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Richard Fawal

@rfawal.bsky.social

I do politics, public affairs, podcasts, and craft beer. I lead Voxtopica.com. I write at https://6to64.substack.com. I publish DCBeer.com.

154 Followers  |  56 Following  |  84 Posts  |  Joined: 24.11.2024  |  2.0815

Latest posts by rfawal.bsky.social on Bluesky

Apparently praying is now β€œobstruction”

09.10.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RIP the null hypothesis

09.10.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 4
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis CAIROβ€”As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. β€œI...

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

09.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5089    πŸ” 1468    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 61
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Snallygaster 2025: That Then This | DC Beer There's a line for beer and you're in it! We all are, and that's okay. Let's work smarter, not harder, at Snallygaster 2025!

More Snally content, more!

09.10.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Drop Site reports journalists from multiple legacy media outlets are mentors for a journalism fellowship founded to help Israel β€œshift the narrative” β€” including journalists from The Atlantic, The NY Times… and Van Jones.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/karsh-fell...

08.10.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 270    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11
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If ICE thinks it's okay to assault a pastor in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing in the dark.

08.10.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 448    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
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Pregaming Snallygaster 2025: Snally Sightings, the Events | DC Beer A festival of beer riches before, and after, the actual festival!

Alright, the pre-gaming of the East Coast's largest beerfest begins tonight!

08.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

07.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 21855    πŸ” 8293    πŸ’¬ 1099    πŸ“Œ 541
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Tuesday Talkers 10/7: Rural Lending Also Shuts Down Plus, Soybean Farmers Continue Struggling, Minnesota’s PFML, Number of the Week and more...

Tuesday Talkers 10/7: Rural Lending Also Shuts Down. Farmers and rural communities are facing increasing financial strain due to the ongoing shutdown of the USDA. Read more: onecountryproject.substack.com/p/tuesday-ta...

07.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To all the comedians who stood for free speech in the face of wokeness

19.09.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1320    πŸ” 375    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 18
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ICYMI β€” After years of pretending she would never stop fighting to get the Epstein files release, @MarshaBlackburn just voted not to release them.

Truly pathetic.

www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...

12.09.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5287    πŸ” 2278    πŸ’¬ 404    πŸ“Œ 158

My main observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence and calling for calm while MAGA are escalating language and openly lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.

10.09.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 7560    πŸ” 2112    πŸ’¬ 244    πŸ“Œ 117
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This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people.

Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.

We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.

09.09.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17138    πŸ” 6888    πŸ’¬ 489    πŸ“Œ 327

War Eagle? (I was born and raised in Birmingham.)

09.09.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tim Burchett is my congressman. It’s like being represented by Elmer Fudd. Every time he appears on screen, his stupidity is almost painful to watch.
Burchett hunts FOX like Fudd hunts wabbits.

09.09.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ$800 Million per month”

As we send them billions in aid + weapons.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

07.09.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 481    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 9

It's important to understand that many people at the top of US journalism genuinely aren't interested in American history or politics. So that's not their skill set. What they do care about it, and are good at, is going to fancy DC parties.

06.09.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 521    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

I spent 20+ years working in public affairs communications in DC, and what Jon says is 100% accurate. Monday water cooler convos were a litany of name-dropping from weekend cocktail parties. I once had a boss who attended a church solely on the basis of who the other parishioners were.

06.09.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SEN. CASSIDY (R) : β€œDo you agree Trump deserves the Nobel Prize for Operation Warp speed?”

RFK JR.: β€œAbsolutely.”

SEN. CASSIDY: β€œBut you just told Senator Bennet the COVID vaccine killed more people than COVID.”

RFK JR.: β€œβ€¦.β€πŸ˜¬ πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

04.09.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3710    πŸ” 1163    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 215
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TENNESSEAN: β€œTennessee and Nashville leaders had talks with Musk's tunnel-boring company for more than a year before unveiling a blueprint… according to a memo from Gov. Bill Lee's office.” www.tennessean.com/story/money/...

04.09.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 3

Apropos of all this (waves hands) I find it profoundly ironic that Ronald Reagan’s perverse acclimation, nearly 40 years ago, that β€œthe nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help,” has now become horrifying truth for a majority of Americans.

04.09.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correct.

04.09.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Recently @jvl.bsky.social asked @thebulwark.com readers who leads MAGA when the DJT dies. Most said Don Jr. or J.D. Vance.

When DJT dies, MAGA will shrink and possibly implode for several years.

And then MAGA’s revival will be led by Barron Trump.

Octavian was young and soft, too.

04.09.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quick correction: Joel is Heidi’s brother and host of β€œNews and Views” on KFGO in Fargo, not her husband.

03.09.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I loved having @thetnholler.bsky.social on the @onecountryproject.bsky.social podcast! I’m proud to produce this show and grateful that Justin Kanew is fighting for truth in my adopted state of Tennessee!

03.09.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTennessee’s not a swing state but we’re the tip of the spear of the culture war β€” a lot of what gets passed here is coming your way next.”

The Holler’s Justin Kanew talked to former senator @heidiheitkamp.bsky.social & her husband Joel on their #HotDish podcast: lnk.to/onecountry

03.09.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 249    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
washingtonianprobs
Washington D. C.

FYI they're IDing people leaving union station saying no one under 18 can come upstairs

Multiple community members have written in this afternoon reporting that students under the age of 18 are not being allowed to enter Union Station as of today.

This may be connected to several altercations that took place yesterday inside and outside of the station. We'll keep you updated as more information becomes available.

washingtonianprobs Washington D. C. FYI they're IDing people leaving union station saying no one under 18 can come upstairs Multiple community members have written in this afternoon reporting that students under the age of 18 are not being allowed to enter Union Station as of today. This may be connected to several altercations that took place yesterday inside and outside of the station. We'll keep you updated as more information becomes available.

Posted by @washprobs.bsky.social on insta about 15 mins ago.

MPD blocking ppl under 18 from entering Union Station. ICYMI, DC kids ride public transit free rather than school buses. Sooo not only are 🐷 assaulting them as they leave school, but they're actively preventing them from getting home.

03.09.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10
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Oh

30.08.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 12231    πŸ” 2351    πŸ’¬ 571    πŸ“Œ 143

Yeah, Schumer is a huge risks to Dem chances. He’s picking candidates based on consultant polling in all these states. Same mistakes the Party’s been making for years.

29.08.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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