Kyle Whitmire
@warondumb.bsky.social
2023 Pulitzer Prize, commentary. Columnist for AL.com (@aldotcom.bsky.social). Dislikes: corruption, cruelty, hypocrisy & incompetence. Likes: quiet heroes.
The arrest of *that* Fairhope, Ala., #NoKings protester is the dumbest COPS episode. youtu.be/lgopOu0h5Qs?...
Full bodycam footage of arrest of Fairhope woman dressed in penis costume
YouTube video by AL.com
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November 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The arrest of *that* Fairhope, Ala., #NoKings protester is the dumbest COPS episode. youtu.be/lgopOu0h5Qs?...
Apple CEO Tim Cook used to quote MLK and fight for human rights. Today he dines at the White House with MBS, who ordered the death of a journalist. What happened to you, Tim?
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Apple CEO Tim Cook used to quote MLK and fight for human rights. Today he dines at the White House with MBS, who ordered the death of a journalist. What happened to you, Tim?
I don’t know what you did to deserve this, America, but Tommy Tuberville might be about to sue you.
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I don’t know what you did to deserve this, America, but Tommy Tuberville might be about to sue you.
It’s almost like this whole shutdown thing was some kind of stalling tactic.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s almost like this whole shutdown thing was some kind of stalling tactic.
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has said a lot of ridiculous things. After Zohran Mamdani won in NYC, it got worse.
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has said a lot of ridiculous things. After Zohran Mamdani won in NYC, it got worse.
Get ready, Tuscaloosa. Somebody’s ego will need a rehab.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Get ready, Tuscaloosa. Somebody’s ego will need a rehab.
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This is how Trumpism ends - www.al.com/news/2025/11... @warondumb.bsky.social
Whitmire: Let them eat Trump Steaks
As Nero fiddles, a door opens for a different sort of populism in America.
www.al.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is how Trumpism ends - www.al.com/news/2025/11... @warondumb.bsky.social
Starving poor people into submission? How very Stalinist.
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Starving poor people into submission? How very Stalinist.
Weird? Cool? Scary? (sound on)
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Weird? Cool? Scary? (sound on)
Rumors had been stirring already. Doug Jones hints he will challenge Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/politics/202...
Alabama Democrat hints at 2026 rematch with Tommy Tuberville
The former senator took a swipe at Tuberville for his loyalty to Trump, saying he’s an example of new ultra-partisan Washington leaders.
www.al.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Rumors had been stirring already. Doug Jones hints he will challenge Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/politics/202...
OK. This is kinda cool. (Sound on.)
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
OK. This is kinda cool. (Sound on.)
The people who voted for Zohran Mamdani and the folks who raged over “woke” Cracker Barrel have more in common than you may think. Let me explain.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The people who voted for Zohran Mamdani and the folks who raged over “woke” Cracker Barrel have more in common than you may think. Let me explain.
Just because there's no BLS to record it doesn't mean it's not real. Reality has a way of catching up. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Layoffs rise to recession-like levels through October, new report says
Employers have announced 1.1 million job cuts so far this year, the highest reading since the pandemic, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just because there's no BLS to record it doesn't mean it's not real. Reality has a way of catching up. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social is right. This is an American propaganda machine.
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Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon
The far-right activist has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social is right. This is an American propaganda machine.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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That’s not just a White House demolition. That’s Southern-style middle-finger politics in action.
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
That’s not just a White House demolition. That’s Southern-style middle-finger politics in action.
The Mamdani Effect? Alabama’s top election official wants to ban naturalized citizens from running for state office.
October 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Mamdani Effect? Alabama’s top election official wants to ban naturalized citizens from running for state office.
Remember when the GOP backed voting rights? It happened. And not so long ago. One picture shows how far things have regressed.
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Remember when the GOP backed voting rights? It happened. And not so long ago. One picture shows how far things have regressed.
Alabama’s execution protocols are so brutal, death row prisoners ask to be shot instead. Pro-life, huh?
Justice Sotomayor with a graphic dissent as the Supreme Court allows Alabama to move forward with the execution of Anthony Boyd by lethal gas:
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Alabama’s execution protocols are so brutal, death row prisoners ask to be shot instead. Pro-life, huh?
Explain how this is anything less than evil. I’ll wait. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Explain how this is anything less than evil. I’ll wait. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Republican leaders in Fox News talking heads warned Americans to stay away from No Kings rallies because they are … dangerous? Sounds like a challenge. Let’s check it out.
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Republican leaders in Fox News talking heads warned Americans to stay away from No Kings rallies because they are … dangerous? Sounds like a challenge. Let’s check it out.
Deleted my last post to correct a mistake. Eddie LaCour still has one hurdle to cross to become a judge. Maybe the Senate can consider whether he told the truth to the Judiciary Committee. We'll see.
Trump appointee didn’t tell Senate the whole truth. They could soon make him a judge.
Edmund LaCour said Alabama didn't defy federal courts. That's not what the judges over the case said.
www.al.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Deleted my last post to correct a mistake. Eddie LaCour still has one hurdle to cross to become a judge. Maybe the Senate can consider whether he told the truth to the Judiciary Committee. We'll see.
If you don’t believe Alabama would do this, you haven’t been paying attention to how hard Alabama has been fighting the last three years to do this. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you don’t believe Alabama would do this, you haven’t been paying attention to how hard Alabama has been fighting the last three years to do this. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Dear national media: Instead of using photos of LBJ signing the Voting Rights Act, use this one of its bi-partisan reauthorization. It does more to show how far we’ve regressed in a few short years.
October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Dear national media: Instead of using photos of LBJ signing the Voting Rights Act, use this one of its bi-partisan reauthorization. It does more to show how far we’ve regressed in a few short years.
My colleague @johnarchibald.bsky.social asked Google to look up an old column. Overviews hallucinated a controversy that never happened. Also, it thinks I’m a 10-year-old swimmer bound for the Olympics. www.al.com/news/2025/10...
Archibald: What happened when I Googled myself
AI created a phony national controversy, a fake Miss Alabama and a life in hiding.
www.al.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My colleague @johnarchibald.bsky.social asked Google to look up an old column. Overviews hallucinated a controversy that never happened. Also, it thinks I’m a 10-year-old swimmer bound for the Olympics. www.al.com/news/2025/10...
Some people think it’s impossible to turn Alabama blue, but if it were, it would begin with sh!tposting about Nick Saban.
October 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Some people think it’s impossible to turn Alabama blue, but if it were, it would begin with sh!tposting about Nick Saban.