Bob McWilliams
@radiobob.bsky.social
Longtime jazz director and jazz and Trail Mix (folk, Americana, bluegrass, etc) shows on Kansas Public Radio. Harvard Law ‘80 and lawyer eons ago and recently retired longtime adjunct U.S. history prof at Johnson County Community College.
In the 10 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, trumpeter Donald Byrd from 1967. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
In the 10 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, trumpeter Donald Byrd from 1967. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
In the 9 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, pianist Duke Jordan from 1973. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
In the 9 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, pianist Duke Jordan from 1973. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
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A government that has no problem gleefully ordering its military to commit war crimes has no problem committing crimes against its own people. A military that gleefully commits crimes to please their Hesperidium Master would have no problem committing crimes against its own people.
~ History 101
~ History 101
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A government that has no problem gleefully ordering its military to commit war crimes has no problem committing crimes against its own people. A military that gleefully commits crimes to please their Hesperidium Master would have no problem committing crimes against its own people.
~ History 101
~ History 101
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He can't stay awake. Or walk. Or speak. I'm so sick of the GOP denial. The embarrassing flattery parades. The complicit press standing silent while he drones on incomprehensibly or insults colleagues who dare to question his lies. Or laughing obligatorily at his non-jokes. I'm just so tired of it.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
He can't stay awake. Or walk. Or speak. I'm so sick of the GOP denial. The embarrassing flattery parades. The complicit press standing silent while he drones on incomprehensibly or insults colleagues who dare to question his lies. Or laughing obligatorily at his non-jokes. I'm just so tired of it.
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The one thing Pete Hegseth appears to be good at is generating incriminating evidence against himself that can be later used at trial.
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The one thing Pete Hegseth appears to be good at is generating incriminating evidence against himself that can be later used at trial.
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I do in fact stay awake at night sometimes thinking about how the MAGA ghouls are destroying actually-essential counterterrorism efforts in favor of directing resources towards brutalizing elderly taco truck workers
NEW: Oregon could lose nearly $18 million worth of terrorism prevention and emergency funding.
In the past, the money has paid for bomb detectors, law enforcement training and barriers that prevent cars from plowing into crowds.
In the past, the money has paid for bomb detectors, law enforcement training and barriers that prevent cars from plowing into crowds.
Oregon Struggles to Land Federal Counterterrorism Money as Trump Orders Troops to Stop “Terrorists” Hindering ICE
A quiet battle has played out in court over money that “sanctuary” states say is needed to fight true extremist threats from both ends of the political spectrum.
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I do in fact stay awake at night sometimes thinking about how the MAGA ghouls are destroying actually-essential counterterrorism efforts in favor of directing resources towards brutalizing elderly taco truck workers
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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This young woman has lived in America since she was 7.
On her way to visit family for Thanksgiving, she was abruptly detained, shackled, and deported to Honduras. It's not even clear if she had a deportation order.
This isn't going after criminals. It makes no one safer.
On her way to visit family for Thanksgiving, she was abruptly detained, shackled, and deported to Honduras. It's not even clear if she had a deportation order.
This isn't going after criminals. It makes no one safer.
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
abcnews.go.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This young woman has lived in America since she was 7.
On her way to visit family for Thanksgiving, she was abruptly detained, shackled, and deported to Honduras. It's not even clear if she had a deportation order.
This isn't going after criminals. It makes no one safer.
On her way to visit family for Thanksgiving, she was abruptly detained, shackled, and deported to Honduras. It's not even clear if she had a deportation order.
This isn't going after criminals. It makes no one safer.
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"Taking out the survivors" is the definition of a war crime.
Markwayne Mullin defends Hegseth: "If there was a second strike, it wouldn't be to just simply take out the survivors. It's because there was still a threat or opportunity for them to run."
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Taking out the survivors" is the definition of a war crime.
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“ i’m so surprised!!”……. said no one ever.
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“ i’m so surprised!!”……. said no one ever.
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One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.
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"Just a few years ago, conservatives struggled to navigate a world in which everyone was expected to pay fealty (whether sincerely or not) to the idea the US could be a multi-racial democracy in which equality was the goal toward which we all strove. But now, they’re pretending nothing of the sort."
This is what a white supremacist administration looks like
Also: Can Democrats pull off a huge upset tonight in deep red Tennessee?
www.publicnotice.co
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Just a few years ago, conservatives struggled to navigate a world in which everyone was expected to pay fealty (whether sincerely or not) to the idea the US could be a multi-racial democracy in which equality was the goal toward which we all strove. But now, they’re pretending nothing of the sort."
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I decided to write up this “Dutch Auction” theory in a little more depth: open.substack.com/pub/nilsgilm...
The Dutch Auction Theory of Authoritarianism
Why Inflection Points in Regime Power Constitute the Period of Maximum Danger
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I decided to write up this “Dutch Auction” theory in a little more depth: open.substack.com/pub/nilsgilm...
