Tim Beppler
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Tim Beppler
@wyobepp.bsky.social
Retired attorney; community activist; news and politics junkie; and wine enthusiast.
Immigrant families built Wyoming. We must remember that. wyofile.com/immigrant-fa...
Immigrant families built Wyoming. We must remember that. - WyoFile
Columnist Walt Gasson reflects on the meaning of his family’s own roots.
wyofile.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Livin’ free in New Lexington, Wyoming wyofile.com/livin-free-i...
Opinion | Livin’ free in New Lexington, Wyoming
Is columnist Rod Miller's mythical tax-free town out in the Red Desert utopian or dystopian? You decide.
wyofile.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Wyoming jails hold father detained in controversial Idaho ICE operation, now suing for his freedom wyofile.com/wyoming-jail...
Wyoming jails hold father detained in controversial Idaho ICE operation, now suing for his freedom - WyoFile
Uinta County sheriff said his jail would be used to hold criminals caught by ICE. But relatives and attorney say man’s detention has shattered a family, not removed a threat.
wyofile.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Meat loves salt, but does the Freedom Caucus love Wyoming? wyofile.com/meat-loves-s...
Opinion | Meat loves salt, but does the Freedom Caucus love Wyoming?
A proposal to prohibit using SNAP to purchase sugar, spices and condiments reveals the far right's appetite for cruelty, writes guest columnist Lindsey Hanlon.
wyofile.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Rod Miller hits this one out of the park. The WFC and their followers will be just fine when Wyoming once again ranks 50th among the States in just about everything.

What's next from the Wyoming Freedom Caucus? Tinfoil Stetsons? - WyoFile wyofile.com/whats-next-f...
Opinion | What's next from the Wyoming Freedom Caucus? Tinfoil Stetsons?
By backing anti-chemtrail legislation, the Freedom Caucus is making a hard run for an Oscar nomination in the theater of the absurd, writes columnist Rod Miller.
wyofile.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The art of listening spotlighted on Democratic lawmakers' Wyoming tour - WyoFile wyofile.com/the-art-of-l...
The art of listening spotlighted on Democratic lawmakers' Wyoming tour - WyoFile
For the last several months, Laramie Rep. Karlee Provenza and Jackson Rep. Mike Yin have been traversing the state to encourage conversation across party lines.
wyofile.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Why Wyoming sheriffs shouldn’t take dollars for detainees - WyoFile wyofile.com/why-wyoming-...
Opinion | Why Wyoming sheriffs shouldn’t take dollars for detainees
County budgets shouldn’t depend on ICE immigration efforts, writes Antonio Serrano.
wyofile.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Assault on Wyoming’s embattled public lands is just getting started - WyoFile wyofile.com/assault-on-w...
Opinion | Assault on Wyoming’s embattled public lands is just getting started
The good news, columnist Kerry Drake opines, is that the vast majority of Wyomingites value these lands, so MAGA forces trying to exploit them are outnumbered.
wyofile.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Uinta County sheriff decided to raise deputy pay by holding ICE detainees. The arrangement is raising questions. - WyoFile wyofile.com/the-uinta-co...
The Uinta County sheriff decided to raise deputy pay by holding ICE detainees. The arrangement is raising questions. - WyoFile
The county is holding immigrants — some without criminal records — for longer than anticipated, immigration lawyers say.
wyofile.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Wyoming’s investment in affordable housing is worth the fight - WyoFile wyofile.com/wyomings-inv...
Opinion | Wyoming’s investment in affordable housing is worth the fight
Legislators need to hear from workers who can’t set down roots in communities where it’s hard to find a place to live, columnist Kerry Drake opines.
wyofile.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Tim Beppler
Another Trump protest song, "A Kindly Reminder," by Passenger. It's from early in his first term but sadly still relevant.

"...if I could offer a kindly reminder
It's not okay to grab women by the vagina"
Passenger | A Kindly Reminder (with lyrics)
YouTube video by Passenger
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August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Without a country to take him, Cuban immigrant spends month in limbo inside Wyoming jail wyofile.com/without-a-co...
Without a country to take him, Cuban immigrant spends month in limbo inside Wyoming jail - WyoFile
Seeking refuge from Fidel Castro’s government, Josue Rodriguez Perez came to the U.S. as a teen. Now he’s being shuffled between detainment centers, including a 40-day stretch in a Casper jail cell.
wyofile.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Easy solution: Stop assisting ICE with immigration enforcement actions in Wyoming!

Wyoming guard looks to Congress for money as Trump deployments hit accounts - WyoFile wyofile.com/wyoming-guar...
Wyoming guard looks to Congress for money as Trump deployments hit accounts - WyoFile
Deployments to Trump's inauguration and to immigration detention efforts in Wyoming is impacting the Wyoming National Guard's coffers, commander says.
wyofile.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Given the popularity of mail-in ballots in Wyoming and given that most of those casting ballots in this manner are Republican voters, why would anyone support such a ban?

Gray, Wyoming Freedom Caucus back Trump plans to ban mail-in ballots, voting machines wyofile.com/gray-wyoming...
Gray, Wyoming Freedom Caucus back Trump plans to ban mail-in ballots, voting machines - WyoFile
Trump called states "merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government in counting and tabulating the votes," Hageman disagrees.
wyofile.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Gomers in the Wyoming “Freedom” Caucus - WyoFile wyofile.com/gomers-in-th...
Opinion | Gomers in the Wyoming “Freedom” Caucus
If the caucus was a herd, it would be full of gomers, columnist Rod Miller says. Its members make a lot of noise, but can’t get the job done.
wyofile.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
One sure way to deal with Trump overload: Turn off the TV wyofile.com/one-sure-way...
Opinion | One sure way to deal with Trump overload: Turn off the TV
Nearly 50 years into his news career, columnist Kerry Drake writes that 24/7 coverage of the president is too much to bear.
wyofile.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM