Rod Williams
@rbwms.bsky.social
Dad, husband, and believer in the freedom of each person to live the life they want. New York Yankees fan. Bruce Springsteen fan.
From Vermont in 🇺🇸 and I stand with our friends in 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇲🇽 and those from our longtime northern neighbor 🇨🇦.
From Vermont in 🇺🇸 and I stand with our friends in 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇲🇽 and those from our longtime northern neighbor 🇨🇦.
Hooray!
Just In: The Supreme Court rejected a long-shot attempt to overturn the landmark ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
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November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hooray!
I don’t like the cave in by the 7 Dems and Angus King one bit and I also don’t see how the shutdown ends. The bill apparently has amendments, such as reversing Trump federal employee firings, that the House won’t approve & Trump won’t sign. Plus, if the House convenes … Epstein … Epstein … Epstein.
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I don’t like the cave in by the 7 Dems and Angus King one bit and I also don’t see how the shutdown ends. The bill apparently has amendments, such as reversing Trump federal employee firings, that the House won’t approve & Trump won’t sign. Plus, if the House convenes … Epstein … Epstein … Epstein.
Anyone in a swing district represented by a Repub - several in NY, especially - *please* call their office this week. Demand they sign the discharge petition. That gets the votes even without Grijalva. Tell them: support a pedophile & you lose. Call Stefanik. Tell her: no files, no governorship.
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Anyone in a swing district represented by a Repub - several in NY, especially - *please* call their office this week. Demand they sign the discharge petition. That gets the votes even without Grijalva. Tell them: support a pedophile & you lose. Call Stefanik. Tell her: no files, no governorship.
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*This* is what you do when someone faints at an event you are having. See at about 0:28 where she stops. But what you don’t do is turn around, ignore it, and stare off blankly, like saggy old #DementiaDon did in the Oval Office this week when the same thing happened there. #25A
*This* is what you do when someone faints at an event you are having. See at about 0:28 where she stops. But what you don’t do is turn around, ignore it, and stare off blankly, like saggy old #DementiaDon did in the Oval Office this week when the same thing happened there. #25A
Spanberger helps fainting woman during victory speech
YouTube video by FOX 5 Washington DC
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November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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*This* is what you do when someone faints at an event you are having. See at about 0:28 where she stops. But what you don’t do is turn around, ignore it, and stare off blankly, like saggy old #DementiaDon did in the Oval Office this week when the same thing happened there. #25A
*This* is what you do when someone faints at an event you are having. See at about 0:28 where she stops. But what you don’t do is turn around, ignore it, and stare off blankly, like saggy old #DementiaDon did in the Oval Office this week when the same thing happened there. #25A
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Anyone want to sell ICE Barbie a bridge next? Maybe one in Brooklyn?
Seriously, planes without engines - fitting, perhaps, for someone without a heart - and that the airline didn’t own. This also proves what else we already knew - she doesn’t have a brain either.
Anyone want to sell ICE Barbie a bridge next? Maybe one in Brooklyn?
Seriously, planes without engines - fitting, perhaps, for someone without a heart - and that the airline didn’t own. This also proves what else we already knew - she doesn’t have a brain either.
DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own
Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Anyone want to sell ICE Barbie a bridge next? Maybe one in Brooklyn?
Seriously, planes without engines - fitting, perhaps, for someone without a heart - and that the airline didn’t own. This also proves what else we already knew - she doesn’t have a brain either.
Anyone want to sell ICE Barbie a bridge next? Maybe one in Brooklyn?
Seriously, planes without engines - fitting, perhaps, for someone without a heart - and that the airline didn’t own. This also proves what else we already knew - she doesn’t have a brain either.
Well the answer depends on which one you worship - the Orange Jesus or the Real Jesus. Sure wonder how MAGA world rationalizes “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
Who do you believe — the ICE spokeswoman or Pope Leo?
White House Doubles Down, Accuses Pope Leo of Lying About ICE's Eucharist Ban
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin is claiming Pope Leo XIV got it wrong on migrants denied Communion — a claim that’s easily disproven by the facts on the ground.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Well the answer depends on which one you worship - the Orange Jesus or the Real Jesus. Sure wonder how MAGA world rationalizes “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
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@govjoshshapiro.bsky.social lays out the unvarnished truth concerning what a hypocrite “JD” Vance is and what guides “JD” Vance: “bullshit politics”. Plain and simple. Nothing more.
@govjoshshapiro.bsky.social lays out the unvarnished truth concerning what a hypocrite “JD” Vance is and what guides “JD” Vance: “bullshit politics”. Plain and simple. Nothing more.
Democratic Governor blasts JD Vance’s "bullsh#t politics"
YouTube video by Daily Kos
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November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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@govjoshshapiro.bsky.social lays out the unvarnished truth concerning what a hypocrite “JD” Vance is and what guides “JD” Vance: “bullshit politics”. Plain and simple. Nothing more.
@govjoshshapiro.bsky.social lays out the unvarnished truth concerning what a hypocrite “JD” Vance is and what guides “JD” Vance: “bullshit politics”. Plain and simple. Nothing more.
Folks, Chaz is the real deal. And, yes, that’s his real name. He’s been calling ‘em better than anyone since those 2017 races, when he was still in HS. I think that was when he called 98 or 99 of 100 Virginia House of Delegates races right & nobody thought Dems would flip as many seats as they did.
Fun story from 2017. When I first met @pwcdanica.bsky.social it was at an event when I was barely 18. I showed her my predictions for the House of Delegates which had her in a Likely D/Solid D race. She disagreed and said she was in a Toss-Up.
She won by 8.
She won by 8.
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Folks, Chaz is the real deal. And, yes, that’s his real name. He’s been calling ‘em better than anyone since those 2017 races, when he was still in HS. I think that was when he called 98 or 99 of 100 Virginia House of Delegates races right & nobody thought Dems would flip as many seats as they did.
MTG seems to be one of the few in MAGA world willing to tell the truth about the economy: it sucks for the working class and middle America.
The reality, people, is Trump is trying to gaslight you. And many are falling for it. Time to wake up and be #donewithdon.
The reality, people, is Trump is trying to gaslight you. And many are falling for it. Time to wake up and be #donewithdon.
Collins: When the president says there's virtually no inflation and that grocery prices are going down, do you agree with him on that?
Greene: No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high.
Greene: No. I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
MTG seems to be one of the few in MAGA world willing to tell the truth about the economy: it sucks for the working class and middle America.
The reality, people, is Trump is trying to gaslight you. And many are falling for it. Time to wake up and be #donewithdon.
The reality, people, is Trump is trying to gaslight you. And many are falling for it. Time to wake up and be #donewithdon.
Karma’s a bitch.
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Karma’s a bitch.
The right to trial by jury … a centuries-respected inalienable right of *the people* that even … kings … and wannabes (looking at you, Don, Pammy, Jeannine, Ms. HellAgain) … had to honor. The right of *the people* - not wannabe Dictator Don - to decide who’s guilty. Gov’t of the people, not of Don.
JUST IN: A D.C. man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent in what he called an act of protest this summer was found not guilty of a federal assault charge.
DC ‘sandwich guy' found not guilty of assault after throwing sub at federal agent
A man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent calls it an act of protest. Prosecutors are trying to prove that it was a federal crime. Jurors heard attorneys’ opening statement...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The right to trial by jury … a centuries-respected inalienable right of *the people* that even … kings … and wannabes (looking at you, Don, Pammy, Jeannine, Ms. HellAgain) … had to honor. The right of *the people* - not wannabe Dictator Don - to decide who’s guilty. Gov’t of the people, not of Don.
Amen. Another great piece by @ryanlcooper.com. Schumer needs to go. Yesterday. Maybe somebody like @chrismurphyct.bsky.social or @booker.senate.gov takes over instead. They’d have to agree to commit 100% to it and not run for President. But Schumer must go.
