R.
@rwillemann.bsky.social
Husband, dad, V Vet. All in all been pretty lucky. Profoundly dismayed by US's rapid decline. I'll not live to see the recovery. Even more sadly,
my grands are not likely to either
my grands are not likely to either
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No, the U.S. isn’t heading for fascism. It’s already there.
This is insanity. They are being investigated for *making statements* critical of ICE.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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January 17, 2026 at 9:13 AM
No, the U.S. isn’t heading for fascism. It’s already there.
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"... increases the chance of widespread financial instability and ‘Planetary Insolvency’ – the risk of societal and economic collapse from the loss of nature’s critical support systems."
Probably fine.
Probably fine.
Parasol Lost: Recovery plan needed | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
Global temperatures are accelerating faster than predicted, driven by a loss of ‘aerosol cooling’, a hidden sunshade effect created by air pollution which has offset around 0.5°C of warming.
actuaries.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
"... increases the chance of widespread financial instability and ‘Planetary Insolvency’ – the risk of societal and economic collapse from the loss of nature’s critical support systems."
Probably fine.
Probably fine.
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A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
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Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
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NGL, South Park telling kids for nearly 30 years that apathy is cool and caring is embarrassing is part of how we got here.
Not gonna fawn over a stopped clock inevitably being slightly right about something.
Yes, coalitions, but not giving harmful shit passes just because someone made you laugh.
Not gonna fawn over a stopped clock inevitably being slightly right about something.
Yes, coalitions, but not giving harmful shit passes just because someone made you laugh.
July 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
NGL, South Park telling kids for nearly 30 years that apathy is cool and caring is embarrassing is part of how we got here.
Not gonna fawn over a stopped clock inevitably being slightly right about something.
Yes, coalitions, but not giving harmful shit passes just because someone made you laugh.
Not gonna fawn over a stopped clock inevitably being slightly right about something.
Yes, coalitions, but not giving harmful shit passes just because someone made you laugh.
Many other elites could learn much from Jerome Powell
Would that all our elites stood firm with this level of courage, clarity, honesty and decency.
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Many other elites could learn much from Jerome Powell
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Don’t let the professionally dishonest & the intentionally disingenuous frame an issue as a binary choice of either getting run over or shooting a person. There is literally a universe of options between those two extremes. Stop listening to dolts or liars. Options, create them, and use them…
January 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Don’t let the professionally dishonest & the intentionally disingenuous frame an issue as a binary choice of either getting run over or shooting a person. There is literally a universe of options between those two extremes. Stop listening to dolts or liars. Options, create them, and use them…
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Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
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#RobertsPardons
corruption brought to you by Chief Justice John Roberts & his presidential immunity opinion in Trump v US
corruption brought to you by Chief Justice John Roberts & his presidential immunity opinion in Trump v US
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#RobertsPardons
corruption brought to you by Chief Justice John Roberts & his presidential immunity opinion in Trump v US
corruption brought to you by Chief Justice John Roberts & his presidential immunity opinion in Trump v US
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Road report:
-I haven't done anything on Xitter since Nov 2024.
-Via someone's account, recently trawled through the main news feed.
It actually is shocking. Between the Grok-generated sexploitation, and white-supremacist cheerleading, that's most of the feed.
No "real" org should be there.
-I haven't done anything on Xitter since Nov 2024.
-Via someone's account, recently trawled through the main news feed.
It actually is shocking. Between the Grok-generated sexploitation, and white-supremacist cheerleading, that's most of the feed.
No "real" org should be there.
January 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Road report:
-I haven't done anything on Xitter since Nov 2024.
-Via someone's account, recently trawled through the main news feed.
It actually is shocking. Between the Grok-generated sexploitation, and white-supremacist cheerleading, that's most of the feed.
No "real" org should be there.
-I haven't done anything on Xitter since Nov 2024.
-Via someone's account, recently trawled through the main news feed.
It actually is shocking. Between the Grok-generated sexploitation, and white-supremacist cheerleading, that's most of the feed.
No "real" org should be there.
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The shooter calls her a "fucking bitch" right after shooting her three times. He shot because he was pissed off, not because he reasonably believed he was in danger. Also, he is filming while handling his weapon at the same time?!? Was he even looking at where he was shooting?
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The shooter calls her a "fucking bitch" right after shooting her three times. He shot because he was pissed off, not because he reasonably believed he was in danger. Also, he is filming while handling his weapon at the same time?!? Was he even looking at where he was shooting?
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Just to be clear, Grok-based CSAM and misogynist content is a free-speech issue, but not in the way people are saying.
Having misogynistic content *chills* free speech, by making it harder for women to exercise their free speech.
