Mike Williams
@mwilli.bsky.social
Senior Fellowing @AmericanProgress. Formerly @BGAlliance. Former local elected official. All opinions mine… I hope.
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The Trump administration is putting Big Oil first once again with its plans to withdraw from the UNFCCC, the bedrock of all international climate cooperation—and Americans will pay the price.
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump administration is putting Big Oil first once again with its plans to withdraw from the UNFCCC, the bedrock of all international climate cooperation—and Americans will pay the price.
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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The damage Trump is inflicting on American climate science will reverberate for decades; but states, cities, and universities demonstrate that American climate progress is resilient. My column for @elpais.com : english.elpais.com/climate/2026...
Trump’s climate war could cost America a generation, if we let it
While the United States drives away its brightest minds, China is doubling down on its investment in research, positioning itself at the forefront of an industrial transformation
english.elpais.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The damage Trump is inflicting on American climate science will reverberate for decades; but states, cities, and universities demonstrate that American climate progress is resilient. My column for @elpais.com : english.elpais.com/climate/2026...
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ICE out of Maine.
January 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
ICE out of Maine.
You have many good takes, Jamelle. This might be your best.
korean fried chicken is straight up the superior fried chicken preparation. no competition.
January 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
You have many good takes, Jamelle. This might be your best.
More idiocy from Trump yesterday. Further explained by my colleagues below ⬇️
Last night, the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational 1992 treaty that established the entire framework for international climate cooperation.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
More idiocy from Trump yesterday. Further explained by my colleagues below ⬇️
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Last night, the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational 1992 treaty that established the entire framework for international climate cooperation.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Last night, the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational 1992 treaty that established the entire framework for international climate cooperation.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
This is unprecedented and dangerous.
Cosign.
Sincerely,
A Mainer with about 3ish hours left of daylight today.
Sincerely,
A Mainer with about 3ish hours left of daylight today.
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Cosign.
Sincerely,
A Mainer with about 3ish hours left of daylight today.
Sincerely,
A Mainer with about 3ish hours left of daylight today.
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ISDS sucks.
Big business is trying to restore NAFTA’s corporate courts. They want the U.S. to give companies more power to challenge governments.
ISDS hurts communities and undermines environmental and public health rules. The USMCA review should dismantle ISDS completely, not revive it.
ISDS hurts communities and undermines environmental and public health rules. The USMCA review should dismantle ISDS completely, not revive it.
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ISDS sucks.
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Now would be a good time to announce your retirement Susan Collins. #MESenate
a woman in a pearl necklace is sitting in a row of men in suits and ties .
ALT: a woman in a pearl necklace is sitting in a row of men in suits and ties .
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December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Now would be a good time to announce your retirement Susan Collins. #MESenate
Hey everybody, let's ignore that dumb op-ed by Matt Yglesias and instead focus on something great that was released today: the annual CLIMATE DENIERS report!
h/t to the inimitable @kso23.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
h/t to the inimitable @kso23.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
Climate Deniers of the 119th Congress and the Second Trump Administration
A new CAP analysis finds that the federal government is rife with officials who deny climate change in leadership positions within the executive branch, presidential Cabinet, and Congress.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hey everybody, let's ignore that dumb op-ed by Matt Yglesias and instead focus on something great that was released today: the annual CLIMATE DENIERS report!
h/t to the inimitable @kso23.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
h/t to the inimitable @kso23.bsky.social
www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
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Enacting reforms to build worker power and voice is essential to ensuring Americans are able to access other key progressive workplace priorities, such as paid sick and family and medical leave. https://ampr.gs/4pxJyXj
State and Local Policymakers Can Raise Standards and Build Power for Workers
States and cities can advance these 21 ideas in 2026 to build worker power, support unionized workers, and uphold workforce stability and standards.
ampr.gs
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Enacting reforms to build worker power and voice is essential to ensuring Americans are able to access other key progressive workplace priorities, such as paid sick and family and medical leave. https://ampr.gs/4pxJyXj
Thank you @whitehouse.senate.gov @repdelbene.bsky.social for introducing the Clean Competition Act–a bill that would support American manufacturing and our climate. We need positive ideas like this out there. Here are 5 things you should know about the CCA... www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...
Whitehouse, DelBene Reintroduce Carbon Border Adjustment to Boost Domestic Manufacturers, Tackle Climate Change
Clean Competition Act bolsters American companies’ competitiveness and cuts emissions at home and abroad
Washington, D.C. - Senator Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on E...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Thank you @whitehouse.senate.gov @repdelbene.bsky.social for introducing the Clean Competition Act–a bill that would support American manufacturing and our climate. We need positive ideas like this out there. Here are 5 things you should know about the CCA... www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...
“It was the beginning of Nana Banana Pro…”
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“It was the beginning of Nana Banana Pro…”
Back in college, bunch of us drank too much then decided to go see Hannibal. I fell asleep almost immediately but was startled awake for an extremely grotesque scene I’d rather not explain.
Flip side… seeing Avengers Endgame opening night at 1am was a blast. Place was cheering and crying.
Flip side… seeing Avengers Endgame opening night at 1am was a blast. Place was cheering and crying.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Back in college, bunch of us drank too much then decided to go see Hannibal. I fell asleep almost immediately but was startled awake for an extremely grotesque scene I’d rather not explain.
Flip side… seeing Avengers Endgame opening night at 1am was a blast. Place was cheering and crying.
Flip side… seeing Avengers Endgame opening night at 1am was a blast. Place was cheering and crying.
I love how @dmk1793.bsky.social just might be somehow responsible for Project 2029.
Project 2029 blueprint leaked: bsky.app/profile/cost...
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
December 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I love how @dmk1793.bsky.social just might be somehow responsible for Project 2029.
Once again I am apologizing to you on behalf of the US, Chris…
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wheez, choke. You think getting a solar, wind, gas, coal, *anything* plant or transmission unit permitted is hard??? Probably the last new hydro plant in 🇨🇦 outside Quebec has been built, but some can up-powered. Rain & snow supply is becoming highly variable too.
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Once again I am apologizing to you on behalf of the US, Chris…
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The UMaine Graduate Workers Union - @uaw.org deserves a fair contract.
Chancellor Malloy must end the union-busting, stop stalling, and negotiate a fair contract.
Chancellor Malloy must end the union-busting, stop stalling, and negotiate a fair contract.
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The UMaine Graduate Workers Union - @uaw.org deserves a fair contract.
Chancellor Malloy must end the union-busting, stop stalling, and negotiate a fair contract.
Chancellor Malloy must end the union-busting, stop stalling, and negotiate a fair contract.
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USA: Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances www.americanprogress.org/article/why-...
Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances
Gen Z men support unions more strongly than any other group, both today and when older generations were their age. Looking at the gains from union membership for young men, it’s easy to understand why...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
USA: Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History: Unions Build Stable Finances www.americanprogress.org/article/why-...
Co-sign.
(Side note: I swear a bit more often than once a decade.)
(Side note: I swear a bit more often than once a decade.)
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Co-sign.
(Side note: I swear a bit more often than once a decade.)
(Side note: I swear a bit more often than once a decade.)
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Gotta be ready for when the supremes come for the NLRA!
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Gotta be ready for when the supremes come for the NLRA!