Ryan Williams
@rwilliamsca.bsky.social
CA Politico based in Petaluma.
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One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
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Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
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Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
And unlike some of the finer questions of “was the president’s inherent Art 2 powers in play”, shouldn’t offing people who are hors de combat be clearly known to be an illegal order all the way down the line to the lowest Seaman?
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
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Investments in public transit have failed to provide the right incentives for infrastructure projects to get completed in an affordable and timely manner.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Full Steam Ahead: Funding Transformational Transit
Transit and passenger rail investment in the United States struggles for adequate investment. Despite some improvements in top line figures for transit and passenger rail, federal and state transporta...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Investments in public transit have failed to provide the right incentives for infrastructure projects to get completed in an affordable and timely manner.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
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David Rabbitt, Sonoma County's longest-serving incumbent supervisor, who championed a $56 million county real estate deal until it was derailed by a union complaint, called the allegations ag...
State politics watchdog investigating conflict of interest complaint against Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt tied to $56 million real estate deal
David Rabbitt, Sonoma County’s longest-serving incumbent supervisor, who championed a $56 million county real estate deal until it was derailed by a union complaint, called the allegations ag…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
David Rabbitt, Sonoma County's longest-serving incumbent supervisor, who championed a $56 million county real estate deal until it was derailed by a union complaint, called the allegations ag...
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The Bay Area is at risk of massive transit service cuts if we don't pass a 2026 regional funding measure.
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Bay Area is at risk of massive transit service cuts if we don't pass a 2026 regional funding measure.
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
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True coloring with marc benioff
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
True coloring with marc benioff
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It takes 40 Waymos to move the same number of people as a single bus
If SF doesn't ban or heavily limit AVs then they will destroy the city
If SF doesn't ban or heavily limit AVs then they will destroy the city
Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It takes 40 Waymos to move the same number of people as a single bus
If SF doesn't ban or heavily limit AVs then they will destroy the city
If SF doesn't ban or heavily limit AVs then they will destroy the city
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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The Network State is top news in Sonoma County!
“Is the Network State — an online movement that uses cryptocurrency to fund self-governing micro-communities — coming to Cloverdale?”
“Is the Network State — an online movement that uses cryptocurrency to fund self-governing micro-communities — coming to Cloverdale?”
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The Network State is top news in Sonoma County!
“Is the Network State — an online movement that uses cryptocurrency to fund self-governing micro-communities — coming to Cloverdale?”
“Is the Network State — an online movement that uses cryptocurrency to fund self-governing micro-communities — coming to Cloverdale?”
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trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
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actual communism
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
actual communism
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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Will Smith has won the World Series 6 years in a row
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Will Smith has won the World Series 6 years in a row
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Come on out and strengthen advocacy for Bay Area transit!
I'm co-hosting a fundraiser for two Bay Area orgs working on improving transit: @transbaycoalition.bsky.social & @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social! Barnali Ghosh, Cecilia Lunaparra, & others also co-hosting!
Sunday, Nov 9, 2-4pm, in West Berkeley near San Pablo Ave.
www.eventbrite.com/e/transbay-c...
Sunday, Nov 9, 2-4pm, in West Berkeley near San Pablo Ave.
www.eventbrite.com/e/transbay-c...
Transbay Coalition & Seamless Bay Area Fall Fundraiser Garden Party
Come celebrate our recent wins, meet Transbay Coalition and Seamless Bay Area supporters and help raise money for Bay Area transit advocacy.
www.eventbrite.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Come on out and strengthen advocacy for Bay Area transit!
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I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
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I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
October 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now that Kirk's killer seems to be caught, maybe the news could spare a moment's attention for the right wing, from the commentariat up to the GOP and president, whose immediate reaction was not mourning, but to seize the opportunity to try to incite violence against groups they hate
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BART has the best Service Efficiency (OE/VRM) in the nation with above average Cost Effectiveness (OE/PMT) 🎉
California should be throwing every transportation dollar its got at the spectacularly efficient and effective BART system to maximize ridership!
www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-pro...
California should be throwing every transportation dollar its got at the spectacularly efficient and effective BART system to maximize ridership!
www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-pro...
September 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
BART has the best Service Efficiency (OE/VRM) in the nation with above average Cost Effectiveness (OE/PMT) 🎉
California should be throwing every transportation dollar its got at the spectacularly efficient and effective BART system to maximize ridership!
www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-pro...
California should be throwing every transportation dollar its got at the spectacularly efficient and effective BART system to maximize ridership!
www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-pro...
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Maybe Newsom really is just tweeting all day and his social media staff isnt because the dude's been absent from governing these last few months or advancing key legislation to make our state better. Its just Trump mockery and then some anti-homeless task force or photo-op.
September 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Maybe Newsom really is just tweeting all day and his social media staff isnt because the dude's been absent from governing these last few months or advancing key legislation to make our state better. Its just Trump mockery and then some anti-homeless task force or photo-op.
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Gov Newsom still hasn't signed the $750m loan to Bay Area transit agencies that would get us to the Nov 2026 funding votes. He has eight days to act.
Please take a moment to call his office at (916) 445-2841 and use the attached script, copied from a @transbaycoalition.bsky.social.
Please take a moment to call his office at (916) 445-2841 and use the attached script, copied from a @transbaycoalition.bsky.social.
September 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Gov Newsom still hasn't signed the $750m loan to Bay Area transit agencies that would get us to the Nov 2026 funding votes. He has eight days to act.
Please take a moment to call his office at (916) 445-2841 and use the attached script, copied from a @transbaycoalition.bsky.social.
Please take a moment to call his office at (916) 445-2841 and use the attached script, copied from a @transbaycoalition.bsky.social.
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Huh. So it was Tom Brady.
September 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Huh. So it was Tom Brady.
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Free transit gets people out of their cars. Spread the word.
overheard on campus: “bro i didn’t even bring my car this year we got free BART! it’s just not worth it”
and then their friends were talking about how easy it is to transfer at macarthur 😎
and then their friends were talking about how easy it is to transfer at macarthur 😎
August 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Free transit gets people out of their cars. Spread the word.