Mary Beth "Chegual" 🐸 Williams
@mbwilliams.bsky.social
Made from Maine Wabanakiak, Isles of Shoals fishermen, and Welsh coal miners. Oregon transplant. Constitutional law and state/tribal/fed gov't wonk (JD). North Atlantic historian obsessed with wampum, cod fishing, and dual-host pathogens.
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If you believe climate change is an existential threat, then don't support any Democratic member of Congress who advocates for:
1. Generative AI
2. Cryptocurrency mining
3. Indoor cannabis cultivation
unless they can immediately point to a detailed plan to make said activity carbon neutral.
1. Generative AI
2. Cryptocurrency mining
3. Indoor cannabis cultivation
unless they can immediately point to a detailed plan to make said activity carbon neutral.
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This is precisely why whenever more of the financials are released we will see a lot of the tech Illuminati on those lists. Tolerated his sex crimes to get to the eugenics.
Right, these are the two options: Either they tolerated Epstein's eugenics to get to the sex crimes or they tolerated his sex crimes to get to the eugenics
It seems like all of the rich and powerful people around him patronizingly tolerated the race science stuff (“he has such an inquisitive and childlike mind”) in order to get access to his harem of underage sex slaves
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is precisely why whenever more of the financials are released we will see a lot of the tech Illuminati on those lists. Tolerated his sex crimes to get to the eugenics.
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BREAKING: Federal judge in Mass. issues a new TRO in the SNAP benefits challenges, this one in the multistate challenge, ordering that — at least — contingency fund payments be released by noon Thursday. She also continues blocking the 11/8 directive that states "undo" full SNAP benefit payments.
![For the reasons stated below, the court GRANTS a
temporary restraining order staying enforcement against the states for following the United
States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) conflicting Notices to State Agencies dated
October 10, October 24, November 4, November 5, and November 8, 2025, regarding
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) benefits for November 2025.1
The court
1
The SNAP program is detailed in the court’s Memorandum & Order [Doc. No. 26], which is
incorporated in full herein by reference.
Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT Document 101 Filed 11/12/25 Page 1 of 24
2
further orders USDA to release to SNAP/EBT processing vendors by 12:00 p.m., November 13,
2025, at minimum the SNAP Contingency Funds that the USDA previously assured the court
were being released. This order does not limit the USDA from exercising its discretion and
releasing 100% SNAP funding by that date and time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreib2gqtdrut74zrxgyfmpyekdoctt3odbbjveij7zswo4d6k47hfkq@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge in Mass. issues a new TRO in the SNAP benefits challenges, this one in the multistate challenge, ordering that — at least — contingency fund payments be released by noon Thursday. She also continues blocking the 11/8 directive that states "undo" full SNAP benefit payments.
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Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
9/19/2014 11:54:57 AM
jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
> wrote:
Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
wrote:
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 19,2014, at 1:21 AM, "jeffrey E." <jcevacation@gmail.com>wrote:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidpc4aexgxfahdqvqgbocphszflpkdsfpldci2zeo7aqsjkzkbub4@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
I'm such a nerd, I really love space weather.
You think maybe this is a biggie as far as solar storms go? You'd be right. It is! One of the five biggest of the current solar cycle, SC25. In terms of rate of energy dissipation though it isn't up to the May 10-11 event of 2024. That was a G5-level storm. Stay tuned for tomorrow.
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I'm such a nerd, I really love space weather.
I was reading this great thread and recalled that tomorrow is the 55th anniversary of Oregon’s very own misadventure with explosives in a marine environment. youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I was reading this great thread and recalled that tomorrow is the 55th anniversary of Oregon’s very own misadventure with explosives in a marine environment. youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...
