@leonardpittsjr.bsky.social
Recovering nationally-syndicated columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of the novels Before I Forget, Freeman, Grant Park, The Last Thing You Surrender and 54 Miles.
The way it did on May 17, 1954?
(What an absolute load of crap!)
(What an absolute load of crap!)
September 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The way it did on May 17, 1954?
(What an absolute load of crap!)
(What an absolute load of crap!)
Apologies, all. The so-called “gift link” is asking people for money. As Gilda Radner used to say, never mind.
For those struggling to understand the right wing attack on museums and other instruments of communal memory, here’s a gift link to a piece I wrote a few years back that, I think, lays it all out quite nicely.
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Too many whites remain willfully blind to America’s racist past. Same old same old | Opinion
There are some stories that can’t be told. This is one of them:
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August 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Apologies, all. The so-called “gift link” is asking people for money. As Gilda Radner used to say, never mind.
For those struggling to understand the right wing attack on museums and other instruments of communal memory, here’s a gift link to a piece I wrote a few years back that, I think, lays it all out quite nicely.
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-...
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-...
Too many whites remain willfully blind to America’s racist past. Same old same old | Opinion
There are some stories that can’t be told. This is one of them:
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August 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
For those struggling to understand the right wing attack on museums and other instruments of communal memory, here’s a gift link to a piece I wrote a few years back that, I think, lays it all out quite nicely.
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-...
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-...
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Another staff member signs off from WKRP. RIP.
Another staff member signs off from WKRP. RIP.
Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit series 'WKRP in Cincinnati' has died
Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.
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August 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Another staff member signs off from WKRP. RIP.
Another staff member signs off from WKRP. RIP.
Trump orders firing of labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report - NBC
I believe the technical term for this is “shooting the messenger.“
I believe the technical term for this is “shooting the messenger.“
August 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Trump orders firing of labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report - NBC
I believe the technical term for this is “shooting the messenger.“
I believe the technical term for this is “shooting the messenger.“
Just saw this at my local hardware store. Have you bought your Halloween candy yet? 🤨
July 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just saw this at my local hardware store. Have you bought your Halloween candy yet? 🤨
www.jpost.com/american-pol... Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Republican Party. Nuff said.
California gov. hopeful makes antisemitic Auschwitz comment | The Jerusalem Post
California's candidate Langford said he was proud of his "German ancestry" and called Auschwitz a "great work camp," sparking controversy.
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July 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
www.jpost.com/american-pol... Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Republican Party. Nuff said.
An important read from The NY Times and a superfluous reminder that fascism has found a home in the USA. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion | ‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has
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July 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
An important read from The NY Times and a superfluous reminder that fascism has found a home in the USA. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Thank you!
After only a few chapters it's clear that this is another @leonardpittsjr.bsky.social masterpiece!
July 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thank you!
Apparently, today is some kind of holiday. What will y’all be celebrating?
July 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Apparently, today is some kind of holiday. What will y’all be celebrating?
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Every American needs to watch this.
Every journalist needs to watch it twice.
Every owner of a news organization needs to have it on a repeating loop on all their screens.
It turns out democracy does not “die in darkness.”
It dies in broad daylight with everybody watching.
Every American needs to watch this.
Every journalist needs to watch it twice.
Every owner of a news organization needs to have it on a repeating loop on all their screens.
It turns out democracy does not “die in darkness.”
It dies in broad daylight with everybody watching.
Trump & The Press: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
loom.ly
May 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
loom.ly/KZgcmmg
Every American needs to watch this.
Every journalist needs to watch it twice.
Every owner of a news organization needs to have it on a repeating loop on all their screens.
It turns out democracy does not “die in darkness.”
It dies in broad daylight with everybody watching.
Every American needs to watch this.
Every journalist needs to watch it twice.
Every owner of a news organization needs to have it on a repeating loop on all their screens.
It turns out democracy does not “die in darkness.”
It dies in broad daylight with everybody watching.
In a world of utter uncertainty, where it often seems there is nothing you a rely on, how reassuring to know that the Clippers are still the Clippers. 🤣
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Clippers face heartbreaking exit as Nuggets unleash electrifying offensive barrage in playoff showdown
Witness Denver Nuggets defeat LA Clippers in a heart-wrenching NBA playoff elimination with an electrifying offensive showdown.
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May 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In a world of utter uncertainty, where it often seems there is nothing you a rely on, how reassuring to know that the Clippers are still the Clippers. 🤣
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FINALLY able to let y’all in on some very exciting news!
April 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
FINALLY able to let y’all in on some very exciting news!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o... Snatched off the street by men who refused to identify themselves, denied access to a lawyer and dropped into a hellhole. All for expressing an opinion the government - OUR government - did not like.
It’s happening.
We told you it would.
It’s going to get worse.
It’s happening.
We told you it would.
It’s going to get worse.
Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention.
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o... Snatched off the street by men who refused to identify themselves, denied access to a lawyer and dropped into a hellhole. All for expressing an opinion the government - OUR government - did not like.
It’s happening.
We told you it would.
It’s going to get worse.
It’s happening.
We told you it would.
It’s going to get worse.
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Don’t buy today. Give the greedheads a taste of their own medicine.
February 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Don’t buy today. Give the greedheads a taste of their own medicine.
#EconomicBlackout
If you are spending money with big corporations today, you’d have caught the bus in Montgomery seventy years ago.
If you are spending money with big corporations today, you’d have caught the bus in Montgomery seventy years ago.
February 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#EconomicBlackout
If you are spending money with big corporations today, you’d have caught the bus in Montgomery seventy years ago.
If you are spending money with big corporations today, you’d have caught the bus in Montgomery seventy years ago.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...
The Op-Ed page of the newspaper of record in the capital city of the United States will no longer be covering politics? Just…wow. Too bad I canceled my subscription when Ann Telnaes left. I wish I could cancel it again.
The Op-Ed page of the newspaper of record in the capital city of the United States will no longer be covering politics? Just…wow. Too bad I canceled my subscription when Ann Telnaes left. I wish I could cancel it again.
Bezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”
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February 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The Op-Ed page of the newspaper of record in the capital city of the United States will no longer be covering politics? Just…wow. Too bad I canceled my subscription when Ann Telnaes left. I wish I could cancel it again.
The Op-Ed page of the newspaper of record in the capital city of the United States will no longer be covering politics? Just…wow. Too bad I canceled my subscription when Ann Telnaes left. I wish I could cancel it again.
Hey, Tucson! See you soon.
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hey, Tucson! See you soon.
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McConnell is test-driving his new spine - the very definition of locking the garage after the car has been stolen. May he live every one of his remaining days in the knowledge that he could have prevented this country’s destruction - and did not.
McConnell is test-driving his new spine - the very definition of locking the garage after the car has been stolen. May he live every one of his remaining days in the knowledge that he could have prevented this country’s destruction - and did not.
McConnell, free from leadership constraints, bucks Trump and the evolving GOP | CNN Politics
Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to stymie much of former President Barack Obama’s agenda, hand President Donald Tru...
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February 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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McConnell is test-driving his new spine - the very definition of locking the garage after the car has been stolen. May he live every one of his remaining days in the knowledge that he could have prevented this country’s destruction - and did not.
McConnell is test-driving his new spine - the very definition of locking the garage after the car has been stolen. May he live every one of his remaining days in the knowledge that he could have prevented this country’s destruction - and did not.
Why, thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
I love Leonard Pitts Jr’s writing. I know I have talked several peoples ears off about Freeman (which you should definitely read) but 54 Miles is far and away his best novel ever. He is on another level with this book! Please consider picking it up! @leonardpittsjr.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Why, thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Finally! I’ve been chasing that damn bot for a long time. If you play Wordle, you understand.
February 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Finally! I’ve been chasing that damn bot for a long time. If you play Wordle, you understand.
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Bye, Chris. You were one of my favorite humans - literally a blessing to my family and me.
Bye, Chris. You were one of my favorite humans - literally a blessing to my family and me.
‘Champion of the arts’ and longtime Herald theater critic Christine Dolen dies at 74
“I was amazed to go with her to plays and see how she could write furious notes in the dark and be able to read them at the end.”
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February 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Bye, Chris. You were one of my favorite humans - literally a blessing to my family and me.
Bye, Chris. You were one of my favorite humans - literally a blessing to my family and me.
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I’m done with Wal-Mart and Target (except for black-owned sellers) and looking for an Amazon replacement so I can ditch them, too. If you’ve got suggestions of retailers who aren’t squishy moral cowards who abandon ship at the first sign of a storm, please let me know.
I’m done with Wal-Mart and Target (except for black-owned sellers) and looking for an Amazon replacement so I can ditch them, too. If you’ve got suggestions of retailers who aren’t squishy moral cowards who abandon ship at the first sign of a storm, please let me know.
Target was one of the most outspoken supporters of DEI. It’s changed its tune | CNN Business
Target was one of corporate America’s most forceful supporters of diversity and inclusion initiatives and vowed to support Black Americans in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by police in Target...
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February 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I’m done with Wal-Mart and Target (except for black-owned sellers) and looking for an Amazon replacement so I can ditch them, too. If you’ve got suggestions of retailers who aren’t squishy moral cowards who abandon ship at the first sign of a storm, please let me know.
I’m done with Wal-Mart and Target (except for black-owned sellers) and looking for an Amazon replacement so I can ditch them, too. If you’ve got suggestions of retailers who aren’t squishy moral cowards who abandon ship at the first sign of a storm, please let me know.
Happy Black History Month.
February 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy Black History Month.