Kim Bellware
@bellwak.bsky.social
Chronically tardy yet somehow…Breaking news + bummer beats for @washingtonpost
Why are you booing me? I’m right.
✶ ✶ CHICAGO ✶ ✶
Why are you booing me? I’m right.
✶ ✶ CHICAGO ✶ ✶
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SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
Air Wisconsin has done 60+ ICE flights since mid-January
Dozens of secret flights carrying shackled migrants follow Air Wisconsin’s sale to ICE’s flight broker.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
If you’re not in DC, tune in to the livestream of the #savethepost rally that just started at noon Eastern www.instagram.com/postguild/li...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
If you’re not in DC, tune in to the livestream of the #savethepost rally that just started at noon Eastern www.instagram.com/postguild/li...
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Kim is the literal best. Some newsroom better grab her quick!
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Kim is the literal best. Some newsroom better grab her quick!
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Breaking news reporter Kim Bellware bsky.app/profile/bell...
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Breaking news reporter Kim Bellware bsky.app/profile/bell...
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Y'all, if you don't know @bellwak.bsky.social work, you should. This is such a loss! Though, I've got a feeling someone is going to hire @bellwak.bsky.social ASAP
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
February 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Y'all, if you don't know @bellwak.bsky.social work, you should. This is such a loss! Though, I've got a feeling someone is going to hire @bellwak.bsky.social ASAP
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Someone grab Kim up. The way she reports and tells stories is masterful. She is also the most generous of people and an insanely talented DIYer.
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
February 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Someone grab Kim up. The way she reports and tells stories is masterful. She is also the most generous of people and an insanely talented DIYer.
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Kim is the best, what's happening at the Post is the worst.
Hire Kim before someone else does.
Hire Kim before someone else does.
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
February 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Kim is the best, what's happening at the Post is the worst.
Hire Kim before someone else does.
Hire Kim before someone else does.
WaPo marks this Millennial's fourth lifetime layoff. I need a punchcard.
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
WaPo marks this Millennial's fourth lifetime layoff. I need a punchcard.
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
February 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
My time with The Washington Post is up. I was laid off with hundreds of folks I am so honored to call my colleagues.
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
I covered it all at The Post (really), so now I'm looking for my next adventure.
➡️ kbellware [at] gmail dot com
Website update coming soon
@postguild.bsky.social
forever
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The library? Yes, the library is hosting a series for Chicagoans to learn about Puerto Rican history ahead of Bad Bunny’s historical Super Bowl halftime show performance this weekend.
Bad Bunny's hottest local Super Bowl pregame is at the Chicago Public Library
www.wbez.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The library? Yes, the library is hosting a series for Chicagoans to learn about Puerto Rican history ahead of Bad Bunny’s historical Super Bowl halftime show performance this weekend.
Reposted by Kim Bellware
A version of what’s happening in Fulton Co. happened in Maricopa Co. five years ago.
Back then, it was a private company breaking the chain of vote custody, at the behest of Trump. Now Trump is making the FBI & DNI do it.
We called it an “adminsurrection” back then: wapo.st/4rsjY6H
Back then, it was a private company breaking the chain of vote custody, at the behest of Trump. Now Trump is making the FBI & DNI do it.
We called it an “adminsurrection” back then: wapo.st/4rsjY6H
The mess in Maricopa
Votes are still being counted in Arizona. It won’t change the winner. But it might change America.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A version of what’s happening in Fulton Co. happened in Maricopa Co. five years ago.
Back then, it was a private company breaking the chain of vote custody, at the behest of Trump. Now Trump is making the FBI & DNI do it.
We called it an “adminsurrection” back then: wapo.st/4rsjY6H
Back then, it was a private company breaking the chain of vote custody, at the behest of Trump. Now Trump is making the FBI & DNI do it.
We called it an “adminsurrection” back then: wapo.st/4rsjY6H
Reposted by Kim Bellware
A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A note from our editors:
Reposted by Kim Bellware
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Reposted by Kim Bellware
Always remember.
Brumble Bikes Westerly, RI.
Brumble Bikes Westerly, RI.
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Always remember.
Brumble Bikes Westerly, RI.
Brumble Bikes Westerly, RI.
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NEW: South Carolina’s measles outbreak is country’s largest in more than 25 years. But its falling vaccination coverage + rising religious exemptions from school requirements don’t make it an outlier. My story. Gift link. 1/3
wapo.st/4rttZRg
wapo.st/4rttZRg
What South Carolina’s soaring measles outbreak means for the rest of the U.S.
More than 840 measles infections have been reported in South Carolina, surpassing the tally in Texas last year. Public health experts say it shows the risks when vaccination coverage falls.
wapo.st
January 31, 2026 at 1:05 PM
NEW: South Carolina’s measles outbreak is country’s largest in more than 25 years. But its falling vaccination coverage + rising religious exemptions from school requirements don’t make it an outlier. My story. Gift link. 1/3
wapo.st/4rttZRg
wapo.st/4rttZRg
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Recordings I obtained of Chicagoans calling 911 to report ICE activity—including Marimar Martínez’s call after an agent shot her—are included in this week’s episode of @thisamericanlife.org
What Is Your Emergency? - This American Life
911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America.
www.thisamericanlife.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Recordings I obtained of Chicagoans calling 911 to report ICE activity—including Marimar Martínez’s call after an agent shot her—are included in this week’s episode of @thisamericanlife.org
Reposted by Kim Bellware
a tribute to everyone who hasn’t forgotten how to love their neighbors 💙
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
Americans Love Their Neighbors
Statistics say this is a time of disconnection. Minnesota’s response to ICE shows otherwise.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
a tribute to everyone who hasn’t forgotten how to love their neighbors 💙
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
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NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I filmed this right before the outrageous arrest of Don Lemon, so here are four *other* worrying press freedom stories that you should be paying attention to this week.
January 30, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I filmed this right before the outrageous arrest of Don Lemon, so here are four *other* worrying press freedom stories that you should be paying attention to this week.
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Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
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Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
I’m on today’s episode of Post Reports to discuss the fallout from the Trump administration’s move to advance a narrative about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting that bore no resemblance what people viewing the same videos saw with their own eyes
www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
After Alex Pretti's killing, a battle of narratives - The Washington Post
What we know about the killing of Alex Pretti, and what this incident tells us about the debate around gun rights.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I’m on today’s episode of Post Reports to discuss the fallout from the Trump administration’s move to advance a narrative about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting that bore no resemblance what people viewing the same videos saw with their own eyes
www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...
🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 AM
🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
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signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association