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Fal Rising

@falrising.bsky.social
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Democracy defender. Civic storyteller. Coloradan. Connecting current events, history, and the human stories behind them.

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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 4h
Under Republican control, the House has only been in session for 72 days this year. Literally just 26% of the calendar year. It is absurd.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14h
A CNN investigation revealing Jared Kushner, tasked by Trump to negotiate peace in Gaza, owns a company with a major stake in a firm linked to Israel's military.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
JUST IN: Governor Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Daniel Boris @danboriscreates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh, the Humiliation!
Republican Senator Eric Schmitt seen holding a large photo of the Hindenburg disaster. The words, “Republican Credibility” written on the exploding dirigible.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rep. Jamie Raskin on the Sen. Schmitt debacle: "As ever with MAGA, we are saved from their absolute malice and evil by their complete incompetence."
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Senator Dirtbag Schmitt-head, even Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post is mocking his “perjury gotcha” moment. This is the only thing he’ll ever be remembered for. nypost.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russia shows the worst of humanity, while Ukrainians show the best—courage in the face of terror, compassion in the face of suffering, and an unbreakable spirit that refuses to surrender.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For anyone who says Israel hasn’t committed genocide because it hasn’t killed enough Palestinians, there is no denying it’s inflicting extremely harsh living conditions causing the destruction of their existence. It checks all the boxes for genocide. Killing a certain number of people does not.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Village by village, Israel is doing to Lebanon what it has done to Gaza. Apocalyptic image taken today by AFP showing the village of al-Mansouri.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So TikTok and Chinese electric cars are national security threats, but selling them weapons is fair game?
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! Join the MAGA Resistance & make your voices heard. Accountability. Is. Coming.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“A factory of targets… there was approval once to kill 500 people…” 👇🏽 new trailer for ‘NAZA’ (‘collateral damage’) — a Guardian-produced film with testimonies of 24 IDF soldiers Israel doesn’t want you to see. (released free online next month) More: jewishcurrents.org/naza-will-ch...
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump telling Tucker Carlson that “In the end, we'll all die anyway” says so much about how many of the world's problems are caused by privileged old white men in power who don't care that the rest of us will live with the consequences of their actions—namely, Trump, Netanyahu and Putin.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Netanyahu called the West Bank “Judea” in his UN speech and said “it is our land.” He was applauded despite the UN recognizing it as occupied Palestinian territory. Shame on the UN for hosting a war criminal who embodies everything it claims to stand against.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The majority of the UN walked out on Netanyahu in protest for the ongoing genocide Israel is committing against Palestine in Gaza and the West Bank. The US, Ethiopia, and Nigeria among a very few that loudly cheered trying to hype the criminal.
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Jessica Killin @killinforco.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jeff Crank’s latest ads (and those of his allies) reek of desperation. I get it. When you don’t have a record to run on, this is sadly what some politicians do. I can handle dishonest attack ads from Crank and Trump.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NYC — Actresses Hannah Einbinder & Susan Sarandon arrested protesting Netanyahu
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump made a remark in the Oval Office about how the Chinese had the friendliest press corps. He could not make it clearer that he despises the First Amendment and would much rather have state-run media and censorship.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Awkward — “VP JD Vance has been exposed as the source of a story whose supposed leak was used by the White House in court to justify the termination of Politico's access to the press pool.” 😬
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JD Vance unmasked as leaker for story White House used to justify press ban: report
Vice President JD Vance has been exposed as the source of a story whose supposed leak was used by the White House in court to justify the termination of Politico's access to the press pool, Oliver Dar...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Best chyron of the week. 👇
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As Americans struggle…
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
US Democrats, you need to make signing the Rome Statutes the top priority in your legislation. Surrender your war criminals to the ICC.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Israeli delegation at the UN walked out during Erdogan's speech when he said, "We are faced with a genocidal mindset that can never get enough of killing." The truth hurts.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UN ambassador Mike Waltz says civilian casualties in Iran are "unintentional and it’s incidental as part of a conflict." Intent shouldn’t absolve the military when AI systems cause civilian harm. Using flawed data without human review is negligence that war crime standards need to account for.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He tried to silence the press, so now the press is silencing him. It’s about time they realized that when he tries to take away their microphone, they can simply stop handing him theirs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Dennis Goris | Cartoons @dennisgoris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If a tyrant rants in the woods and nobody hears him, does he make a sound?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🇬🇧 🗣️ @marinapurkiss.bsky.social: “His nice guy image has collapsed — It’s not that Ed Sheeran didn’t speak up on 🇵🇸, it’s that he allowed the silencing of someone who did… If you don’t have a position on this now you’re going to lose respect. He has F.U. money to take a stand.”
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.
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MRF @murph612.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
See this movie. You will be inspired, incensed, frustrated, angered, and more. But these three Drs and all the healthcare workers that support them are an amazing example of how to respond to a genocide. Kudos to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social for helping bring this to theaters. @mleroi.bsky.social
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A significant crowd is outside the Kennedy Center for a “Hands Off the Arts” protest, as the nation’s memorial to former President John F. Kennedy remains closed. Just today, another dozen Kennedy Center employees were laid off.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge turnout at the Kennedy Center tonight! 💚✊ Thank you!
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed, to me today, on how he'd spend the 2.8 billion dollars the US is now spending on new bombs for Israel in Michigan, on Michigan schools, for kids here at home. My full 'Mehdi Unfiltered' Zeteo interview with him: zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-s...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
China has dropped its US Treasury holdings to lowest level since 2008. Beijing’s holdings of US debt slid to about $618 billion in July, as governments step back from US investments. The Netherlands moved 86 tons of gold, while France moved 129 tons from the NY Fed. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mace "came fifth in South Carolina, she came last in the governor's race. Donald Trump didn't endorse her. Donald Trump said she's a nasty, terrible woman who is untrustworthy. For the first time in my life, I agree with Donald Trump." Me to mad Islamophobe, Rep. Nancy Mace, on Piers Morgan's show:
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When Fox is forced to report that 63% of voters say Trump made the economy worse, and voters would actually prefer Democrats win in November, you know that’s got to hurt.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A UN fact-finding mission found reasonable grounds to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two Feb. 28 strikes in Iran, including the girls’ school bombing. The White House called the findings “nonsense.” If so, why hasn’t the Pentagon released the report it promised?
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Dennis Goris | Cartoons @dennisgoris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Waaaahhhh!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“These are images 🇺🇸 servicembers want you to see…” ABC News reporter Rachel Scott (who Trump recently snapped at) shares images of destruction on 🇺🇸 military bases
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
PM Carney to the EU: "We are not fair weather allies. We do not pursue zero sum deals. Our commitment to the rule of law and our unyielding defence of human dignity, individual freedom, and democracy share the same deep roots, the same unwavering dedication." #cdnpoli
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 17/09/2026
No Attorney General in the modern history of our country has participated in such brazen and blatantly political activity. Until Todd Blanche.
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Dennis Goris | Cartoons @dennisgoris.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fed raises interest rates (image from the archives)
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