William Middleton
@williamfmiddleton.bsky.social
Author, books on Dominique and John de Menil (Knopf) and Karl Lagerfeld (Harper Collins), American in Paris
« Trump Pisses Off the World »
The cover of Paris daily Libération — he continues to be an international embarrassment !
The cover of Paris daily Libération — he continues to be an international embarrassment !
September 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
« Trump Pisses Off the World »
The cover of Paris daily Libération — he continues to be an international embarrassment !
The cover of Paris daily Libération — he continues to be an international embarrassment !
Super important 🧵
“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
September 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Super important 🧵
So good…
It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So good…
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It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!
What is amazing about this, too, is how late into the Nazi regime this happened : 1939.
We have covered six years in a matter of months...
We have covered six years in a matter of months...
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What is amazing about this, too, is how late into the Nazi regime this happened : 1939.
We have covered six years in a matter of months...
We have covered six years in a matter of months...
Skip the @nytimes.com both-siding this issue, this is shocking.
It also shows how weak Trump is. He can't even handle criticism from a comic? What a sad, pathetic, Un-American man...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
It also shows how weak Trump is. He can't even handle criticism from a comic? What a sad, pathetic, Un-American man...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Censoring you in real time’: suspension of Jimmy Kimmel show sparks shock and fears for free speech
ABC decision over Kimmel comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster’s license
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Skip the @nytimes.com both-siding this issue, this is shocking.
It also shows how weak Trump is. He can't even handle criticism from a comic? What a sad, pathetic, Un-American man...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
It also shows how weak Trump is. He can't even handle criticism from a comic? What a sad, pathetic, Un-American man...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
Fascinating / alarming look at what has happened to America by @garrettgraff.bsky.social
It is shocking but it’s important to be clear-eyed about where we are…
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
It is shocking but it’s important to be clear-eyed about where we are…
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Fascinating / alarming look at what has happened to America by @garrettgraff.bsky.social
It is shocking but it’s important to be clear-eyed about where we are…
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
It is shocking but it’s important to be clear-eyed about where we are…
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
Only the New York Times, or Fox News, would think Trump has been on a winning streak lately. If you don’t look at the corruption, the illegality, or the Epstein Files, perhaps.
Get it together @nytimes.com
You are failing our country in its hour of need
Get it together @nytimes.com
You are failing our country in its hour of need
August 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Only the New York Times, or Fox News, would think Trump has been on a winning streak lately. If you don’t look at the corruption, the illegality, or the Epstein Files, perhaps.
Get it together @nytimes.com
You are failing our country in its hour of need
Get it together @nytimes.com
You are failing our country in its hour of need
100 Days, a Trillion Dollars: DOGE’s Costs Keep Adding Up www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/29/1...
SUCH a mess !
And all it would take to stop this is the tiniest bit of courage from a handful of Republicans.
We also need more righteous anger from Democrats -- they have to catch up with the public
SUCH a mess !
And all it would take to stop this is the tiniest bit of courage from a handful of Republicans.
We also need more righteous anger from Democrats -- they have to catch up with the public
100 Days, a Trillion Dollars: DOGE's Costs Keep Adding Up - emptywheel
Elon Musk came in promising (at various times) to save a trillion dollars. Instead, a hundred days in, and we're already a trillion in the hole.
www.emptywheel.net
April 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
100 Days, a Trillion Dollars: DOGE’s Costs Keep Adding Up www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/29/1...
SUCH a mess !
And all it would take to stop this is the tiniest bit of courage from a handful of Republicans.
We also need more righteous anger from Democrats -- they have to catch up with the public
SUCH a mess !
And all it would take to stop this is the tiniest bit of courage from a handful of Republicans.
We also need more righteous anger from Democrats -- they have to catch up with the public
Amazing ! Hope !!??!!
March 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Amazing ! Hope !!??!!
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March 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Every Dem leader needs to read this an act accordingly...
February 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Every Dem leader needs to read this an act accordingly...
Finally … some strength from a Dem !
🙏🙏🙏
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SCHATZ: “.. I will oppose unanimous consent. I will vote no. I will do maximal delays until this is resolved.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Stall Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back
The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Finally … some strength from a Dem !
