Tom Eblen
@tomeblen.com
Writer, photographer, Kentucky history nerd and, for 2026, Lexington's 3rd District City Councilman. Retired newspaper editor, columnist, reporter. (AP, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lexington Herald-Leader.) Opinions are my own.
"He has become detached from reality—and that detachment is extremely dangerous." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous
The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.
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Acting AG Todd Blanche went mask-off, promising hard-liners behind closed doors to roll back abortion access further and make Dobbs “permanent in every single state.” Another reason to #SayNOtoBlanche. Source: flip.it/wFl4wM
The garbage, utterly f*cked up White House we have because of our garbage, utterly f*cked up president And you're paying for every cent of this nonsensical vanity-project slop White House reporters say Trump spends 70% of his mental energy focusing on this sh*t rather than you
Schiff: "He waited until he became president. Why did he wait to bring this $10b lawsuit? He waited so he would have the power of the presidency to leverage the IRS and DOJ to make him more money!"
I’m one of the 20 million Americans Republicans threw under the bus. My family’s health insurance went from $1,700/month to over $3,000/month. REPUBLICANS DID THIS‼️ #RepublicanMedicareCuts
I think there is a First Amendment argument to be made here
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Remember: Trump’s corruption wouldn’t be possible without spineless Republicans. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Trump Live Updates: Senate Committee to Cast Vote on Advancing Blanche Nomination
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How the current Supreme Court threatens American democracy — and how to fix it. open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
The two-branch doom loop
Eight ways to check the Supreme Court's role in the authoritarian project
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Best reader comment: "The question for every Republican candidate this election season is do you support tax immunity for Donald Trump AND his sons and why? Let them explain their obeisance to corruption." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity (Gift Article)
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
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NEW: I just introduced a bill that would crack down on Trump’s new $100,000/month fast feed of his market-moving Truth Social posts. We must stand up against his rampant corruption.
"First, Democratic senators should kill the deal on the continuing resolution. Then they need to use the Blanche confirmation to highlight the truth that a Republican Senate will simply be a rubber stamp for Trump over the next two years." Now do it.
GOP Sheep to the Midterm Slaughter
Todd Blanche’s confirmation will be bad for the country—and a gift to Senate Democrats.
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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I honestly don’t know how anyone can be in the room when he says this kind of shit and not say ANYTHING. That’s not how you talk to people! Hit him with a rolled up newspaper or SOMETHING.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
They absolutely *can* throw out any “deal” Trump made and go after him with the full force of the law. The question is: will they? It is very important that the Democrats nominate someone focused on prosecuting every single crime (not someone who wants to “turn the page & focus on the future”)
"Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Minnesota governor Tim Walz commented: “Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went. The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
August 1, 2026
In a classic Friday night news dump, the Department of Justice last night moved to dismiss the criminal charges against David Hearn, the U.S.
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"A church that wraps its arms around arguably the most vulgar, most corrupt president in American history will repel good people ... Or, as Jesus said during his Sermon on the Mount, 'By their fruit you will recognize them.'" @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/o...
Opinion | Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political (Gift Article)
Does Gen Z feel welcome at church?
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Republicans will do anything to distract from their failures. How about a hearing into their disastrous war, tariffs, economy, immigration policies? Or Trump's corruption and links to Epstein? Oh, and the vaccine-preventable epidemics RFKjr has created? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Fauci Pleads the Fifth, Refusing to Answer Questions on Covid Origins at Senate Hearing (Gift Article)
Senator Rand Paul said the committee he leads would vote next week on whether to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.
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Maybe this will get the Fox News demographic's attention. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums
Millions of older Americans could pay more for their prescription drug coverage next year.
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This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...
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We actually had the 16th highest mortality rate in the world and it largely resulted from the ignorant asshats who were *resisting* the common sense protection measures Fauci was promoting like masking and distancing. What a colossal asshole.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃
yeah because they're just shooting fishermen.
Matthew Hay Brown@matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · last wk.67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult
Tell that to the families of the dead American soldiers.
