William Gill🌻
@williamrgill.bsky.social
Former U.S. diplomat • hedonist-in-training • Int’l Affairs, History, Jazz, Film, Books enthusiast • tea lover but not teetotal
Well, yes.
Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Well, yes.
The WH actually posted this. In reality, it’s DUDU: Deeply Unserious, Dangerously Unstable.
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The WH actually posted this. In reality, it’s DUDU: Deeply Unserious, Dangerously Unstable.
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Every American should be ashamed of who we are and what we have become as a nation today. We have a long history of military misadventures and even crimes but the attacks we have been conducting on Venezuela are among the most wanton, egregious and least defensible acts we’ve ever conducted.
January 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Every American should be ashamed of who we are and what we have become as a nation today. We have a long history of military misadventures and even crimes but the attacks we have been conducting on Venezuela are among the most wanton, egregious and least defensible acts we’ve ever conducted.
No one holds any sympathy for Maduro but the point what’s concerning is much larger: In that jaw-dropping, bonkers press briefing, Trump reasserted the Monroe Doctrine (!), said the U.S. will run Venezuela, said the operation was about “our” oil, and batted away Congress’s role.
contrarian.substack.com/p/headfirst-... wtf just happened? The Contrarian explains
Headfirst Into War
The horrific attack on Venezuela overnight puts the U.S. in the same camp as Russia.
contrarian.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
No one holds any sympathy for Maduro but the point what’s concerning is much larger: In that jaw-dropping, bonkers press briefing, Trump reasserted the Monroe Doctrine (!), said the U.S. will run Venezuela, said the operation was about “our” oil, and batted away Congress’s role.
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Thinking this is wrong is not radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
January 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Thinking this is wrong is not radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
The more that people understand this reality the better.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 2, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The more that people understand this reality the better.
Now, *that’s* an executive order.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Now, *that’s* an executive order.
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Monsters enabled by our own government.
LOUISIANA: ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee for
Months “while she was under his authority”
Months “while she was under his authority”
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Monsters enabled by our own government.
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unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
What’s happening here is nakedly transparent and it’s an ugly trifecta of racism, political grievance, and weaponized government.
The Department of Health and Human Services moved to freeze child care payments to Minnesota after a circulated video reignited a “fraud scandal” involving the state’s social services system, intensifying conservative calls for an aggressive government crackdown. However, the video at the center
December 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What’s happening here is nakedly transparent and it’s an ugly trifecta of racism, political grievance, and weaponized government.
It’s worse than that. Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill extended his 2017 tax break allows for a 100%, first-year deduction for private jets used primarily for business. Meanwhile, teachers can’t deduct more than $300 for school supplies.
Social media posts claim President Donald Trump just signed a bill that would allow for home gyms to be tax deductible. They are false.
Did Trump sign a 'Home Gym Deduction Act?' No, post is not true.
Social media posts claim President Donald Trump just signed a bill that would allow for home gyms to be tax deductible. They are false.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It’s worse than that. Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill extended his 2017 tax break allows for a 100%, first-year deduction for private jets used primarily for business. Meanwhile, teachers can’t deduct more than $300 for school supplies.
HillaryClinton was wrong. Trump is no puppet.
He’s a ventriloquist dummy.
He’s a ventriloquist dummy.
Watching the press conference between President Zelenskyy and Trump and while it isn't over yet - as expected - I can already see that this meeting didn't yield even one bit of results. It is just the same old recycled mantras.
December 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
HillaryClinton was wrong. Trump is no puppet.
He’s a ventriloquist dummy.
He’s a ventriloquist dummy.
This is a person who never shows the slightest concern for others. He really means, *I* will get hurt.
After Marjorie Taylor Greene held a news conference at which she threatened to name abusers in the Epstein files, Trump called her.
Greene was in her Capitol Hill office. Everyone in the suite of rooms could hear him yelling at her.
According to Greene, Trump replied, "My friends will get hurt."
