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
Pinned
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
Reposted by Richard Silvia
How the fuck is Corey Lewandowski in any position to fire a Coast Guard pilot?
What is his title?
What is his job?
What is his official position in the US government?
If you are Kristi Noem’s boyfriend you get to fire Coast Guard officers?
What is his title?
What is his job?
What is his official position in the US government?
If you are Kristi Noem’s boyfriend you get to fire Coast Guard officers?
February 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
How the fuck is Corey Lewandowski in any position to fire a Coast Guard pilot?
What is his title?
What is his job?
What is his official position in the US government?
If you are Kristi Noem’s boyfriend you get to fire Coast Guard officers?
What is his title?
What is his job?
What is his official position in the US government?
If you are Kristi Noem’s boyfriend you get to fire Coast Guard officers?
Reposted by Richard Silvia
A majority of Americans are struggling with grocery prices, home prices, healthcare costs.
Fascism is on the rise, ICE is the new gestapo & our constitutional rights are at risk.
The government has been hijacked by wealthy criminals & pedophiles.
But the Dow is over 50k so everything is fine.
Fascism is on the rise, ICE is the new gestapo & our constitutional rights are at risk.
The government has been hijacked by wealthy criminals & pedophiles.
But the Dow is over 50k so everything is fine.
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM
A majority of Americans are struggling with grocery prices, home prices, healthcare costs.
Fascism is on the rise, ICE is the new gestapo & our constitutional rights are at risk.
The government has been hijacked by wealthy criminals & pedophiles.
But the Dow is over 50k so everything is fine.
Fascism is on the rise, ICE is the new gestapo & our constitutional rights are at risk.
The government has been hijacked by wealthy criminals & pedophiles.
But the Dow is over 50k so everything is fine.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
The Golden Age of Trump.
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The Golden Age of Trump.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
It’s election subversion, not cancellation, that is the real authoritarian move.
Putin hasn’t canceled an election. Iran has regular elections.
It's competitive authoritarianism, where "democratic institutions & elections persist, but are hollowed out."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Putin hasn’t canceled an election. Iran has regular elections.
It's competitive authoritarianism, where "democratic institutions & elections persist, but are hollowed out."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | Trump Says He Wants to Cancel Elections, but Here Is the Real Threat
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:26 AM
It’s election subversion, not cancellation, that is the real authoritarian move.
Putin hasn’t canceled an election. Iran has regular elections.
It's competitive authoritarianism, where "democratic institutions & elections persist, but are hollowed out."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Putin hasn’t canceled an election. Iran has regular elections.
It's competitive authoritarianism, where "democratic institutions & elections persist, but are hollowed out."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Reposted by Richard Silvia
"If there is justice in the world, the photograph of Bondi looking straight ahead as a row of women raises their hands behind her will haunt her for the rest of her career."
www.ms.now/opinion/pam-...
www.ms.now/opinion/pam-...
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM
"If there is justice in the world, the photograph of Bondi looking straight ahead as a row of women raises their hands behind her will haunt her for the rest of her career."
www.ms.now/opinion/pam-...
www.ms.now/opinion/pam-...
Reposted by Richard Silvia
Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Dr. Oz appears to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentines Day party in 2016, long after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex with underage girls.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
⬇️⬇️
Merz at MSC: Europe will not adopt MAGA vision of free speech. It does not support tariffs and protectionism. It believes in climate change and the need for the WHO. "The US will run up against its own limits if it tries to go it alone"
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
⬇️⬇️
Reposted by Richard Silvia
Notice how “resigned” keeps meaning “got caught.”
Now do Howard Lutnick.
Now do Howard Lutnick.
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Notice how “resigned” keeps meaning “got caught.”
Now do Howard Lutnick.
Now do Howard Lutnick.
In Talking Points Memo, editor Josh Marshall has been exploring the contours of what he calls the Authoritarian International”
—Letters from an American 🇺🇸 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
—Letters from an American 🇺🇸 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
In Talking Points Memo, editor Josh Marshall has been exploring the contours of what he calls the Authoritarian International”
—Letters from an American 🇺🇸 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
—Letters from an American 🇺🇸 by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Reposted by Richard Silvia
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Senator Ron Widen:
We must stop not only Trump and ICE - We must stop Palantir and Thiel too.
Our personal information is being used against us!
.https://youtube.com/shorts/tpI31HFwl7g?si=ptSPyclCHmYoA6fv
We must stop not only Trump and ICE - We must stop Palantir and Thiel too.
Our personal information is being used against us!
.https://youtube.com/shorts/tpI31HFwl7g?si=ptSPyclCHmYoA6fv
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Senator Ron Widen:
We must stop not only Trump and ICE - We must stop Palantir and Thiel too.
Our personal information is being used against us!
.https://youtube.com/shorts/tpI31HFwl7g?si=ptSPyclCHmYoA6fv
We must stop not only Trump and ICE - We must stop Palantir and Thiel too.
