George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 13hjoshuasweitz.substack.com/p/a-compromi...joshuasweitz.substack.comA Compromised Mission at the National Science FoundationRhetoric heralding a New Golden Age of Science obscures what is evident: the White House is undermining capacity for investigator-led basic research. 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The question for whoever wins is what they will do to try to curb corruption. Otherwise we will be sentenced to one election after another where parties club each other with populist anger, alternating in power with little changing. brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-midter...brennancenter.substack.comThe Midterm Issue Nobody Can IgnoreCandidates say they’ll curb corruption, but are the plans strong enough? 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Never did I think that if I was wounded that these things would happen,” said Bearman. “Some sacred trust that I thought would never be broken was broken.” newrepublic.com/post/216274/...newrepublic.comSoldiers Wounded in Iran Say DOD Made Them Get Their Own TreatmentThe service members were left to fend for themselves. 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comElection deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machinesThe problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution. 000
Reposted by George WilliamsMad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Susan Collins isn’t working for Maine; she is working for Trump. Her voting record proves it. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks 27406218
Reposted by George WilliamsMonica @softtail65.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Say Hi 👋 to these Resisters looking to meet you! Vet, F&R. Ty! 💙 @web-horizons.bsky.social @justbeinreal.bsky.social @lzyltnin.bsky.social @johnpaul1956.bsky.social @freddierose.bsky.social @lyndapole.bsky.social @wdstckdr.bsky.social @gotterdammerrung.bsky.social @rjk9.bsky.social 🚫Add-Ons 1214868
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tommy Tuberville is big on data centers too, and that's a losing position in Alabama. Doug Jones has a very good chance of beating him in the AL gubernatorial race. Even AL could turn blue this year! www.contrariannews.org/p/data-cente...contrariannews.orgData Center Backlash Is MAGA’s Comeuppance🚨 27 Days to the Midterms 🚨 000
Reposted by George WilliamsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.commondreams.org'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common DreamsRepublicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv 24956792764
Reposted by George WilliamsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Biden checks his watch at a ceremony and Fox does nonstop segments on it for weeks. But Trump falls asleep repeatedly at the 9/11 ceremony and they won’t even show it. But national broadcast news networks won’t show it either because that would be impolite. 52886173067
Reposted by George WilliamsKim Talise @kimtalise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thanks for including me Donald! 1219
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.borowitzreport.com/p/leavitt-jo...borowitzreport.comLeavitt Joins Fox in Hopes of Becoming Defense SecretaryShe said that only by becoming an on-air personality at Fox News could she acquire the “warrior ethos” necessary to lead the world’s largest military. 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This tool makes everyone a campaign finance expert This tool gives you immediate, unprecedented insight into who is sending you political advertising mail. paidforby.infopaidforby.infoWho paid for this?Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads. 000
Reposted by George WilliamsGary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026THe gloves absolutely must come off. No politeness. No respecting treasonous "Colleagues" on the other side of the aisle. Rules? Screw the rules. Since when has the gOP respected any of our rules/laws/judicial rulings? newrepublic.com/article/2161...newrepublic.comThe Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the HouseIf House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base. 384
Reposted by George WilliamsGary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Of course the surge in illness and death will occur after trump and his lunatic minions will be gone - and the democrat president and congress will take the blame. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...medscape.comFlorida on Cusp of Measles OutbreakA mathematical model finds vaccination rates have dropped below the herd immunity threshold and are likely to decline even further, sparking an epidemic. 254
Reposted by George WilliamsGary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"About 70% of the antibiotics that matter most to medicine are sold for use in food animals and most of that is not treating sick livestock. It is keeping healthy animals alive in the crowded, stressful confinement that industrial meat production depends on." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...medpagetoday.comOpinion | We Keep Treating Resistant Infections. We Rarely Ask Where the Resistance Came From.The farm-to-clinic pathway is not theoretical 022
Reposted by George WilliamsGary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Get your flu vaccine, folks. PLEASE! www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...medpagetoday.comWhy Now Is an Ideal Time for Flu ProtectionAnd why just about everyone should get vaccinated against the flu 3145
Reposted by George WilliamsGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New Fox poll shows Trump coalition collapsing in Texas. GOP is sinking money into Iowa and Kansas. The horrors of Late-Stage Trumpism are creating space for a new anti-corruption, anti-cruelty politics to emerge. On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social is brilliant on this: newrepublic.com/article/2161...newrepublic.comFox Drops Brutal Poll on Trump as Leaks Reveal MAGA Panic: “Wake Up!”As the Trump-GOP position worsens, political theorist explains why Trump-MAGA’s corrupt and depraved misrule has created space for a new, values-based liberal-Democratic politics to emerge. 50839212
