Kim Ford
@kimford.bsky.social
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Good riddance to very bad - reeking in fact - rubbish.
Pope Leo names Bishop Ron Hicks as next archbishop of New York, Dolan to step down
Dolan submitted his resignation in February. Hicks is most recently bishop of Joliet, Illinois.
gothamist.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Good riddance to very bad - reeking in fact - rubbish.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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weiss does not know how to run a news organization, and so she's doing what she does best: hosting fatuous "debates" involving the people in her group chats www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Bari Weiss’ Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism
The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the 'Things That Matter' series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
weiss does not know how to run a news organization, and so she's doing what she does best: hosting fatuous "debates" involving the people in her group chats www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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congrats to every "moderate" who cheered on this cruel, unfounded panic. hope you got what you wanted www.npr.org/sections/sho...
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
congrats to every "moderate" who cheered on this cruel, unfounded panic. hope you got what you wanted www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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not clear to me that the board has the authority to do this as the center was authorized by Congress
Breaking news: The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has voted to rename the storied arts institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Kennedy Center trustees, installed earlier this year by President Trump, have voted to rename the center after him, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
not clear to me that the board has the authority to do this as the center was authorized by Congress
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i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
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again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
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Q: Would you seek authorization for any land attacks on cartels in Venezuela?
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Q: Would you seek authorization for any land attacks on cartels in Venezuela?
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
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Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
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The House passing an anti-trans medical bill yesterday and the Department of Health and Human Services announcing new rules for gender affirming care for youth means that a tough year for trans people ends on an even more difficult note.
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The House passing an anti-trans medical bill yesterday and the Department of Health and Human Services announcing new rules for gender affirming care for youth means that a tough year for trans people ends on an even more difficult note.
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BP taps Woodside’s Meg O’Neill as CEO as it pivots back to fossil fuels https://aje.io/f0dvs1
December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
BP taps Woodside’s Meg O’Neill as CEO as it pivots back to fossil fuels https://aje.io/f0dvs1
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A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent members of Congress from making unannounced visits to ICE facilities, a ruling lawmakers say will restore their ability to conduct real-time oversight into detention conditions.
Trump officials ordered to lift limits on lawmakers’ visits to ICE facilities
A recent requirement that members of Congress give seven days’ notice before visiting ICE immigration detention centers is unlawful, a judge ruled.
wapo.st
December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent members of Congress from making unannounced visits to ICE facilities, a ruling lawmakers say will restore their ability to conduct real-time oversight into detention conditions.
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Yikes. Bari Weiss's lil debate show is such a strange, sophomoric idea. Good luck to her, I guess, but with all the power of CBS news at your disposal, you came up with... town hall?
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yikes. Bari Weiss's lil debate show is such a strange, sophomoric idea. Good luck to her, I guess, but with all the power of CBS news at your disposal, you came up with... town hall?
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What does Black joy look like? it looks like rest. It looks like watching Doctor Who with the loml.
I still don’t like the holidays, but I dislike them a lot less now that I am sharing them with @portianoir.com.
My latest:
I still don’t like the holidays, but I dislike them a lot less now that I am sharing them with @portianoir.com.
My latest:
I’m Not a Fan of the Holidays—But This Year It’s Different
Imani Gandy used to spend December fighting on the internet. “Arguing was easier than admitting that this time of year made me feel untethered while everyone else seemed firmly rooted in family.”
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What does Black joy look like? it looks like rest. It looks like watching Doctor Who with the loml.
I still don’t like the holidays, but I dislike them a lot less now that I am sharing them with @portianoir.com.
My latest:
I still don’t like the holidays, but I dislike them a lot less now that I am sharing them with @portianoir.com.
My latest:
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BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
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People of Somali descent in Minnesota have endured a dizzying week.
Scorned by the president, Somalis in Minnesota are embraced by the state that took them in | CNN
The wave of vitriol against Minnesota’s Somali community during the Trump administration’s continued nationwide immigration crackdown has been met with an opposing wave of solidarity.
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
People of Somali descent in Minnesota have endured a dizzying week.
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One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew.
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew.
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
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Black folks cannot afford this benefit of the doubt thing.
I believe in offering the benefit of the doubt.
If we can’t do that we will never come together as a country.
If we can’t do that we will never come together as a country.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Black folks cannot afford this benefit of the doubt thing.
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Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
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I was honored to be invited by Clara Lee & the organizing committee to help open the #API Rainbow Parents 10th anniversary conference in Manhattan three years ago this week (11.12.22) with one of the two keynote speeches in the opening plenary session:
paulinepark.com/2022/11/11/a...
paulinepark.com/2022/11/11/a...
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I was honored to be invited by Clara Lee & the organizing committee to help open the #API Rainbow Parents 10th anniversary conference in Manhattan three years ago this week (11.12.22) with one of the two keynote speeches in the opening plenary session:
paulinepark.com/2022/11/11/a...
paulinepark.com/2022/11/11/a...
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One thing people of color and Jewish people have in common … those who hate us. And we won’t answer hate with hate, but we won’t tolerate those who try to dress it’s filth up and cal it clean and sweet-smelling!
1. Tucker Carlson is mainstreaming white supremacy, hosting Nick Fuentes — a white nationalist who praises Hitler — for a fawning 2-hour interview
These companies are sponsoring Carlson's show:
Rocket Money
Eight Sleep
Beam
These companies are sponsoring Carlson's show:
Rocket Money
Eight Sleep
Beam
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
One thing people of color and Jewish people have in common … those who hate us. And we won’t answer hate with hate, but we won’t tolerate those who try to dress it’s filth up and cal it clean and sweet-smelling!
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Remember the iPhone-sized painting by Pablo Picasso that went missing in Spain last month, ahead of its scheduled shipment to a Granada museum? Turns out, a neighbor named Dolores had accidentally picked up the package.
The Week in Art Crime and Mischief
Googly eyes on a sculpture, updates in the Louvre heist, a teenager arrested for damaging exhibits at the Met. Art crime made the news this month.
hyperallergic.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Remember the iPhone-sized painting by Pablo Picasso that went missing in Spain last month, ahead of its scheduled shipment to a Granada museum? Turns out, a neighbor named Dolores had accidentally picked up the package.