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Jim McWilliams

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Public Interest Activist: Politics, Climate, Energy, Water, Social Justice. X refugee. Make Accountability Great Again.

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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 6h
Really? "More than 100 courses have been flagged for removal from the core curriculum, primarily ones relating to slavery, race, gender, sexuality, and the environment." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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All the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In Texas
The state now controls what professors can teach.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 12h
"Major freeways in North Dallas are adorned with billboards proclaiming that First Baptist Church of Dallas is “built on the Bible.” If that’s so, why does the church’s pastor not seem to understand what the Bible teaches?" baptistnews.com/article/robe...
baptistnews.com
Robert Jeffress should not be trusted with a Bible
Fresh off his campaign to declare Talarico “not a Christian” the pastor is on a campaign to support Hegseth’s plan to livestream an execution
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 12h
Thanks trump. "Anonymous letters and screen names can be hard to track. The sheer volume of threats can make hunting down those responsible virtually impossible." America’s Elected Officials Are Living in Fear www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear (Gift Article)
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 10/10/2026
A crude oil pipeline spill in the Detroit suburbs has gotten little public attention but has caused federal regulators to initiate a nationwide investigation into the safety of all the hazardous liquid pipelines operated by the Dallas-based industry giant Energy Transfer.
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Michigan Spill Prompts Federal Probe of Energy Transfer Pipelines’ Safety - Inside Climate News
The spill just north of Detroit, similar to a jet fuel leak last year in Pennsylvania, comes as Republicans face political peril in Michigan.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Before you cast your midterm ballot, look at this graph and think about what Republicans are letting Trump get away with.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“I just got assaulted!“ KNOXVILLE man sucker-punched outside the white nationalist group meeting Greg Bovino and others are attending today — we are told no arrest has yet been made by knoxville police. (From @votegloriaj.bsky.social )
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump ❤️ Putin. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-put...
thebulwark.com
Trump’s Putin Deal Is a Disgraceful Act of Betrayal
Sam Stein and Catherine Rampell give their takes on Trump’s decision to buy oil from Putin, just weeks after Trump signed Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill into law.
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hopefulme2.bsky.social @hopefulme2.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
“When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching with torches and pictures of a leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.” youtu.be/2NUHKa4SFUA?...
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LESSON 6: Be Wary of Paramilitaries
YouTube video by Timothy Snyder
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/10/2026
The Miramar ICE sub-office was built for check-ins and interviews. Now it's a de facto detention center where the elderly and sick are shackled for days without toothbrushes or clean clothes. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social visited. Here's what he saw:
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The ‘Clandestine Detention Center’ in the Miami Suburbs
Behind the manicured hedges of a Florida ICE office, routine compliance can lead to squalid confinement—and an agonizing wait for families outside.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Two chumps. "Analysts, however, have questioned whether Russia is capable of providing that quantity of diesel and the extent to which doing so will ease prices for American consumers." www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged".
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“A person..who.. (1) knowingly and willfully intimidates, threatens, or coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any person for— (A) registering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register or vote..shall be fined..or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both” 52 U.S. Code § 20511
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
A still from a video posted on IG by @brynodc.bsky.social Link: www.instagram.com/reel/DeQKdoK...
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fuck off Burgum
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
nytimes.com
Video: Inside the Student Protest Movement in France
Tens of thousands of student protesters are accusing the French government of neglecting public schools. The New York Times spent time with one 17-year-old student to find out why so many young people...
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Good grief
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“There was a child in the car” Abolish ICE. theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i...
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
During the Reagan administration, Congress slashed the top income-tax rate from 70 percent to 28 percent... www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...
theatlantic.com
The Biggest Source of Inequality That No One Talks About
Progressives are focused on the wrong tax loophole.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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We Spoke to the Guy Who Snitched on Kimberly Guilfoyle (w/ Eric Deters)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We aren’t getting $5000 checks, but even if we did, it’s not enough to make up for how much we’ve lost.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Robert is correct.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He has been better to ranchers and farmers than any other president in history. So there you go... youtube.com/shorts/ipnLQ...
youtube.com
WOW: Trump ADMITS Americans are facing skyrocketing prices under his administration
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Listen to the good senator, he speaks the truth.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sick of it, sycophant.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good god. "The Trump administration declined to invite election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to witness the midterms, blocking monitors from the regional security group for the first time in more than two decades." www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jamie acting like a regular guy.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pants on fire. youtube.com/shorts/WLR6m...