Chuck Schumer is not cutting the mustard prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
Chuck Schumer Is Not Fit to Lead the Democratic Party - The American Prospect
The Senate leader doesn’t just betray his own party, he’s also terrible at leading it. In Trump’s second term, facing a full-on authoritarian attack on America’s democracy and constitutional structure...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Amen. Another great piece by @ryanlcooper.com. Schumer needs to go. Yesterday. Maybe somebody like @chrismurphyct.bsky.social or @booker.senate.gov takes over instead. They’d have to agree to commit 100% to it and not run for President. But Schumer must go.
Bingo. They got what they deserved after selling out to Trump & the billionaires. I’ve always loved newspapers - I was editor of my college paper & remember laying it out by hand, running paper columns through wax! - so their demise, online or otherwise, saddens me greatly, but that is where we are.
America’s national papers operated like an anti-Mamdani editorial a day would keep a Mamdani victory away. The only people reading them were billionaires. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/bBVR0Bm
The Anti-Mamdani Editorials, Considered - The American Prospect
Perhaps the most recurrent theme in the major newspapers’ criticism was that Mamdani’s proposed 2 percent tax hike on that share of a taxpayer’s yearly income that exceeds $1 million would lead to mass millionaire flight from New York.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bingo. They got what they deserved after selling out to Trump & the billionaires. I’ve always loved newspapers - I was editor of my college paper & remember laying it out by hand, running paper columns through wax! - so their demise, online or otherwise, saddens me greatly, but that is where we are.
BTW, given yesterday’s election results, it appears that people (and especially in DC-adjacent Virginia) are most certainly *not* blaming the Dems for the shutdown. Indeed, the two people on whom the most blame rests are #DementiaDon and #LittleJohndon. So, stay strong, Dems. Do not back down.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
BTW, given yesterday’s election results, it appears that people (and especially in DC-adjacent Virginia) are most certainly *not* blaming the Dems for the shutdown. Indeed, the two people on whom the most blame rests are #DementiaDon and #LittleJohndon. So, stay strong, Dems. Do not back down.
A total & complete evisceration of Trump’s GOP last night. GOP, you need to ditch the Don & come back home. Doesn’t do any good to win a primary if you are just going to be destroyed in the general. Spanberger’s 15-point win was largest for a Dem governor in VA since 1961. You’re dead with Don, GOP.
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A total & complete evisceration of Trump’s GOP last night. GOP, you need to ditch the Don & come back home. Doesn’t do any good to win a primary if you are just going to be destroyed in the general. Spanberger’s 15-point win was largest for a Dem governor in VA since 1961. You’re dead with Don, GOP.
And Dems have flipped at least 10 seats in the 100-member Virginia House of Delegates.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
And Dems have flipped at least 10 seats in the 100-member Virginia House of Delegates.
And congratulations @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! Yes!
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
And congratulations @mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! Yes!
Congratulations Governor-elect @abigailspanberger.com!
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congratulations Governor-elect @abigailspanberger.com!
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Awesome ad! Yes on 50, California!
Awesome ad! Yes on 50, California!
California: Stick it to Trump on November 4th. Vote on “Yes” on Prop 50
YouTube video by Tom Steyer
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November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Awesome ad! Yes on 50, California!
Awesome ad! Yes on 50, California!
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Dementia Donnie either used an auto pen … 🤔 … or signed it himself and the applesauce between his ears doesn’t even know it.
Dementia Donnie either used an auto pen … 🤔 … or signed it himself and the applesauce between his ears doesn’t even know it.
Trump says he doesn’t know who crypto tycoon is despite having pardoned him
Billionaire Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering before president freed him last month
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November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Dementia Donnie either used an auto pen … 🤔 … or signed it himself and the applesauce between his ears doesn’t even know it.
Dementia Donnie either used an auto pen … 🤔 … or signed it himself and the applesauce between his ears doesn’t even know it.
Reposted by Rod Williams
Donald Trump is touting his newly refurbished "highly polished" marble bathroom while Americans on SNAP are worried where their next meal is coming from.
