Zak Williams
@zakwilliamswzw.bsky.social
Political consultant at Zenith Strategies, native Texan in the frozen north of Duluth, Beloit College grad, fanatical Kaiserslautern fan, and donut connoisseur.
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Zak Williams
@zakwilliamswzw.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Of course my first post has to be a donut. #DonutLife
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The fact that he mentions the Iliad but posts the Odyssey is way too fucking funny to me.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The fact that he mentions the Iliad but posts the Odyssey is way too fucking funny to me.
This is solely to lock people into high interest loans without really building much equity. A gift to the banking industry.
One CEO called the idea a “disgusting insult” and “economic genocide against the Gen Z generation.” 👀
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November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is solely to lock people into high interest loans without really building much equity. A gift to the banking industry.
They also dramatically increased safety and regulations of ships on the Great Lakes, but yes a large part is NOAA. There are 50 weather buoys on the Great Lakes now, 30 on Lake Superior alone.
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
They also dramatically increased safety and regulations of ships on the Great Lakes, but yes a large part is NOAA. There are 50 weather buoys on the Great Lakes now, 30 on Lake Superior alone.
The biggest point is that this is actually really bad policing and does nothing but escalate a peaceful protest because a cop is bored, lazy, or just wants to hurt someone.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell released a statement about the dept’s opposition to the injunction that protects journalists at protests. Their biggest hang-up is not being able to freely use less-lethals on people to “de-escalate” protests.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The biggest point is that this is actually really bad policing and does nothing but escalate a peaceful protest because a cop is bored, lazy, or just wants to hurt someone.
There is not a tackier president than Trump. Literally the worst taste ever to occupy the White House and it is looking really really ugly. nymag.com/intelligence... All of Trump’s Tacky and Trollish White House Renovations
All of Trump’s Tacky and Trollish White House Renovations
From demolishing the East Wing to build a ballroom to paving the Rose Garden, the changes reflect Trump’s second-term quest for dominance and revenge.
nymag.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
There is not a tackier president than Trump. Literally the worst taste ever to occupy the White House and it is looking really really ugly. nymag.com/intelligence... All of Trump’s Tacky and Trollish White House Renovations
He is literally the dumbest man alive
You can prevent this kind of thing by having a president who isn't an idiot child
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
He is literally the dumbest man alive
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the thing is, if you listen to it in the full context, it makes even less sense.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
the thing is, if you listen to it in the full context, it makes even less sense.
He still does not understand who pays tariffs, he is complaining he has to give money to foreign governments
Trump claims the U.S. would need to repay $2 trillion if the Supreme Court overturned his tariffs. He says that covers "tariff revenue and investments," which presumably includes the deals from Japan, Korea, etc. Credible estimates of tariff revenue are less than 10% of that.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
He still does not understand who pays tariffs, he is complaining he has to give money to foreign governments
Of course it would balloon the debt... again...
$2,000 tariff dividends would cost $600 billion a year and if paid annually would raise the debt to 134% of GDP (from ~100%) by 2035, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Of course it would balloon the debt... again...
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This is how you do it.
Jeffries: "I'm not gonna respond to any comments from randos like Dr Oz who is woefully unqualified to be in whatever position he holds in the administration. He's a joke."
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is how you do it.
They really are the dumbest people
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
They really are the dumbest people
This is the key part of the pardons and what they are clearly trying to cover up
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is the key part of the pardons and what they are clearly trying to cover up
This is the Trump admin creating pretexts to limit solar power in the US apnews.com/article/geor... South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported compone...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the Trump admin creating pretexts to limit solar power in the US apnews.com/article/geor... South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
I really can see both sides of this, leaning towards not voting for the agreement, but the Senators who pushed for this honestly believe, rightly, that the GOP and Trump were just not going to move no matter how bad it got www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o... Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I really can see both sides of this, leaning towards not voting for the agreement, but the Senators who pushed for this honestly believe, rightly, that the GOP and Trump were just not going to move no matter how bad it got www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o... Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
This is what incompetent leadership looks like www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w... F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is what incompetent leadership looks like www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w... F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
Every single person must read this
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Every single person must read this
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One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
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"It will be quite something if the Dem reaction to ending the shutdown undoes most or all of the internal party goodwill that was built in early October, but that's not an impossible outcome here." —Matt Glassman (Congressional expert, Georgetown) @mattglassman312.bsky.social x.com/MattGlassman...
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"It will be quite something if the Dem reaction to ending the shutdown undoes most or all of the internal party goodwill that was built in early October, but that's not an impossible outcome here." —Matt Glassman (Congressional expert, Georgetown) @mattglassman312.bsky.social x.com/MattGlassman...
This
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This
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The RIFs language is actually great. Not only does it rehire the people RIFed during the shutdown, it makes it an unequivocal Antideficiency Act violation to do ANY MORE RIFs through the duration of the CR (Jan 30)
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The RIFs language is actually great. Not only does it rehire the people RIFed during the shutdown, it makes it an unequivocal Antideficiency Act violation to do ANY MORE RIFs through the duration of the CR (Jan 30)
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
This is exactly what the GOP claim lead to higher inflation, the COVID checks.
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the payments would be for all but "high income people."
Trump says a tariff dividend of 'at least' $2,000 will be paid to most Americans
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the payments would be for all but "high income people."
www.businessinsider.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is exactly what the GOP claim lead to higher inflation, the COVID checks.
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This is 100% due to the incompetence of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is 100% due to the incompetence of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.