Clay Risen
@risenc.bsky.social
Reporter, The New York Times; author of “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America”
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December 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Thinking about one of my all-time favorite historians, CUNY grad Nick Salvatore, & what he did for cultural/political biography, radical history, Af-Am history. I am always telling folks about We All Got History: The Memory Books of Amos Webber.
www.ithacavoice.org/2025/12/obituary-nick-salvatore/
www.ithacavoice.org/2025/12/obituary-nick-salvatore/
Obituary: Nick Salvatore - The Ithaca Voice
Nick Salvatore, 82, of Ithaca, New York, died on Saturday, November 29th after a period of declining health. He passed away peacefully, listening to music he loved and comforted by […]
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December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thinking about one of my all-time favorite historians, CUNY grad Nick Salvatore, & what he did for cultural/political biography, radical history, Af-Am history. I am always telling folks about We All Got History: The Memory Books of Amos Webber.
www.ithacavoice.org/2025/12/obituary-nick-salvatore/
www.ithacavoice.org/2025/12/obituary-nick-salvatore/
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Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
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My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
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New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
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I used to do a thing on the other app where you describe a person you're holiday shopping for and I tell you a really good book they would like (usually history but other ones too). Y'all want to do that this year? Comment if so. 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I used to do a thing on the other app where you describe a person you're holiday shopping for and I tell you a really good book they would like (usually history but other ones too). Y'all want to do that this year? Comment if so. 🎄
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62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security.
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I mean, you put Shannon, Offerman and Macfadyen on a billing and I’m watching it. No question. Even if it’s just them, painting a house. Hell, that’d be a good movie come yo think of it …
When I first saw the name "Death by Lightning," I thought it was about people who died by lightning strikes.
It is not, but it is an excellent historical drama miniseries about the assassination of President James Garfield worth your time.
It is not, but it is an excellent historical drama miniseries about the assassination of President James Garfield worth your time.
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I mean, you put Shannon, Offerman and Macfadyen on a billing and I’m watching it. No question. Even if it’s just them, painting a house. Hell, that’d be a good movie come yo think of it …
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When I first saw the name "Death by Lightning," I thought it was about people who died by lightning strikes.
It is not, but it is an excellent historical drama miniseries about the assassination of President James Garfield worth your time.
It is not, but it is an excellent historical drama miniseries about the assassination of President James Garfield worth your time.
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
When I first saw the name "Death by Lightning," I thought it was about people who died by lightning strikes.
It is not, but it is an excellent historical drama miniseries about the assassination of President James Garfield worth your time.
It is not, but it is an excellent historical drama miniseries about the assassination of President James Garfield worth your time.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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The sale of 100,000 books is here for your holiday shopping needs.
Christmas shopping in the tri-state area? Check out the estate sale selling 100,000 books.
The late William Roberts was a Pennsylvania lawyer, philanthropist, and self-identified bibliophile. And as The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in his recent obit, when the bookstore near his home c…
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December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The sale of 100,000 books is here for your holiday shopping needs.
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Well, well, well, looks like someone has finally beaten Hemingway at his own game.
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Well, well, well, looks like someone has finally beaten Hemingway at his own game.
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It does sound weird, but they are “independent” in the sense that they’re not owned by some much larger corporate interest whose income mostly comes from non-journalistic sources that a vengeful gangster president can threaten. Which, alas, turns out to matter quite a bit these days.
Hmm. NY Times popup saying "support independent journalism."
I... do not think of the NY Times as being "independent journalism" which implies smaller, outside the mainstream. The NYT is the most mainstream of mainstream news orgs.
I... do not think of the NY Times as being "independent journalism" which implies smaller, outside the mainstream. The NYT is the most mainstream of mainstream news orgs.
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It does sound weird, but they are “independent” in the sense that they’re not owned by some much larger corporate interest whose income mostly comes from non-journalistic sources that a vengeful gangster president can threaten. Which, alas, turns out to matter quite a bit these days.
“Sidekick”
Just read this press release a little more closely, and... my god...
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Sidekick”
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Remember when it used to be important to have an opinion on Camille Paglia?
December 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Remember when it used to be important to have an opinion on Camille Paglia?
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News Analysis: President Trump has long portrayed European allies as freeloaders that fail to pay enough for their own security. That contempt is now official White House policy.
Trump’s Security Doctrine Leaves Europe at a Strategic Crossroads
A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
News Analysis: President Trump has long portrayed European allies as freeloaders that fail to pay enough for their own security. That contempt is now official White House policy.
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The Trump administration has removed MLK Day and Juneteenth as holidays that include free entrance to national parks, adding the president’s birthday instead
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Trump administration has removed MLK Day and Juneteenth as holidays that include free entrance to national parks, adding the president’s birthday instead
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this is the Dr. Strangelove War Room
Let me introduce you to the very real executive boardroom at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
this is the Dr. Strangelove War Room
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Here's Frank on the Simpsons, which he voiced while I worked for him. I can not tell you how often I walked around the Gehry partners office saying "yo Frank Gehry, like curvilinear forms much" after this aired www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MyT...
Frank Gehry as featured in The Simpsons
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December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Here's Frank on the Simpsons, which he voiced while I worked for him. I can not tell you how often I walked around the Gehry partners office saying "yo Frank Gehry, like curvilinear forms much" after this aired www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MyT...
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“Mortician Trying To Figure Out How To Load Frank Gehry’s Body Into Frank Gehry Designed Casket.”
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
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December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“Mortician Trying To Figure Out How To Load Frank Gehry’s Body Into Frank Gehry Designed Casket.”
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
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December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
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Most offensive headline yet in the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/d...
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Quit Caffeine
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December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Most offensive headline yet in the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/d...
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At the end of this podcast, I said, "Masih Alinejad, I don't know anyone who makes better use of her time than you do." Repeatedly, the Iranian regime targets her life. Yet she keeps standing for the basic rights of human beings. Not bad. Not bad at all.
On the latest episode of FOFCON Pod, RDI Frontline Fellow Masih Alinejad joins RDI Senior Fellow @jaynordlinger.bsky.social for a powerful conversation on life in Iran under the Islamic Republic, the regime’s crusade against women, and the courageous people risking everything for freedom.
FOFCON Pod: The Voice The Regime Couldn't Silence
Masih Alinejad on the courageous people of Iran and the Islamic Republic regime's crusade against women.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
At the end of this podcast, I said, "Masih Alinejad, I don't know anyone who makes better use of her time than you do." Repeatedly, the Iranian regime targets her life. Yet she keeps standing for the basic rights of human beings. Not bad. Not bad at all.