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William Gill🌻

@williamrgill.bsky.social
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Former U.S. diplomat • hedonist-in-training • Int’l Affairs, History, Jazz, Film, Books enthusiast • tea lover but not teetotal

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h
-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...
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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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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h
Signs you might really have crossed a line: The torture guy is suggesting a firing squad as a more humane alternative
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 5h
Very welcome news in this terrible case.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 6h
@msnowcomms.bsky.social had a chance to do the right thing by rejecting the ad and calling out the WH’s abuse of government funds. They can still do the right thing by donating the money to an appropriate organization and updating their ad sales review process to ensure it never happens again.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 6h
Good. Every DOJ lawyer involved, including US Attorney Jeannine Pirro and AG Todd Blanche, should be up on charges before their state bars.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15h
OMG you have GOT to be kidding me
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 6h
The inadvertent comparison of Trump to Nixon is apt but the idea that Nixon was the victim of a coup is ahistorical lunacy.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 6h
Shameless, audacious BS. The person who said during the campaign that he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare and has had control of Congress for nearly 2 years now wants people to believe he will pass a healthcare plan *after* the election.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To be fair to Hegseth, I think this is a gaffe as opposed to rank stupidity.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 30/09/2026
🎙️It is against U.S. law to send someone to a place where they could face threats to their life or freedom. With third-country deportations, the administration is doing just that. In the latest episode of The Contrarian Pod, Tim spoke with ACLU lawyer Sarah Mehta to learn more
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‘Third-Country Removals’ Leave Immigrants Facing Unknown Futures
Sarah Mehta of the ACLU explains how the Trump Administration deports immigrants to countries where they have no ties, e
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It may make Paxton feel better to blame Trump but, as Lincoln said, what kills the skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Inhuman and inexcusable.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re on a slippery slope to ruin and the GOP-controlled Congress is completely uninterested in halting the slide.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
VICTORY: a unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to stay sanctions on Trump & Co. over his $1.8B slush fund He sued his own govt & his own DOJ agreed to the payout. The court wasn't buying it! @democracydefendersaction.org & partners are proud to rep the 35 frm fed judges who blew the whistle 👇 -TN
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hope this is so, for the presidency at a minimum. It’s not an entry-level position. We need to prioritize character, vision, experience, and emotional intelligence.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are being ruled by people who know the price of everything and each other but the value of nothing.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Appalling. It definitely reminds State Department employees who they work for—an insular, myopic, and performative administration that prefers Putin and Xi to our friends and allies who share our values.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s incomprehensible to me, even at this late stage, that we have a president stupid and venal enough to make such an offer and that his ambassador to Beijing is so incompetent as to breezily volunteer the information as if it’s somehow reassuring.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As he should, but it’s a tacit admission the case ought to have been pursued to its conclusion from the beginning.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 27/09/2026
Calling something “illegal” only matters if the law is actually enforced. Mike Johnson and the Supreme Court need to enforce it. No president should be free to ignore the law to punish enemies, reward allies, and enrich himself.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wicked and stupid is a rare combination.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 22/09/2026
As the UN prepares to appoint its next Secretary General, two things are clear: the international order has fundamentally changed, and there is no going back to the UN as it once was.
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The Next UN Secretary-General Has to Solve an (Almost) Impossible Puzzle
The promise of the world’s principal diplomat runs through the peril of the Security Council
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Washington State to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is 0-25. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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🚨 United States of America v. Hobbs
Learn more.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is a given. Where Trump’s interest is engaged, so are his financial interests.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
White House readies next major attack on United States www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/09/2026
Donald Trump’s Sunday-morning Truth Social post “suggests a president who is now lost in a fantasy city in his mind—a capital where the buildings are festooned with his name, drenched in glitz, and bristling with weapons,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
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Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20/09/2026
Today at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago: Dozens of ICE agents violently confronted protesters, deploying chemical irritants on the crowd. Multiple people were injured. No arrests were observed.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” ~ the late John Lewis
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ukraine strikes deep into the demonic bowels of the savage Russian hell-state. youtu.be/EEquG8iLMEE
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Moscow Devastated As Ukraine Unleashes Record Breaking Attack For Putin's Fake Election
YouTube video by Jay in Kyiv
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Perhaps you read JFK's renowned 1956 Pulitzer winning book on 8 senators who showed great courage to stand behind their convictions. 70 years on-in the time of Trump, Jacob Weisberd profiles the opposite - including head of PaulWeiss law firm whose cowardice wrecked that once respected name
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Select Mike Luckovich cartoon
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
President Trump denied $227m in storm aid to Democratic-led states, POLITICO reported, while ABC News said he separately approved more than $846m for nine Republican-leaning states. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-deni...
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror of what is being done by our government is almost unbelievable. Unraveling it begins with wresting control of Congress away from the GOP in November.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A scarlet letter T, gilt-edged in pyrite, for each of them in perpetuity.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Precisely. It’s long past the time for the press to create a chilling effect of its own for a lawless president.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Unbelievable that they think they can get away with this—and they won’t.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is hilarious. 😂 😂
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So Trump caves after creating a crisis that was massively costly to key US alliances, and will declare victory for, and lie about the scope of, a “deal” that enshrines the status quo ante but leaves what were good faith relations laden with distrust & resentments. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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U.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
beyond parody -- Newsmax runs ads for the new Trump $1 coin ... that you can buy for $9.95 each 😆
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is a concerning development.
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William Gill🌻 @williamrgill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Completely unsurprising that Todd Blanche doesn’t understand that things may be technically legal yet not meet ethical standards. The NY State Bar should help him work it out.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: We won! And we get discovery into this crazy demolition threat to boot. Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social and to my colleagues at DDF and WLG. Formal statement to follow.
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