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Trump’s top economic advisor LIES on national television
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Someone please tell Natalie to keep the incoherent ranting to 500 characters or less.
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
and the rug really ties the room together
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks for your input, @rahmemanuel.bsky.social have you lost your mind?
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I believe < 30%, David.
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Glaucous @glaucousness.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank you, Charles! Let’s get this done!! charlesbookerky.org
charlesbookerky.org
Charles Booker for U.S. Senate | Kentucky 2026
From the hood to the holler. Charles Booker is running for U.S. Senate to build a Kentucky that works for every family. Donate, volunteer, and join the movement.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won.
Graphic from the Center for Biological Diversity over a scenic view of Big Bend. Large text reads, “MASSIVE WIN FOR BIG BEND.” Below, it says a federal judge has frozen all destruction throughout the Big Bend region until the project’s legality can be determined in court. The graphic adds that the Center will continue fighting to save Big Bend and asks supporters to join them.
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
constitutionally collect this information about one car-and its driver-by
following that vehicle on public roadways over a month. But this leaves the
question of why is it the government's business where everyone goes all the
time? The government cannot go snooping through our personal lives and
business without an adequate basis to do so. That is what the Supreme Court
has said since its decision in Katz through its decision in Chatrie this year,
nearly sixty years later. It is not too much to draw the line at indiscriminate
mass surveillance.
No doubt, ALPR technology comes with remarkable benefits that the
Court cannot ignore. But the Fourth Amendment requires courts to draw a line when the cost is too great. Alaniz's search in just the ALPR system
provided him with more than 50 individual records of Kyle's whereabouts
across the country for an entire month. The Court finds that because the
ALPR systems Alaniz used to search Kyle's historical location information
intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical
movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the
information in the record, the only reason Alaniz conducted that search was
because he saw her license plate was from California. That search was not
supported by probable cause, and it was done without a warrant in violation
of Kyle's Fourth Amendment rights. That search also has a nexus to the
remainder of the traffic stop because Alaniz began following Kyle's car while
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Loretta 👊🏼🇺🇸🌺 @lmtoconnor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Shell Albert @shelalbert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Slumlord Millionaire is now Warlord Billionaire.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a sad, pathetic little man. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
Is There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?
“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.”
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Late stage bone spurs
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
washingtonpost.com
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Know you did everything you could to make sure this election went the right way. Text LEIGH to 63033 to find out the best way to help.
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We Need Your Help!
Know you did everything you could to make sure this election went t...
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dayum, that's a bunch of people!
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
🧵 1/ The Ebola outbreak in the DRC, with >8,000 confirmed cases and nearly 4,000 deaths, remains uncontrolled. There are treatment units but not enough health care workers to staff them. Those who are there face risk of infection, exhaustion, and trauma, some while not even being paid.
medpagetoday.com
Congo Is Running Short of Health Workers as Ebola Remains Out of Control, WHO Says
One treatment center requires about 300 health professionals, said WHO representative
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks Leon.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Who are the 14%?
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Go Sheldon go! youtube.com/shorts/eJtuH...
youtube.com
Bring on the facts.
YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is crazy. They are laughing at us.
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More than a dozen police officers surrounded the suspect's home at 4:00 a.m. with guns drawn as they banged on his door. Another innocent victim was flocked. #FLOCK 👎 www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...
kentucky.com
Lexington police used Flock cams to find road rage suspect. It led them to an innocent man
Lexington police say officers used their Flock camera database to try to find a car tied to a road rage case. It led them to the home of Samuel Penn, who had nothing to do with the incident.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Read "The Big Picture" newsletter now on the all-new PoliticsGirl Substack! New every Friday iampoliticsgirl.substack.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Jim McWilliams @jimmcwilliams.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Space X, Leon and orbital data centers. archive.ph/Xot6N
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