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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A wonderfully readable obit by Clay Risen (@risenc.bsky.social). I don't know whether it's right to call an obit "feel-good," but that's the phrase that comes to mind.
John E. Olson, Analyst Fired for Enron Skepticism, Dies at 83
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A wonderfully readable obit by Clay Risen (@risenc.bsky.social). I don't know whether it's right to call an obit "feel-good," but that's the phrase that comes to mind.
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Safest year on the subway since 2009, when Bloomberg was mayor. free link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/n...
N.Y.C. Subway Crime Is Down, Hochul Says, Rebutting Trump Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Safest year on the subway since 2009, when Bloomberg was mayor. free link www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/n...
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🚨 New news app drop from some fine journalists at ProPublica.
THREAD: The FDA has made it difficult to find where medications are made. Today we're changing that with our latest tool.
With Rx Inspector, it’s possible to see your drug’s manufacturing facility and what the FDA found during its inspections.
Here's how you can use it. 1/
With Rx Inspector, it’s possible to see your drug’s manufacturing facility and what the FDA found during its inspections.
Here's how you can use it. 1/
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨 New news app drop from some fine journalists at ProPublica.
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BREAKING MS NOW:
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...
FBI’s No. 2 quietly tells colleagues he’s moving on
Controversial deputy director has cleared out his office, sources tell MS NOW.
www.ms.now
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
BREAKING MS NOW:
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...
It’s wild to watch folks pour out the love for Eyes Wide Shut. I remember the acid reception when it debuted. If you didn’t outright condemn it, folks thought you had a screw loose. I’m not saying it doesn’t deserve reappraisal, but damn what a turnaround.
a man in a tuxedo and a man in a mask are standing next to each other
ALT: a man in a tuxedo and a man in a mask are standing next to each other
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It’s wild to watch folks pour out the love for Eyes Wide Shut. I remember the acid reception when it debuted. If you didn’t outright condemn it, folks thought you had a screw loose. I’m not saying it doesn’t deserve reappraisal, but damn what a turnaround.
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Setas de Sevilla is one of the coolest buildings I’ve been to in a long time. Architecturally daring and built entirely of engineered wood. (1/x)
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Setas de Sevilla is one of the coolest buildings I’ve been to in a long time. Architecturally daring and built entirely of engineered wood. (1/x)
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The world's biggest earth science conference is happening right now, and there are literally hundreds of presentations involving NCAR people. It's impossible to understate how central the lab is to the climate and weather science enterprise
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The world's biggest earth science conference is happening right now, and there are literally hundreds of presentations involving NCAR people. It's impossible to understate how central the lab is to the climate and weather science enterprise
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CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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FBI has just released this image of the person of interest in the Brown shootings.
December 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
FBI has just released this image of the person of interest in the Brown shootings.
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Measured job growth has averaged a paltry +17k since April.
+ The Fed estimates that these numbers overstate true job growth by about 60k per month. (No, not conspiracy theory stuff; technical issues in the birth-death model.)
= Employment is shrinking around 40k per month.
+ The Fed estimates that these numbers overstate true job growth by about 60k per month. (No, not conspiracy theory stuff; technical issues in the birth-death model.)
= Employment is shrinking around 40k per month.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Measured job growth has averaged a paltry +17k since April.
+ The Fed estimates that these numbers overstate true job growth by about 60k per month. (No, not conspiracy theory stuff; technical issues in the birth-death model.)
= Employment is shrinking around 40k per month.
+ The Fed estimates that these numbers overstate true job growth by about 60k per month. (No, not conspiracy theory stuff; technical issues in the birth-death model.)
= Employment is shrinking around 40k per month.
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Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
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Damn, this Ely obit from @risenc.bsky.social is nothing short of magnificent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Damn, this Ely obit from @risenc.bsky.social is nothing short of magnificent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
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Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because it’s a smash and grab.
And it's only Monday... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
And it's only Monday... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
1000% percent. Remember the Oscars that year? It was Gump vs the Gimp, ie Pulp Fiction. A rare award season defined by the cultural divide.
I *hate* Forrest Gump. Not only is it...wait for it...
totally reactionary
...it's a mess in its timelines
The moral of Forrest Gump is "be a moron and obey and never question and you'll prosper, and if you don't, you'll get AIDS and die."
totally reactionary
...it's a mess in its timelines
The moral of Forrest Gump is "be a moron and obey and never question and you'll prosper, and if you don't, you'll get AIDS and die."
damn, really? Forrest Gump?
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
1000% percent. Remember the Oscars that year? It was Gump vs the Gimp, ie Pulp Fiction. A rare award season defined by the cultural divide.
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He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
Robert Samuelson, Award-Winning Economics Columnist, Dies at 79
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
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Exciting news! Alyssa Katz has joined the Forward as new editor-in-chief. forward.com/communicatio...
Alyssa Katz Named Next Editor-in-Chief of the Forward
Alyssa Katz has been named Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, the nation’s most influential and widely-read Jewish publication. The appointment was announced today by Forward Publisher & CEO Rachel Fishm...
forward.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Exciting news! Alyssa Katz has joined the Forward as new editor-in-chief. forward.com/communicatio...
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Die AfD-Trump-Connection
Die Außenpolitik der AfD zwischen den USA und Russland.
www.thepioneer.de
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Ok fair.
Born in KC, Titans didn’t come to town until I was in grad school and by that point my loyalties were set.
I suffered through decades of suckery and then, worse, a few runs of false hope. I still can’t believe we actually won one in my lifetime much less three.
I suffered through decades of suckery and then, worse, a few runs of false hope. I still can’t believe we actually won one in my lifetime much less three.
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Ok fair.
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Rob Reiner had one of the greatest movie runs in history.
Look at these classics.
5 in a row.
Doesn't even include This is Spinal Tap. The Sure Thing was between Spinal Tap and Stand By Me, and was a fine movie.
Huge talent. And now it's appearing to be a homicide.
Look at these classics.
5 in a row.
Doesn't even include This is Spinal Tap. The Sure Thing was between Spinal Tap and Stand By Me, and was a fine movie.
Huge talent. And now it's appearing to be a homicide.
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Rob Reiner had one of the greatest movie runs in history.
Look at these classics.
5 in a row.
Doesn't even include This is Spinal Tap. The Sure Thing was between Spinal Tap and Stand By Me, and was a fine movie.
Huge talent. And now it's appearing to be a homicide.
Look at these classics.
5 in a row.
Doesn't even include This is Spinal Tap. The Sure Thing was between Spinal Tap and Stand By Me, and was a fine movie.
Huge talent. And now it's appearing to be a homicide.
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Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
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Two people have been found dead inside a Los Angeles home owned by actor-director Rob Reiner, source tells AP.
2 people found dead in home owned by Rob Reiner, AP source says
Two people have been found dead at a Los Angeles home owned by director Rob Reiner. A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation shared this information with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Two people have been found dead inside a Los Angeles home owned by actor-director Rob Reiner, source tells AP.
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Man, everybody of my generation who loved pop music knew these tunes. Safe travels home to Carl Carlton.
Carl Carlton, the singer-songwriter best known for hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama," has died, his son announced
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Man, everybody of my generation who loved pop music knew these tunes. Safe travels home to Carl Carlton.