I cannot in good conscience stay on Twitter.

The Last Honest Man is my 5th book.

I've just created an account on bluesky.
 @jamesrisen.bsky.social

The Pentagon Papers is the origin story of the modern New York Times. Here is the backstory to the Pentagon Papers and the reporter-source relationship between New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan and whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
theintercept.com/2023/10/07/pen…

The Frank Church Institute hosts: The Last Honest Man with James Risen The Egyptian Theatre

Pulitzer Prize- winning author James Risen will be at Idaho State University's Pocatello campus Friday, Oct. 20 to discuss his new book, 'The Last Honest Man.' localnews8.com/isu/2023/10/19…

Less cryptic: author James Risen talks about his book on Frank Church, “The Last Honest Man” to several hundred at the The Egyptian Theatre theatre. Interviewed by long time Church staffer Peter Fenn part of the annual Frank Church Institute conference.

Watching Peter Fenn interview James Risen at the Frank Church Institute event at the The Egyptian Theatre this evening.

Here’s why a pamphlet burning in Boise led to Frank Church being called ‘the last honest man' boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2023-10-1… via Boise State Public Radio News > #bospoli #idpoli #FrankChurch #ChurchCommittee #JFK60 Frank Church Institute James Risen

This is extraordinary: The U.S. economy is in a better place than the IMF was predicting back in 2019, despite a global pandemic intervening.

Taylor Heinicke and Sam Howell

So sad to see GOP governors turning their states’ biggest assets—thriving state universities—into liabilities.

Congratulations to my Washington Commanders on today’s 24-16 win vs. the Falcons! Defense came up big twice in today’s win with two interceptions in the last 5 minutes, one by St. Juste and one by Davis. Coach Rivera really had the team ready to play!

“Musk hasn't given the voiceless a voice, he's just dragged us all down into the swamp, and the only people who truly benefit are shameless grifters.” wired.trib.al/jq3gDLR

I have been struggling to articulate the complex emotions I've been feeling since Saturday morning as a Jew, a liberal/progressive, a believer that Palestinians and Jews have a right to a homeland, to safety and dignity. A thread 1/

Not Israel's 9/11, but a prison riot.

The George W. Bush Administration deserves plenty of blame for what's happening now in Gaza. theintercept.com/2023/10/14/isr…

The United States has the lowest inflation rate in the G-7.

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