Having misogynistic content *chills* free speech, by making it harder for women to exercise their free speech.
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Just to be clear, Grok-based CSAM and misogynist content is a free-speech issue, but not in the way people are saying.
Having misogynistic content *chills* free speech, by making it harder for women to exercise their free speech.
Having misogynistic content *chills* free speech, by making it harder for women to exercise their free speech.
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The image of the blood-soaked airbag next to the glove compartment overflowing with stuffed animals is going to stick with me for a very long time.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The image of the blood-soaked airbag next to the glove compartment overflowing with stuffed animals is going to stick with me for a very long time.
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Watch & see if Texas A&M banning Plato gets the same amount of focus from the op-ed crew as a single Oberlin freshman complaining about bahn-mi.
January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Watch & see if Texas A&M banning Plato gets the same amount of focus from the op-ed crew as a single Oberlin freshman complaining about bahn-mi.
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Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
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For me J6 was a final, unmistakable signal: this is all out in the open. There are no more dog whistles, no more hints & suggestions. Nothing is hidden. Words are pointless -- there's nothing to uncover, nothing to point out. If you see this & continue down the same path, *it's because you want it*.
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
For me J6 was a final, unmistakable signal: this is all out in the open. There are no more dog whistles, no more hints & suggestions. Nothing is hidden. Words are pointless -- there's nothing to uncover, nothing to point out. If you see this & continue down the same path, *it's because you want it*.
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Propaganda works - this is also why conservative oligarchs are investing so much to purchase trusted media brands and convert them into propaganda outlets
Excellent piece from @gelliottmorris.com on how your news diet affects your politics and how you view the Trump Regime. Those with a heavy diet of conservative media view Trump favorably, while those with a diet of non-conservative media view him unfavorably.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...
What your news diet says about your politics
Breaking down Trump's approval and 2026 midterms vote by Americans' primary news source
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Propaganda works - this is also why conservative oligarchs are investing so much to purchase trusted media brands and convert them into propaganda outlets
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Imagine being Sen. Mark Kelly today.
A former astronaut, who spent 54 days in space for his country, a retired Navy pilot and combat Vet who flew 39 high-risk missions in battle, and whose retirement benefits are now being taken by a drunken frat boy like Pete Hegseth.
I stand with Mark Kelly.
A former astronaut, who spent 54 days in space for his country, a retired Navy pilot and combat Vet who flew 39 high-risk missions in battle, and whose retirement benefits are now being taken by a drunken frat boy like Pete Hegseth.
I stand with Mark Kelly.
January 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Imagine being Sen. Mark Kelly today.
A former astronaut, who spent 54 days in space for his country, a retired Navy pilot and combat Vet who flew 39 high-risk missions in battle, and whose retirement benefits are now being taken by a drunken frat boy like Pete Hegseth.
I stand with Mark Kelly.
A former astronaut, who spent 54 days in space for his country, a retired Navy pilot and combat Vet who flew 39 high-risk missions in battle, and whose retirement benefits are now being taken by a drunken frat boy like Pete Hegseth.
I stand with Mark Kelly.
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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BREAKING
"US attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO"
- Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"US attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO"
- Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
US attack on Greenland would mean end of Nato, says Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen criticises Donald Trump’s ‘unacceptable pressure’ as Greenland counterpart condemns ‘fantasies’
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
BREAKING
"US attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO"
- Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"US attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO"
- Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Next time you look at your greatly increased monthly bill for healthcare, remember that Republicans chose to use the money set aside for supplements to defray your costs to, instead, invade Venezuela to make ExxonMobil even richer.
Thank them with your votes.
Thank them with your votes.
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Next time you look at your greatly increased monthly bill for healthcare, remember that Republicans chose to use the money set aside for supplements to defray your costs to, instead, invade Venezuela to make ExxonMobil even richer.
Thank them with your votes.
Thank them with your votes.
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Zohran Mamdani has yet to give a solo press conference since taking office.
January 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Zohran Mamdani has yet to give a solo press conference since taking office.
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I am probably less-against-AI-in-all-its-forms than many on here.
But. I don’t think a product that does this can be allowed to exist.
But. I don’t think a product that does this can be allowed to exist.
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
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January 1, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I am probably less-against-AI-in-all-its-forms than many on here.
But. I don’t think a product that does this can be allowed to exist.
But. I don’t think a product that does this can be allowed to exist.
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An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
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So they desire their actions to be "legal", except of course when they are not. Sort of post Reichstag fire State of Emergency vs Night of the Long Knives.
December 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
So they desire their actions to be "legal", except of course when they are not. Sort of post Reichstag fire State of Emergency vs Night of the Long Knives.