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Will W

@wweldon.bsky.social
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international relations/democracy/Ukraine - formerly worked in the political risk field.

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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Second edition on the horizon.
IMAGE OF BOOK: “WHY NATIONS FAIL”
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This popped up in my wife’s FB feed. I don’t know whether to cry or laugh that Fox News is writing/posting this article.
Fox News Facebook post: PATH TO RECONNECTION: When a parent and adult child stop speaking, reconciliation can feel out of reach
- but research suggests estrangement isn't always permanent.
One psychology researcher says the best approach isn't trying to "win" the disagreement. Instead, it can mean listening before defending yourself, focusing on specific behaviors rather than labels and being willing to make changes.
Here are 5 steps that may help create better conditions for reconnecting - while recognizing that reconciliation is never guaranteed.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Makes me think about Sotomayor’s dissent in Trump v US. Replace “political rival” with journalist or any countless number of people who might piss Trump off.
Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Unfortunate name.
TV anchor named Robert Moses.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
That doesn’t make it any clearer whether Mamdani places blame on the U.S. and NATO for the war in Ukraine as well as Russia. That’s the DSA’s position. Google that and try to find something.
We recognize that the expansion of NATO and the aggressive approach of Western nations have helped cause the crisis and we demand an end to NATO expansion. We also oppose US and NATO military interventionism and the tens of billions in military aid and weapons shipments which only further exacerbates the war and undermine a negotiated settlement, as well as sanctions that will harm ordinary Russians.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We can make the Court into a partisan institution, not just in fact, but in form as well, something that has to, as Steve Vladeck writes,
"look over its shoulder", and exist within the broader democratic system. We can treat these people with the contempt they deserve, and in doing so, destroy the appearance of inevitability and invincibility that underlies their power. Or we can keep ignoring the problem as it festers for another generation.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
What a great read…
“The grotesque absurdity of this process can be seen most clearly in the ongoing birthright citizenship case, in which the Trump Administration seeks to overturn the plain text of the 14th Amendment in order to strip citizenship from millions of Americans. Court watchers seem convinced that SCOTUS will not support the Administration no
 this time, though we have yet to find out, but regardless, the conservative legal intelligentsia has rapidly constructed an elaborate series of arguments and justifications, arguing in essence that a hundred and fifty years of how democratically-enacted law has functioned should be thrown out because of a reinterpretation of Medieval English Common Law. You have to go back that far because the actual text of the congressional debate when the 14th Amendment was ratified is extraordinarily clear. This is no way to run a country.”
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🤞
NYT - We are forecasting results for the Virginia redistricting referendum. Our model, which is driven by precinct-level results broken out by vote method, currently estimates that the referendum will pass by a margin of approximately 4 points.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
What a headline.
FT Headline: “Donald Trump warns Nato faces 'very bad future' if allies fail to help US in Iran”
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A Georgian cafe came to town 😋.
Two lattes and two Georgian drinks (Borjomi and Tarkhun).
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Wanting to flee your country because you’re terrified your child is going to be gunned down in school is as American as apple pie. I would like to flee as well. It feels like some things are beyond fixing.
He moved with his two children after the second active shooter scare at his 8-year-old son's Los Angeles school.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
We’re on a death spiral. We’ve done it all to ourselves.
The number of U.S.-based academics seeking jobs overseas rose by more than a fifth last year, according to Times Higher Education, a U.K.-based provider of global education data. Most of them landed in Europe, where the EU has set aside 500 million euros to lure top scientists to the continent.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Yes, and this is also a result of a large ramp up in production. www.intellinews.com/ukraine-dest...
However, despite the campaign, the very biggest drone factories, like the recently opened Alabuga Special Economic Zone facility, have remained beyond reach and Russia's expanding production of drones and missiles has continued to expand in the last year. In 2025, Russia's production of arms and ammo went into surplus as it move into the lead in the arms race with Ukraine. The Kremlin produced an estimated 2mn drones and 2,500 missiles in 2025, double the amount it made in the previous
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I'm glad that Nicki Minaj has seen the error of her ways and hates Trump again. www.themirror.com/entertainmen...
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Impeach Earl Warren billboard. 1963.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
75% of appointments to the Supreme Court over the last half century have been made by Republicans. From @thelisagraves.bsky.social’s book.
Photo of quote
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
For a second I thought this account was being sarcastic and this was a screenshot of a community note; nope, it’s actually just the WH Deputy Press Secretary’s account.
Screenshot of tweet
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Now I can’t either. Fun fact. The music video was filmed at Ukrainian House in Kyiv in 2016 when I was working there.
Ukrainian House
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I want to see updated predictions for the 2026 senate races.
2026 Senate Race Map
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Ahahaha
Clip
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
There have been historical issues with ranking members in similar situations, cancer treatments, and they're largely not present. Connolly was largely absent for his last couple of months. Not only that, they have an important role in raising money.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
cancer treatment. It is hard to imagine how a 74-year-old undergoing cancer treatment is a good choice for the role to be the ranking member on the Oversight Committee. newrepublic.com/post/189757/...
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Lots to watch out of Capitol Hill right now
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
🪧✊
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
When another sinkhole opens up on your commute.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Just saw Sean Spicer on a Car Shield commercial?
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
There is so much wrong with this, however, the biggest sin by far is the use of 🙏 emojis. There is nothing that brings out more loathing than receiving or seeing a prayer emoji on social media. ❤️🙏❤️ 🙏 🙏
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Look at the photo @cnn.com just used for Trump. Hilarious and looks very intentional.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This article has numerous examples of what we all know, half of the country lives in an alternate reality. And when that reality is challenged they lash out, even to their closest friends and family members. This is not a society I want to live in, nor is it one that is sustainable.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Georgian wine to drink the pain away, no Ukrainian wine unfortunately.The mission is similar, freedom and democracy. This one has been sitting around for a moment like this. ПТН X̆ЛО!
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Mariupol, Summer 2015. After Ukrainians kicked the fascists out the first time. ПТН X̆ЛО, Trump X̆ЛО
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
International relations, The Expanse style.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Netgiver states are getting a raw deal. It seems like that is a message that would resonate with voters considering which states cuts are most affecting, below are states that most rely on NIH funding.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Democrats should be on overtime, fighting. They are failing federal workers and everyone else who wants to see our country through this. People are terrified and feeling hopeless because leadership is publicly absent. Where is the fight? @schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I had recently come to learn that the Wizard of Oz is an allegory for the Panic of 1893. Definitely, not a small event.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I went to visit my wife’s family in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving. Went to my first Badger’s game. Gov. Tong Evers was sitting maybe three rows away. It was strange that the governor felt so accessible. But it’s too bad politics doesn’t feel like that more often.
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Ah, here we go. In June 2024, a Trump advisor said they expect Trump will insist on changing color scheme back to the one his team released during his first term despite complexities and cost of doing so. www.politico.com/news/2024/07...
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Will W @wweldon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I guess the replacement for Air Force One will likely be receiving the Trump color scheme now. Currently, the plane is expected to be in service starting in 2026.
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