm spell do we think Zohran used on Trump?
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mamdani rolled a nat 20
Well that was fucking incredible. He cast a charm spell on the most odious man alive.
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
mamdani rolled a nat 20
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Some billionaires, while building "apocalypse shelters" as personal escape hatches from the climate crisis, are urging Democrats to stop talking about and adopting policies to tackle this existential threat. Don't buy their bullshit. 1/ @aaronregunberg.bsky.social @thenewrepublic.bsky.social
Here’s the Data Showing Why Dems Must Keep Talking About Climate
Centrist groups want to see Democrats retreat from climate policy. That’s the wrong thing to do—both morally and strategically.
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Some billionaires, while building "apocalypse shelters" as personal escape hatches from the climate crisis, are urging Democrats to stop talking about and adopting policies to tackle this existential threat. Don't buy their bullshit. 1/ @aaronregunberg.bsky.social @thenewrepublic.bsky.social
The Trump Administration doesn't care about domestic manufacturing... for the zillionth time.
This is Trump's "America First" agenda in action—plummeting jobs and rising costs.
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Trump Administration doesn't care about domestic manufacturing... for the zillionth time.
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Did his signature look like his signature on the Epstein birthday card?
Trump signs bill to compel release of more Epstein documents
President attacks Democrats in post on Truth Social after US lawmakers swiftly move bill through Congress
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Did his signature look like his signature on the Epstein birthday card?
Imports are way down, exports remain flat, and domestic manufacturing continues to contract. So who's winning? Other than Trump, of course, who got a gold bar and a rolex from the Swiss just recently to help seal their trade deal... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump’s Global Tariffs Curtailed Trade, Data Shows
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Imports are way down, exports remain flat, and domestic manufacturing continues to contract. So who's winning? Other than Trump, of course, who got a gold bar and a rolex from the Swiss just recently to help seal their trade deal... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...