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Kimberly Griffin

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Auntie💚foodie 🥘 MFP publisher 🙌🏾 reader 📚 lover of British mysteries🕵🏾‍♀️ home cook👩🏽‍🍳 traveler 🛳 believer 🌟 funny person 😂 My opinions only.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Nov 14

Looking for my people. I’m the Mississippi Free Press publisher
💚 a lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
☄️an Orangetheory girlie
🥘a decent cook
🥂a lover of champagne
🚢 a frequent cruiser and traveler
📚a fiction reader
♠️ a single Gen Xer looking for my forever Spades partner

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · 3d

I sometimes miss a Monday, but I'm glad I went to Orangetheory on Monday night. Tuesday evening was a trainwreck in a first-world kind of way.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · 7d

Sis, I'm gonna trust you on that. It sounds like a train wreck followed by a dumpster fire. Ta-Nehsi is the Jame Baldwin of or our generation and there's a brand of liberal that can't handle that Black folks are in consistent pain and under relentless assault no matter who's in office.

Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 11d

Started listening to the Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates convo and tbh so far it's worse than I thought it would be.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · 9d

I'm grateful my doctor made me get a booster a few years ago.

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 10d

Though Mississippi’s vaccination rates are high among infants and school-age children, “our concern is that adult Mississippians are not maintaining the pertussis immunity, which puts our babies at risk,” says State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney.

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · 9d

You really don't have to respond to everything. Sometimes you should just get your stuff and leave. Just because a person is talking doesn't mean they are telling you everything. You do usually know when someone is gaslighting you. Thank you for coming to my Kimberly Talk.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 23d

You did it! We blew past the $1,500 Democracy Day match, thanks to your incredible support. Now, a generous donor has stepped up with a second match to close out the week. Let’s keep the momentum going: givebutter.com/mfpdonate

Stars centered at the top. Underneath the starts it says Democracy Week 2025. Under that is “a generous donor is challenging you to match their $1,500 gift. The links to donate is provided.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · 29d

Read our latest about University of Mississippi employee who was fired sharing a post about Charlie Kirk.

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 29d

NEW: The University of Mississippi has fired employee Lauren Stokes over a post she shared about Charlie Kirk that called him a white supremacist and criticized his support for forcing child and adult rape victims to carry pregnancies to term.

University of Mississippi Fires Employee Over Charlie Kirk Post

The University of Mississippi has fired employee Lauren Stokes for sharing a post on social media that criticized Charlie Kirk’s views after his assassination on Wednesday.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Aug 23

Please follow us on one our other platforms. The rest are in comments. I’m particularly active on Threads. www.threads.com/@msfreepress...

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you think GLP1s are cheating and or unsafe you don’t have to take them. See how easy that is.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Aug 9

I’m not trying to out trauma anyone but the Mississippi gulf coast was leveled during Katrina. It’s not the same. It is important and should be remembered.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 30

Of course you did, my friend!

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 25

My comfort movie is the Runaway Jury. I’m always confused as to why no one clocked John Cusack’s character, particularly since he was living in a very expensive apartment in the French Quarter even for 20 years ago while working a retail job.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you for portraying such a kind and decent young man. Through your most famous character, you introduced dyslexia to countless households. You were the child star who brought us no trouble, always made us proud, and transitioned effortlessly from teen idol to leading man. Gone too soon.

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 'Cosby Show' star, has died at the age of 54

The actor and Grammy Award winner died in a drowning accident Sunday while on vacation in Costa Rica.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 20

Here’s the thing. Joy Reid, Don Lemon and many others have shown us that when you are no longer beholding to corporate interest, your power and strength, flourish. Becoming an independent show, which I’m sure Colbert is already in talks to do means he’s gonna say some stuff he hasn’t said before.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 19

"If this can happen to Colbert and a storied franchise, this can happen to anyone": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning

CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 13

Does anyone know if the Eastland family who own the Mystic camp in Texas is related to the Mississippi Eastlands as in Senator Eastland? fortune.com/2025/07/07/r...

Richard 'Dick' Eastland, Camp Mystic's 74-year-old owner, died while leading campers to safety during the devastating floods

Eastland was the third generation of his family to manage Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 8

We're so excited tohave @aleliabundles.bsky.social with us next week. Join today and your invitation is on your receipt. givebutter.com/mfpvip

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · Jul 8

Big news for MFP VIPs! A’Lelia Bundles—award-winning journalist and author of On Her Own Ground and Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance—joins us next. We’ll dig into Madam C.J. Walker’s legacy through Bundles’ powerful storytelling. Join today. buff.ly/Izjg7IB

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 7

From labor to reward. Mother Burkes fed our souls for a time such as this.

Kalan Hooks @kalanhookstv.bsky.social · Jul 7

“When I Rose This Morning” lead singer Mama Mosie Burks — a lead vocalist of the Mississippi Mass Choir — has died her family says. She was 92. www.wapt.com/article/mama...

Mama Mosie Burks, a Mississippi Mass Choir legend, dies at 92

Mama Mosie Burks, a gospel pioneer, has died, according to a Facebook post by her daughter.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 5

And it ends in 3 years.

W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · Jul 4

The “no tax on tips” part of the GOP bill is a total joke. It only applies to $25,000, is only for voluntary tips, isn’t received until you file taxes, only explicitly lists food service and beauticians for who gets the deduction, excludes married people filing separately, and expires in 2028.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today we learned that some people hate poor, old and sick people more than they love their own families.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jul 2

I have no words. Y'all hate women. You continue to remind us of that.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Jul 2

CNN’s Laura Coates reports that Diddy fans are pouring baby oil on each other outside the court house and shouting “It’s not RICO, it’s FREAKO.”

Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · Jun 20

I was on a video call with someone and I joked it was me and not AI. They responded, "Well, you can't fake that accent."

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · May 31

Today I learned about Indian Arrival Day which celebrates the arrival of East Indians to the Caribbean.

Audacious Evolution @audaciousevolution.bsky.social · May 30

Today, we honour the strength, endurance and cultural richness of the East Indian community who first arrived on our shores in 1845. Indian Arrival Day is more than a date in history; it’s a tribute to generations who transformed hardship into heritage.
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Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad and Tobago: Honouring a Legacy of Resilience

More than a date in history, Indian Arrival Day is a moment to reflect on the enduring legacy, sacrifices and cultural richness of the Indo-Trinbagonian community.

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · May 28

Patti LuPone’s reckless mouth finally caught up with her. Is she done with Broadway or was Broadway already done with her?

Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · May 24

So the strategy is to make what is arguably the country’s best law school very very angry after you’ve fired a bunch of government lawyers. That’s one way to do it. It’s not the way I’d do it, but…

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Kimberly Griffin @kimberlygriffin.bsky.social · May 19

Sending love and strength to President Biden who’s done incredibly hard things from raising a family after his first wife died to parenting kids through cancer & addiction. When you look at his life being president might have been the easiest. If anybody can beat this, it will be Joe from Scranton.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · May 18

Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.

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