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
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Alex Sarr just got MVP chants at Capital One Arena
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Alex Sarr just got MVP chants at Capital One Arena
Go U NU!
The golden goal to etch this era of Northwestern field hockey in the annals as a dynasty
Northwestern wins the Women's NCAA Field Hockey championship in 2OTs on this goal
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Go U NU!
I first met Rodney after. What a spirit .
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Wake Forest Basketball Legend Rodney Rogers Passes Away - Wake Forest University Athletics
Rodgers was a cornerstone of the Demon Deacons' 1990s renaissance and is a Distinguished Alumni Award honoree.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I first met Rodney after. What a spirit .
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De-stigmatizing white supremacist imagery in the military shouldn’t be surprising given the Defense Secy Pete Hegseth was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” due to a tattoo of his associated with white supremacist groups.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
De-stigmatizing white supremacist imagery in the military shouldn’t be surprising given the Defense Secy Pete Hegseth was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” due to a tattoo of his associated with white supremacist groups.
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Even after court ordered them to stop.
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www.raceandequityproject.org/blog/feds-us...
Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago — Investigative Project on Race and Equity
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
www.raceandequityproject.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Even after court ordered them to stop.
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www.raceandequityproject.org/blog/feds-us...
The sports people invited to Trump’s dinner for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, who US intel said ordered murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi:
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The sports people invited to Trump’s dinner for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, who US intel said ordered murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi:
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There have been a lot of disgusting and surreal moments in the Oval Office over the last 10 months that disgrace the United States, but Trump publicly dismissing the brutal assassination of a Washington Post journalist as insignificant and blowing smoke up the ass of a despotic butcher is up there
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There have been a lot of disgusting and surreal moments in the Oval Office over the last 10 months that disgrace the United States, but Trump publicly dismissing the brutal assassination of a Washington Post journalist as insignificant and blowing smoke up the ass of a despotic butcher is up there
U.S. Reps have questioned whether a contract between ICE and Charlotte-area company Hendrick Motorsports is tied to political contributions made by the company’s owner. #NASCAR
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Critics call for boycott of Charlotte-area company that provided ICE vehicles
Two U.S. House members question whether a contract between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the company is linked to political contributions.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
U.S. Reps have questioned whether a contract between ICE and Charlotte-area company Hendrick Motorsports is tied to political contributions made by the company’s owner. #NASCAR
Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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Kenny Easley, Seahawks Hall of Fame safety, dies at 66
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Kenny Easley, Seahawks Hall of Fame safety, dies at 66
Now this www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... on top of extrajudicial executions of unknown persons at sea, and attacks on immigrants. It would be a small admonishment, but FIFA and the Olympics should disqualify a Trumpist US as host for the world’s sporting events.
Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
High-level discussions, underway for days, have explored a variety of potential military options, people familiar with the matter said.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Now this www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... on top of extrajudicial executions of unknown persons at sea, and attacks on immigrants. It would be a small admonishment, but FIFA and the Olympics should disqualify a Trumpist US as host for the world’s sporting events.
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Really enjoyed that series.
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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With the imminent and uninvited arrival of Trump’s Bull Connor in Charlotte, thought I’d share this episode from the first season of the award-winning podcast I cohost with Robert Greene, Our New South, for the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte.
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Nuevo Sur
Podcast Episode · Our New South · 02/07/2024 · 56m
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
With the imminent and uninvited arrival of Trump’s Bull Connor in Charlotte, thought I’d share this episode from the first season of the award-winning podcast I cohost with Robert Greene, Our New South, for the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte.
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NEW: Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.
As if the Trumpist administration callousness and vindictiveness isn’t enough, it exercised its obnoxiousness emailing fed workers that “the democrat-led shutdown” is over and they’ll be considered “AWOL” if they don’t report immediately to work
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As if the Trumpist administration callousness and vindictiveness isn’t enough, it exercised its obnoxiousness emailing fed workers that “the democrat-led shutdown” is over and they’ll be considered “AWOL” if they don’t report immediately to work
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...
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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.
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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/...
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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