Richard Silvia
@yesrising.bsky.social
YesRising | Hope for the weird ones still standing.
Essays, poetry, music, & meaning.
You’re not alone. 🏳️🌈
👉🏻 https://linktr.ee/YesRising
Essays, poetry, music, & meaning.
You’re not alone. 🏳️🌈
👉🏻 https://linktr.ee/YesRising
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Richard Silvia
@yesrising.bsky.social
· Dec 14
A lot of people feel exhausted, out of place, and quietly hopeful anyway. That’s not a contradiction. That’s a sign you’re still human.
YesRising
YesRising
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Great take by Anne Applebaum on the Witkoff/Kushner negotiations with Russia and would a possible outcome could be.
Video: GPS on CNN
Video: GPS on CNN
February 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Great take by Anne Applebaum on the Witkoff/Kushner negotiations with Russia and would a possible outcome could be.
Video: GPS on CNN
Video: GPS on CNN
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Euro MAGA tour continues tomorrow
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Euro MAGA tour continues tomorrow
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Video shared by Hillary Clinton’s team from the talk she participated in at MSC.
February 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Video shared by Hillary Clinton’s team from the talk she participated in at MSC.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social great series!!!
Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton’s Army on the Move
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/battle-of-...
Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton’s Army on the Move
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/battle-of-...
Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton’s Army on the Move
This one was personal: I had people in Patton’s Third Army and heard stories about the Battle of the Bulge and Bastogne as a kid, but it’s only with this series the pieces are falling into place.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social great series!!!
Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton’s Army on the Move
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/battle-of-...
Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton’s Army on the Move
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/battle-of-...
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And #HATM on Spotify- Latest episode featuring @hcrichardson.bsky.social on Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunters: 6/
open.spotify.com/episode/1uW8...
open.spotify.com/episode/1uW8...
Episode 183: Heather Cox Richardson on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
open.spotify.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
And #HATM on Spotify- Latest episode featuring @hcrichardson.bsky.social on Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunters: 6/
open.spotify.com/episode/1uW8...
open.spotify.com/episode/1uW8...
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#TalkAndDraw with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @lizadonnelly.bsky.social
#FrederickDouglass
#BlackHistoryMonth
"I prayed for 20 years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs," Frederick Douglass
This is an important and fun lesson #ChosenBirthday
youtu.be/r4KjNhYaPEA?...
#FrederickDouglass
#BlackHistoryMonth
"I prayed for 20 years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs," Frederick Douglass
This is an important and fun lesson #ChosenBirthday
youtu.be/r4KjNhYaPEA?...
What, to a Country, Is a Child’s Birthday? | Talk & Draw with Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 AM
#TalkAndDraw with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @lizadonnelly.bsky.social
#FrederickDouglass
#BlackHistoryMonth
"I prayed for 20 years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs," Frederick Douglass
This is an important and fun lesson #ChosenBirthday
youtu.be/r4KjNhYaPEA?...
#FrederickDouglass
#BlackHistoryMonth
"I prayed for 20 years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs," Frederick Douglass
This is an important and fun lesson #ChosenBirthday
youtu.be/r4KjNhYaPEA?...
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If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
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thats an attack ad
February 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
thats an attack ad
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A key topic at @munsecconf.bsky.social: Ukraine. I joined Yulia Navalnaya, Thordis Kolbrun Gylfadottir, and Benjamin Haddad for a conversation with Ali Aslan about where the conflict stands.
I believe the attempt to force Ukraine to agree to a capitulation agreement with Putin is a disgrace.
I believe the attempt to force Ukraine to agree to a capitulation agreement with Putin is a disgrace.
February 15, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A key topic at @munsecconf.bsky.social: Ukraine. I joined Yulia Navalnaya, Thordis Kolbrun Gylfadottir, and Benjamin Haddad for a conversation with Ali Aslan about where the conflict stands.
I believe the attempt to force Ukraine to agree to a capitulation agreement with Putin is a disgrace.
I believe the attempt to force Ukraine to agree to a capitulation agreement with Putin is a disgrace.
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Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 16, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
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We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 16, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: “I was trafficked to a lot of types of different men — billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: “I was trafficked to a lot of types of different men — billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”
Thread: messaging and preparation necessary.
Cc: @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @kamalaharris.com @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @crow.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats-judiciary.house.gov
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“One Voice”
Cc: @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @kamalaharris.com @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @crow.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats-judiciary.house.gov
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“One Voice”
If we have free and fair midterm elections, Democrats will likely regain majorities in both the House and Senate.
Here’s a sampling of what would happen then:
- Impeachments:
Of Trump and some in his cabinet, especially Bondi, Patel, Vought and Noem. Pick any multitude of their crimes.
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Here’s a sampling of what would happen then:
- Impeachments:
Of Trump and some in his cabinet, especially Bondi, Patel, Vought and Noem. Pick any multitude of their crimes.
…
February 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Thread: messaging and preparation necessary.
Cc: @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @kamalaharris.com @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @crow.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats-judiciary.house.gov
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“One Voice”
Cc: @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @kamalaharris.com @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @crow.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats-judiciary.house.gov
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“One Voice”
The Republican Party just lies. Over and over.
February 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The Republican Party just lies. Over and over.
The people did not vote to elect surveillance and attacks on our citizens.
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The people did not vote to elect surveillance and attacks on our citizens.
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This quote by Thomas Massie will stick: "This is the Epstein administration."
Massie on ABC just now: “Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in NYC and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he’s not. He’s still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration.”
February 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This quote by Thomas Massie will stick: "This is the Epstein administration."
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I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
February 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.
As the Constitution requires.
Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...
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ABC: Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as AG?
MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
ABC: Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as AG?
MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
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The Trumpists like to present themselves as defenders of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The Trumpists like to present themselves as defenders of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
There is one country fighting against brutality and barbarism, and in defense of everything we cherish about the West: Ukraine.
The Trumpists are hostile to Ukraine.
The Trumpists are betrayers of the West.
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For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
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This.
Every democrat attending that mess should bring a survivor with them.
Every democrat attending that mess should bring a survivor with them.
If Democrats attend the State of the Union, they should invite an Epstein survivor as a guest.
If they skip the speech, they should invite an Epstein survivor to sit in their seat.
If they skip the speech, they should invite an Epstein survivor to sit in their seat.
February 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
This.
Every democrat attending that mess should bring a survivor with them.
Every democrat attending that mess should bring a survivor with them.