Ways the US healthcare is f*cked, #5,698:
The youngest, 23, works 65 hrs/wk as a Medicaid-paid DSP for her brother, 25; takes a full load of classes; and has health insurance. But despite clear evidence of a potential ticking 💣 in her head, she nonetheless has to wait weeks for a PA for an MRI. 🤯
The youngest, 23, works 65 hrs/wk as a Medicaid-paid DSP for her brother, 25; takes a full load of classes; and has health insurance. But despite clear evidence of a potential ticking 💣 in her head, she nonetheless has to wait weeks for a PA for an MRI. 🤯
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Ways the US healthcare is f*cked, #5,698:
The youngest, 23, works 65 hrs/wk as a Medicaid-paid DSP for her brother, 25; takes a full load of classes; and has health insurance. But despite clear evidence of a potential ticking 💣 in her head, she nonetheless has to wait weeks for a PA for an MRI. 🤯
The youngest, 23, works 65 hrs/wk as a Medicaid-paid DSP for her brother, 25; takes a full load of classes; and has health insurance. But despite clear evidence of a potential ticking 💣 in her head, she nonetheless has to wait weeks for a PA for an MRI. 🤯
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I think Senate Dems—in particular their staffs—did terrific work killing off a lot of horrible crap in reconciliation. And I think they did a good job on the shutdown. My Q is what ending did they foresee, were they prepared for it, & did this happen bc a bad plan/execution or bc the 8 screwed them
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I think Senate Dems—in particular their staffs—did terrific work killing off a lot of horrible crap in reconciliation. And I think they did a good job on the shutdown. My Q is what ending did they foresee, were they prepared for it, & did this happen bc a bad plan/execution or bc the 8 screwed them
As someone who has run on minimal sleep most of the last 30 years, this week's unrelenting insomnia—leading up to this morning's 3 hour neuro-ophthalmologist appointment for the youngest—has done me in. I think I'll go find a cave and hibernate (come out in time for her MRI and lumbar puncture.)
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
As someone who has run on minimal sleep most of the last 30 years, this week's unrelenting insomnia—leading up to this morning's 3 hour neuro-ophthalmologist appointment for the youngest—has done me in. I think I'll go find a cave and hibernate (come out in time for her MRI and lumbar puncture.)
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I’m as pissed as the next person about the Dems who surrendered over the shutdown, but in the interest of being constructive, I put together some thoughts on how we can move past this moment. messagebox.substack.com/p/how-democr...
How Democrats Can Get Past the Shutdown Debacle
The end of the shutdown was a disaster, but we have to put it behind us and move forward.
messagebox.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I’m as pissed as the next person about the Dems who surrendered over the shutdown, but in the interest of being constructive, I put together some thoughts on how we can move past this moment. messagebox.substack.com/p/how-democr...
More details on the Utah anti-gerrymandering state court decision here: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Utah judge denies GOP-passed congressional map
The judge opted to instead put in place a map offered by the plaintiffs in the case.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
More details on the Utah anti-gerrymandering state court decision here: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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BREAKING: Utah state court strikes the remedial congressional map enacted by the legislature on gerrymandering grounds and orders the state to use a map proposed by the plaintiffs for the 2026 midterms.
drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...
drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
BREAKING: Utah state court strikes the remedial congressional map enacted by the legislature on gerrymandering grounds and orders the state to use a map proposed by the plaintiffs for the 2026 midterms.
drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...
drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...
The average individual benefit is less than $7 per day. Seven. Dollars. Per. Day.
FTD can't do it's work fast enough.
FTD can't do it's work fast enough.
President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a Fox News interview tonight, saying people "get it automatically now so the number is many times what it should be, it's disgraceful."
Trump says "we can reform" SNAP
"SNAP is supposed to be if you are down and out," Trump said on Fox News this evening.
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The average individual benefit is less than $7 per day. Seven. Dollars. Per. Day.
FTD can't do it's work fast enough.
FTD can't do it's work fast enough.
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Hey so if you see your senator in this list, could you please call them tomorrow and tell them that you’re mad because they voted to kill the entire hemp farm industry, including your buddy Derek in Oregon?
Thanks, buddy.
Thanks, buddy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hey so if you see your senator in this list, could you please call them tomorrow and tell them that you’re mad because they voted to kill the entire hemp farm industry, including your buddy Derek in Oregon?
Thanks, buddy.
Thanks, buddy.
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Neither is Cromwell... what??
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Neither is Cromwell... what??
