Tom Risen
@tomrisen.bsky.social
Journalist covering #aviation #technology. NYT bestselling co-author of "The Last Honest Man" about #CIA #FBI #NSA investigations by the #ChurchCommittee during #ColdWar. Posts = just me / https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-Risen/author/B0BWW4QVD4
Holiday shopping? The Last Honest Man is in paperback! This action-packed ride through the #ColdWar is guaranteed to entertain: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#CIA #FBI #NSA @hachetteus.bsky.social
#CIA #FBI #NSA @hachetteus.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Holiday shopping? The Last Honest Man is in paperback! This action-packed ride through the #ColdWar is guaranteed to entertain: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#CIA #FBI #NSA @hachetteus.bsky.social
#CIA #FBI #NSA @hachetteus.bsky.social
There is a reason that #NativeAmerican activists for decades have voiced solidarity with Palestine.
#indigenous #indigenouspeoplesday #gaza #genocide
#indigenous #indigenouspeoplesday #gaza #genocide
October 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
There is a reason that #NativeAmerican activists for decades have voiced solidarity with Palestine.
#indigenous #indigenouspeoplesday #gaza #genocide
#indigenous #indigenouspeoplesday #gaza #genocide
I'm excited to read "Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia" by @juliaioffe.bsky.social ! Pre-order it here:
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Can't wait until the book ships? Read my brief history on the first and second #women in #space, who were both Russian: substack.com/home/post/p-...
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Can't wait until the book ships? Read my brief history on the first and second #women in #space, who were both Russian: substack.com/home/post/p-...
October 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm excited to read "Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia" by @juliaioffe.bsky.social ! Pre-order it here:
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Can't wait until the book ships? Read my brief history on the first and second #women in #space, who were both Russian: substack.com/home/post/p-...
bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
Can't wait until the book ships? Read my brief history on the first and second #women in #space, who were both Russian: substack.com/home/post/p-...
And now @politico.com blows with the wind of public opinion. #gaza
August 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
And now @politico.com blows with the wind of public opinion. #gaza
I love #washingtondc. Trump is lying about crime in #DC, which is at a 30-year low. Contact Congress and demand they protect D.C. Home Rule!
dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/
www.house.gov/representati...
www.senate.gov/senators/
dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/
www.house.gov/representati...
www.senate.gov/senators/
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I love #washingtondc. Trump is lying about crime in #DC, which is at a 30-year low. Contact Congress and demand they protect D.C. Home Rule!
dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/
www.house.gov/representati...
www.senate.gov/senators/
dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/
www.house.gov/representati...
www.senate.gov/senators/
The #genocide and #starving of civilians in #Gaza is just the latest, most intense part of what #Israel has done in #Palestine for decades. I doubt most Americans will one day criticize the Israeli genocide in Palestine. I still recommend Omar's book: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485...
July 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The #genocide and #starving of civilians in #Gaza is just the latest, most intense part of what #Israel has done in #Palestine for decades. I doubt most Americans will one day criticize the Israeli genocide in Palestine. I still recommend Omar's book: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485...
July 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This story from @thehill.com Opinion in 2024 did not age well with #Trump using National Guard and Marines to crush a #ICE #protest in #losangeles. There should be some journalism and editing standards when the very first sentence is "Kamala Harris sure lies a lot." thehill.com/opinion/camp...
June 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This story from @thehill.com Opinion in 2024 did not age well with #Trump using National Guard and Marines to crush a #ICE #protest in #losangeles. There should be some journalism and editing standards when the very first sentence is "Kamala Harris sure lies a lot." thehill.com/opinion/camp...
On this #DDay anniversary, salute to people from all nations who fought to #StopFascism in #worldwar2 - including my great Uncle John. He was captured and spent the war in a Nazi prison camp. John was buried in 2016 at Arlington Cemetery, even though #Trump doesn't like soldiers who were captured.
June 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On this #DDay anniversary, salute to people from all nations who fought to #StopFascism in #worldwar2 - including my great Uncle John. He was captured and spent the war in a Nazi prison camp. John was buried in 2016 at Arlington Cemetery, even though #Trump doesn't like soldiers who were captured.
To be a great musician, you need both the spirit of a gypsy and the discipline of a soldier - Ludwig van Beethoven
June 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
To be a great musician, you need both the spirit of a gypsy and the discipline of a soldier - Ludwig van Beethoven
President Trump still wants a military parade - would it look like this?
#Tbt to my US News article on how President Obama really declined a real petition to build a Death Star: www.usnews.com/news/article...
#Tbt to my US News article on how President Obama really declined a real petition to build a Death Star: www.usnews.com/news/article...
April 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
President Trump still wants a military parade - would it look like this?
#Tbt to my US News article on how President Obama really declined a real petition to build a Death Star: www.usnews.com/news/article...
#Tbt to my US News article on how President Obama really declined a real petition to build a Death Star: www.usnews.com/news/article...
Me in 2007 at the White House with legendary reporter Helen Thomas. In 2010 these words cost her job despite her decades of exceptional #journalism: “Tell [ #Israel] to get the hell out of #Palestine... Why push people out of there who have lived there for centuries?"
RIP (1920-2013) #Gaza #WestBank
RIP (1920-2013) #Gaza #WestBank
April 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Me in 2007 at the White House with legendary reporter Helen Thomas. In 2010 these words cost her job despite her decades of exceptional #journalism: “Tell [ #Israel] to get the hell out of #Palestine... Why push people out of there who have lived there for centuries?"
RIP (1920-2013) #Gaza #WestBank
RIP (1920-2013) #Gaza #WestBank
Tom Risen reporting at the #WhiteHouse in 2007 and 2017.
Here's to nearly 20 years as a full-time #journalist!
Here's to nearly 20 years as a full-time #journalist!
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Tom Risen reporting at the #WhiteHouse in 2007 and 2017.
Here's to nearly 20 years as a full-time #journalist!
Here's to nearly 20 years as a full-time #journalist!
Very excited to read "RedScare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America" by @risenc.bsky.social!
Clay Risen has written several history books and is a journalist / editor at The New York Times. Book via @simonschusterca.bsky.social : www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Sc...
Clay Risen has written several history books and is a journalist / editor at The New York Times. Book via @simonschusterca.bsky.social : www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Sc...
March 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Very excited to read "RedScare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America" by @risenc.bsky.social!
Clay Risen has written several history books and is a journalist / editor at The New York Times. Book via @simonschusterca.bsky.social : www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Sc...
Clay Risen has written several history books and is a journalist / editor at The New York Times. Book via @simonschusterca.bsky.social : www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Sc...
March 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM