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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.

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In the 10 pm CDT hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, pianist Horace Silver from 1959. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org

10.03.2026 01:59 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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In the 9 pm CST hour of Jazz in the Night tonight on Kansas Public Radio, from the Vinyl Vault, pianist Tete Montoliu from 1974. #jazzsky Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org

10.03.2026 01:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He’s lying, of course

09.03.2026 22:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You see, all you naysayers who said they had no plan owe The Big Guy ™️ an apology

09.03.2026 22:22 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

This is the guy the media quotes and the markets listen to lol. We don't sell them to Iran. I think we sold Japan some, but they're kind of our signature thing

09.03.2026 22:26 — 👍 155    🔁 16    💬 7    📌 0

Say what?

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Dr. Oz says Obamacare enrollment may be ‘too high’ Even as the top official for Medicaid and Medicare claims millions may be falsely enrolled, the Trump administration is urging younger people to sign up for high-deductible ACA plans.

Imagine being in charge of America's health care safety net system and thinking* too many people* have health care.....

09.03.2026 20:40 — 👍 28    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 1

Part of Trump’s mass appeal (and of why he’s so dangerous) is that he really seems to share Joe Barstool’s worldview that there are no complex problems: Everything has a simple brute solution, which previous leaders were somehow too stupid or weak to deploy.

08.03.2026 16:56 — 👍 4396    🔁 970    💬 17    📌 53

What's particularly insane about saying this today is the unfolding market chaos is a preview of what a world without international rules looks like: no stability or predictability, just 193 self-interested psychopaths battling it out.

Abandoning international law makes everything harder not easier

09.03.2026 12:48 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0
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‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

Residents of Tehran report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

09.03.2026 08:27 — 👍 265    🔁 98    💬 14    📌 6
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The war in Iran highlights a glaring double standard.

Ukraine has suffered under Russian missiles and shaheds for years, denied sufficient air defense and missiles to strike Russia.

The West is clearly capable of decisive action.

It is time to arm Ukraine properly

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❗️The kamikaze drone that struck the British airbase RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was equipped with Russian military hardware.

The drone contained a Russian-made Kometa-B navigation system, which was first identified in drones intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses in December.

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In the 2 pm CST hour of Trail Mix today, from the Vinyl Vault, Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton live in 2014. Also streaming at kansaspublicradio.org

08.03.2026 19:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

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Though it is day, the sun cannot be seen in Tehran today because of all the smoke following the US and Israel bombing Tehran's oil refineries. People on the ground describe it as armageddon.

History will not forgive Reza Pahlavi, Masih Alinejad, Nazanin Boniadi, and all other "leaders" who tricked Iranians into thinking this war would set them free.

Though it is day, the sun cannot be seen in Tehran today because of all the smoke following the US and Israel bombing Tehran's oil refineries. People on the ground describe it as armageddon. History will not forgive Reza Pahlavi, Masih Alinejad, Nazanin Boniadi, and all other "leaders" who tricked Iranians into thinking this war would set them free.

Oh my god: this is *daytime* in Tehran.

08.03.2026 14:13 — 👍 2232    🔁 762    💬 44    📌 101
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Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

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This isn’t about taking out Iran’s leadership at all or liberating the Iranians. Tehran is a city with 11 million people and we are bombing them into the stone ages and causing great suffering all because BiBi wants to vanquish Iran like he did to Gaza.

This is immoral.

This isn’t our war.

08.03.2026 06:18 — 👍 424    🔁 138    💬 17    📌 2

cruel and inhumane behavior always finds those willing to do it & without much prompting, you know when in school you had a hard time fathoming nazi Germany & now as an adult you see it really doesn’t take much beyond a campaign to villainize a group of people & capitalize on a pre-existing hatred

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After spending the day talking about college football, Trump heads to Palm Beach for another weekend of golf.

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Kristi Noem Didn’t Give a Sh*t About ‘the Details’ Such as a woman who was here legally and helped the homeless—but was then deported anyway.

"Maria was working with a shelter program to house fifty unhoused families at one of the Motel 6 properties she managed, she told me." Now that she's been deported, they might be out of a home.

07.03.2026 04:00 — 👍 1003    🔁 338    💬 27    📌 10
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Hungarian opposition leader Magyar accuses Orban of bringing in Russian military intel to rig the upcoming election. GRU operatives arrived weeks ago, same playbook as Moldova, he says. Magyar demands they be expelled and urges Hungarians to vote on April 12.

07.03.2026 14:17 — 👍 649    🔁 202    💬 11    📌 7
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Accidentally accurate prophecy

07.03.2026 19:11 — 👍 17    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0

Profiles in Cowardice: GOP members of Congress.

08.03.2026 00:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump: "They'll say, 'Oh, he's very militaristic.' I'm the one that ended eight wars. And we have another one coming, I think."

07.03.2026 15:05 — 👍 773    🔁 178    💬 191    📌 53

Because I can't explain the source of gravity, I have concluded that it is the force caused by black holes hidden inside the butts of platypuses.

07.03.2026 23:33 — 👍 100    🔁 19    💬 4    📌 1

Forced regime chang….doesn’t work.

07.03.2026 23:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well, he should know!

07.03.2026 23:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now let's give them a flashlight and see if they can find their own asses

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