🙏🙏🙏
🙏🙏🙏
This whole thread.
More of this, please, Dems — don’t give an inch and tie it all together…
More of this, please, Dems — don’t give an inch and tie it all together…
No one knows what caused last night's tragic crash outside DCA.
Investigations are ongoing, and no one - not Donald Trump or anyone else - should be drawing conclusions until all the facts have been released.
But here is what we do know. (1/7)
Investigations are ongoing, and no one - not Donald Trump or anyone else - should be drawing conclusions until all the facts have been released.
But here is what we do know. (1/7)
January 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This whole thread.
More of this, please, Dems — don’t give an inch and tie it all together…
More of this, please, Dems — don’t give an inch and tie it all together…
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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Today is *not* a “peaceful transfer of power.” It’s the completion of a violent coup attempt that began this morning four years ago. Yes, Trump won the ‘24 election; but he was only able to run because we failed to fully confront the fact of that violent coup attempt.
January 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today is *not* a “peaceful transfer of power.” It’s the completion of a violent coup attempt that began this morning four years ago. Yes, Trump won the ‘24 election; but he was only able to run because we failed to fully confront the fact of that violent coup attempt.
Fox News is NOT news !
People can watch it, if they feel they must, but they need to be reminded that it is nothing more than right-wing propaganda.
Pretending otherwise is denying reality
People can watch it, if they feel they must, but they need to be reminded that it is nothing more than right-wing propaganda.
Pretending otherwise is denying reality
In 2024 I watched an analyzed 908 hours of Fox News. In that time the network included 424 elected officials.
Republican - 96.5%
Democratic - 2.6%
Independent - 0.2%
No party - 0.7% (City council member - Aurora, CO)
Republican - 96.5%
Democratic - 2.6%
Independent - 0.2%
No party - 0.7% (City council member - Aurora, CO)
January 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Fox News is NOT news !
People can watch it, if they feel they must, but they need to be reminded that it is nothing more than right-wing propaganda.
Pretending otherwise is denying reality
People can watch it, if they feel they must, but they need to be reminded that it is nothing more than right-wing propaganda.
Pretending otherwise is denying reality
HA !!!
November 25, 2024 at 10:10 PM
HA !!!
Incredible work by Sarah Kendzior. Important to consider…
Why don’t you just tell me what you want to know about Merrick Garland’s complicity—
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social did all the homework for us.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social did all the homework for us.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
Servants of the Mafia State
Merrick Garland, Jamie Gorelick, and the truth
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Incredible work by Sarah Kendzior. Important to consider…
Official timeline cleanser : French Bulldog at the dinner table on the Left Bank. Le Petit Simon is living the life !
#dogsofbluesky #frenchbulldigs
#dogsofbluesky #frenchbulldigs
November 18, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Official timeline cleanser : French Bulldog at the dinner table on the Left Bank. Le Petit Simon is living the life !
#dogsofbluesky #frenchbulldigs
#dogsofbluesky #frenchbulldigs
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“Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead.”
@roxanegay.bsky.social
[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
@roxanegay.bsky.social
[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
Opinion | Enough
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:54 PM
“Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead.”
@roxanegay.bsky.social
[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
@roxanegay.bsky.social
[This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]
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Someone has taken the time to create a Bluesky list of the biggest M*A*G*A trolls on this site. Click the link and then click the subscribe button. It will give you 2 options to mute or block the entire list. Nuke an entire army of trolls with one click. So satisfying.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 10, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Someone has taken the time to create a Bluesky list of the biggest M*A*G*A trolls on this site. Click the link and then click the subscribe button. It will give you 2 options to mute or block the entire list. Nuke an entire army of trolls with one click. So satisfying.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Another excellent piece from Sarah Kendzior...
New article! If you like it please share as I’m shadowbanned at The Bad Site sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/distant-vi...
Distant Vibes
Welcome to the era of the No Information Voter.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
August 19, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Another excellent piece from Sarah Kendzior...
Reposted by William Middleton
New article! If you like it please share as I’m shadowbanned at The Bad Site sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/distant-vi...
Distant Vibes
Welcome to the era of the No Information Voter.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
August 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM
New article! If you like it please share as I’m shadowbanned at The Bad Site sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/distant-vi...