William A. Williams

Public Policy Research&Analysis, ..who would’ve predicted it.😎 Opinions my own. Senior RAND & USAF Veteran UT-Longhorn & Creighton-MA — just off I-35.

[Derek J. Grossman @DerekJGrossman]

If China brokers a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, then that will be the clearest sign yet that Beijing's power is on the rise while Washington's is on the decline. It's a strong possibility.
https://t.co/uzDg6ybtqH

[RAND @RANDCorporation]

A winner-take-all view of AI competition is central to policy across virtually every domain of government activity. But what if the race to AGI doesn't go according to plan?

RAND experts lay out a new strategy for navigating the race to AGI: https://t.co/Y9vBssT8JQ

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Sure, remind me again about how I’m being alarmist about his use of the military

[William A. Williams @william_willia2]

😎 Southern Crossroads 1000-to-Noon Wednesday via Two Harbors Commnity Radio 99.5 FM or stream at https://t.co/vZRODqL9Iz. (Listen Now or scroll down “currently playing”.) Zak has a hot slice of the Blues with our name on it. (Pumpkin Spice not available at all locations.) 🎃

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Houston's traffic was so much better before they started putting in bike lanes.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Car dependency is so normalized that people can't imagine a family being able to save 100k over a decade by going from 3 cars to 2.

Even talking about it makes people hysterical.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Sorry the Constitution hurt your feelings. You’ll be fine, cupcake.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?

https://t.co/9t7H6Drspw

[William A. Williams @william_willia2]

. 😎 Southern Crossroads American roots music 1000-to-Noon Wednesday on Two Harbors Community Radio 99.5 FM or stream at https://t.co/vZRODqLHy7. Zak gives us the Blues‼️ #CommunityRadio.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

The I-45 project will cost $500+ million per mile to expand more lanes in Houston; this definitely should get defunded during the shutdown!

[Al Franken @alfranken]

Is JD Vance a liar or just woefully ignorant when claiming that Democrats want to give health benefits to undocumented immigrants?

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

At some point, we will ALL need accommodation: When we are young or old, suffering from illness, injury or disease, medicated for those conditions, tired, sore, inebriated, high or even bereaved. When we build a world safe and navigable by a disabled person, everyone benefits.

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

Pres Trump unlikely knew about Hegseth Tuesday meeting with US global senior military commanders. Now will backdoor Sec Def. Long rant. No real substance. Broken play. Demo of personal power. Very, very strange.

[RAND @RANDCorporation]

China is facing a rapid change in its population’s age structure. The country's fertility rate has dropped to the world’s second-lowest level.

This new report explores the implications for China's military security stemming from these demographic trends. https://t.co/wwD0JDRkYw

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Heartbroken by news of yet another senseless act of violence this morning at a house of worship. No American should ever fear for their safety - least of all when gathering peacefully to pray - and yet tragedies like this have become frequent.

Our family is keeping the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints community in Grand Blanc in our prayers, especially those close to the victims. Grateful for the first responders and emergency workers who acted with courage in face of such horror.

[ProPublica @propublica]

Some federal officials worry about private equity’s interest in psychiatric hospitals.

“Instead of helping families, billionaire corporations are denying sick patients legally protected emergency care to turn healthy profits,” one senator said.
https://t.co/tJ8vYr0hg7

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

The President is weaponizing the Justice Department.

Forcing out a career prosecutor that Trump himself appointed so he can install his own aide to prosecute his opponents.

This is a vengeance prosecution.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake. https://t.co/yaBBH470SF

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

He wants to dictate what the press can say.
What a university can teach.
Whom a company can employ.
And to whom the law shall apply.

He who wants all this is not a president,
But strives to be a dictator.
And all who succumb are not citizens,
But subjects.

[Eugene Vindman @YVindman]

A government funding bill should reflect our values: affordable healthcare, strong public schools, and lower costs for families. That’s what I’ll vote for.

Unfortunately, Republicans haven’t brought that bill forward yet – and won’t meet with Democrats to get there either.