It couldn't be clearer — Donald Trump doesn't give a fuck about you.
It couldn't be clearer — Donald Trump doesn't give a fuck about you.
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Donald Trump is touting his newly refurbished "highly polished" marble bathroom while Americans on SNAP are worried where their next meal is coming from.
It couldn't be clearer — Donald Trump doesn't give a fuck about you.
It couldn't be clearer — Donald Trump doesn't give a fuck about you.
Judges today reject Don’s argument that the gov’t has no authority to fund SNAP. Two ?s: 1. When has he ever before said he lacks some authority? 2. He will appeal but why? If he needs it, he has the cover of judges’ orders. But we know why. He thinks too many women & non-white people get this $.
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Judges today reject Don’s argument that the gov’t has no authority to fund SNAP. Two ?s: 1. When has he ever before said he lacks some authority? 2. He will appeal but why? If he needs it, he has the cover of judges’ orders. But we know why. He thinks too many women & non-white people get this $.
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Guess what, MAGA? The big merger food & grocery industry - enabled by Trump - will put $ first & won’t keep unprofitable rural stores open out of the goodness of their hearts. They make their $ in blue suburbs. But at least you won’t have to worry about “them”. #FAFO
Guess what, MAGA? The big merger food & grocery industry - enabled by Trump - will put $ first & won’t keep unprofitable rural stores open out of the goodness of their hearts. They make their $ in blue suburbs. But at least you won’t have to worry about “them”. #FAFO
Your Grocery Store Will Close Without SNAP. In Trump Country First.
12% of all groceries in the US are purchased with SNAP benefits. WAY more in rural Trump counties. An over simplification I know. Americans spend about $1 trillion in groceries every year according to...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Guess what, MAGA? The big merger food & grocery industry - enabled by Trump - will put $ first & won’t keep unprofitable rural stores open out of the goodness of their hearts. They make their $ in blue suburbs. But at least you won’t have to worry about “them”. #FAFO
Guess what, MAGA? The big merger food & grocery industry - enabled by Trump - will put $ first & won’t keep unprofitable rural stores open out of the goodness of their hearts. They make their $ in blue suburbs. But at least you won’t have to worry about “them”. #FAFO
*Freddie Freeman - first to have two walk-off WS home runs. And in consecutive years. Wow.
*Shohei Ohtani - on base 9 times in a game?! And in the WS. Wow. That’s a video game number.
*Shohei Ohtani - on base 9 times in a game?! And in the WS. Wow. That’s a video game number.
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
*Freddie Freeman - first to have two walk-off WS home runs. And in consecutive years. Wow.
*Shohei Ohtani - on base 9 times in a game?! And in the WS. Wow. That’s a video game number.
*Shohei Ohtani - on base 9 times in a game?! And in the WS. Wow. That’s a video game number.
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Awesome idea: just don’t give corps (& LLCs, which are the real tool of super secrecy) charter power to make political contributions in the first place. Also saw this on @carmitage.bsky.social.
What do think @governor.ca.gov, @governor.ny.gov, @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
Awesome idea: just don’t give corps (& LLCs, which are the real tool of super secrecy) charter power to make political contributions in the first place. Also saw this on @carmitage.bsky.social.
What do think @governor.ca.gov, @governor.ny.gov, @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
Montanans Go After ‘Citizens United’ - The American Prospect
Montanans are putting forth an ingenious ballot measure that, while it wouldn’t legally overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that allowed corporations to buy elections, would negate its...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Awesome idea: just don’t give corps (& LLCs, which are the real tool of super secrecy) charter power to make political contributions in the first place. Also saw this on @carmitage.bsky.social.
What do think @governor.ca.gov, @governor.ny.gov, @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
Awesome idea: just don’t give corps (& LLCs, which are the real tool of super secrecy) charter power to make political contributions in the first place. Also saw this on @carmitage.bsky.social.
What do think @governor.ca.gov, @governor.ny.gov, @govpritzker.illinois.gov?