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Robert Williamson

@j-robert-will.bsky.social
921 followers 336 following 412 posts

Socially liberal, fiscally conservative dude working to improve our community. Husband, dog lover, sailor, fisherman.

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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All
The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Why Is Trump Still Boosting AI?
Because it’s the only thing he has left
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ingots We No Longer Trust paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ingots-we-...
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Ingots We No Longer Trust
America’s word is as good as gold — that is, unreliable
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ROSIE: “.. A special hello to those of you watching from home and from the White House. I do have some bad news for President Petty Roosevelt. That's all I'm gonna say about you tonight sweetheart. You got to realize it's time to hang up your wig and let Natalie tuck you in.” $DIS
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...
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In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear
With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Trump Is Fleecing Us www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Fleecing Us
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/o...
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Opinion | Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Go Knicks!
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Bob Lawrence 🔵 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Trump did it!✊🔥🤬
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Autocracy = Corruption open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Autocracy = Corruption
What the U.S. resistance can learn from Hungary
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Autocracy = Corruption open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Autocracy = Corruption
What the U.S. resistance can learn from Hungary
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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"Rebels in our own time"
My 3/28 speech at No Kings 3, Cincinnati
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Trump, that stable genius strikes out again. Countries are rethinking U.S. fossil fuels after Iran war
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Susanne democratic socialist @momoftwo.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Epstein is not trending folks, so let's make some noise. RELEASE ALL THE FILES.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Please help this lawyer. The DHS working with LAPD, shot and blinded an 18 year old named Tucker Collins on 3/28 in LA. His right eye has been surgically removed. We are asking anyone who has a video or has information to come forward by calling our office (310-693-5561) Jim DeSimone
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
#860Gives is more than fundraising—it’s fuel for real change across the 860 region. Please join me in supporting United Way’s mission of mobilizing resources to end poverty now through 6:00 a.m. April 2: www.860gives.org/organization... @860Gives @unitedwayinc
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Support United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut | 860Gives
I’m ready to support United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut on March 31, 2026 during 860Gives. Learn more about United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut and all the other organ...
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
No Kings, no war, no chaos, no corruption in Westport CT today. Peaceful Protest and freedom of speech rules!
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Keith Kurson @keithlaugh.love · 21/03/2026
the same number of troops have died in this war that died in the evacuation of afghanistan fyi, weird how the media has decided that isn’t a point to drive home this time
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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No Kings, Freedom!
Gather on March 28th.
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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U.S. Negotiators Were Ill-Prepared for Serious Nuclear Negotiations with Iran | Arms Control Association
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
With idiots in charge, bad stuff happens The War Widens and Worsens open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
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The War Widens and Worsens
As the Secretary of Defense complains
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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We Must Be Clear About Who Pays the Cost for War With Iran
It is not the President and his wealthy friends.
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Cabinet Apocalypse open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Cabinet Apocalypse
A News Review in an Imagined Conversation
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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Money, Civil & International War, Minneapolis, and Beyond—in Perspective
For me, watching what is now happening is like watching a movie that I have seen many times in history. I am a global macro investor whose approach to betting on what is going to happen is to understa...
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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The Mad Stamp Collector
Our Foreign Policy as Fable
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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Phillips O'Brien on Venezuela and More
And why America wins battles but loses wars
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The Logic of Destruction open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Agree with this 100% - Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
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Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Interesting assessment by David Brooks. It’s the culture! “Why I Am Not a Liberal” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
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Opinion | Why I Am Not a Liberal
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Fight fire with fire! Texas House Approves Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
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Texas House Approves Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
TACO or what? China tariffs delayed again, hours before sharp increase was to take hold
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
How screwed up is this? Nvidia and AMD agree to pay 15% of China chip sales to U.S. government
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Happy 4th!
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Opinion | The Ugliness of the ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill, in Charts
Steven Rattner reveals the ugly reality lurking within the “big, beautiful bill.”
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Impeach the autocrat www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o...
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Opinion | Could the Third Time Be the Charm on Impeachment and Removal?
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
#Trump is out of his mind www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Universities exist to create and share knowledge that’s why they are a threat to Autocrats like Trump and his enablers www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
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Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
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Opinion | Three Well-Tested Ways to Undermine an Autocrat
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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Opinion | Who’s the Greatest Grifter of Them All?
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Tariffmageddon is exhausting, but it's not the whole story. Keep your eye on the federal budget because your economic future might depend on it.
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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It's Too Late: The Changes Are Coming
Some people believe that the tariff disruptions will settle down as more negotiations happen and greater thought is given to how to structure them to work in a sensible way. However, I am now hearing ...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
They are deadly serious about this. They are planning to throw millions of people off their insurance in order to afford a trillion dollar tax cut for the wealthiest 1%.
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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Robert Williamson @j-robert-will.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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Opinion | It’s Time to Protect America From America’s President
Trump’s authoritarian actions are vandalizing the American project.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
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Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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