Kevin B. Blackistone
@kevinbblackistone.bsky.social
Catch me @postsports.bsky.social @merrillcollege.bsky.social at https://www.nextchapterpodcasts.com/our-new-south on Signal @kbblackistone.20 Around the Horn OG #MedillMafia
Get the feel of life from 🎷& 🥃
Aluta continua ✊🏾#Resist
Get the feel of life from 🎷& 🥃
Aluta continua ✊🏾#Resist
Much thanks to @wnba.com Players Association exec. dir. Terri Jackson dropping in my @merrillcollege.bsky.social Sports, Protest and Media class today to explain how players have used opt-outs, wildcat strikes and sloganeering to fight for more equitable treatment
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Much thanks to @wnba.com Players Association exec. dir. Terri Jackson dropping in my @merrillcollege.bsky.social Sports, Protest and Media class today to explain how players have used opt-outs, wildcat strikes and sloganeering to fight for more equitable treatment
Two panels commemorating Black American WWII soldiers contribution – and pointing to their fight against racism within the army – were removed without explanation. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Monument: Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun...
www.nrc.nl
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Two panels commemorating Black American WWII soldiers contribution – and pointing to their fight against racism within the army – were removed without explanation. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Me @postsports.bsky.social on the bit of triumphant racial sports history W recalled in the White House that was lost in Trump’s callous vainglorious destruction of the East Wing www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Column | I watched ‘Glory Road’ with the president in a building that’s now rubble
The East Wing demolition evokes memories of when the historic Texas Western team was invited to the White House.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Me @postsports.bsky.social on the bit of triumphant racial sports history W recalled in the White House that was lost in Trump’s callous vainglorious destruction of the East Wing www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Reposted by Kevin B. Blackistone
Our Prof. of the Practice Kevin Blackistone will be a part of this amazing panel at Busboys & Poets Takoma on Nov. 4! #fearlessjournalism
More info at busboysandpoets.com/events
More info at busboysandpoets.com/events
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Our Prof. of the Practice Kevin Blackistone will be a part of this amazing panel at Busboys & Poets Takoma on Nov. 4! #fearlessjournalism
More info at busboysandpoets.com/events
More info at busboysandpoets.com/events
Reposted by Kevin B. Blackistone
The East Wing demolition and a moment lost to time, as told by @kevinbblackistone.bsky.social:
Column | I watched ‘Glory Road’ with the president in a building that’s now rubble
The East Wing demolition evokes memories of when the historic Texas Western team was invited to the White House.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The East Wing demolition and a moment lost to time, as told by @kevinbblackistone.bsky.social:
More proof this rogue government is institutionalizing whiteness, here by borrowing Nazi propaganda imagery.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
The U.S. Labor Department dreams of an Aryan America
The government is too dumb — or too confident — to even bother hiding its racism.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
More proof this rogue government is institutionalizing whiteness, here by borrowing Nazi propaganda imagery.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
This is how loathed these people are.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is how loathed these people are.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Reposted by Kevin B. Blackistone
You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
Defend Kat Against Unjust Charges
Show your support with a contribution.
katforillinois.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
A "rogue nation" is one that acts outside international norms and laws, posing a threat to global security, i.e... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. military strikes four alleged drug boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14
The U.S. military has struck four alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A "rogue nation" is one that acts outside international norms and laws, posing a threat to global security, i.e... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
When I was growing up, dad would point out places in our native DC where slave auction blocks once stood.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Confederate statue torn down during 2020 protests is back up in D.C.
