Rick Hellman
@rickhellman.bsky.social
Husband, father, brother, son. Publicity at KU News Service, [email protected]. Founder KC Rock History Project (kcrockhistory.com). Content's all mine & doesn't reflect KU's views.
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Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
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Before Elon bought Twitter, this is the sort of pathetic shit American Nazis had to do to get noticed by the general public. Now they have hundreds of thousands of followers on twitter and lucrative Substack accounts.
February 10, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Before Elon bought Twitter, this is the sort of pathetic shit American Nazis had to do to get noticed by the general public. Now they have hundreds of thousands of followers on twitter and lucrative Substack accounts.
What a clown 🤡
Alford: "On Bad Bunny - we're still investigating. There's info out about the lyrics. I don't speak fluent Spanish, but if it's true what was said on natl TV, we have a lot of Qs for entities that broadcast it & we'll be talking w/ the FCC. This could be worse than the Janet wardrobe malfunction"
February 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
What a clown 🤡
Hear a version of the lecture that got a standing ovation from Howard University music students, with samples of Johnson's music: whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/the-early-19...
When Experts Attack!: The early 19th century Jay-Z of American brass bands
Music professor Colin Roust discusses the complete works of Francis Johnson, an internationally famous African American composer who reshaped the origins of American music.
whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Hear a version of the lecture that got a standing ovation from Howard University music students, with samples of Johnson's music: whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/the-early-19...
For #BlackHistoryMonth: New pod w/@universityofkansas.bsky.social musicologist Colin Roust, who just increased # of known Johnson works from 175 to 282. He explains how & more about antebellum musician's life. whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/the-early-19...
When Experts Attack!: The early 19th century Jay-Z of American brass bands
Music professor Colin Roust discusses the complete works of Francis Johnson, an internationally famous African American composer who reshaped the origins of American music.
whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth: New pod w/@universityofkansas.bsky.social musicologist Colin Roust, who just increased # of known Johnson works from 175 to 282. He explains how & more about antebellum musician's life. whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/the-early-19...
Great example of why KU News Service created this podcast: Lots of color that wouldn't fit in our 700-word news release on the book. Any journo who wishes, HMU for a great #BlackHistoryMonth interview. whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/the-early-19...
When Experts Attack!: The early 19th century Jay-Z of American brass bands
Music professor Colin Roust discusses the complete works of Francis Johnson, an internationally famous African American composer who reshaped the origins of American music.
whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Great example of why KU News Service created this podcast: Lots of color that wouldn't fit in our 700-word news release on the book. Any journo who wishes, HMU for a great #BlackHistoryMonth interview. whenexpertsattack.libsyn.com/the-early-19...
Shannon Stewart will perform/lead the latest iteration of "FOREST Collaborations" in April on site when @universityofkansas.bsky.social Field Station opens a new nature trail. Journos, HMU to ask her about it. news.ku.edu/news/article...
FOREST Collaborations: Choreographer using grant for ongoing nature project
Shannon Stewart’s long-gestating ‘FOREST’ project gets boost from Creative Capital Foundation
news.ku.edu
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Shannon Stewart will perform/lead the latest iteration of "FOREST Collaborations" in April on site when @universityofkansas.bsky.social Field Station opens a new nature trail. Journos, HMU to ask her about it. news.ku.edu/news/article...
How's her ACL?
Shiffrin became a celebrity at 18 years old after becoming the youngest-ever skier to win Olympic slalom gold. Since then, she has faced grief, PTSD and freak injury — yet she is ready to bounce back. n.pr/4tqh4Bc
Mikaela Shiffrin has battled grief, PTSD and freak injury. Now come the Olympic Games
Shiffrin became a celebrity at 18 years old after becoming the youngest-ever skier to win Olympic slalom gold. Since then, she has faced grief, PTSD and freak injury — yet she is ready to bounce back.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
How's her ACL?