Our personal information is being used against us!
.https://youtube.com/shorts/tpI31HFwl7g?si=ptSPyclCHmYoA6fv
Reposted by Richard Silvia
#VisibilityBrigade #california #ca #ICE #CivilLiberties #DueProcess #GovernmentAccountability #PeacefulProtest #icecampskill
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @roberthubbell.skystack.xyz
#epstein
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @roberthubbell.skystack.xyz
#epstein
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
⬇️⬇️⬇️
The FBI seizure of 2020 election records last month was “a serious attempt to overturn and to take control of elections in Fulton County, Georgia,” Robb Pitts, the chair of the county board, said Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Fulton County chair: FBI raid was ‘a serious attempt to overturn and to take control of elections’
“If they're successful here in Fulton County, in taking over our election, it's going to spread,” Pitts said.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
⬇️⬇️⬇️
Reposted by Richard Silvia
This ad should concern Susan Collins.
February 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This ad should concern Susan Collins.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
The potential foreign agent was Saudi foreign agent Jared Kushner.
I mean, I was betting on Roger Stone but this is actually far more problematic.
I mean, I was betting on Roger Stone but this is actually far more problematic.
News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The potential foreign agent was Saudi foreign agent Jared Kushner.
I mean, I was betting on Roger Stone but this is actually far more problematic.
I mean, I was betting on Roger Stone but this is actually far more problematic.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
This is all performative bullshit.
Believe it when you don't see ICE in Minneapolis/Saint Paul anymore.
Believe it when you don't see ICE in Minneapolis/Saint Paul anymore.
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This is all performative bullshit.
Believe it when you don't see ICE in Minneapolis/Saint Paul anymore.
Believe it when you don't see ICE in Minneapolis/Saint Paul anymore.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
Yikes — Epstein showing appreciation for @GovBillLee pal Betsy Devos making it harder to report sexual abuse on campuses
February 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Yikes — Epstein showing appreciation for @GovBillLee pal Betsy Devos making it harder to report sexual abuse on campuses
⬇️⬇️
The right's "whatabout Laken Riley?" deflection deliberately ignores the fact her killer has already been tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The only reason they bring her up is to justify the brutalization and terror of ICE and CBP against thousands of innocents.
Rick Scott: "No one wanted Renee Good or Alex Pretti to die, but ... "
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
⬇️⬇️
Reposted by Richard Silvia
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
HASSAN: You said you don't want to comment on these ongoing investigations because you don't want to bias them. So did Noem and Stephen Miller bias the investigation when they called Pretti a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I don't want to comment. That's their comments
H: That doesn't make any sense
LYONS: I don't want to comment. That's their comments
H: That doesn't make any sense
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
HASSAN: You said you don't want to comment on these ongoing investigations because you don't want to bias them. So did Noem and Stephen Miller bias the investigation when they called Pretti a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I don't want to comment. That's their comments
H: That doesn't make any sense
LYONS: I don't want to comment. That's their comments
H: That doesn't make any sense
Reposted by Richard Silvia
⚡️ NEW MEXICO SENATE UPDATE
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D) will face no Republican opponent in his re-election bid after his GOP challenger was disqualified for failing to meet ballot requirements.
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D) will face no Republican opponent in his re-election bid after his GOP challenger was disqualified for failing to meet ballot requirements.
February 12, 2026 at 8:57 PM
⚡️ NEW MEXICO SENATE UPDATE
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D) will face no Republican opponent in his re-election bid after his GOP challenger was disqualified for failing to meet ballot requirements.
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D) will face no Republican opponent in his re-election bid after his GOP challenger was disqualified for failing to meet ballot requirements.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
This was totally fun! A nice break from my usual beat.
It’s Lincoln’s birthday so I asked @hcrichardson.bsky.social to come on the pod to talk about him, the war, public memory….and vampires. You’re welcome, America.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Episode 183: Heather Cox Richardson on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · 02/12/2026 · 1h 46m
podcasts.apple.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This was totally fun! A nice break from my usual beat.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
Election denier involved in fake electors plot wrote much of SAVE America Act, Trump-aligned think tank claims
“I’m here to do everything I can to make this work,” Thomas Lane wrote in a December 2020 email to other organizers of the Trump campaign’s fake electoral plot in Arizona.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: An election-denying former Donald Trump campaign staffer who was subpoenaed by the FBI over his role in the attempt to steal the 2020 election is now taking credit for writing the sweeping voter suppression bill passed by the House Wednesday that could disenfranchise millions.
Reposted by Richard Silvia
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Horsefeathers!’: Judge blasts Hegseth’s attempt to demote Sen. Kelly over video to U.S. troops
The fiery decision against Hegseth included 15 exclamation points.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Reposted by Richard Silvia
This, from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social, is really perfect. open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
Dear Ms Bondi,
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
This, from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social, is really perfect. open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...