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026theintercept.com/2026/10/05/s...theintercept.comSusan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor. 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026theintercept.com/2026/10/02/g...theintercept.comPublic Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”Rather than stand up for editorial independence, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his “Gulf of America.” 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 05/10/2026newrepublic.com/article/2161...newrepublic.comThe Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the HouseIf House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base. 000
Reposted by George WilliamsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Nobody knows more about demonstrating the Dunning–Kruger effect than me.” —Donald Trump 1623819982
Reposted by George WilliamsPat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is MAPLE MAGA and MAGA❕They don’t know how to tell the truth and get caught and then just spew more lies 🤥 15748199
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Justice Department’s complaint should be rejected. Federal judges must remain impartial in deciding the cases before them. But they need not — and should not — remain silent about threats to the rule of law itself. www.contrariannews.org/p/we-object-...contrariannews.orgWe Object! DOJ’s Latest Attack on Our Heroic Federal JudgesPublisher’s Roundup 87 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 03/10/2026cepr.org/voxeu/column...cepr.orgPolitical power and profitable trades in the US CongressThe debate over whether US members of Congress should be allowed to trade individual stocks has become a mainstream policy concern. This column uses data on every US congressional stock trade from 199... 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 02/10/2026paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-who-you-...paulkrugman.substack.comA “Who You Gonna Believe?” ElectionIf you’re arguing, you’re losing. Trump is arguing. 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comWhy top Texas election denier Ken Paxton could cause chaos if he loses his Senate raceKen Paxton has election interference tools and he’s proven his willingness to use them. But legal experts are confident that courts are up to the task of protecting the will of the voters. 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Along with most of today's MSM newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comLiberals Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 000
Reposted by George WilliamsUK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Putin is repeating Brezhnev’s basic error The Kremlin is increasing military spending to unsustainable levels, recreating the conditions that led to the Soviet Union’s collapse archive.ph/tmioi 73763243
Reposted by George WilliamsBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pathetic….. 1529222615796
Reposted by George WilliamsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/202625th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president. 994177605301
Reposted by George WilliamsRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Of 24,650 recorded deaths in #Gaza that year, 70.1% were attributed to direct Israeli attacks, making them the leading cause of death. Heart disease ranked second at 7.7%." www.threads.com/@vpalestinet... #BDS #BoycottIsrael #GazaStrip #FreePalestine #Israel #News #Palestine #WorldNews 8137130
Reposted by George Williamsconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Release ALL the Epstein files NOW! 11258821958
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.contrariannews.org/p/you-can-he...contrariannews.orgYou Can Help Improve Legacy Media🚨33 Days to the Midterms🚨 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...arstechnica.comNASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answersSo is SpaceX just being selfish or what? 010
Reposted by George WilliamsEl Cortador @newmexislosh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Remember when republicans wouldn’t adopt electric vehicles, because our electric grid couldn’t handle it? Now they’re building data centers that consume entire state’s worth of power. 416552
Reposted by George WilliamsRuss @pappyparki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At no point during Senate Republicans speeches & questioning of Jack Smith did a single Republican Senator deny Donald J Trump committed sedition, treason, espionage, breach of national security, conspired to overturn a election, conspired to assault, injure or kill Congress & VP. Think about that 27665243
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a few of many that deserve attention newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Five Trump Scandals That Deserve Thorough InvestigationA guide for the Democrats’ coming congressional majority 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...arstechnica.comMicrosoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs“Microsoft claims to want to be a good neighbor, but the jury is still out." 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026arstechnica.com/health/2026/...arstechnica.comTrump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experimentVendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible." 101
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026newrepublic.com/post/216016/...newrepublic.comTrump Reprograms Government AI Chatbot to Stop Fact-Checking His LiesTrump officials seem to have realized their AI chatbot was correcting the president’s biggest lies. 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.contrariannews.org/p/march-us-t...contrariannews.orgMarch Us Toward the Summit, Not the ChasmBy Governor JB Pritzker 000
George Williams @gpww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Even with the best lower court judges, judicial remedies are often too little too late or simply not up to the task of disarming MAGA officials bent on suppressing voting rights. www.contrariannews.org/p/courts-are...contrariannews.orgCourts Are Not Going to Save Voting Rights🚨 34 Days to the Midterms 🚨 000