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Congratulations to David Hudnall of The Kansas City Star, winner of NPF's inaugural U.S. Chamber Award for Excellence in Local Business Reporting for his investigation into 7-OH sales. https://nationalpress.org/award-story/kansas-city-star-wins-npf-chamber-award-for-business-reporting/
January 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Congratulations to David Hudnall of The Kansas City Star, winner of NPF's inaugural U.S. Chamber Award for Excellence in Local Business Reporting for his investigation into 7-OH sales. https://nationalpress.org/award-story/kansas-city-star-wins-npf-chamber-award-for-business-reporting/
Rather than accept this "we're helpless" defense, @mayorq.bsky.social needs to lean on Port KC & its leader @rockhillstrat.bsky.social to defy the Anderson brothers to sue them over this. www.kcur.org/housing-deve...
Platform Ventures got Port KC tax incentives to build a warehouse. Now they’re selling it to ICE
Platform Ventures, owned by Ryan and Terry Anderson, pitched a warehouse development as a job creator for south Kansas City. Port KC says the company went behind its back to strike a deal with ICE, wh...
www.kcur.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Rather than accept this "we're helpless" defense, @mayorq.bsky.social needs to lean on Port KC & its leader @rockhillstrat.bsky.social to defy the Anderson brothers to sue them over this. www.kcur.org/housing-deve...
What do you think? Do the results here match your working experience? Journos, HMU to speak with co-authors. news.ku.edu/news/article...
One size does not fit all when it comes to return-to-office policies
Communication overload makes some people prefer to work from home. Others prefer the office, researchers found.
news.ku.edu
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
What do you think? Do the results here match your working experience? Journos, HMU to speak with co-authors. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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trump, elon musk and the epstein-oligarch class are the greatest threat to Americans' free speech rights in our history:
This is also a fake FCC investigation of media outlets deemed insufficiently deferent to unpopular and radical right wing ideology, something Reuters downplays as normal policy:
US agency investigating if ABC's 'The View' violated equal time rules for political candidates
The Federal Communications Commission is opening an investigation into whether ABC's "The View" daytime talk show violated equal time rules for interviews with political candidates after an appearance...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM
trump, elon musk and the epstein-oligarch class are the greatest threat to Americans' free speech rights in our history:
How can people be so cruel? Yes, some find it easy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrD1...
Three Dog Night "Easy to be Hard" OnTV
YouTube video by rockwindow10
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:45 PM
How can people be so cruel? Yes, some find it easy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrD1...
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "One of my favorite people, President Bukele ... he operates rather large prisons. Very strong prisons."
February 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "One of my favorite people, President Bukele ... he operates rather large prisons. Very strong prisons."
Of interest, @danmargolies.bsky.social
The Upside Down World of the Buffoonish Ed Martin talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
The Upside Down World of the Buffoonish Ed Martin
Hoisted on His Own Petard In the roughshod world of the Trump...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Of interest, @danmargolies.bsky.social
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There is zero reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet in a kleptocracy. And so billionaires are gutting the media companies they own, reorienting them to better align with the regime, and spending money on bribes rather than journalists
www.404media.co/the-washingt...
www.404media.co/the-washingt...
The Washington Post Is No Longer Useful to Jeff Bezos
In a kleptocracy, there is no reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
There is zero reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet in a kleptocracy. And so billionaires are gutting the media companies they own, reorienting them to better align with the regime, and spending money on bribes rather than journalists
www.404media.co/the-washingt...
www.404media.co/the-washingt...
Best quip I heard on this was "Lady Maga." www.themirror.com/entertainmen...
Nicki Minaj says she doesn't believe people ever landed on the moon
Rapper Nicki Minaj's comments on the moon landing conspiracy emerged amid her growing support for Donald Trump and other high-profile conservative appearances
www.themirror.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Best quip I heard on this was "Lady Maga." www.themirror.com/entertainmen...
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The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
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BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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And if any Democrat is interested in not having elections stolen with ICE’s help as planned by degenerate Epstein pal Steve Bannon, you might wanna stop pleading and mewling to the fascist enemy and use all your levers of power NOW. We could use some fucking help, frankly. bsky.app/profile/iwil...
Steve Bannon,
"We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
"We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
And if any Democrat is interested in not having elections stolen with ICE’s help as planned by degenerate Epstein pal Steve Bannon, you might wanna stop pleading and mewling to the fascist enemy and use all your levers of power NOW. We could use some fucking help, frankly. bsky.app/profile/iwil...
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
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the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.