Thomas K. Forsad was the project coordinator of the Underground Press Syndicate.
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The Briefing with Jen PsakiSep 24, 2026
Sources identify Thomas King Forçade (spelled 'Forsad' in the post) as the project coordinator of the Underground Press Syndicate, and other sources say he took over and ran the UPS. The post's 'Forsad' spelling appears to be a variant of the same person, and the extraction matches the passage's wording.
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… that particular story, a direct quote from that story: "The last day of public hearings by the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography was disrupted today when a radical witness dumped a cheese pie, a quaint, on the forehead of one of the commission members. Thomas K. Forsad, project coordinator of the Underground Press Syndicate, had just finished a denunciation of the commission when he was asked what he meant by calling the commission a, quote, 'Keystone Committee engaged in a blatant McCarthy-esque witch hunt.' Now, Mr. Forsyth answered by getting out of his seat and dumping the wet pie on Commissioner Otto Larson and exclaiming, 'Pie power!' As the solution to pompousness." This is the moment, as captured by the Associated Press, when Mr. …
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Supports. A 2026 High Times article states that Thomas King Forçade 'was there as project coordinator of the Underground Press Syndicate' at the 1970 Commission on Obscenity and Pornography hearing.[2]
Supports. Other sources say Forçade became the administrative head of the UPS and later ran it, which is consistent with a coordinator role.[1][3][4]
Context. The sources spell the name 'Forçade' or 'Forcade', while the post spells it 'Forsad'; the sources treat these as the same person. The High Times source is a company piece about its own founder, so it is not fully independent.[2][4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 tier 3, 3 not rated
- 1The founder of High Times was wilder than Hunter S. ...nypost.com · tier 3 · cited for: supports
- 2The Case That Just Blocked Trump's Press Ban Started With High Times' Founder and a Piehightimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3An Illustrated Anecdotal History of the Sixties Underground Press in ...abebooks.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Tom Forçade - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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