Bill in the PNW
@billpnwprogressive.bsky.social
People leader at a large media company. Progressive, social justice, accessibility ally. Science/Tech/AI nerd. Musical omnivore. Ex-Michigander in the PNW. Trying to stay thoughtful and kind in a crazy world.
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Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“
And by extension, a Supreme Court
And by extension, a Supreme Court
Tammy Duckworth is what a hero looks like. Pete Hegseth is nothing but a drunken, racist chickenhawk fraud.
Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Tammy Duckworth is what a hero looks like. Pete Hegseth is nothing but a drunken, racist chickenhawk fraud.
Question needing to be a yes on the application to work for this administration: Did you torture and kill small animals as a child?
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Question needing to be a yes on the application to work for this administration: Did you torture and kill small animals as a child?
When the family founder and Chairman of my Fortune 30 company, who had been a heartfelt DEI champion, wrote a completely unnecessary letter honoring the contribution of Charlie Kirk to “civil discourse,” we knew it was over. Weeks later we were paying for the East Wing.
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
When the family founder and Chairman of my Fortune 30 company, who had been a heartfelt DEI champion, wrote a completely unnecessary letter honoring the contribution of Charlie Kirk to “civil discourse,” we knew it was over. Weeks later we were paying for the East Wing.
He’d want to run away like he always does, but he can’t…
Anyone else want to put Tom Cotton on top of a capsized boat in international waters miles away from Venezuela and see how helpless he is?
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
He’d want to run away like he always does, but he can’t…
Remind me not to ever ask Tom Cotton for help.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Remind me not to ever ask Tom Cotton for help.
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The irony of right wing cranks spending the last two decades shouting about participation trophies 🤌
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The irony of right wing cranks spending the last two decades shouting about participation trophies 🤌
This is Pete’s version of Education Secretary Linda McMahon calling Artificial intelligence A-1… Cabinet cosplayers out of their depth.
If Pete Hegseth is going to use the "fog of war" as an excuse for potential war crimes, he should at least use the term correctly. But he'd still be guilty of potential war crimes. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ptOmNe
The ‘Fog of War’ Is No Excuse
Mistakes are one thing; failures of moral judgment are another.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is Pete’s version of Education Secretary Linda McMahon calling Artificial intelligence A-1… Cabinet cosplayers out of their depth.
Donald Trump accepting a fake peace prize at the Institute of Peace Doge tried to close but Trump slapped his name on even as he defends his right to blow up fisherman is so Trumpian it hurts.
December 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Donald Trump accepting a fake peace prize at the Institute of Peace Doge tried to close but Trump slapped his name on even as he defends his right to blow up fisherman is so Trumpian it hurts.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Our president is a child.
"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Our president is a child.
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Trump said today he'll be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Hernandez, who was convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Trump said today he'll be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Hernandez, who was convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
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The irony is rich.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The irony is rich.
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The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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Peter Thiel is calling Pope Leo the Antichrist. Honestly, that sounds like something the Antichrist would say.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Peter Thiel is calling Pope Leo the Antichrist. Honestly, that sounds like something the Antichrist would say.
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Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
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Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly have more courage, character, and patriotism than Pete Hegseth will ever know.
SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly have more courage, character, and patriotism than Pete Hegseth will ever know.
Bill Maher is insufferable. I knew guys like him in college 45 years ago and hated them then. Cynical, above-it-all take on everything. If something is too popular, he dislikes it because people are stupid. Claims his pure liberal Boomer bonafides even as he yells at you to get off his lawn. Ugh.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bill Maher is insufferable. I knew guys like him in college 45 years ago and hated them then. Cynical, above-it-all take on everything. If something is too popular, he dislikes it because people are stupid. Claims his pure liberal Boomer bonafides even as he yells at you to get off his lawn. Ugh.
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One reason the public doesn’t seem sold on the idea of attacking Venezuela is that it is a really bad idea.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One reason the public doesn’t seem sold on the idea of attacking Venezuela is that it is a really bad idea.
Oops.
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oops.
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall