William Stilwell
@williamstilwell.bsky.social
Public historian. UMass Grad. I teach tourists the history of Boston. He/Him Email: williambstilwell@gmail.com
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second unexplained logan detention (and deportation)
R.I. doctor prevented from returning to US after visiting her parents in Lebanon - The Boston Globe
Dr. Rasha Alawieh works at Brown Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, and she had secured an H-1B visa, her lawyer said.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
second unexplained logan detention (and deportation)
Two months ago Governor Healey "officials here follow the law. We are not a sanctuary state" I think it's high time to call out liberal complicity here. MA Dems need to put up or shut up and actually trust the reprehensible behavior of this administration.
Talk about burying the lede..: He was TORTURED. That's your headline.
March 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Two months ago Governor Healey "officials here follow the law. We are not a sanctuary state" I think it's high time to call out liberal complicity here. MA Dems need to put up or shut up and actually trust the reprehensible behavior of this administration.
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Talk about burying the lede..: He was TORTURED. That's your headline.
March 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Talk about burying the lede..: He was TORTURED. That's your headline.
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It's funny thinking back to the argument that Dems couldn't get rid of the filibuster when they were in power because they'd miss it once the GOP was in power.
March 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It's funny thinking back to the argument that Dems couldn't get rid of the filibuster when they were in power because they'd miss it once the GOP was in power.
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Students were told for years that, actually, hate speech was protected speech and what was needed at universities. They were told that heckling such speech was itself a sign of intolerance.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville: "When it comes to protesters, we got to make sure we treat all of them the same: Send them to jail...Free speech is great, but hateful, hate, free speech is not what we need in these universities" thehill.com/homenews/sen...
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Students were told for years that, actually, hate speech was protected speech and what was needed at universities. They were told that heckling such speech was itself a sign of intolerance.
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The Trump admin illegally stopped billions in grants/contracts including a $5m housing grant in my county, illegally closed agencies created by Congress, and illegally wrecked staffing across the government, but these Dem Senators want to give the GOP a blank check to do even more.
Don't take this as gospel. It's not official. It's a very knowledgable source's best understanding of the situation. This persons likely Yeses on cloture are. Schumer, Hassan, Peters, Durbin, Schatz, King, Shaheen, Fetterman, Cortez Masto and Gillibrand.
March 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Trump admin illegally stopped billions in grants/contracts including a $5m housing grant in my county, illegally closed agencies created by Congress, and illegally wrecked staffing across the government, but these Dem Senators want to give the GOP a blank check to do even more.
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When I go into that ballot box, I ask myself one thing and one thing only: Can I persuade this senescent millionaire of the value of following a 9th-grade civics curriculum?
I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents.
March 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
When I go into that ballot box, I ask myself one thing and one thing only: Can I persuade this senescent millionaire of the value of following a 9th-grade civics curriculum?
We need to shift the nepo baby conversation away from entertainment and on to guys who think they are God's gift to voters just because their Dad was the governor.
March 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We need to shift the nepo baby conversation away from entertainment and on to guys who think they are God's gift to voters just because their Dad was the governor.
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JD Vance talking about housing as a supply issue while part of the Tariffs and Construction Worker Deportations admin is basically the whole NatCon shtick writ large: you accurately diagnose the problem, talk eloquently about it’s impacts, then enthusiastically commit yourself to being part of it.
March 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
JD Vance talking about housing as a supply issue while part of the Tariffs and Construction Worker Deportations admin is basically the whole NatCon shtick writ large: you accurately diagnose the problem, talk eloquently about it’s impacts, then enthusiastically commit yourself to being part of it.
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Oh hell yeah let's play the hits
November 3, 2023 at 1:34 AM
Oh hell yeah let's play the hits
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I found setting my home feed preferences to hide most replies made my feed a lot more manageable. Before that I just kept getting swamped by replies to the bigger accounts I followed.
October 20, 2023 at 12:11 AM
I found setting my home feed preferences to hide most replies made my feed a lot more manageable. Before that I just kept getting swamped by replies to the bigger accounts I followed.
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finally, a compromise that both sides can agree with
October 19, 2023 at 1:13 PM
finally, a compromise that both sides can agree with
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pretty remarkable resignation letter from Joshua R. Paul, director of the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, posted to his LinkedIn page two hours ago. archive.ph/k9PpM
October 19, 2023 at 1:16 AM
pretty remarkable resignation letter from Joshua R. Paul, director of the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, posted to his LinkedIn page two hours ago. archive.ph/k9PpM
This situation in Gaza has really caused people to reveal themselves in ways that has been really disheartening, but I've also seen some of the bravest shit and it is truly inspiring. Need to remind myself that.
October 19, 2023 at 2:05 AM
This situation in Gaza has really caused people to reveal themselves in ways that has been really disheartening, but I've also seen some of the bravest shit and it is truly inspiring. Need to remind myself that.
The Ottoman Empire lives on in Quincy, MA
August 10, 2023 at 12:55 PM
The Ottoman Empire lives on in Quincy, MA