Greene was in her Capitol Hill office. Everyone in the suite of rooms could hear him yelling at her.
According to Greene, Trump replied, "My friends will get hurt."
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is a person who never shows the slightest concern for others. He really means, *I* will get hurt.
It says everything that Trump said he was angry hearing about an alleged “Ukrainian attack” on Putin’s residence yet he expresses no outrage about Russia’s civilian attacks, kidnapping of Ukrainian children, among other atrocities.
Putin most likely bombed his own house to sabotage the Ukraine peace deal. www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...
Russia threatens Ukraine after alleged attack on Putin's residence
President Donald Trump has been unusually optimistic about the peace process following a weekend summit with his Ukrainian counterpart.
www.nbcnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It says everything that Trump said he was angry hearing about an alleged “Ukrainian attack” on Putin’s residence yet he expresses no outrage about Russia’s civilian attacks, kidnapping of Ukrainian children, among other atrocities.
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Trump officials are no longer responding to Congressional invitations to testify, and the Republican Congress is calling fewer hearings.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump officials are no longer responding to Congressional invitations to testify, and the Republican Congress is calling fewer hearings.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Yes, choosing just 500 was a near-impossible task. Here's 1-100, which spans from January through February:
500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025
Part 1-100, January-March 2025.
www.meidasplus.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Yes, choosing just 500 was a near-impossible task. Here's 1-100, which spans from January through February:
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We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We became famous, but at what cost?’: after the horrors of Cecot, the search for a normal life
After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The discourse settles on voter responsibility because that’s where the responsibility lies. Voting is in a category of things many people don’t like to do (e.g. flossing, exercise, doing taxes) which have consequences for not doing them. As Obama jokingly put it, we have to eat our peas.
A lot of this discourse seems to settle on “voters don’t need motivation to vote, they just need to show up every time.” Which seems insane and ahistorical.
December 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The discourse settles on voter responsibility because that’s where the responsibility lies. Voting is in a category of things many people don’t like to do (e.g. flossing, exercise, doing taxes) which have consequences for not doing them. As Obama jokingly put it, we have to eat our peas.
This massive imbalance has severely distorted our politics, our society, our healthcare—even religion (see “prosperity gospel”). The warning lights have been flashing red for years and if we don’t correct our course there will be worse to come.
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This massive imbalance has severely distorted our politics, our society, our healthcare—even religion (see “prosperity gospel”). The warning lights have been flashing red for years and if we don’t correct our course there will be worse to come.
Trump and Rubio have successfully neutered the State Dept’s legal office, just as the Judge Advocate Generals were at DoD. This will lead nowhere good at all. There is natural tension between the policy and legal shops but legal input was a valued and necessary part of the policymaking process.
The office giving legal advice to the US state department (L) is shedding staff www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
There's An Exodus Happening In A Very Vital State Department Office
The office tackles global issues such as the administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean, which lawmakers and experts say could involve war crimes. Dozens of officials have left this year.
www.huffpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trump and Rubio have successfully neutered the State Dept’s legal office, just as the Judge Advocate Generals were at DoD. This will lead nowhere good at all. There is natural tension between the policy and legal shops but legal input was a valued and necessary part of the policymaking process.
Quite the accusation from the person responsible for shutting down USAID and most of its humanitarian and health programs, which has already resulted in approx. 600,000 deaths. There will be an estimated 14 million more, including 4.5 million kids, by 2030 if the cuts continue.
Musk slammed NYC mayor-elect Mamdani for naming EMS veteran Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY chief, citing no firefighting experience.
Zohran Mamdani Reacts to Elon Musk Warning ‘People Will Die’ From His Pick
www.newsweek.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Quite the accusation from the person responsible for shutting down USAID and most of its humanitarian and health programs, which has already resulted in approx. 600,000 deaths. There will be an estimated 14 million more, including 4.5 million kids, by 2030 if the cuts continue.
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.