William Gill🌻
@williamrgill.bsky.social
Former U.S. diplomat • hedonist-in-training • Int’l Affairs, History, Jazz, Film, Books enthusiast • tea lover but not teetotal
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Trump officials are no longer responding to Congressional invitations to testify, and the Republican Congress is calling fewer hearings.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump officials are no longer responding to Congressional invitations to testify, and the Republican Congress is calling fewer hearings.
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Yes, choosing just 500 was a near-impossible task. Here's 1-100, which spans from January through February:
500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025
Part 1-100, January-March 2025.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Yes, choosing just 500 was a near-impossible task. Here's 1-100, which spans from January through February:
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We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We became famous, but at what cost?’: after the horrors of Cecot, the search for a normal life
After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The discourse settles on voter responsibility because that’s where the responsibility lies. Voting is in a category of things many people don’t like to do (e.g. flossing, exercise, doing taxes) which have consequences for not doing them. As Obama jokingly put it, we have to eat our peas.
A lot of this discourse seems to settle on “voters don’t need motivation to vote, they just need to show up every time.” Which seems insane and ahistorical.
December 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The discourse settles on voter responsibility because that’s where the responsibility lies. Voting is in a category of things many people don’t like to do (e.g. flossing, exercise, doing taxes) which have consequences for not doing them. As Obama jokingly put it, we have to eat our peas.
This massive imbalance has severely distorted our politics, our society, our healthcare—even religion (see “prosperity gospel”). The warning lights have been flashing red for years and if we don’t correct our course there will be worse to come.
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This massive imbalance has severely distorted our politics, our society, our healthcare—even religion (see “prosperity gospel”). The warning lights have been flashing red for years and if we don’t correct our course there will be worse to come.
Trump and Rubio have successfully neutered the State Dept’s legal office, just as the Judge Advocate Generals were at DoD. This will lead nowhere good at all. There is natural tension between the policy and legal shops but legal input was a valued and necessary part of the policymaking process.
The office giving legal advice to the US state department (L) is shedding staff www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
There's An Exodus Happening In A Very Vital State Department Office
The office tackles global issues such as the administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean, which lawmakers and experts say could involve war crimes. Dozens of officials have left this year.
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December 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trump and Rubio have successfully neutered the State Dept’s legal office, just as the Judge Advocate Generals were at DoD. This will lead nowhere good at all. There is natural tension between the policy and legal shops but legal input was a valued and necessary part of the policymaking process.
Quite the accusation from the person responsible for shutting down USAID and most of its humanitarian and health programs, which has already resulted in approx. 600,000 deaths. There will be an estimated 14 million more, including 4.5 million kids, by 2030 if the cuts continue.
Musk slammed NYC mayor-elect Mamdani for naming EMS veteran Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY chief, citing no firefighting experience.
Zohran Mamdani Reacts to Elon Musk Warning ‘People Will Die’ From His Pick
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December 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Quite the accusation from the person responsible for shutting down USAID and most of its humanitarian and health programs, which has already resulted in approx. 600,000 deaths. There will be an estimated 14 million more, including 4.5 million kids, by 2030 if the cuts continue.
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
Yes, this is the perfect summary.
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Yes, this is the perfect summary.
It’s not a witch hunt when there’s an actual witch.
Trump wants no more Epstein files released, and the whole Epstein story to go away. Why could that be?
December 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s not a witch hunt when there’s an actual witch.
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It doesn’t.
Latest: I asked DHS' public affairs office if it considers recording or following federal law enforcement to be obstruction of justice.
DHS response: "That sure sounds like obstruction of justice." reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
DHS response: "That sure sounds like obstruction of justice." reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It doesn’t.
It’s the sole comfort I can find.
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
It’s the sole comfort I can find.
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Restarting wage garnishment for student loan borrowers is cruel and unnecessary. Taking paychecks from people already struggling won’t fix repayment, it will push families further behind. We need real paths to relief and repayment, not punishment.
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Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Restarting wage garnishment for student loan borrowers is cruel and unnecessary. Taking paychecks from people already struggling won’t fix repayment, it will push families further behind. We need real paths to relief and repayment, not punishment.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/s...
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Apart from anything else, Duffy displays an appalling disregard for public safety from a Secretary of Transportation.
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Apart from anything else, Duffy displays an appalling disregard for public safety from a Secretary of Transportation.
Absolutely. We now have a level of income inequality surpassing that of Ancien Régime France—which famously led to pitchforks.
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
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The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Absolutely. We now have a level of income inequality surpassing that of Ancien Régime France—which famously led to pitchforks.
President Clinton just simultaneously checkmated Trump and and significantly complicated his life in one statement.
A spokesperson for former President Bill Clinton accused federal officials of “using selective releases to imply wrongdoing” and called on the Department of Justice to immediately release any remaining Epstein-related materials that refer to, mention, or depict Clinton.
December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
President Clinton just simultaneously checkmated Trump and and significantly complicated his life in one statement.
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🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”
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The time to demand Bondi’s resignation or impeachment is NOW. Press them hard, put them on the defensive, and make this a key issue in the midterms.
It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.
It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.
#EpsteinCoverup is so blatantly hamfisted, it's political malpractice if Dems don't attack full bore: Impeach Bondi as the means to make it a defining issue next year in run-up to midterms.
Removing this obviously distributed-a-billion-times photo of Trump w/Melania, Epstein, & Maxwell from the DOJ release of files only points out the FBI team's foolish, slapdash attempt to cover up *any existence* of the adjudicated sexual assaulter FOTUS in them.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The time to demand Bondi’s resignation or impeachment is NOW. Press them hard, put them on the defensive, and make this a key issue in the midterms.
It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.
It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.
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(1 of 2) This spring, the Trump administration told America that the Epstein Files were about 300,000 pages.
When I cited this figure on social media, MAGAs lost it, saying the Files were only a fraction of that figure.
Todd Blanche now says the Files are A MILLION PAGES.
When I cited this figure on social media, MAGAs lost it, saying the Files were only a fraction of that figure.
Todd Blanche now says the Files are A MILLION PAGES.
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
(1 of 2) This spring, the Trump administration told America that the Epstein Files were about 300,000 pages.
When I cited this figure on social media, MAGAs lost it, saying the Files were only a fraction of that figure.
Todd Blanche now says the Files are A MILLION PAGES.
When I cited this figure on social media, MAGAs lost it, saying the Files were only a fraction of that figure.
Todd Blanche now says the Files are A MILLION PAGES.
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Most of today's GOP dances to Russia's tune. The party of Reagan and McCain has become the party of Putin.
In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Most of today's GOP dances to Russia's tune. The party of Reagan and McCain has become the party of Putin.
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BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
As we know, Trump only ran to stay out of prison and enrich himself. Everything else is gravy. Life, however, comes at you fast and unpredictably, e.g. the Epstein files. It’s more likely that he’ll fall further to the ground than it is that he’ll waft upwards again.
🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
As we know, Trump only ran to stay out of prison and enrich himself. Everything else is gravy. Life, however, comes at you fast and unpredictably, e.g. the Epstein files. It’s more likely that he’ll fall further to the ground than it is that he’ll waft upwards again.
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Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
The media should be hammering this night and day.
The Trump Justice Department says there are "hundreds of thousands of pages" of Epstein material to still be released — in violation of the law, which states all material should have been released on Friday, December 19.
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The media should be hammering this night and day.