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This is my "Dutch Auction" theory of authoritarianism.
It's no coincidence, for example, that the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazi top leadership signed off on the Final Solution, took place just after the military tide turned outside Moscow, and the U.S. declared war on Germany.
It's no coincidence, for example, that the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazi top leadership signed off on the Final Solution, took place just after the military tide turned outside Moscow, and the U.S. declared war on Germany.
The most dangerous moment in every authoritarian regime is when it realizes that its power has crested and is now falling. This is when they realize that if they are to achieve their maximalist ambitions, now they have to throw the dice — because no matter how bad the odds, their odds are best now.
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is my "Dutch Auction" theory of authoritarianism.
It's no coincidence, for example, that the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazi top leadership signed off on the Final Solution, took place just after the military tide turned outside Moscow, and the U.S. declared war on Germany.
It's no coincidence, for example, that the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazi top leadership signed off on the Final Solution, took place just after the military tide turned outside Moscow, and the U.S. declared war on Germany.
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New Report Says: FBI in turmoil, Patel "in over his head," Bongino a "clown"
That's what a new 150-page dossier from inside the Bureau says
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
That's what a new 150-page dossier from inside the Bureau says
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Kash Patel humiliated in explosive FBI dossier... and his jacket fury
The internal report, written by an alliance of active-duty and retired agents who railed against Biden's hated DEI policies, described the FBI as 'a rudderless ship' under Patel.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
New Report Says: FBI in turmoil, Patel "in over his head," Bongino a "clown"
That's what a new 150-page dossier from inside the Bureau says
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
That's what a new 150-page dossier from inside the Bureau says
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
As it appears Congress will actually investigate ”Kill Them All” Hegseth, it would be important to question Admiral Holsey, head of Southem Command, about his abrupt retirement. Was he resisting carrying out illegal orders?
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As it appears Congress will actually investigate ”Kill Them All” Hegseth, it would be important to question Admiral Holsey, head of Southem Command, about his abrupt retirement. Was he resisting carrying out illegal orders?
In the 10 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, guitarist Kenny Burrell from 1975. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
In the 10 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, guitarist Kenny Burrell from 1975. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
In the 9 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams from 1980. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In the 9 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams from 1980. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org
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History will teach us that he manufactured chaos because he had nothing good to offer.
He maimed our heritage to his narcissistic, tasteless image.
Generations will learn that he was the pathetic, racist con man who deformed our White House in 2025, and that it had to be restored after he left.
He maimed our heritage to his narcissistic, tasteless image.
Generations will learn that he was the pathetic, racist con man who deformed our White House in 2025, and that it had to be restored after he left.
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
History will teach us that he manufactured chaos because he had nothing good to offer.
He maimed our heritage to his narcissistic, tasteless image.
Generations will learn that he was the pathetic, racist con man who deformed our White House in 2025, and that it had to be restored after he left.
He maimed our heritage to his narcissistic, tasteless image.
Generations will learn that he was the pathetic, racist con man who deformed our White House in 2025, and that it had to be restored after he left.
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If you have to get your syllabus approved by an apparatchik before you can teach a class, you're not a university anymore you're a regime indoctrination center.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you have to get your syllabus approved by an apparatchik before you can teach a class, you're not a university anymore you're a regime indoctrination center.
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Funny how trump proclaims to know so much more than everyone else, but Everytime a reported ask him a question, his answer is always, “ I don’t or didn’t know that”
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Funny how trump proclaims to know so much more than everyone else, but Everytime a reported ask him a question, his answer is always, “ I don’t or didn’t know that”
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Texas Tech has decided it wants to be a football program affiliated with something equivalent to an air conditioning repair school
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Texas Tech has decided it wants to be a football program affiliated with something equivalent to an air conditioning repair school
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Stephen Miller advocated drone strikes on migrant boats filled with unarmed civilians in 2018. He argued the boats were in international waters and not protected under the US Constitution, according to Miles Taylor a former Trump administration official.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Stephen Miller advocated drone strikes on migrant boats filled with unarmed civilians in 2018. He argued the boats were in international waters and not protected under the US Constitution, according to Miles Taylor a former Trump administration official.
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In no surprise to anyone, DHS Barbie & her goons are "laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to “abuse people with impunity”
*Feels like they have been doing that, or think they can 😡😡
It's laughable that they're trying to keep a veneer of legitimacy around the crap they're pulling.
*Feels like they have been doing that, or think they can 😡😡
It's laughable that they're trying to keep a veneer of legitimacy around the crap they're pulling.
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In no surprise to anyone, DHS Barbie & her goons are "laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to “abuse people with impunity”
*Feels like they have been doing that, or think they can 😡😡
It's laughable that they're trying to keep a veneer of legitimacy around the crap they're pulling.
*Feels like they have been doing that, or think they can 😡😡
It's laughable that they're trying to keep a veneer of legitimacy around the crap they're pulling.