The National Park Service announced in August its plan to return the refurbished statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike to a small federal park at Third and D streets NW.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
When I was growing up, dad would point out places in our native DC where slave auction blocks once stood.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
The Soul Patrol is dead.✊🏾
That was the nickname for the Oakland Raiders' 1970s defensive backfield, Willie Brown, Jack Tatum, Skip Thomas and George Atkinson. Man, I wanted to be one of them in high school.
apnews.com/article/obit... legend George Atkinson, known for his fierce hits, dies at 78
That was the nickname for the Oakland Raiders' 1970s defensive backfield, Willie Brown, Jack Tatum, Skip Thomas and George Atkinson. Man, I wanted to be one of them in high school.
apnews.com/article/obit... legend George Atkinson, known for his fierce hits, dies at 78
Raiders legend George Atkinson, known for his fierce hits, dies at 78
George Atkinson, a hard-hitting former Raiders safety who struck fear in the opposition, has died. He was 78.
apnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Soul Patrol is dead.✊🏾
That was the nickname for the Oakland Raiders' 1970s defensive backfield, Willie Brown, Jack Tatum, Skip Thomas and George Atkinson. Man, I wanted to be one of them in high school.
apnews.com/article/obit... legend George Atkinson, known for his fierce hits, dies at 78
That was the nickname for the Oakland Raiders' 1970s defensive backfield, Willie Brown, Jack Tatum, Skip Thomas and George Atkinson. Man, I wanted to be one of them in high school.
apnews.com/article/obit... legend George Atkinson, known for his fierce hits, dies at 78
Percussionist extraordinaire. Man, his ECM work.
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
www.npr.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Percussionist extraordinaire. Man, his ECM work.
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
And Edward Glazer owner of the NFL Buccaneers
October 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
And Edward Glazer owner of the NFL Buccaneers
Among those who funded Trump’s demolishing of the White House east wing are 0-7Jets owner Woody Johnson via the foundation named after his late mother, Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson’s foundation and disgraced former Atlanta Dream owner Kelly Loeffler www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Among those who funded Trump’s demolishing of the White House east wing are 0-7Jets owner Woody Johnson via the foundation named after his late mother, Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson’s foundation and disgraced former Atlanta Dream owner Kelly Loeffler www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Me @postsports.bsky.social on the quandary that Israel reminds us has beset international sports forever: What to do with those countries that are bulling through the china shop of humanity?
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Column | By banning some nations and not others, sports walk a tightrope — and fall
In a world of conflict, global sports leaders make inconsistent choices that are difficult to reconcile.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Me @postsports.bsky.social on the quandary that Israel reminds us has beset international sports forever: What to do with those countries that are bulling through the china shop of humanity?
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Oops.
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Oops.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day. From the Mayor of DC Hip-Hop, Head-Roc. ✊🏽
youtu.be/pFwZBuD862o?...
youtu.be/pFwZBuD862o?...
Chris Columbus
YouTube video by Upset The Setup
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day. From the Mayor of DC Hip-Hop, Head-Roc. ✊🏽
youtu.be/pFwZBuD862o?...
youtu.be/pFwZBuD862o?...
Black unemployment under Trump has surged the past four months to 7.5 percent, while the rate for White people ticked down to 3.7 percent. The White House’s actions have disproportionately harmed Black workers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Black unemployment under Trump has surged the past four months to 7.5 percent, while the rate for White people ticked down to 3.7 percent. The White House’s actions have disproportionately harmed Black workers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
We are! NU!
October 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We are! NU!
“We want to make sure that the bureaucracy can’t reconstitute itself later in future administrations,” Trumps OMB head Russell Vought said in April in a podcast with Charlie Kirk.
He told reporters in July, “We’re having fun.”
Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown
He told reporters in July, “We’re having fun.”
Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“We want to make sure that the bureaucracy can’t reconstitute itself later in future administrations,” Trumps OMB head Russell Vought said in April in a podcast with Charlie Kirk.
He told reporters in July, “We’re having fun.”
Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown
He told reporters in July, “We’re having fun.”
Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown
I’m involved in two searches right now for leadership of news organizations and Bari Weiss would qualify for neither.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
CBS buys The Free Press website, installs founder Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief
Paramount announced Monday that it has bought the successful news commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News
www.washingtonpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’m involved in two searches right now for leadership of news organizations and Bari Weiss would qualify for neither.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...