Larry S Williams, MA

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law

"What is the theory for transmuting acts of crime into acts of war?"

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City

"It's just straight to the back of a van if you’re African on Canal.”

Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/n...

Donate to Urgent Help for Juan Poot's Release and Family, organized by hilda khouri Help us help Juan Poot Early in the morning ICE agents waited for Juan… hilda khouri needs your support for Urgent Help for Juan Poot's Release and Family

GoFundMe for a nice gentleman, who until recently was delivering food for a family-owned restaurant. gofund.me/23cc1c29d

Thanks @mkaiasand.bsky.social - Portland is whimsical as ever and not a bit "war-torn."

❤️ Portland

Indivisible Huron Valley joined the Fighting Nine and thousands of peaceful protesters today in Ferndale to say #NoKings for America!

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

Another amazing piece of Chihuly glass #eastcoastkin #photography #pnw

Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!

So were the signs...

Patriarchy
says
don’t wear that
skirt
or
that
shirt
or that
dress;
don’t sleep
with x number
of men
don’t be too
sexy
hide
yourself
past
45
don’t show shoulders
thighs
knees
necks;
Patriarchy says
men can’t control
themselves,
women must do it for them-
I say zip it up.
#retroartprompt #poetry

The orc army at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields

Wow really impressive turnout at the Minas Tirith No Kings event

#NoKings New York

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Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care

"...Republican leaders in Congress have mostly opted to try to change the conversation, insisting that they have a health care plan but declining to describe what it is."

Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

JUST IN: Brazil’s top court sentences former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and 3 months in prison over his attempted coup

No one is safe from gun violence in America.

We do not have to keep living like this.

Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.

Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil

Amazing how we couldn’t do what Brazil did: Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

Brazil's Supreme Court held its country's former president accountable for committing crimes.

Meanwhile, our country's Supreme Court gave our former president immunity from prosecution for committing even more crimes.

So guess which country is more broken and shamelessly corrupt.

Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil

Who knew Brazil would have a more stable democracy than the U.S.A. In 2025?

Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

If not for Chicago, we might not have Labor Day.

Keep your eyes peeled on Monday for a much longer video where I dive into the history of unionization, violent strike suppression, and workers’ victories in Chicago, and how they impacted workers across the country.

My kids are so loud. They are fighting. They are laughing. They are playing. They are screaming. Did I mention it’s loud? But I just keep thinking, “they came home safe from school every day” and somehow, that’s remarkable enough in this country for me to be glad for the noise today.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts, ask why A large buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Southern Caribbean has officials in Caracas and experts in the United States asking: is the move aimed at combating drug cartels, as the Trump administration has suggested, or is it for something else entirely?

If Stephen Miller's involved, then it's about keeping Black and Brown people away from what he imagines to be a White man's paradise.

U.S. builds up forces in Caribbean, officials and experts ask why - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

I still remember when there was a crisis, and we couldn't find the supplies that were needed. Are we just throwing caution to the wind now?

We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.

A reminder for future generations….please don’t let this kind of music die out.

American corporations are on pace to spend $1.1 trillion on stock buybacks in 2025, an all-time high.

Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, or grow the economy — but they do help juice CEO pay that's often tied to stock performance.

Nothing trickles down to workers.

‘I risked everything’: remembering six media workers killed by Israel in Gaza CJP says the period since 7 October 2023 has been the most deadly for journalists since it began gathering data in 1992

Protect the reporters. How can we have democracy without their words and pictures being witnesses for us and bringing back the stories of what is?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

What, Exactly, Is the ‘Russia Hoax’? To start with, it’s not a hoax.

A little hoax here, a little witch hunt there, some nasty people saying not nice things "about Trump," as the Emperor sometimes refers to himself in regal 3rd person.

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