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Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Bonkers 5th Circuit Opinion Holding that Federal Law Prohibits the Counting of Timely Mailed Ballots That Arrive after Election Day electionlawblog.org?p=152963
Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Bonkers 5th Circuit Opinion Holding that Federal Law Prohibits the Counting of Timely Mailed Ballots That Arrive after Election Day #ELB
The cert grant is here. Here is what I wrote when the 5th Circuit first decided this case: Fifth Circuit in Bonkers Opinion Holds It Violates Federal Law for Miss. to Accept Ballots Postmarked by Elec...
electionlawblog.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Bonkers 5th Circuit Opinion Holding that Federal Law Prohibits the Counting of Timely Mailed Ballots That Arrive after Election Day electionlawblog.org?p=152963
Good 🧵 (despite my absolute loathing of the US Senate as an institution.)
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Good 🧵 (despite my absolute loathing of the US Senate as an institution.)
SCOTUS denies review of Obergefell, and will take up the Fifth Circuit's flawed decision rejecting Mississippi's 5-day post-election grace period for postmarked ballots. Have aliens abducted the MAGA-Five and replaced them with decent, ethical clones?
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
SCOTUS denies review of Obergefell, and will take up the Fifth Circuit's flawed decision rejecting Mississippi's 5-day post-election grace period for postmarked ballots. Have aliens abducted the MAGA-Five and replaced them with decent, ethical clones?
I'm as angry as anyone that 8 members of the Dem's Senate caucus caved, especially after the sweet victory on Tuesday. But the shutdown will likely continue; this is not the CR the House sent to the Senate, so they will have to be voted on as well. I predict Johnson won't even schedule it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I'm as angry as anyone that 8 members of the Dem's Senate caucus caved, especially after the sweet victory on Tuesday. But the shutdown will likely continue; this is not the CR the House sent to the Senate, so they will have to be voted on as well. I predict Johnson won't even schedule it.
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
The House will need to vote on it, and if they don’t, then Johnson owns the shutdown. And he’ll have to call back the Reps to vote.
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The House will need to vote on it, and if they don’t, then Johnson owns the shutdown. And he’ll have to call back the Reps to vote.
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JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
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#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's temporary restraining order governing conditions in Broadview's ICE facility is in.
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's temporary restraining order governing conditions in Broadview's ICE facility is in.
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
That's generally everyday that ends in "y" on TheDonald (patriotsdotwin), but it's ramped up to 11 today.
BTW today is big on certain social media platforms for the small but very earnest cohort of right wingers who want the 19th amendment repealed. (And no I’m not joking, they’re out there today.)
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
That's generally everyday that ends in "y" on TheDonald (patriotsdotwin), but it's ramped up to 11 today.
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Did medieval peasants have more free time than you? No way! Think of all the eels they had to catch & prepare!
In 1290, villagers in Ramsey were responsible for taxes on 365,000 eels per year. 365k!
That takes a lot of time. Time *you* use in messing about on Twitter! 1/3
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In 1290, villagers in Ramsey were responsible for taxes on 365,000 eels per year. 365k!
That takes a lot of time. Time *you* use in messing about on Twitter! 1/3
🗃️🧪
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Did medieval peasants have more free time than you? No way! Think of all the eels they had to catch & prepare!
In 1290, villagers in Ramsey were responsible for taxes on 365,000 eels per year. 365k!
That takes a lot of time. Time *you* use in messing about on Twitter! 1/3
🗃️🧪
In 1290, villagers in Ramsey were responsible for taxes on 365,000 eels per year. 365k!
That takes a lot of time. Time *you* use in messing about on Twitter! 1/3
🗃️🧪
The last time Trump went to a grocery store, it was likely as a child with his mother or grandmother, and where most married women paid with a personal check—which generally required ID-verification. Grocery stores didn't accept debit cards until the late 1980s; credit cards, in the early 1990s.
Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The last time Trump went to a grocery store, it was likely as a child with his mother or grandmother, and where most married women paid with a personal check—which generally required ID-verification. Grocery stores didn't accept debit cards until the late 1980s; credit cards, in the early 1990s.